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 Welcome to our July issue. In the current economic climate we hear a lot of doom and gloom but it’s heartening to hear a success story such as our real life character this month, former sales executive Amanda O’Brien, who gave up her nine-to-five job to set up a business on eBay and through sheer hard work and determination she is now bringing in five times her previous salary. “We’ve been able to pay off some debts and we now go on family holidays abroad that we probably wouldn’t have before,” says Amanda, who works hard at finding the products that sell successfully. Keen not to present it as a money-for-nothing scheme, Amanda stresses that the more time and effort you put into researching products the more money you can make.
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Enjoying a picnic in a beautiful garden is the epitome of summer, so why not recreate this teatime look with a few simple containers, flowers and accessories says Florist Frances Fenwick. Summer days are here again and the Cotswolds look their glorious best. The social season is in full swing and taking ‘afternoon tea’ is as much a part of the tourist ritual as visiting Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle. What captures the epitome of Englishness more than a picnic rug in a beautiful rural setting, by a slow running stream, or in your garden surrounded by summer flowers?
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 Growing up in a highly successful eventing family, Harry Meade was exposed to the exhilarating sport at a very early age so it’s no wonder that he has become a leading light on the eventing scene, with consistent successes at the top equestrian events in the world. “My father put me on the horse with him when I was just six months old and I grew up on an eventing yard so it was very much part of my childhood,” says Harry, whose father Richard was one of the most successful riders in the world in the 1980s, having won three Olympic Gold medals.
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When 36-year-old Amanda O’Brien decided to leave her advertising sales job in Cheltenham to spend more time with her family in their rural four-bed home near Broadway, she had no idea she’d soon be making five times her previous salary. And she certainly wouldn’t have expected the source of her new-found wealth to be the internet trading site, eBay. But through sheer hard work and determination, Amanda is now bringing in an income of around £2,500 a week and has just published a book showing others how it’s done.
“My eBay business has made a real difference to my life and that of my family,” reveals Amanda.
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At a time when many people were queueing up outside banks waiting to hear what was happening to their savings during the recent financial uncertainty, Coutts was on the phone to its clients keeping them informed about their savings.
“The first thing we did was ring all of our clients to reassure them that their money was safe,” says Private Banker Charlie Ellison. “Coutts is all about service and it is that one-to-one relationship that clients get from private banking that creates trust. We made sure that all of our clients were informed and we were honest with them. We were able to reassure them and put their minds at rest.
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