Defining Moments

I spent my employed career launching and developing major brands. By my early thirties I was successfully running a major part of Bacardi Brown Forman Brands and my current business partner, Neil, was recommended to me whilst I was there. His creative… read more

Lifestyle Story

I do work harder, longer and more focussed than I ever had. The lifestyle will come I believe, but right now we’re working for the future. We believe that our business will succeed for the long term, first in the North East and then nationally, and we… read more

Pearl Of Wisdom

If you’re looking to own your own business, find something that you understand fully, and will still enjoy being involved in after the initial buzz wears off. What kind of business would make you proud?… read more

Challenge

There’s always challenges to overcome. My biggest: the fold out bed I was offered at Neil’s place when I first came to work in Newcastle. I’m getting over this particular hurdle by selling my house in the south to take full advantage of the North East.… read more

Success

My biggest lesson since I stepped away from the world of employment has been choosing the right business partners. In this world, because objectives are so personal, it is easy to be taken advantage of. Scene Group has two equal business partners, each… read more

Success

Our biggest success has been completing the design and development of our content management system, ‘sceneconsole’. This brings true innovation in a number of sectors, where in responding to message delivery needs, specific venues benefit from the full… read more

Success

In terms of the services we offer and the technical solutions we have developed, our business has taken the direction we expected. But in terms of the sectors we support, certain business opportunities, which we had hardly considered initially, look to… read more

Aspiration

Our idea came from our experiences of working inside major blue chip brand owners. There are a lot of individuals there, quietly passing time, taking very nice salaries and not working hard enough for the brands they represent. I remember looking… read more

Support Story

My family was a great starting point for support. Also, The Entrepreneurs’ Forum events gave me great inspiration, particularly listening to Brian Jobling and Steve Cochrane.… read more