Not For Squares

Hand­made. Hand painted. Reclaimed wood. Dis­tressed typography.

So very Coulson Macleod. Unique. By design.

Coulson Macleod’s PR for the Mumpren­eur Awards 2010 con­tin­ues. Yes­ter­day our local paper wrote this art­icle on me…

A mum who built a busi­ness up in 18 months has made it through to the finals of a national entre­pren­eur com­pet­i­tion cel­eb­rat­ing women in business.

The Mumpren­eur Awards recog­nise busi­ness­wo­men through­out the UK who juggle a com­pany with fam­ily life, and 39-year old Han­nah MacLeod of Ket­ter­ing, has been singled out in the 2010 awards.

She has been short­l­is­ted for the Best Online Busi­ness award for her inter­net art busi­ness, with the award going to the final­ist who has the most deserving busi­ness and most inspir­a­tional website.

Ms MacLeod, who runs Coulson Macleod with her part­ner Mark Coulson, is delighted to be in with a chance.

She said: “I was very pleased to find out I had made it through to the final. I feel proud the com­pany has grown so much since it was estab­lished 18 months ago and delighted to be recog­nised by these awards.”

The busy mum launched the busi­ness with no ini­tial invest­ment and has watched it grow – the company’s goods are now stocked in shops around the UK and Nor­way, is a favour­ite of Saat­chi and Saat­chi, and has been fea­tured in numer­ous magazines includ­ing Elle Dec­or­a­tion UK, Easy Liv­ing and County & Town House.

Because she has been nom­in­ated for an award, she is also in with a chance of win­ning the title of Inspir­a­tional Busi­ness Mum 2010, which will be judged with the rest of the awards at the Mumpren­eur Con­fer­ence on Septem­ber 18 in Warwickshire.

She added: “It is import­ant for mums to know that they can do it – they should be con­fid­ent in their abil­it­ies. Being a mum makes you a multi-tasker – and you can put a load of wash­ing on, send an email and talk on the phone at the same time.”

Found out yes­ter­day that I’m a final­ist for a Mumpren­eur Award. Out of 302 entrants from around the UK, I’m down to the final six in the cat­egory Best Online Business.

So what do you think, is Coulson Macleod in with a chance of winning?

The award cere­mony is on 18^th Septem­ber so we’ll let you know.

This month Coulson Macleod is fea­tured in Emir­ates Home, the Middle East’s best selling interi­ors magazine.

Coulson Macleod now offers a per­son­al­iz­a­tion service.

Coulson Macleod bespoke art. Per­fect wed­ding gift.

The bespoke piece has to based on these best-selling prints from our Love Collection:

Simply pick a sim­ilar num­ber of words and sen­tences that you want to incor­por­ate, and we do the rest, res­ult­ing in a one-off piece of bespoke art­work that’s totally per­sonal to you.

An ideal gift for someone get­ting mar­ried or a wed­ding anniversary.

Our bespoke prints cost £199.