Anna Bance

Somerset based The Event Flag Hire Company was founded by Klare, who started the business with a fine art background after more than twenty years working in creative direction and production for festivals and corporate events. Klare recognised a gap for beautifully made, reusable flags and bunting.

Back in 2006, BOTL founder Heather Nicholson, an industrial chemist and mum went looking for something safer than plastic for her son's water bottle. Having realised that plastics could leach harmful chemicals into drinks, most reusable plastic options weren't much of an improvement, Heather used her knowledge of chemical composition to land on 18/8 stainless steel as the safest, most inert alternative. Recyclable, durable, and free of toxins.

Westwing was founded in 2011 by Delia Lachance and four co-founders, conceived as a "curated shoppable magazine" for home and living inspiration. I was surprised not to have come across this website previously, until only last week while searching online for outdoor cushions.