Hi, my name is Carole Aldred
and I am proud to say I’m a Lancashire Lass through-and-through!
I founded Red Rose Directories in May 2005 after working for many years in the corporate business world.
I founded Red Rose Directories in May 2005 after working for many years in the corporate business world.
I was searching for a business idea and, after working up and down the country for many years, I decided I wanted to work on a local basis and help local businesses achieve the success they so much deserve.
My previous experience as a corporate business consultant highlighted to me just how much local businesses can struggle against these large organisations and I knew I had the expertise to help them – perhaps more than most.
With this in mind, I decided to launch a local magazine for local businesses to advertise their products and services. I thought it best that the magazines were hand delivered to ensure maximum readership.
In May 2005 ‘The Bromley Cross Directory’ was born and, to be quite honest, at this stage I had no idea I would launch any further magazines!
The initial response from this magazine was phenomenal!
It exceeded all my expectations and, after only a couple of months, businesses from neighbouring villages had heard about it and were asking if we would launch a similar magazine for their area.
To satisfy this demand, in July 2005 we launched a second magazine in Bradshaw & Harwood (The Bradshaw & Harwood Directory) and it wasn’t long before news of this one was out and we were on our way to a third! Long story short…due to demand, we now have a total of 52 magazines all working extremely well for small and medium businesses in the areas.
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