Tag Archives: Giovanna Forte

A Wanstead afternoon and other social shenanigans

Posted on April 20, 2016 by fortewinks

It began on the first Friday of April. I had invited very old friends from Cambridge days of yore, people with whom I had mingled during the year of my secretarial training. The early ‘80s involved partner in crime, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertaining, Family, Food and wine, Friends, Home, Life and romance, London, Uncategorized | Tagged Art, Bethnal Green, Family, Food, friends, Giovanna Forte, life, Shoreditch, wine | Leave a comment

UK Trade and Inspiration

Posted on March 12, 2014 by fortewinks

An established oxymoron in my business book is the concept of sound, creative advice from a Civil Servant. This is a breed without entrepreneurial experience. They haven’t felt the pain, have they? My company makes a very clever British invention … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Export, London, Travel | Tagged business, business potential, Design Week Awards, enterprise, entrepreneurs, export, Forte Medical, Giovanna Forte, growth, Innovation, Peezy, Peezy Midstream, UKTI, urology | Leave a comment

Butterflies … and a debut on the BBC

Posted on March 6, 2013 by fortewinks

“My name is Helen Grady, producer for Evan Davis on The Bottom Line. There’s a programme coming up on doing business with Government, for instance the NHS, and Evan thought of you.” About eighteen months ago, I attended a Bookshop … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Life and romance, London, Uncategorized | Tagged Atkins, Austin Williams, BBC, Bookshop Barnie, broadcast, cameras, Evan Davis, Forte Medical, Foyles, Future Cities, Giovanna Forte, Jim Eyre, Made in Britain, make-up, Millbank, Peezy, studio, The Bottom Line, Uwe Krueger, Victoria Gardens, Wilkinson Eyre | 1 Comment

Tales from the traveling (female) business executive

Posted on January 15, 2013 by fortewinks

George Melly where are you now? Photograph by Colin Bell About four years ago, my company took part in a healthcare event in Harrogate. I secured a nice little deal at the deliciously luxe Hotel du Vin and after a … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Feminism, Food and wine, Travel | Tagged business executive, De Vere. travel. business travel, dining alone, Forte Medical, Giovanna Forte, Hotel du Vin, hotels, Manchester hotels, The Mitre hotel manchester, Virgin Trains, working women, York hotels | Leave a comment

Preparing for Launch: how The Hood came good

Posted on October 14, 2012 by fortewinks

A launch isn’t just any old launch when it’s yours. When you are CEO of the company launching the thing to be launched, you can’t feign invisibility, safe in the knowledge that your lack of cuticle care will go unnoticed. … Continue reading →

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Sexual equality? Aliens would not be impressed

Posted on May 18, 2011 by fortewinks

Never one to marginalise myself on the basis of gender I’m perplexed by the number of women in their thirties and forties who comment that their lot in the world is all the harder because of their sex; equality and … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Feminism | Tagged Feminism, forte, Gender, Gender equality, giovanna, Giovanna Forte, good parenting, Nicola Horlick, working mother, Working mothers | 2 Comments

Wedding Dress shopping when you’re Not Kate Middleton

Posted on April 18, 2011 by fortewinks

She may not be Kate Middleton, but this bride is a sassy, sexy, forty-something businesswoman seeking the perfect wedding dress on a generous budget. So how did she fare in London’s top bridal destinations? Were there any Save the Date … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, London, Shopping | Tagged bespoke, Browns Bridal, claridges, dolce & gabbana, Giovanna Forte, kate middleton, Monique Lhuillier, packham, sotheby's cafe, spetses, wedding dress, Wedding shopping, westwood | 1 Comment