Name:	Rachel Elnaugh
Birthday:	June 11 2010 (1 years old)
Gender:	Female

Street Address:	Rachel Elnaugh Ltd, Omnia One, 125 Queen Street
City:	Sheffield
State/Province:	South Yorkshire
Country:	England
Phone Number:	0114 279 2822
Website URL:	http://www.rachelelnaugh.com

Business Name:	Rachel Elnaugh Ltd
Description:	Entrepreneur, Professional Speaker, Author, Transformational Coach & Business Mentor - Rachel Elnaugh is the entrepreneur who created the market leading experiences brand Red Letter Days at the age of 24 – which she grew from nothing, on a shoestring budget, into a £multi-million turnover household name. This won her an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002 and she was shortlisted for the 2001 Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year Award along with Barbara Cassani, Jo Malone, Sly Bailey and Chey Garland. Red Letter Days’ fall into administration in 2005, after the over-expansion of the business in 2002, gained much media exposure and Rachel wrote about her experiences of adversity in business in her 2007 book ‘Business Nightmares’. The timing of the book launch could not have been more fortuitous as it was published at the beginning of the current recession – and has since become the handbook for business survival for many struggling entrepreneurs. Rachel’s appearance as a ‘Dragon’ on the first two series of BBCTV’s Dragons’ Den in 2005 secured her celebrity entrepreneur status, which has resulted in over 300 engagements as a speaker and celebrity guest in the Enterprise Sector over the past five years. Rachel has also given evidence to Parliament on the development of an Enterprise Culture in the UK and has both participated in and spoken at the All-Party Parliamentary Committee for Small Business. She is an avid supporter of David Cameron and was invited to consider standing as a Conservative MP in the last election. Her network in the Enterprise Sector is second to none. She has acted as a judge for the EMDA Enterprising Britain Awards, the Accountancy Age Awards, the Grazia Businesswoman of the Year Award and the National Business Awards. Rachel has also become a respected Business Mentor and won the IAB Champion for Entrepreneurship in the UK Award for 2008 and was runner up for the SFEDI Supporter of Enterprise Award for 2009. Rachel has been an ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ at the British Library Business and IP Centre since 2008 and gives free monthly mentoring sessions to entrepreneurs. In return the British Library provides Rachel with the use of its magnificent training and conference facilities, where the majority of her training workshops and events are now held. Rachel is also an Ambassador to the Princes Trust. Rachel lives in Bakewell in Derbyshire wth her husband Chris and her five sons.
Tags/Keywords:	Entrepreneur, Professional Speaker, Author, Transformational Coach, Business Mentor