About Us

The Guides for Brides offices are in a stunning rural setting on the outskirts of Wantage, Oxfordshire. If you are in the area do call in for coffee and a chat.

The offices are open from 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, and we hope that the following will help you to put names to faces, or will help to make us something more than a voice on the end of the phone line.

Telephone: 01235 770078
Fax: 01235 770778
Email: admin@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Director
Having started Guides for Brides in 1995, Alison is committed to making Guides for Brides the primary source of information for all couples planning a wedding in the UK. A driving force within the business she takes a strong interest in current trends and changes in the wedding industry to ensure that brides and businesses can be kept totally up to date with what is new for this year.
alison@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Business Manager
With responsibility for the smooth day to day running of the office, negotiating contracts, overseeing everything from printing to national exhibitions, and with a challenge around every corner, Nicky has an uncanny ability to listen to five conversations at once, while also taking notes and checking spreadsheets. Since joining Guides for Brides in 2005, Nicky hasn't looked back ... or up!
nicky@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Design
"I'll try" is her catch phrase, and she always succeeds. Having spent over 4 years in our sales department, Grace has took the bold stepof moving into our design department in 2009. As well as creating our guide books and various wedding fair adverts and flyers, Grace is also twittering on a daily basis, promoting our website around the country, through Twitter.com. Having made the mistake of demonstrating her aptitude on a computer, in addition to her full time design role, Grace is the one who ensures that our huge database of businesses is kept up to date and working smoothly.
design@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Internet Sales Consultant
A whirlwind of activity, Neil is passionate about getting the very best from the web site for his clients, and won't take no for an answer when he sees a wedding company is missing out on business. Constantly checking page positions, ranking and statistics he keeps us ahead of our competitors so that sales calls can be made with true conviction. A regular on our exhibition stand at the National Wedding Shows - despite our threats to make him wear a bridal gown!
neil@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Guide and Internet Sales Consultant
Everyone needs an Office Mum, we don't know what we'd do without Gill! She is the one who sends us home when we are sick and makes sure the director remembers to stop for lunch. With a never ending supply of paracetemol, warm cardigans, tissues and diet coke she can instantly solve almost every crisis. She is also the Web Advert Queen, and is inevitably the one to help you out with uploading your pictures, resetting passwords and trying to retrieve details of inadvertantly expired adverts.
gill@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Wedding Fair Co-Ordinator
John gained first hand experience in the wedding business by marrying his sweetheart Helen after his first year at Guides for Brides - that is dedication to the job for you. Apparently working on more Sundays than most Vicars, John can be found at wedding fairs throughout the home counties rearranging tables, finding table cloths, extension leads and drawing pins, and making sure every exhibitor at the Guides for Brides fairs have all their various whims catered for.

His direct line is 01235 773462

john@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Wedding Fair Administrator
Cramming a full time job into 3 days, Jackie's prowess at the keyboard  - she can spell AND can type with more than two fingers - has landed her with the task of ensuring our wedding fair bookings are kept up to date. As well as letting our sales department know what exhibition spaces are available, she also works many Sundays during the wedding fair season and is constantly answering queries from our brides, on a daily basis

jackie@guidesforbrides.co.uk

Accounts
Truly versatile, or just prepared to try anything, during her time at Guides for Brides Trudi's roles have included running the workplace nursery, junior administrator, wedding fair administrator, website administrator and model, and she is the only person to have had two leaving parties - yet still be here. Having tried every role except actually running the company Trudi has now found her niche in accounts, so if  you are ever sent an incorrect invoice - now you know who to shout at.

As well as her current role, Trudi is planning her own wedding, taking place in summer 2012.
trudi@guidesforbrides.co.uk