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21/12/2025

Setting intentions for 2026 like… ✨

14/12/2025

She never rushed. She never panicked. She just kept showing up - and everything worked out. ✨

13/12/2025

If your weekend plans include slowing down, consider this your gentle reminder to catch up on everything we’ve published recently on High Flying Design ✨

Inspiring founder stories, plus practical business, lifestyle and mindset insights - all written by real women in business.

Save what speaks to you. Read slowly. Come back anytime. 🤍

🔗 highflyingdesign.com

11/12/2025

Essex is home to a thriving community of ambitious female founders - and this week’s Ambitious Women in Essex meet-up proved exactly that.

We’ve captured the key insights from the event’s panel discussion, covering everything from how to approach networking with confidence to the role community plays in sustainable growth.

Read the full breakdown on High Flying Design: https://www.highflyingdesign.com/magazine/business/ambitious-women-in-essex-chelmsford-event-takeaways

08/12/2025

.tellian on running a business in alignment with your feminine energy. 📰

Read our full chat at highflyingdesign.com.

Photography by • 🧚 📸

06/12/2025

A snap from last night’s Christmas dinner at the Fire Stables in Wimbledon with two brilliant women I mastermind with every week.

Grateful for the ideas, the honesty, and the energy they bring. ✨🎄

03/12/2025

Every year December sounds the same, lots of posts about finishing strong and not taking your foot off the gas pedal...

Well this year I'm advocating for something different - a gentle finish for 2025.

Danielle Thompson's latest article for High Flying Design talks about just that.

You can read it here: https://www.highflyingdesign.com/magazine/mindset/finish-strong-redefining-success-for-women-december

29/11/2025

It’s wonderful to see our BIG interview with , co-founder of , published in ’s December issue. 🎄🎀

Over the Edge Magazine is Chelmsford’s favourite A4 glossy - and you can pick up a free copy in all your go-to spots, including:

The White Hart (Little Waltham) • The Galvin Green Man (Howe Street) • Little Channels Bistro • Bang & Olufsen • Channels Restaurant & Café • Nationwide Building Society • Rayleigh Hi-Fi • Costa Coffee (Beaulieu & Riverside) • Coffee Squared, Beaulieu • Fête, Grays Yard • Bond Street Car Park • Mercedes, BMW & Audi Showrooms • The Lion Inn, Boreham • Sainsbury’s Boreham • Longacres Garden Centre • Fox & Raven • ACanteen, New London Road • Meadow Croft Garden Centre, Battlesbridge • Toast • Pontlands Park Hotel • The White Hart, Margaretting Tye • The Riverside Inn.

Not local to Chelmsford? No problem - Laura’s full female-founder story is also available online at highflyingdesign.com. 💫✨

27/11/2025

Female founders… let’s talk about buying property for a sec. 👀

Because if you’ve ever felt confused, underprepared or like the system wasn’t really built with you in mind - you’re not wrong. Traditional mortgages were designed around predictable salaries… not the beautifully chaotic, entrepreneurial income most of us live with.

In her latest article for High Flying Design, Michelle Niziol shares the kind of knowledge I wish every founder had access to:

✨ how lenders actually look at our income
✨ why fluctuating earnings aren’t a red flag
✨ buying solo (yes, you absolutely can)
✨ business vs personal ownership
✨ getting financially ready - without the panic
✨ and the emotional side nobody talks about

If you’re a founder who’s ever thought, “Is this harder for me… or am I imagining it?”

This is your sign that you’re not imagining it - but you’re also not at a disadvantage.

You just need advice tailored to how you run your business.

👇 Read the full piece:

Michelle Niziol, CEO of IMS Property Group, shares expert advice on buying property as a female founder - from income assessment to preparation, confidence and mortgage strategy.

19/11/2025

Natalie & Ben of Blatella Films didn’t get an “industry in."

They graduated into a recession, borrowed gear, bought a second-hand camera… and started a film company from a spare room in Southend.

Fifteen years later, their work has won 25+ international awards - and their next documentary is reclaiming the “Essex Girl” narrative through the voices of the women reshaping it.

Their story is a reminder that you don’t need funding, connections or a roadmap to build something meaningful.

Sometimes you just need the guts to start where you are.

Southend filmmaker Natalie Scarsbrook and her husband Ben built Blatella Films from a spare room into an award-winning documentary studio. In this interview, Natalie shares how she’s challenging the ‘Essex Girl’ stereotype and paving a path for women in film.