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Rose had a particularly varied journey to her current role as leader of Opening Doors & Venues, the Midlands-based conference and events agency dedicated to exceeding your expectations. Rose’s career path involved time spent as a nursery nurse, a period in sales, marketing and PR and a lifelong involvement with amateur theatre – which resulted in producing a 3 night amdram production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in her local church! Rose has certainly led an eventful worklife! In 2000, Rose was persuaded by a friend to become involved in the organisation of a 2-day conference for Age Concern. Ultimately, Rose assumed the role of overall project manager. The event was a massive success and led to Rose founding the thriving agency that we see today. In 2015, Opening Doors & Venues was winner of the ABPCO Excellence Award for Best Agency Conference Organiser, a proud moment for Rose indeed. ABPCO is the Association of British Professional Conference Organiser...

I visited the MAKUP Academy recently to see the students in action and ask them about their experiences so far. Veronica’s latest group have now completed 7 weeks of their 16 week course – and they cannot believe how the time has flown! The students are very proud of their developing skills and are showcasing the looks they are creating on social media. As well as personally receiving compliments on Instagram and Facebook, the MAKUP trainees are thrilled to hear the positive comments passed by members of the industry who follow Veronica’s work. The warm but professional studio is a hive of calm, focused activity. All the students are working in pairs, today creating a ’60’s inspired look, with a great deal of backcombing and black eye-liner planned! First I chatted with Daisy and Abby: Daisy “I’ve really enjoyed studying the different period and eras. The course is exceeding my expectations. Plus it’s great to learn simple but vital tips, like the importance of layer...