{"id":4614,"date":"2011-11-11T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2011-11-11T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T11:06:30","slug":"cardiff-character-claire-scantlebury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/11\/cardiff-character-claire-scantlebury\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff character: Claire Scantlebury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Entrepreneur Claire Scantlebury negotiates business with small town values<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/claire_s-main.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4635\" title=\"claire_s-main\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/claire_s-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/claire_s-main.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/claire_s-main-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4635\" title=\"claire_s-main\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/claire_s-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/claire_s-main.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/claire_s-main-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claire hopes to continue raising Cardiff\u2019s profile as an up-and-coming city<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Claire Scantlebury, the possibilities are endless. Yet the entrepreneur has chosen to stay in Cardiff to prove that big things can happen in small cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get asked all the time about moving to London, and my answer is no because I want to stay here,\u201d she says, with a genuine sincerity to her voice. \u201cMy passion is for Cardiff and Wales and Welsh people and the stuff that the city\u2019s cultivating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being in business is a full-time commitment, but for mum-of-one Claire, running three non-profit organisations isn\u2019t even her day job. \u201cJuggling things can be quite tricky,\u201d she admits. \u201cSome evenings and weekends I\u2019ll be up to 2am updating websites, writing emails or having meetings with potential speakers or sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late nights aside, her days are spent working as a marketing manager at Sequence, the biggest independent digital agency in Wales. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>So, between managing two careers and her family, how does she do it all? \u201cI have a very understanding husband,\u201d she smiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flying the flag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born and bred in Cardiff, Claire recalls her parents\u2019 work ethic having a profound effect on her. \u201cMy father\u2019s a journalist and I grew up with him working very long hours, always stressing about constant deadlines and trying to juggle his hobbies,\u201d she says. \u201cThen my mum started her own company, so I grew up watching my parents working very hard. I started to associate working very hard with the pride that they both had in their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keen to follow in their footsteps, Claire decided she wanted to play a part in promoting Cardiff as an up-and-coming city after she began to notice the talent it had to offer.<\/p>\n<p>She soon learnt, however, that she faced a challenge to prove not only herself, but also her city. \u201cIn the industry I\u2019m in now, you get used to everyone saying how cool London is, or how cool Birmingham is, or how cool Manchester is. No one ever said how cool Cardiff was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Determined to change this, she started Cardiff Web Scene in 2007, a network designed to connect local web professionals. It was here where Claire met business partner Neil Cocker. Eager to provide forward-thinkers with a platform for their passions, the pair joined forces to set up Ignite Cardiff and TedXCardiff. Originally both schemes established across the pond, the launch of both events in Cardiff marked a UK first.<\/p>\n<p>As she wasn\u2019t running charities or setting up youth centres, Claire recalls the tough time she had convincing others that her organisations had a place in benefitting the community. \u201cAbout three years ago we wouldn\u2019t have got the support from the Western Mail and Cardiff Council because it\u2019s not this formal business breakfast thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even after making her mark on the local scene, she says people still get the wrong idea about her purpose. \u201cThere\u2019s no ulterior motive. We do it because we\u2019re both business people and we both want to go to these kind of events,\u201d she explains.\u201cI don\u2019t get paid for it so there\u2019s got to be a love of doing it otherwise there\u2019s not much point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>World domination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On top of being named a Wales Business Insider Rising Star earlier this year, her efforts in putting Wales on the map has garnered her yet another title as Cardiff Ambassador, an honour awarded to individuals who have contributed to raising the professional profile of the capital. \u201cIt means I get a badge!\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of it stems from that I\u2019m so determined to show that we\u2019ve got great people here. You get so many people who come here for university then leave Wales because they don\u2019t think it has the opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s this fallacy that Claire is determined to debunk, even after receiving a haul of attractive offers for her to take her business interests elsewhere. \u201cAs nice as it would\u2019ve been to pop off to London and get a job in a bigger agency and get paid more and all that sexy stuff, it\u2019s not the lifestyle that I want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she prefers to split her time between the office in the city centre and her home on Barry Island, where she lives with her husband and son. \u201cIt\u2019s a nice relaxed pace of life &#8211; it\u2019s slightly rural but you\u2019re never far from anything. 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