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Glamorous future for female entrepreneurs

A new Tyneside production company is planning to bring the glitz and glamour of burlesque to the North East. The three female entrepreneurs behind Bordello Bordello - Catherine Burns, Rose Higgins and Michelle Newell - came to know each other through mutual involvement in the North East’s performing arts scene. They decided to pool their resources and create a business unique to the area.

Catherine Burns, 34 and from Washington, Tyne and Wear, said: “Between the three of us we had built a great deal of experience in the elements required to infuse an event with glamour, fun and just the right dose of the unexpected. However, despite the North East being just as diverse as any other part of the country, the growing niche in the market for these services simply wasn’t being catered for here.”

With this in mind, Catherine conceived Bordello Bordello along with Rose, 25, and Michelle, 24, who are both originally from Glasgow. They began planning a three-tier business which would consist of an event production company, an alternative modelling agency, and a costume & clothing design arm. Following almost two years of careful planning, and the recent news that the business is to receive funding from the Arts Council, the three different strands of Bordello Bordello are all set to swing into action this month, when the women begin trading from their new company HQ at Design Works in Gateshead.

Alan Gillis, Business Adviser at the North East BIC, where the trio received help and advice, said: “This business is truly unique to the region, and the girls have all the experience and determination required to bring the glamour and fun that people are experiencing elsewhere to the North East.”

Bordello Bordello will be staging a launch event at Perdu, Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne on 29 April. For more information visit www.bordellobordello.co.uk.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .