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Digital Household Grant speeds up South Herefordshire
24th November 2022
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Fastershire helps keep Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth Sea Cadets afloat
10th August 2021
For a group of young people aged between 10 and 18 years old, the highlight of their week is getting involved in nautical training activities at their base in Homs Road, Ross-on-Wye.
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Dianne Worrall, Way2Go Adventures
28th March 2018
Way2Go Adventures is a family owned outdoor activity provider in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley, run by mother and son team, Dianne Worrall and Wayne Morgan. Dianne has accessed a range of business support and training offered by Fastershire, FasterBusiness programme.
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Louise Robert, Alimenti Food Sciences
8th January 2018
Louise Roberts runs Alimenti Food Sciences and offers technical consultancy to small food and drink businesses. Louise has attended a range of FasterBusiness training sessions and had a one-to-one Business Review with FasterBusiness advisor, Jack McCaughtrie.
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Claire Howlett – Digital future for dairy farm
30th January 2017
Claire Howlett runs Wicton Farm, an organic dairy farm in the heart of the Herefordshire countryside, with her brother following the retirement of their parents three years ago.
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Dawn McMullan-Cooper, Peter Piper Picked Speech & Language Therapy – Peter Piper Picked the perfect platform
3rd January 2017
Dawn McMullan-Cooper is a specialist speech and language therapist and regional makaton sign language tutor for Gloucestershire. Dawn shares her journey with social media & Faster Business since starting her business in 2015.
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Tina Hurley, Aloe 2 Good Life – A Faster way to a healthy business
2nd November 2016
Tina Hurley owns Aloe 2 Good Life and is an independent distributor of Forever Living, selling a range of health and nutrition products. She also trains and supports people who want to run their own home-based business.
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Linda Pitcher, Artisan Pet Portraits – Digital paw-print for pet portrait business
Linda Pitcher is an artist who creates commissioned pet portraits; each individually presented in Linda’s handcrafted frames. Linda and her family moved to Herefordshire in 2015 and soon after, prompted by family health problems, she decided to make a change.
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Jacqui Grocott, JacMac Designs – Designs for a Faster Business
7th July 2016
Jacqui Grocott creates luxury hand drawn and illustrated stationery, greetings cards and prints from her home in rural Herefordshire. After designing for a number of years, Jacqui finally went full-time with her business JacMac Designs in October 2015.
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