A well-known Manchester businesswoman has donated her cut from the sale of a company she founded to charity.
The Manchester-based firm was created in 2013 by marketing consultancy Tangerine Communications and has now been sold to Apprentify Group. To date, The Juice Academy has created more than 600 roles.Sandy Lindsay founded Tangerine Communications in Manchester, which is now employee owned, and has served as its chair since 2014. She has also been a director of The Juice Academy since it was founded as well as vice chair of Forever Manchester since November 2008.
"We were only going to run the programme for two or three years while we helped plug the skills gap, but it’s always been essential and so we continued.