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11/06/2026

Having a fab night with our friends Mini & Mighty Coffee at the Hyndburn Business Awards. Wonderful to see so many local businesses which make this region great.

29/05/2026

Although I didn't make it through as a finalist this time, we're still looking forward to attending the awards with our friends from Mini & Mighty who are finalists in THREE categories!! 🤩🥳
We'll be cheering them on as well as so many other local businesses we know and love.
Can't wait to celebrate so many of Hyndburn's brilliant businesses, investing in the place I work and call home 💜
Who else is coming?!

TWO WEEKS TODAY! 🤩🏆

🥂We can't wait to celebrate with all our Fabulous 2026 Finalists, Sponsors and Guests at the wonderful Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa on Thursday 11 June!

🎉 We're busy beavering away behind the scenes getting everything ready and working on our Ceremony Table Plan which will be circulated by 4 June. All very exciting!

🍀 Wishing all our 2026 Finalists the VERY best of luck

NB! If you're a Finalist and haven't booked your tickets yet please get in touch with us as soon as possible 💜

14/05/2026

I am a member of the Accrington Hub and I love it! Fancy joining me for a visit sometime? Drop me a message!

Walking into a networking room for the first time can feel daunting, can’t it?

Especially if you’ve ever:

🔵 Felt out of place
🔵 Been overwhelmed by loud sales environments
🔵 Experienced pressure to give referrals
🔵 Wondered whether networking is really “for you”

The truth is, good networking should never make you feel uncomfortable.

At Better Networking Hubs, we aim to create networking groups that are:

🟡 Welcoming
🟡 Supportive
🟡 Professional, but relaxed
🟡 Focused on genuine relationships and real business growth

If you’re based in Accrington or Rossendale and you’ve been thinking about networking, why not come and see what we do?

You’ll receive a warm welcome.

See the bio for contact details or book your visitor place online 😊

08/05/2026

Please give this page a follow. Share, give if you can, keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming fundraising events. Kirsty is a local mum who has secondary breast cancer and is fighting to stay for as much of her children's childhood as possible. Please read Kirsty's story. I'll be supporting however I can!

Help Kirsty be here for more tomorrows and the moments that matter Kirsty… Brooke Darlington needs your support for Kirsty - a mum of three young children

07/05/2026

Too busy working to fix what isn't working? That sounds familiar...

Being "too busy to fix the [admin, workflows, processes, systems]" is something I've heard time and time again. But nothing changes if nothing changes, right?!
It's a red flag when the person who needs things to change can't take the time out to change them. 😬
I'm not judging, but if that's you, it shows that you are working for your systems, rather than your systems working for you and I have the utmost empathy.
It’s a cycle that eventually leads to burnout which I have seen and experienced.

Breaking that cycle starts with a single diagnostic session. So let's do it.
Change is hard but as someone once told me "You can do hard things." 🩷

📷️ : Summer Johnston. Look, what a non-judgemental and friendly chat! ☕️😉

06/05/2026

The CRM Black Hole ⚫️

I have heard the same issues with CRMs time and time again - it's not functioning, not serving the business, too complex, not enough data, too much useless data (and so on!)

A CRM is only useful if it’s actually telling you something, managing a process for you, removing tasks or decisions, or generally doing what the platform told you it would do when you signed up all those months ago, full of hopeful enthusiasm!

If yours is just a list of names you haven't spoken to in six months then it's more of a graveyard than a tool. Utilising the software you're already paying for ensures that your leads are actually being nurtured and you're not throwing money down the CRM toilet.

Here's the honest truth about every CRM I have ever worked with:
If you don't put the data in and spend time building your workflows (or pay an external provider to do it) then none of them will be the solution you were hoping for. They all need more input than we'd like but when it's working how you need it to? ✨️ It's magic ✨️

23/04/2026

What do you get at the end of the Quick Fix service?

When you book a troubleshooting session with me, you don't just get a chat. It's a structured session designed to have a big impact and at the end of it all, you get a clear, actionable Roadmap. A full report that identifies exactly where time is being wasted and provides practical steps to fix it. No nonsense, no long-term contract, and a way forward that makes sense for you.

How much time and money would you invest to get it all out of your head and into a plan?

22/04/2026

Systems aren't just about being organised, although I do LOVE creating some order amidst chaos! Really, they are about the bottom line. I once helped a client recover £100k of lost revenue simply by spending time in their existing system. The software had great capabilities but, as owners still working full time in the field, they simply hadn’t had time to get in their CRM and find the issues. Once we cleaned up the mess, we changed the process to stop the invoicing bottleneck occurring again.
That wasn't about working harder, I just found and then closed a gap in the system that no one had noticed.
Troubleshooting more than pays for itself when you stop losing money through the cracks.

21/04/2026

I often hear the same thing from business owners: "everything is a mess" and they fear they need a total overhaul which is not always in the budget (time or money-wise!)

Usually, they just need a diagnostic to get things moving in the right direction. My Quick Fix Troubleshooting session is designed to look under the hood and find the gears that are grinding before creating a plan that fits your current budget. It’s the perfect starting point to overcome the overwhelm!

I even take a look at software and systems you're already using (and paying for!) to see how you can get even more out of them because you don't always need a whole new engine. Sometimes you just need a tune-up!

I have space in May for a couple of Quick Fix sessions so if you're considering it, let's have a chat and see if it's right for you.

📷 : Zak Chowdhury who did a fab job of making me look way less awkward than I felt! 😆

17/04/2026

I had a great week full of catch ups, new client onboarding, a fundraising dinner for CAP and networking. I'm finishing strong with some precious family time in North Wales!

☀️ Happy weekend everyone!