‘I GOT A GREAT WORK CONTRACT’

Jane Clark, 48, is married to ray and lives in essex. In april 2015, she’d just started a floristry business, Cherry Picked Flowers (cherrypickedflowers.co.uk).

What happened next… WHEN I APPEARED IN W&H I’D JUST TAKEN ON A FLORIST’S AFTER WORKING IN BANKING FOR YEARS. I’D ALWAYS READ THE NEW DIRECTIONS SECTION OF W&H, AND THE ENTREPRENEURS FEATURED ALWAYS SEEMED TO FIND NEW WAYS OF GROWING THEIR BUSINESS – I RESOLVED TO DO THE SAME. SEARCHING FOR IDEAS, I SAW AN ITEM ON TV ABOUT THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE FOOD, WHICH FEATURED A COMPANY CALLED ON AIR DINING, WHO SUPPLY FOOD AND INTERIORS FOR PRIVATE JETS. THEY’D MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE UNHAPPY WITH THEIR CURRENT FLOWER SUPPLIER. I’D NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT SUPPLYING FLOWERS TO A COMPANY LIKE THEM, BUT THEN I THOUGHT,

WHY NOT, AND EMAILED THEM.

THEY EVENTUALLY OFFERED ME AN INTERVIEW. WHEN I WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FOR W&H I REALLY LOVED THE CLOTHES THE STYLIST SUPPLIED, ESPECIALLY THE JACKET, WHICH MADE ME FEEL SO GOOD I BOUGHT ONE SOON AFTER. I WORE THAT JACKET TO THE INTERVIEW AND, AMAZINGLY, I GOT THE CONTRACT. NOW IT’S MY LUCKY JACKET! LIFE NOW COULDN’T BE MORE DIFFERENT. WE SUPPLY AVIATION SERVICES AND PRIVATE HOMES. WE EVEN GOT ASKED TO WRAP AND DELIVER 60 INDIVIDUAL ROSES WITHIN AN HOUR, FOR A FOOTBALL TEAM WHO HAD WON A MATCH AND WERE FLYING HOME.

SEEING THE OTHER LADIES FEATURED IN W&H, AND BEING INCLUDED MYSELF, MADE ME REALISE WE’RE JUST ORDINARY WOMEN DOING THE BEST WE CAN – BUT IT GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.