The Money Honey - Women in Property, Finance & Construction

Julie is an award winning independent financial adviser and a certified financial coach and host of the Women & Money Café Podcast. She is a longstanding member of the multi-award winning Chartered Becketts FS Investment Committee. Her thirst for knowledge continues, and she is due to become an ICF accredited coach in Spring 2023.

But... "she doesn't look like one" she says.

She's thrown away the heels, the corporate suit, and started to really focus on her client relationships.

Years of qualifications and research have led Julie to have a unique understanding of how our brains behave under stress, and how this impacts on our financial decision-making and well-being.

Equality and justice are the cornerstones of Julie’s work, and so she focuses on supporting women to be equally represented within financial services, and the world! She spreads the word through her podcast, The Women & Money Café, and as a speaker at events.

Julie is best known for her work with women who have lost their partner. She chooses to work with widows as she recognises that these women have unique needs that most financial services companies ignore.

Julie lives by the motto that we rise by lifting others up.

If you would like to connect with Julie and follow her work you can find her here:

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieflynnmoneywoman/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/julieflynnmoneywoman/

Website https://ebbandflow.uk

Podcast https://womenandmoney.cafe

Sofia Jones, financial adviser and owner of Penny House shares:

"When I was working in well-paid job in pharmaceuticals, I started learning about what I would need to do to train as a mortgage adviser. I believe everything happens for a reason. I was lucky to find a great broker who was willing to advise me when I was buying my first property, opposed to just completing a transaction, they taught me a huge amount about the industry and gave me a great insight, this encouraged me to take the leap and work in a sector that I was passionate about. I started Penny House in 2017 from my garden shed. Alongside Penny House I also continued to grow my buy-to-let portfolio by buying properties that need renovating, doing the necessary works, and then renting them out.Fast forward to today, the company is based in London I split my time between London and my home office in Oxford. But the coolest part is I’m no longer alone, I get to work with a great team. The company has advisers based in other areas over the UK and arranges nationally.I specialise in complex cases such as buy to let portfolio lending, business owners finance and insurance but Penny House and the team collectively can arrange all types of mortgages with the core of our business being first time buyers and re-mortgages so we have a diverse client base and knowledge between us."

To stay up to date with Sofia Jones and the work at Penny House you can follow here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-jones-pennyhouse/ https://www.instagram.com/_penny_house/

We're delighted to have Barbie on the show! She is a total Money Honey babe.

After the launch of a very successful movie, Barbie, on her way to play a quick tennis match, stopped to speak to me, Rosalia, on The Money Honey show.

I ask Barbie about:

💖how she deals with so much criticism

💖 how she developed her career and personal brand

💖 and how she managed to achieve the all time epic Malibu dream home.

Barbie is on all major social media platforms and on the big screen!

The PINK-tastic Elizabeth McQuillan is your Car Queen!  From finance to concierge car sourcing, be it business or personal, she’s got it covered.

As a recently accoladed car finance expert, she admits to previously being 'that girl’ who felt intimidated and overwhelmed by car salesmen.

Following a number of bad car and finance choices, she was finally saved in 2016, by her now husband, who had his own car dealership.

After a complete career change back in 2017 and weathering the COVID storm, Elizabeth now has a business aimed specifically at helping females on their car journeys.  

The company values are based upon empowering females with the knowledge they need to make an independent, financial decision.  

Due to her fast success, Elizabeth now offers her skills in Sales and Entrepreneurship to other female business owners at Business Retreats, Business Membership and Sales training days.  

If you are intimidated by sorting out your MOT, or buying a new car, or even going to a garage to fix something on your car, then Elizabeth is the gal for you!

Tune in if you want to revv up your car knowledge and turn up the gears on your confidence.

To follow Flamingo Car Finance and Elizabeth's work, please follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flamingocarfinance/

Money Education: Schools, Upbringing, and the Formation of Financial Beliefs - Part 1

Lexie is a Property Finder, Property Developer, Investor and Property Presenter and Content Creator - basically, her whole life revolves around Property!

