Kate is Co Chief Executive Officer at St Helena Hospice in Colchester.  She spent over 25 years of her career working in the commercial world, starting her career with PricewaterH...

David has lived in Colchester for 20 years and has been the manager of Culver Square Shopping Centre for 11 them. He has also been a director on the board of Colchester Business Im...

Claire Lovell is Co-Founder of Gosh Projects, a Colchester-based business specialising in office refurbishment and workplace solutions that help organisations create productive, co...

Philip is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years experience of operating at a senior level in the social housing sector.  Philip’s last two roles have been at Chef Executive le...

Indu has been a dedicated figure in the fields of education and literature for over two decades. A multifaceted personality — poet, translator, and educator — she also serves a...

Sarah is an experienced business owner, having co-founded her first business in 2003 which grew internationally with a team of 25 and going on to run several other businesses.  S...

Simon has lived in Colchester almost all of his life and is passionate about promoting the city, its rich history and heritage, ambitious future and thriving business community. Th...

Leading four teams of over 50 staff shaping the dynamic city of Colchester through events management, place promotion & shaping, digital infrastructure build, operating enablin...

Irene Kettle of Kettle Communications is a journalist, communications and public relations consultant and media trainer. Deeply involved in our city’s charity, community and busi...

I am Director of Building Surveying at Whybrow, commercial property management and building surveyors.  I am a proud Colcestrian, having attended Colchester Royal Grammar School a...

I am the Individual Giving & Corporate Fundraising Lead at Age Well East; an Essex based charity where our mission is to empower people in later years to age well and to live i...

Anthony leads the city's Arts Centre, known as the little church with the big attitude, located in the heart of the city.

Recent shows include Blur, Jaymini Lakum, Reverend Rich...

Robert is the Head of Business Engagement at University of Essex. He is passionate about supporting business growth and innovation. Robert is able to support all aspects of technol...

Born in Essex and raised in Portugal, Nicki is the Marketing and New Business Director of the award-winning Beresfords property group.

A champion of the County, Nicki sits on se...

Lindsay is the Deputy CEO of Colchester City Council and also is the lead Director for ‘Place’, leading the planning and development of Colchester to deliver economic outcomes ...

Hana is co-founder and director of HAT Projects, a nationally award-winning architecture and planning consultancy based in Colchester. Hana is also chair of Creative Colchester, a ...

Guy is Managing Partner of Ellisons Solicitors.

Born in Colchester, Guy joined Ellisons in 1995 and the firm has expanded since and now has almost 300 people and new offices in ...

Former member of UK Senior Civil Service, member of the Royal College of Defence Studies.  

Expertise in public sector cooperation and partnership and how the City Council ca...

Piers is an Audit Partner at Scrutton Bland, a firm of accountants that has been in the city for over 100 years and is now based in the Colchester Business Park. As the head of Scr...

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Michael leads Arbora Homes a Colchester based house builder and land promoter who focus on delivering high quality, sustainable residential led development schemes acr...

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Karen is an experienced educator with over 25 years within the teaching profession. As Headteacher of Colchester Prep & High School, a multi-award and accredited a...

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Michael is a Partner of Streets Whittles, a firm of Chartered Accountants and registered Auditors, with an office in Colchester and West Mersea.  It is part of the S...

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Simon is a Director of Kent Blaxill Properties Ltd., and also Chairs the We Are Colchester group and is Chair of the Our Colchester Business Improvement District.

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Born in Colchester, Phil is the Director in Charge of the Chelmsford Commercial Team which specialises in providing agency and professional advice on industrial, offic...

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Chris is the Local Director of Metro Bank Colchester, a Director of the city centre BID and a non-exec Director of the Colchester based, Queen's Voluntary Service Awar...

Jonathan is the Managing Director of Hills Residential and Hills Building Group, a collection of property development, and construction businesses operating across the Sou...

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Janus is Managing Director of Van Cols Ltd, a Colchester-based family-owned photographic company that currently employs around 85 people.  Formed over 65 years ago, V...

Founded in 1909 with the aim of providing high quality education for girls, CCHSG continues to fulfil that mission as an academically selective state school combining both traditio...

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Serving as the CEO of Thompson Smith and Puxon, and board member of Lawnet Ltd, I bring expertise in professional service firm management and business development, par...

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Toby is the Founder & CEO of The Robin Cancer Trust, the UK's leading germ cell cancer charity.  The RCT is based in Colchester and works nationally to educate, e...

Beresfords started in Essex 55 years ago in 1968. We are an independent family business that has grown from a single office practice to a multi-disciplined property group covering ...

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Born in Colchester, Richard went to school in the city and has lived in the area all his life.  He has worked in the insurance market for some 30 years and works for ...

Hilary is Colchester born and bred and started up Big Wave PR in 2007 following a high-flying career in top 150 PR consultancies. Their award-winning work crosses B2B and lifestyle...

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Simon runs the Colchester Business Enterprise Agency (Colbea)  which is the business support agency for Colchester and the surrounding area.

It operates two busine...

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Katie is an expert in the delivery of creative marketing and communications campaigns, project management and strategic business consultancy. With over twenty years’...

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Prior to becoming Joint managing director of Wilkin & Sons Ltd, Tiptree in 2016, Chris was Farms Director for 10 years having initially joined the business in 2001...

Comfort Services Group offers wide range of bespoke services including HVAC Validation & Commissioning, Water Hygiene Legionella Control, Process Water Treatment and Ductwork C...

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Peter helps to run Howden Group Holdings, the parent company of Howden Insurance Brokers, one of the largest insurance brokers in the country.

In Colchester it has ...

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Tony is CEO of Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP Solicitors with offices in Colchester and all around Essex, Suffolk and in Central London. He specialises in corporate work a...

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Tim is joint owner and Operations Director of Park City Consulting Ltd, based in Colchester from its inception in 1997.  Park City is a service provider of Human Reso...

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Stuart has spent his entire life living and working in Colchester, giving him a deep understanding of both the opportunities available and the challenges that ca...

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Paul Bleck is the Managing Director of Bartech, a family-owned Colchester based company which has been serving the oil and gas, marine, power generation and rail marke...

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Julian has lived in Colchester all his life, working in construction and property development locally for over 40 years. The city is important to him and he is keen to...

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Jeremy is a Partner of Fenn Wright , Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents and has 40 years’ experience of the local Commercial Property market, specialising in: Inv...

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Craig is a founder member of the Colchester Ambassador Group - Craig represents over 35 years working in the Hospitality Industry - being a Business Owner / Franchisee o...

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Karen is the Chief Executive of Colchester-based Mosaic Publicity and the founder of Conscience Marketing, a new style of marketing and communications for organisation...

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The Churchmanor Estates Company plc was established in 1985 to specialise in property investment and development...

The Mercury Theatre Colchester is the most active producing theatre in East Anglia, and a vital centre of excellence in the East’s growing economy.

Rooted in its local communi...

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Pam Donnelly is Chief Executive at Colchester City Council, one of the fastest growing places in the UK. Colchester was Britain's first, and is one of its latest citie...