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Hotelier Emmanuelle has worked her way up
KELLY CRAVEN-SALVATELLI is owner of Sienna Taye Hairdressing, 21 Winchester Street, Salisbury. tel: 01722 333440; www.siennataye.co.uk “To be a constant hard worker and striving to be the best you can be has always been my inspiration. I wanted to be work for myself from the beginning, and follow my own ethos, and luckily there are many successful women in our industry, including my team and my younger sister Ellena, who have helped be my role models. “Having my daughter made me re-evaluate what my goals were and where I saw my future heading. While I value my business, I am also a mother and my time is more precious now. Being my own boss means that I can balance my work and home life to suit.”
Hairdresser Kelly with her inspiring sister Ellena
EMMANUELLE HARTSTONE is co owner of La Fosse, La Fosse at Cranborne; London House, The Square, Cranborne. tel: 01725 517604; www.la-fosse.com “I was born and raised in Munich, Germany, but my entire family is French, and I came to England in 1993. I have worked in hospitality since I was 16. I have never had a women manager or hotel owner, which shows that in my earlier days, there where not many around, it was very much considered a man’s world. “It was a stereotype to be either housekeeper or receptionist. I worked my way up to general manager and then did the jump to own my own place. Making it my career and moving up the ranks as a women has been hard work, but it paid off in the end.” LOU FLETCHER is owner of Piccolo Property Services, 57 Wain-A-Long Road, Salisbury. tel: 01722 580059; www.piccoloproperty.co.uk “For most women, daily life is a juggling act and I think we are ‘pre-programmed’ to manage several tasks simultaneously. Combine this with 20 years of house moves as an army wife and I almost feel I was destined to be a letting agent. “On the property management side, most of the tradespeople I deal with are men but after 18 years of talking boilers and drains I feel I can hold my own when it comes to discussing pitch fibre pipes or where to put a ‘strap on boss’!” 58 I SALISBURY LIFE I www.mediaclash.co.uk
Letting agent Lou with her daughters, Hebe (left) and Molly (right)