Her medical background, paired with the IT company’s expertise, inspired the creation of the pioneering Yellow Bracelet product, which enables staff from across different health and social care services to access important patient information more easily. The company’s rapid growth, in particular over the last year, saw it pick up the Scale-up Award at the 2021 Red Rose Awards. Sundown has also been involved with developing the next generation of employees, working with North Lancs Training Group and delivering inspiring talks at Amazing Accrington Futures events.
Kate Houlden
Managing director, Like Technologies
Kate joined Lancaster- based Like
Technologies as managing director in 2015. She has played an important role in helping address skills gaps in the north of the county, working with five other businesses to form Tech Lancaster, which delivers intensive skills bootcamps and has worked in partnership with Lancaster University to launch a trade association to support the electech sector.
Charlotte
Knowles Finance and business
communications manager, Elektec
In her day-to-day
role, Charlotte has played an integral role in electrical contractor Elektec navigating the Covid-19 pandemic, taking responsibility for staff wellbeing as overcoming financial
Bekkie Hull
Co-founder Two Stories
Bekkie co- founded brand consultancy and design studio Two Stories in 2019
aged 24. The company has already worked on campaigns for high-profile organisations such as Channel 4, the Advertising Association and London Symphony Chorus. She is also active in inspiring and championing young people in the creative and digital sector, sitting on the board of DEEPer Digital, which is working to digitally upskill Lancashire, and mentoring through Lancaster University.
pressures. She has also been the driving force behind the company’s community efforts, which include supporting Secret Santa CIC, Blackburn Foodbank, Blackburn Youth Zone, East Lancashire Hospice and a new initiative with Blackburn Rovers. She also mentors young people through the Prince’s Trust and delivers careers advice to high schools in the borough.
Sally
Leech Founder, The Menopause Club
Sally originally worked in operational
management and HR before retraining as a women’s health coach a decade ago. Initially, she specialised in pre- and post-natal health, but on realising how unprepared for menopause many women feel, this became her focus. She then launched The Menopause Club, which provides support, education and coaching for women, and she is a director of Henpicked, which provides five-star, CPD accredited menopause training for the workplace.
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