Creative Designer & Digital Geek.

Did you know there are approximately two billion mothers in the world and it’s estimated that only one per cent of them are entrepreneurs? I am in that one per cent and can’t help wondering…

This year I’m a finalist for this year’s business person of the year in the Rochdale Borough. This is my second time in the finals in this category. Made by Factory was also best upcoming…

Boutique digital marketing agency completes Manchester move to Rochdale An acclaimed digital marketing agency named by Google as one of the 30 top growth digital agencies in the UK has completed a move from Manchester…

Andonette, can you make a print in the style of Banksy? The Banksy piece where the kid is dancing in the rain and the man walks with his umbrella. In fact, that’s not Banksy, but…

There’s nothing like a good old WordCamp and ‘up Norf’ we pride ourselves on good old Northern hospitality. This year marked another year for WordCamp Manchester at Manchester’s Metropolitan University. Around three hundred attendees came…

Back when we started Factory, one of the first events was Molesworths Business Breakfast in Rochdale. Whilst there we met a great bloke called Dylan Leighton who was pitching his open source idea, Hexayurt UK….

This year I am part of a campaign called Go and Grow Online. I’m amazed though not surprised that even now, in 2017, almost 50% of business have no online presence. That’s why I have…

This series of articles is designed to help those in the early stages of business. Maybe you don’t have the option of hiring an agency but you want to get things right from the word…

Excitingly, I have been asked by Enterprise nation to be part of mission exploring trade in Southeast Asia. The mission will take a delegation of twenty five businesses to Singapore to look at international trade…

As a Mancunian I was “proper chuffed” to be picked for Google Elevator. So my business was chosen as only one of thirty agencies in the UK. Chosen for what? Chosen to take part in…

When I sat drinking Zombies with WordPress Wrangler Tom, in Sandanista in Manchester, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. WordCamp Europe. WordCamp Europe was in Paris. Uniting 1900 attendees from around 80…

After Simon Danczuk visited our business Made By Factory earlier this year, he offered both Danny and I a tour of parliament, should we ever be that way inclined. Given my love of London and…

The Google Partners Badge Celebration Event! Back in June after lots of hard work and studying, My agency Made By Factory achieved Google Partner status – and what better way to celebrate this achievement than…

So I was actually invited to go the the Prime Ministers house, (Number 10 Downing Street in case anyone had forgotten where he lives) and talk to Niamh Mulholland, Business Engagement Manager at the Prime Minister’s…

March was a mad month for me at work this year. We have had a few exciting things going on from new staff to lots of cool events. Last Thursday inside the Rise at Grindsmith Coffee…

Last week, Danny and I joined Enterprise Nation on one of their #GoGlobal Missions. The mission was to Dublin, Ireland and was designed to help people in the food industry export their products into a…