Never giving up with Corporate Finance Broker Vicki Walker

We are talking with Vicki Walker about her journey from her school days into her career in corporate finance, the ups and downs, the good times, the hard times and the giggles (lots of giggles) along the way. Vicki helps businesses secure finance for all sorts of reasons, maybe a new premises, sometimes to pay the VAT or tax bill.  Lot's of people automatically think to go to a bank if they need finance but using a finance broker can often get you a better deal so it is worth investigating. So, back in the day when you could leave school at 16 Vicki was, in her own words, not particularly academic and spurred on by the fact that all the fun people had left and it was a bit shit (her words again) she left school after a couple of months in sixth form to get an apprenticeship.  What follows is a somewhat rocky road to where she is today, she got there, she went back, she blagged a bit, she maybe leaped too soon and she failed (learned) at it but what she didn't do was give up! She went back to employment but vowed that one day she was going to have another crack at it.  Then when she got made redundant from her 'secure' job and it seemed there wasn't a better time to have another crack at self employment and having learnt a lot from last time and the few years in between she was in a much better position to make a success of it. Despite her partners insistence that she try to get a job she even managed to talk one recruiter, not only out of employing her but at filling the role completely.  It is clear that Vicki's natural and honest way with people has enabled her to build a network of contacts that has helped her to make a success of her business. Vicki leaves us with this piece of advice for anyone considering "If you do it and fail, don't worry about it.  You can still have another go!" Good advice Vic!  Thanks for chatting and for the giggles! https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickiwalker2/ https://www.facebook.com/VickiWalkerKey/ https://twitter.com/_Vicki_Walker_ Thankyou to Outsider for the music - find out more here https://www.facebook.com/outsiderbanduk/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptZFe6lZ4lY