The Building Experience are delighted to profile A Woman's Touch, the multi award winning Building and Property Maintenance company. Run exclusively by women, and with many female tradespeople, the team pride themselves on their professional service and attention to detail. From a basement conversion, loft or extension, through to kitchen and bathroom refurbs, and even hotel and restaurant renovations, the team offer an unrivalled service.

Trade: Building & Refurbishment

Unique Selling Point: 1) Lots of tradeswomen, 2) Businesslike (keep appointments, stick to deadlines and budgets etc) 3) We’ve won several awards

Typical works performed: Lofts, extensions, basements, kitchen and bathroom refurbs

Your Name: Kerrie Keeling

Your Role/Position: Managing Director

Trading Area: London , Brighton, Cambridge , Manchester , Bristol , Southern Spain

Number of years Trading: 5

Number of Employees: 11 (and 50 subbies)

Perks of the job: Being my own boss – making exciting decisions

Downsides of the job: Not as well paid as investment banking was!

Biggest challenge facing your company/industry: Finding enough well qualified and experienced tradeswomen to keep up with the demand from our clients

Funniest moment: Meeting Gordon Ramsay when working on one of his restaurants – and him saying he was going to use an F word about our work – luckily it was Fantastic!

Scariest moment: Meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace – at a reception for women in business.

How you advertise/market the business: Word of mouth, logos on our vans, T-shirts, banners on scaffolds etc

What sets your company apart: Our high quality of customer service and our attention to detail, on the admin and the actual trades work.

Anything else: Oh, and we’re women!