2025, the Year of the Snake

In the Chinese astrological calendar, this year is indeed the year of the snake. For me, according to one horoscope I read, “2025 will be a breakthrough year for you as things fall into place easily. Your hard work is creating a strong foundation for future success”. I don’t usually spend time looking at horoscopes (in fact, I don’t have any time for that nonsense), but I like this (admittedly generic) statement as it certainly feels apt for me at the moment. Well, maybe not the ‘easily’ part!

Having spent the previous 14 years at one of the UK’s leading education providers, hi-impact, I decided that it was time for a change. In my time there I had been an IT technician, operations manager, innovation manager and worked at board-level to develop the company from its early days (I was just the 5th member of staff) through to its current position today as a major force in the EdTech sector with nearly 50 employees. However, sometime you just know when it’s time for a change, to be brave and see if there’s another adventure on the horizon. And here it is!

I am over the moon to have been able to plan this new venture alongside my friends at hi-impact and it’s a uniquely privileged position to be able to maintain my close links with everyone there as I will be still be delivering their educational media services and website builds. I am eternally grateful to them for their support and all the memories they have given me. Now, it’s time to make some new memories.

So, with Racing Snake, you’re not getting a newbie. You’re partnering with expertise, experience and a broad skill-set that encompasses a variety of digital creative media services as well as senior leadership, project and event management, client relationship management - in short, you can be confident that you’ll be in safe hands.

Why Racing Snake? Well, aside from it being a phrase Terry Wogan used to use on his Radio 2 breakfast show, I was reminded while trying to come up with a business name of our skipper on a Greek sailing holiday we had many years ago. Whenever we’d offer him a drink he’d pat his stomach and say “you don’t get a racing snake figure like this from drinking beer”. That seemed as good a reason as any for choosing it, tbh! Also, my initials are SS. That’s a bit like the sound a snake makes, isn’t it…?

Disclaimer: Don’t be fooled by the photos of me on the site - I’m not always this much fun.