42 WOMEN IN BUSINESS
OUR PANEL AMY LANCASTER-HALL
Amy is an award-winning Chartered Marketer working in automotive retail. For the last 18 years, she has been group marketing manager for Lancahire-based, family-owned Bowker Motor Group. Her portfolio has included Porsche Centre Preston since it opened in Preston in 2019.
ROSIE COOPER Director – cloud accounting, PM+M 34
Rosie is a chartered accountant specialising in SMEs and OMBs, utilising
cutting edge technology, apps, and AI to support her clients.
She has excelled since joining PM+M in 2018 as assistant manager and helped carve out the cloud accounting team as a new service line in light of Making Tax Digital.
Rosie progressed to the manager’s role in 2019, and became a director in 2023. Her team has grown from six to 23 since 2018 and achieved fees of over £1m.
ELIZABETH MCQUILLAN
Elizabeth is a serial entrepreneur, with companies in the finance and networking/events industries. A former teacher, she launched a theatre school which later expanded into a franchise, then launched a casting and modelling agency. A chance move into the male-dominated motor sector led to her launching a finance brokerage, which today helps women gain financial independence and generated over £3m in sales last year.
PAIGE
COULTHURST Operations director, Soap Media 26
Paige joined marketing agency Soap in 2021 bringing a wealth of
digital and project management experience.
Within just a year as web project manager, her leadership and project management skills had earned a promotion to operations director.
AMANDA MEACHIN
Following a successful, 20-year career in the private sector, Amanda joined the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors almost a quarter of a century ago. In addition to her role as the figurehead of Community & Business Partners, she sits on various community boards and committees. She was named Lancashire Business View’s Personality of the Year in 2023.
As part of the board, she has implemented new processes, boosted team morale through a focus on culture and benefits, secured new business of more than £400,000 and strengthened client relationships which have improved the agency’s efficiency, profitability, internal Net Promoter Scores (NPS) and overall positive work culture.
ZOE DETKO Director, Ardea Eco-Innovation 35
Zoe is passionate about enabling businesses to reduce emissions in a way that
DARSHANA PATEL
Darshana, programme manager at Boost, Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub, plays a vital role in connecting businesses to the support ecosystem. She is also a women in business champion helping to promote inclusion, diversity and equal opportunities. Darshana is passionate about Lancashire helping to create a thriving economy and strong community for future generations.
is not just sustainable for the planet, but also to the organisations themselves.
Having worked at Lancaster University for over six years on low carbon business support projects, and with a scientific background in environmental systems, she founded Ardea Eco-innovation in 2023.
It has designed a framework for organisations and their supply chains to be clear about what they have done to support the environment.
She shares her passion for the environment and STEM subjects through workshops with school students and running seminars with business groups.
DANIELLE ROBINSON
Danielle is the owner and director of Love to Brand. Her business has supplied promotional merchandise and corporate gifts to many of the key companies and brands in Lancashire for 15 years, helping them to create branded products to set themselves apart from their competition.
ALEXANDRIA
GUTMAN Digital lead, Root Fifty-Two 27
Alex hadn’t worked in digital marketing until beginning an
apprenticeship in 2022, adapting so quickly that she has already risen through the ranks
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