Monthly Archives: April 2012

ELIZABETH’S CAKE EMPORIUM

Making great tasting and visually stunning cakes has always been a deep seated passion for Elizabeth Solaru. Her belief is that a cake should delight both taste wise and visually. All of her cakes are made from scratch (strictly no mixes) using the finest organic ingredients where possible.

Elizabeth Solaru likes to design Unique and Bespoke cakes for her clients

. When was your company founded?

Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium was found in 2006. My mission was to create cakes that tasted as beautiful as they looked.

. What’s your background and career path prior to your own business ?

On completion of my Master’s degree, I started my career as a Microbiologist and worked for the NHS for 13 years.  I then moved into the private health sector and worked at a private clinic as a Business Development Director.

After getting an MBA from Middlesex University I was Continue reading


RED DIAMOND EVENTS

 Red Diamond Events is an innovative, invigorating and refreshing Event Design Company based in Abuja, Nigeria. They make events such as weddings, corporate events or private functions Fabulous and Magical. They believe sensational decor can be drawn from the simpliest of things.

Red Diamond Events believe that events should be as unique and as amazing as their clients are, cause they are always ready to bring ideas, dreams and imaginations into a fabulous reality.

. When was your company founded?

 I founded and launched Red Diamond Events in 2010. Our aim was to bring something fresh and exciting to the event design industry in Nigeria.  We think a bride should be able to dream big rather than just settling for the ordinary. Too often, there’s a perception of “Oh, that couldn’t possibly be done”. We wanted help change that by saying no to mundane and dreary decor and injecting some Fabulosity instead!

.  What’s your background and career path prior to your own business?

 I’m actually a trained Lawyer. I ventured into event design on the back of comments I kept receiving at the socials my husband and I usually hold.  People kept asking: ‘Who did the decor? It’s really beautiful’. Continue reading