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On Friday 1st March 2019, Janet and Esther travelled down to Facebook, London for a “Train the Trainer” Event as part of the “Facebook #SheMeansBusiness Programme”. Although Janet had been to the Facebook Partner Centre in London before, Esther experienced the social media giant’s London HQ for the first time. “It’s like the Willy Wonka […]Continue Reading

In anticipation of International Women’s Day 2019, I (Rebecca Hopwood) wanted to sit down with the SoProChief – Janet Bebb! Janet enjoyed a life growing up as part of a big family, got married and had kids, built a house and built a career. From banking, to training (lots in between) and now business owner […]Continue Reading

For those of you who have gotten to know us since October last year you may not really know about SoPro Esther who’s actually been part of the Social Progress Team since 2015. She’s back after almost a year on Maternity Leave! Well, she’s actually been back over month now – how time flies! She […]Continue Reading

In this blog series, our resident girl geek Mel, will be delving into the ‘exciting’ world of data and analytics. You may think this isn’t relevant to your business or ‘yawn’ as many people do, but a few minutes now and then can make a huge difference and it doesn’t need to be drawn out […]Continue Reading

Joining the Social Progress team is like being part of a small family, in which everyone is interested in what each other does on a personal level in their spare time. I was lucky that my Mum, Janet, was willing to let her youngest trouble maker be part of this slice of gold that she’s […]Continue Reading

We’re sure that you’re aware that there’s been a lot of talk recently about the use of personal data from Facebook and Instagram and how this is shared with third party apps. There is no denying that Facebook is now desperately trying to harvest back some control and regain the world’s trust on what happens […]Continue Reading

What I’ve Learnt So Far: My top tips for working at Social Progress So I’m just coming to the end of my 2nd month as the ‘SoPro Newbie’ and have been asked to write a blog about my experiences so far, so here it is: Me I know more than I think I do (and […]Continue Reading

Can you believe it we’ve been in business now for SIX whole years. Where has the time gone?   We’ve grown from being just Janet to now a team of five: Janet, Esther, Mel, Georgia and our latest team member who started this week, Rebecca. Our Journey It’s been an interesting journey from starting out […]Continue Reading

After my big reveal as the newest member of the Social Progress Team, I thought it would be fun to tell you a little bit about what I have been up to and have learned during my first week here – “Yes I really did do more than just drink delicious Fairtrade coffee and Instagram […]Continue Reading