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Design Grove I help businesses to take their marketing to the next level with strategy, design and copywriting.

I’ve seen a lot of posts lately from designers criticising AI flyers, and I get it, from both sides of the fence. I’m as...
24/09/2026

I’ve seen a lot of posts lately from designers criticising AI flyers, and I get it, from both sides of the fence.

I’m as astounded as the next guy when it comes to what AI can do these days, and I am equally as put off by the graphics that it creates.

But the person doing AI graphics doesn’t see what I see. They see something better than they could create themselves. They don’t see it as damaging, they see it as enhancing.

So yes, keep using AI but my advice would be to build your brand with a professional first. Then you can feed it all your visual prompts that it can use to create truly on brand material.

Get more out of your AI tools, and make sure you don’t end up looking and sounding like everyone else.

23/09/2026

A little reintroduction of me and my business.
If I can help you in any way, drop me a DM or email.

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Saw a post recently saying “how to share your trip without spamming” and it got me wondering… why the hell would anyone ...
18/09/2026

Saw a post recently saying “how to share your trip without spamming” and it got me wondering… why the hell would anyone care about spamming people with their trip photos??

Being on a little holiday myself, I’m spamming!
I don’t care.

And if you spam holiday pics, never apologise!! When I’m not experiencing it myself, I wanna live through you. So spam away.

Something has been holding me back with my business for a while. As a creative person, I just kept hitting a block with ...
13/08/2026

Something has been holding me back with my business for a while. As a creative person, I just kept hitting a block with my own marketing and creating content.

So I thought on it a lot.

You can probably see the dabbling that’s been going on in my grid. It’s been all over the place. But I’ve found my vibe.

The person I was in 2019 when I started The Design Grove was fresh out of the work world. It was officey and constrained.

Now I feel like a butterfly 🦋 emerging from a chrysalis of expectation, fear, self consciousness and into a mentality of authentic, unashamedly being me.

So this is me. A bit less polished. But polished. If you know what I mean.

And the blockage has lifted. So you shall be seeing more from me. Ps the website is a labour of love so bear with me on that one.

What do you think???

Less shiny things, more doing… your marketing moves your business when it’s consistent. It’s easy to get pulled into all...
14/07/2026

Less shiny things, more doing… your marketing moves your business when it’s consistent.

It’s easy to get pulled into all sorts of new ideas. Like magpies, searching for the next big idea, the next big trend, but sporadic bursts will not make the impact you’re after.

Being consistent, focused and clear about your comms will.

I work with businesses on their comms every day. As their outsourced head of marketing. But I also work alongside businesses who want to do it themselves.

Either way the trigger is the need to make progress and together we can. Give me a call if you need some help.

Last week I spent a morning in the woods with Emma England, in a session hosted by the team at You Matter. It was calm, ...
14/07/2026

Last week I spent a morning in the woods with Emma England, in a session hosted by the team at You Matter.

It was calm, restorative, wellbeing session and was a great start to my day.

Emma does these sessions for businesses of all shapes and sizes across the northwest, to help their employees feel better equipped to handle everything that work throws at them.

So if wellbeing in the workplace is on your agenda, and it’s more than just a tick-box thing, Emma’s worth talking to.

This week I’ve been a networker, speaker, delegate, bus rider, metro passenger, and mums taxi. Kicking off the week with...
14/05/2026

This week I’ve been a networker, speaker, delegate, bus rider, metro passenger, and mums taxi.

Kicking off the week with Shout Bury, had a great laugh with everyone and looking forward to seeing their faces more often.

Heading into Wednesday I delivered a talk on employee engagement/internal marketing to a room full of HR professionals.

Ending Wednesday at the launch party of this years’ Rochdale Business Awards at Defiance Spirits - bringing good vibes with that place.

Thursdays adventures took me into Manchester to spend the day with the ever lovely, Jean Atkinson.

We went along to Del Parsons Marketing & Sales Summit - the highlight of which was hearing from the CEO of WUKA and her work in creating VAT free period pants.

Seeing her receive a standing ovation for the work she has done was truly inspiring.

So all in all, one hell of a week - who said being a solopreneur is lonely - not this week!!!

Next week though, it’ll be head down, grafting, kind of a week. Finalising plans for two websites and content creation for all my clients. Onward and upward.

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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