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In Conversation with Shakira Taylor Founder of Fitness with Shakira

Shakira Taylor is 38 and the founder of Fitness with Shakira and proud single mum to a 16-year-old daughter. Shakira is passionate about small businesses, a champion for change and diversity in all industries. She enjoys helping others to feel motivated to move and achieve more in their lives. She has run her business for over five years and offers a range of fitness and business services which includes personal training, online fitness classes, corporate wellness, fitness events and business coaching and support.

I understand that you have various streams of income can you tell us how you got started in business?

I began my own Personal Training business back in 2015, it was never my plan to start my own health and fitness business, but it made sense. I took redundancy from my full-time marketing and events job back in 2011 with no real plan on what my next career

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