A message from our MD on the Awards.
“What a way to finish the week!
Last night I had the priviledge of attending the East Anglian Daily Times Business Awards 2025. Finalist for Customer Excellence for Clarity Umbrella Ltd, what an achievement, but such a deserved win for Geek Retreat Ipswich.
Followed by a very unexpected win for me personally (against some outstanding finalists) as I walked away with Business Person of the Year in Suffolk…
What can I say, for the first time in a long time I was truly speechless! Shaking like a leaf and truly shocked! Clarity Umbrella Ltd has been 6 years in the making and in my head it was and is a business set up by little old me in my front room, with the guys from the Contractor UK forum giving me the push I needed. Shy and unconfident as a child, not a high achiever at school, don’t get me wrong I did ok, but someone who had a desire to make the most of every situation, learn and prove a few people wrong.
Last year we payrolled over £62m for our contractors, I guess you can say that is not a bad achievement for that shy, unasuming girl dear teachers!
Last night I was told a few times that maybe it is time to take the recognition for what I have achieved. I am not sure that it has sank in as I sit here this morning, but maybe there is a very humbled smile that has come across my face writing this. Maybe it will only sink in properly when I finally tell my dad!
Rebecca Seeley Harris and I spoke about this only a few weeks ago, about under-estimating our achievements and I think even with an ackolade like this I sometimes struggle to acknowldge where I have got to.
Finally a huge congrats to all of the finalists and winners last night, it was an amazing evening! To Emma Proctor King for taking the time to get to know me and this business and believing in me and to Jon Neal for your kind, kind words.”