Unbelievably, I not only won Merseyside Woman of the year recently but ‘Business Leader’ too. It’s takes a village to run ⁦@CarpentersGroup⁩ way John & I want to so this is shared award for all the team. Equality, social mobility & corporate social responsibility are vital.

Thanks to the cash donations this week in response to me awful charity ‘Irish dance’, everybody at Sunday breakfast got £20 each. Their gratitude, not just for the money, but that you’d do that for them, broke me heart. You can’t begin to comprehend how little regard they expect.