Uncovering a professional's life in Brum

This feels like first day at school.

I've done enough public speaking to know that one should never start with an apology, so here's an admission instead: I'm a blogging virgin. I love a challenge and when this opportunity came up, I figured "What's the worst that can happen? I lose what little street-cred I had and people I've never met take issue with what I've posted on-line?" Hey, I'm already on Facebook.

So, a bit about me: I originally hail from a great city with a chip on its shoulder about its second city status (that's Glasgow by the way) but have called Brum home for the last nine years. Living in Moseley and now Kings Heath, Birmingham has got under my skin. I run Indigo Ltd, a marketing and fundraising consultancy which works to help companies maximise their income (usually in the arts and cultural sector), and I'm also quite active in Birmingham's business community, spending much of last year as Chairman of Birmingham Future.