Nurturing long-term contacts has brought success for Brentwood Select member Kelly Clark.

Kelly, a journalist of more than 13 years who set up her own writing and PR company in February, has recently taken on two major long-term projects.

Alongside her ongoing work writing text for websites, brochures and adverts and helping clients get their news in the press, Kelly will now act as editor of the brand new wedding magazine, Brides etc, and media consultant for the Government-backed Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) taking responsibility for the promotion of four Essex Academy schools in the media.

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Small businesses which were hit hard by the worst of the credit crunch and the recession nearly a year ago are starting to experience a tentative recovery, according to analysis by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) which has documented the economic downturn's impact on small firms since last September.