Bee Commercial Solutions Ltd

08/03/2026

She walked into the boardroom and they told her: “This isn’t for women.”

50 years later, women are breaking ceilings, starting businesses, and leading organisations — but some barriers remain.

Some numbers tell the story:
• Women now hold 40–45% of FTSE 100 board roles
• Roughly one-third of FTSE 350 leadership positions are held by women
• Female entrepreneurs now run around 30% of UK businesses
• Yet only 1 in 10 Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and female-founded companies still get ~2% of VC funding

The lesson? The glass ceiling was never about ability — it was about opportunity.

Today, we celebrate the women who broke barriers, those leading today, and the next generation who will shatter them entirely.
Liz Colleran Karen Stalker Caroline Crawford Lydia Hart Jayde Hart

05/01/2026

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

Even our workdays are part of the answer.

The Summer Day

Who made the world?

Who made the swan, and the black bear?

Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper, I mean —

the one who has flung herself out of the grass,

the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,

who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —

who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down

into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,

how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,

which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

+ Mary Oliver

Back to work today, back to the routine and rhythms of ordinary life.

Mary Oliver leaves us with a question worth carrying into the week:

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

Even our workdays are part of the answer.

The Summer Day

Who made the world?

Who made the swan, and the black bear?

Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper, I mean —

the one who has flung herself out of the grass,

the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,

who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —

who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down

into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,

how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,

which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

Mary Oliver

05/01/2026

Back to work today, back to the routine and rhythms of ordinary life.

Mary Oliver leaves us with a question worth carrying into the week:

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

Even our workdays are part of the answer.

The Summer Day

Who made the world?

Who made the swan, and the black bear?

Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper, I mean —

the one who has flung herself out of the grass,

the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,

who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —

who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down

into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,

how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,

which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

Mary Oliver

22/12/2025

As 2025 comes to an end and the festive season begins, I would like to wish all my friends, colleagues, and network a wonderful, peaceful, and joyful Christmas.

Here’s to fresh opportunities, shared successes, and collaboration stepping into 2026 with optimism and confidence!

Thank you for being part of the journey this year it’s been a fantastic year.