As a Property Finder she works for the people, not the vendors or landlords like an Estate Agent does. She has helped over 600 people find their dream home in London whether they are looking to buy or rent. As a developer, she has a small portfolio of properties in West London and as a presenter and content creator, she has worked with some of the UK’s biggest developers and well-known Estate Agents producing video material as well as speaking and hosting at various awards and exhibitions such as The Ideal Home Show and Grand Designs Live to name a few.

Her next project which she has just received planning permission for is to knock down her bungalow in West London and build a house for herself as well as 3 flats she plans to rent out.

Lexie’s goal is to make property easy to understand, unintimidating and ultimately FUN! Moving house has consistently been voted the 3rd most stressful life event after death and divorce and Lexie is on a mission to change that!

You can keep up with Lexie here:

Instagram: @lexiecarducci

Linkedin - Lexie Carducci

Thank you for tuning into The Money Honey - The show that brings together women in finance, construction and property!

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Hannah has worked in financial services since 2018 following her graduation from Bournemouth University. Her finance journey began at Twenty7Tec as a Lender Relationship Coordinator and progressed to Insight Sales Manager before moving to London to work for United Trust Bank in 2020. Her first role was Key Accounts however, following a promotion in March last year, she has been working as the Corporate Account Manager overseeing the bank’s relationships with networks and clubs. Outside of work she is a keen sportsperson, loves music, arts and food

You can keep up with Hannah here:

www.utbank.co.uk

Thank you for tuning into The Money Honey - The show that brings together women in finance, construction and property!

Don't forget to Like, comment and subscribe! You can also follow along with Manuka Media here:

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Website - www.manukamedia.co.uk

You can keep up with Kristy here:

Instagram - Kristyywalsh

Linkedin - Kristy Walsh 

Thank you for tuning into The Money Honey - The show that brings together women in finance, construction and property!
Don't forget to Like, comment and subscribe! You can also follow along with Manuka Media here:
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Does the fear of what others might think every stop you from doing something magical? Does imposter syndrome paralyse you from actually taking action?

This was me last summer when I was rebranding from The Content Hive to Manuka Media and my personal brand persona was born: The Money Honey.

I wasn't convinced. I told the graphic designer and brand strategist to bin it. I was too embarrassed to launch into the financial world with this name because I thought people would other find me "cute", or "too girly" or SEXY. I didn't want people to sexualise or ridicule this name.

That's why I DID IT ANYWAY.

I had to reconnect with my values. My goals. My vision.

I had to reconnect with the purpose. WHY AM I DOING THIS? I asked myself. And that's why I had to get over myself, out of my own way and start this podcast otherwise I would be letting you down.

Listen to the show to find out my story about the the birth of The Money Honey. I know it will help you to reflect on your own limiting beliefs and also evaluate if you are in your own way avoiding taking action.

If you find this show helpful please give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe! The bigger the show, the more I can provide this safe learning environment for you.

Sally has done so many different roles within the Financial Services world, starting out her career training as a Financial Adviser, then switching specifically to being a Mortgage Broker (she says because she saw the Mortgage Advisers receiving so many bouquets of flowers as thanks for helping people to buy their dream homes, yet people were never so grateful about their investments)!

She switched to Business Development in 2007, alas with Mortgage Express who were then nationalised as part of the Bradford and Bingley Group in 2008 and no longer had any business to develop.

Cue a switch into working with the back book of their mortgage business, working with portfolio clients restructuring portfolio debts for accounts that were deemed high risk.

Having done the broking, lending and back book side of the business she was well placed to decide which area she wanted to continue her career in and decided relationship management is her biggest strength.  She is now a Regional Account Manager for Together Money where she has worked since 2020.

She has the pleasure of working within a great environment at Together and is lucky to work with a female strong team, including her manager Michelle Walsh and the Director of Sales, Tanya Elmaz.

You can keep up with Sally here:

 Web: www.togethermoney.com 

Portal: www.mybrokervenue.co.uk

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Website - www.manukamedia.co.uk