Q & A Nicole Mercer

Q&A

WITH NICOLE MERCER

Our Winter issue’s Q & A ‘victim’ is new Communications Manager Nicole Mercer

You’ve recently joined the BiKBBI, what are your first impressions?

As soon as I joined, I felt part of the team. The staff are so friendly and really support each other. It’s a really professional organisation and the team all know their stuff! There is a lot more to the institute than I originally thought, which is great.

What attracted you to your role with the BiKBBI?

I was looking to get back in to the workplace after a period of being ‘a mum’ and saw this Communications Manager role advertised. I read up about the company and it looked really interesting and wanted to be able to use my skills I had acquired from my previous roles.

Enough of business, tell us about yourself, married? Kids?

I’m engaged to Lee, we’ve been together for five years and we have twin girls Emmie and Lottie who are two and half years old. So as you can imagine I don’t get too much time for myself but when I do, I love little trips away with Lee, dining out, or I let him cook at home as he’s a pretty good chef.

What’s your favourite holiday destination?

Thinking back, any beach holiday I’ve had seems a dream away since having the girls. But the place I’ve been to the most and would return again and again as I love it, is New York, love the shopping, sites and food!

What’s your favourite movie?

Trying to think of films other than reruns of Frozen, Lion King, Up and Dumbo (which is all I get to see these days!), my favourite film has got to be The Lost Boys, I know it’s a bit of a cult film and is pretty old now, but I loved the young vampires and always wanted to be one and it’s also got a pretty good sound track.

What or who makes you laugh?

Melissa McCarthy, especially in the film Bridesmaids. Most of her films are so funny!

What makes you cringe?

The contestants on ‘The Apprentice’. How you could be that crawly and so full of yourself!! It’s embarrassing!

Name three people you’d most like to share a dinner party with?

OK, so I’ve got to have a bit of eye candy around the table, so it would have to be Tom Hardy, Gino D’acampo (for cooking the food obviously) as he would ensure some laughs and to even up the sexes, it would have to be Melissa McCarthy.

Name three people you’d least like to share a dinner party with?

I won’t be too personal with this one, so I will go with my nightmare scenario which is sitting in a pie n’ mash shop with three OAPs with false teeth whilst they suck the bones from the jellied eels! I love pie n’ mash but for years I refused to go into a shop that sold jellied eels because my first experience in one was so awful.

What song would most likely get you up on the dance floor?

I love 90s dance music and my faves would probably be 'Break of Dawn' by Rhythm on the Loose, or 'You Sure Do' by Strike

Hopes for the future?

Just for my family and friends to be healthy and happy. And for my girls to grow up to be the best young ladies they can be, being thoughtful, generous and kind.