Jul 2, 2015 | Coconut in the Media, News
Coconut Creatives are proud to announce that we have been chosen as semi-finalists for the Dorset 
Venus awards. The awards had a record of 1,301 nominations and 402 applications this year. Our very own Sarah Carlile, Founding Director has been shortlisted for the Dutton Gregory Small Business award.
The awards are designed to celebrate the achievements of working women and, as an all-female business, we couldn’t be better ambassadors for the cause!
We wish everyone who has been nominated or who has applied for the awards the best of luck and we look forward to meeting you on 21st July! Watch this space to find out if we win….
Read more about the awards here.
May 29, 2015 | Coconut in the Media, News
Coconut Creatives have just secured an exceptional guest speaker to speak at our ‘Public
speaking and presenting skills’ workshop on 17th September. Celia Delaney will be helping us to deliver this workshop with her expert knowledge and experience on the dreaded topic of public speaking!
Celia is one of the UK’s top speaking trainers for people who want to promote their business through speaking. A regular speaker for the Academy of Chief Executives, the Institute of Directors and Ashridge Business School, she is focused on one thing: to show you how to get people interested in what you have to offer when you speak.
Celia read Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, then joined Unilever’s graduate scheme and went on to be HR Director of one of their factory sites. She then trained as an actress and worked in stage & television for 5 years, before deciding to use all of her skills – Psychology, People and Performance – in setting up her own training and speaking business in 2007.
This is a great opportunity not only to gain knowledge from our experience in the franchise industry but to learn from other experts in their fields.
Contact us to book your place on our workshop or click here to find out more about the event.
“Since working with Celia I’ve now sold 90 franchises – I thank Celia for giving me some great skills and techniques to communicate my passion for my business. Celia totally delivered beyond my expectation – which in my eyes makes her exceptional.”
Sarah Cressall, The Creation Station
”Celia captivated an audience of 150 highly experienced professional speakers, consultants and business people. Her wonderful balance of humour, great content and audience engagement hit the right mark brilliantly.”
Chris Merrington, Founder, Spring 80:20
May 20, 2015 | Coconut in the Media, News
Coconut Creatives are always glad to help out a worthy organisation and, as the National Co-chairs of 
Encouraging Women into Franchising, widely known as EWIF, we were keen to lend a hand to organise last week’s NatWest EWIF awards. Having received a couple of EWIF awards ourselves, we were only too happy to support this great not-for-profit group.
With record attendance this year, the awards were a massive success and we’d like to congratulate each and every winner. Coconut Creatives led the event organisation with great support from Clive Sawyer, CEO of EWIF, Diane Wilson of Business Options and EWIF’s Regional Chairs. With over 10 years of experience in the franchise industry organising exhibitions, conferences and workshops, we know how to make an event go off with a bang!
Guest speakers included Rachel Elnaugh, a successful business woman who appeared on the first two series of Dragon’s Den and Andrew Taylor from NatWest, lead sponsors of the EWIF Awards. Both of their speeches gave us all food for thought and put the achievements of our award finalists into context.
“The EWIF awards are a great chance to celebrate the successes of so many women in the franchise industry and Coconut Creatives are extremely proud to be part of the organisation. We’d like to thank all the sponsors and the people who attended the event for making it such an inspiring day. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the National Conference in September,” explains Sally Anne Butters, Director of Coconut Creatives and National Co-chair of EWIF.
Click here to find out more about EWIF and how you can get involved.
May 1, 2015 | Coconut in the Media, News
Sally Anne Butters, Director at Coconut Creatives, has her very own speaking slot at this year’s International Franchise Expo in New York.
Why Franchising? How Women Can be Successful in Today’s Franchising Marketplace
Thursday, 18th June 2015- 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Franchising is not a business opportunity for men alone. More and more franchise owners are women – women who are extremely successful and making a difference. Learn from some of the savviest female franchise leaders, representing a wide variety of backgrounds, who chose franchising for their career path. Why did they look to franchising? What have been their biggest challenges and how did they overcome them? What are the rewards? What would they do over again? Hear real stories, personal experiences, best practices and lessons learned from an elite group of female franchise founders/CEOs and franchisees. By attending this session, you will walk away with the following: insights about franchising and determining whether it is the right fit for you; who can help you learn more about franchising and the steps necessary to become a successful franchise owner; tips for overcoming obstacles in launching a successful franchise business.
Moderator: Melanie Bergeron, CFE, IFA Chairwoman and Chair of the Board, Two Men And A Truck International, Inc.
Speakers: Marla Topliff, President, Rosati’s Franchising, Inc; Renee Maloney, CFE, Owner, Painting with a Twist, LLC.; Sally Anne Butters, Director, Coconut Creatives; Maureen Nickel, CSA, Owner BrightStar Care of North Shore Nassau County
If you’d like to talk to Sally while she’s there why not contact us?
Mar 24, 2015 | Coconut in the Media, News
Here at Coconut Creatives, we’ve been sharing our knowledge yet again! When Premierline Business
Insurance asked us what impacted our business the most this year, we were only too happy to oblige to help them put together their article about small business trends in 2015.
“We’re always looking for opportunities to develop our business and look for ways that will make our services more accessible for those small businesses who may not have a large budget. We were only too happy to share our advice with Premierline for their article and we hope that it will help and inspire other small businesses to do the same,” explains Sarah Carlile, Founding Director of Coconut Creatives.
Premierline’s article shares expert advice from business experts who have been sharing their thoughts both on what they think has impacted their business the most in the last year and what they think will be the next ‘big thing’ for 2015.
Find out more about our involvement with Growth Accelerator here.
To read the full article click here.
Feb 24, 2015 | Coconut in the Media, News
At Coconut Creatives, we like to share our knowledge and experience as much as possible. We recently 
collaborated with Premierline Business Insurance to produce an expert guide for franchising. The guide features a group of experts in business and franchising sharing their views on the best ways to choose a franchise and advice for franchisors on choosing the right franchisees. The guide includes information on setting up a franchise and funding and recruitment from the perspective of both the franchisor and the franchisee.
“When Premierline approached us to collaborate on this guide, we were only too pleased to share our knowledge and experience. Making the decision to franchise or become a franchisee is a massive decision and it is important to carefully consider it before you take the plunge. Guide’s like these help with the franchising journey and we aim to put people on the right track so that they can take their journey to the next step,” explains Sarah Carlile, Founding Director of Coconut Creatives.
Expert guidance is often needed to help with important and high value decisions. Searching the internet can often be overwhelming and provide conflicting advice. This guide puts all that information into one place to make the first steps towards a decision about franchising much easier. The guide is a great tool for anyone considering getting into franchising in any way, whether you’re a business owner or looking to become a franchisee. This guide will give you the knowledge you need to help you with your franchising journey.
Click here to access Premierline Business Insurance’s free expert guide to franchising.
Venus awards. The awards had a record of 1,301 nominations and 402 applications this year. Our very own Sarah Carlile, Founding Director has been shortlisted for the Dutton Gregory Small Business award.