Claire comes from a background of creativity mixed with technology.

“In 1985 I got my first computer, a BBC Acorn Electron that you had to code yourself from a manual and took ‘audio’ tapes to load text-only games and programs.

I then went on to study programming at A-level (and law and English Lit) and then went on to study Design and Photography.

I have been a photographer on and off since getting my first camera in 1980 when I was 4 years old and I have loved photographs ever since!

I have been building WordPress websites – originally for friends and family and just as a hobby – since 2008!

My first full-time job was in Management at McDonald’s in 1993 and from there I have gone on to manage retail stores in the White goods and then the Toy sectors up to £1.5M turnover up until 2009 when my son was born.”

“In 2010 I needed flexibility in my schedule that a full-time job couldn’t give me.  I was a stay-at-home mum and didn’t want to sacrifice time with my son.  I decided to go self-employed and became a sole trader.

This leap was a massive learning curve and I ‘failed’ at several businesses that didn’t follow my true passions (I have many interests) and had absolutely no clue what I was doing ‘at the helm’ of every aspect of running a business.  I was drowning.

In 2014/5 I had a breakdown.  I was running 3 businesses (not very well) and running a house, trying to be a good mother and juggling too much.  That’s when my world collapsed.

7 people (most close to me) died over the next 2 years, I got benign cancer on my face and needed facial surgery and my son was going through a tough time.  He had a condition that we were trying to get a diagnosis for that took years to get to the bottom of.  Both he and I were being bullied and harassed through his school and I was suffering in a relationship and home life that was making my mental health very poor indeed.”

A BIG CHANGE WAS NEEDED!