Emma Wimhurst is a Motivational Business Speaker, Author, Mentor and Entrepreneur.
Emma’s right to be in the Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame comes from the success of her biggest enterprise to date – Diva Cosmetics.  Diva was founded after Emma spotted a gap in the market place for colour cosmetics for teenagers at the height of The Spice Girl’s Fame in the last 1990s.  Following a 10-year career at Revlon, Emma seized the opportunity to nurse her entrepreneurial itch and Diva Cosmetics was born.   The business rapidly became the leading supplier of own label colour cosmetics and gift sets to the majority of High Street Chains including New Look,  Monsoon Accessorize, River Island,  Claires Accessories,  BHS and George@Asda.   Emma is an original Mumpreneur, starting Diva from her kitchen table with her first born on her hip.   The business rapidly grew to accommodate a full-time team of twelve with offices in central Bournemouth

Emma now inspires, motivates and enables business owners to transform their businesses from “whisper to BOOM!” by sharing her business story in an approachable,  engaging and contagiously-energetic style through her speaking and through her highly-successful book, BOOM! 7 disciplines to CONTROL, GROW and ADD IMPACT to your business (November 2009, Diva Publishing Ltd).   Emma is a regular contributor to the media and was one of the featured Big Shot Entrepreneurs in the 2009 series of Beat The Boss presented by Saira Khan. Emma lives in Dorset with her husband Mark and her three children – Will, Charlie and Hattie.

Session: Learn how to take your business from a whisper to BOOM! Emma Wimhurst will be sharing the secrets of her success and show you how you can do it too!  It’s not rocket science, just good business sense. During Emma’s session you will discover:

• which key areas you should be focusing on in your business to guarantee success
• the importance of understanding your customers and your market place
• how developing a clear vision and strategy for your business could mean the difference between success and failure

It will be an exciting and empowering session – you are bound to leave motivated and inspired to take the next steps in your business journey

Marie-Claire Carlyle
Marie-Claire Carlyle is an example of what is possible once you leave the safe world of 9-5pm employment. After a successful Sales Management career with Xerox and then a lucrative stint as Sales Director of a software company, Marie-Claire “jumped ship” to follow her passions.

She is now a published author of the book “How to become a Money Magnet” (Hay House Publishers) and delights in sharing her knowledge and experience with as many people as possible. Her passion is to inspire others to be all they can be. Marie-Claire is in frequent demand as a motivational speaker and is currently recruiting coaches to spread the Money Magnet message.

Session: How to become a Money Magnet
Marie-Claire shares with you some of the key principles from her book “How to become a Money Magnet”. She is 100% committed that you receive something in this session that will make an immediate difference to your current financial situation. If you have ever found yourself saying “I cant afford to”, then this is the session for you. Guaranteed to transform how you are with money! Can you afford not to attend?
Marie Claire’s book; Money Magnet will be available to buy on the day. In the meantime you can order a limited edition signed copy from www.howtobecomeamoneymagnet.com at £20 incl postage.

Zoe Hanks
Zoe Hanks founded Grassroots Ideas Ltd in 2008. Zoe’s background in international Marketing, Branding, Communications and PR – along with her ‘glass half full’ attitude to life and good sense of fun – delivers real tangible results to the businesses and individuals she works with. Zoe has worked with some high-profile leading brands around the world – including Sun Microsystems, Porsche, Le Coq Sportif and Adidas – and after a 6 year stint out in Dubai, has settled back home in the UK.

Working in male dominated markets and industries only served to confirm Zoe’s belief that marketers should ignore the force of females at their peril… Outside of work, Zoe likes to test out her negotiation skills on a daily basis with her 3 year old son (although he usually wins hand down!).

Session: ‘Define Yourself’ What does your personal brand say about you?
You may not know it – but you already have a brand. YOU! As Jeff Bezos – the founder of Amazon once said “Your brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room”. ‘Define Yourself’ aims to uncover and identify your Unique Selling Point (USP) that will set you apart from your competition and define your pathway to success... www.grassrootsideas.co.uk

Sue Stockdale
Director of Certification and WBE Development, WEConnect Europe Sue is the primary contact for women business owners and is involved in many areas of women’s enterprise across Europe.

This includes UK Chapter Chair of Women Presidents Organisation, a global not for profit, providing peer support for women-owned businesses with annual turnovers in excess of £1million; Assessor for the Women’s Business Centre Quality Standard, and as a motivational speaker and executive coach.

Sue was an entrepreneur herself having grown and sold her company, Mission Possible. She has an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing, an MSc in Quality Management and is author of Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs.
www.suestockdale.com

Paula Wynne  
After a career as a publicist and marketer, Paula Wynne is now an award-winning businesswoman, an online entrepreneur, a SEEDA woman's ambassador, speaker, freelance writer and an author. Paula’s first book, Create A Successful Website, published in Autumn 2010 is already highly acclaimed with loads of Praise for the book.

Paula used SEO to fight through the hardest keywords in the world - working from home - and helped Remote Employment to become Google's No. 1 Worldwide for home based jobs, flexible jobs and working from home. As such, Paula is often asked to talk on the subject and after BT invited her to speak at the everywoman conference last year, Paula was inspired to write Create A Successful Website. Paula’s second book, Pimp My Site, follows soon after and is a visual toolkit to optimizing, promoting and marketing a website.

Session: You will be able to sit in on at least one of the following workshops from Paula:
Create A Successful Website - How to do your own PR - How to become Google’s No.1 - How to win Awards

Sally Asling
Sally Aslingis founder of Surrey Lets and author of Appreciating Angels: Sarah’s Story.  Sally is an energetic and passionate business woman and strong advocate of social media. Since starting her business less than two years ago Sally’s hard work and sheer determination have propelled her into one of the leading letting agents in her area.

Sally worked within corporate companies until she was 36 years old, however after the birth of her first son decided more flexibility was needed as the long hours left her feeling unfulfilled as a professional, as a mother and as a wife. Sally established up her own company at the end of 2008. Sally is  often invited to speak on her journey setting up her business, her use of social media and writing her first novel Appreciating Angels: Sarah’s Story.

Sally lives on the edge of the Surrey Hills. Sally has one son, two dogs and lots of small animals that they “acquire”. A keen reader and gardener, Sally is very spiritual and has an unshakable belief in Angels, in that we are all Angels to each other.