Described by the Guardian in August 2012 as a Retail Revolutionary. Her experience and skill uniquely straddles the traditional blue chip business and the new social enterprise sectors. Having received her commercial and managerial grounding in Marks and Spencer PLC . Kates is able to creatively challenge established processes or protocols to achieve positive far reaching results. She has successfully adapted these talents to create a mould breaking business, that has received extensive political and media attention both in the UK and abroad . Click here to read the Guardian article*