We've flipped the page to a new year, so what's new?
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Dear subscriber
Lots of people would rather not look back at 2020 but we’re really proud of what our members achieved – summed up beautifully here by Lynda Jeannot at Lynda Jeannot Design See the full infographic
Hopefully we'll see some changes for the better soon and in the meantime, we'll keep doing what we do best: helping people build businesses that give them choice and control over how they work and who they work with and making it possible for everyone to support each other and share their expertise.
Welcome New Premium Members
Pamela Comiskey-Smith joined us just before the break and has already got to know some members. She is the co-founder and director of withsource SME Growth Solutions. withsource helps growing organisations recruit, train,and develop teams to autonomous responsibility. https://withsource.co.uk/
Jay Carrera is re-joining us as she plans to bring her business, The Fashion Loop, on-line. Jay uses her experience of working with Vivienne Westwood and Alexander Mcqueen to offer sewing and pattern cutting courses and workshops for adults, children & teenagers.
https://www.thefashionloop.co.uk/
Andrea Constable has a Diploma in Strategic Social Media Marketing and founded Squiggle Social in 2018 to provide social media expertise for businesses in the green and ethical sector. Andrea joined us on Christmas Eve and we're looking forward to getting to know her! https://squigglesocial.co.uk/
Thor A Rain is also renewing their membership and continues to contribute original, thought provoking ideas and strategies to our community as well as helping individuals and business to achieve high performance - with a little help from Denny the dog!
https://www.thehelpfulclinic.com/
Who did well in 2020?
Quite a lot of Drive Members had a good business year in 2020 - much to their own surprise in some cases! Two in particular are really looking forward to continuing their success this year.
Andy Boothman is celebrating 24 years of creating a buzz for businesses with busyasab and has lots of interesting projects lined up from both old and new clients. His newer business Dress Code Shirts celebrated its 2nd year with an unexpected boost from the demand for contactless payments and 2021 looks like being an exciting year for the The CashCuff® - The World's First Smart Payment Shirt!
And Martyn Sibley barely stopped to breath in 2020 after launching the Purple Goat disability and inclusion marketing agency, harnessing the influencer world to unlock the power of the disabled community. As well as exceeding all his expectations, a side effect was that he had to empower other people to run his other business, Disability Horizons, and they're flourishing too! Martyn is now recruiting more people to help with the expansion of his growing empire!
Do you need more Warrior, Lover, Sovereign or Magician in your life?
Free workshops on Jan 13th and 27th 19.00 - 20.30
David Brown ACC, CPCC is offering a free introduction to the concept of embodying archetypes. Looking at how to access these archetypes through posture and movement, you will be able to apply their insight to your specific life scenarios so that you can personally experience the wisdom of each archetype and how they can serve you.
Book your free place Jan 13th or Jan 27th
Our regular events on LinkedIn and Zoom resume on 11th January with more great support, ideas and collaborations
Exceptional Times - Exceptional Circumstances - Exceptional Help
We've gathered a lot of helpful resources in one place here.
Exceptional Support
If you have any queries or concerns about your business and how you deal with the coronovirus situation, please get in touch. We have many skilled people in our network who are happy to provide support and advice free of charge so please don't feel isolated or alone.
Ann Hawkins
MD and Founder
Drive supports BLM, the Conscious Advertising Network and The New Citizen Project. We challenge bigotry and discrimination wherever we see it. We actively enable collaboration over competition and openly share expertise and knowledge. If you believe these things are important and you'd like to join us, you'll be very welcome.
