Business Action | June / July 2019
June / July 2019 issue of the independent North Devon-based business magazine covering news about business and enterprise in Barnstaple, Bideford, Braunton, Chulmleigh, Combe Martin, Holsworthy, Ilfracombe, Lynmouth, Lynton, South Molton, Torrington, Woolacombe and more. Full magazine available to non-subscribers mid-August. Subscribers and get priority access of new issues of Business Action on publication. Subscribe at http://www.business-action.co.uk/subscription-packages
June / July 2019 issue of the independent North Devon-based business magazine covering news about business and enterprise in Barnstaple, Bideford, Braunton, Chulmleigh, Combe Martin, Holsworthy, Ilfracombe, Lynmouth, Lynton, South Molton, Torrington, Woolacombe and more.
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NORTH DEVON<br />
A job in New York would be<br />
a dream come true for many<br />
people, so how does the Big<br />
Apple compare with North<br />
Devon? For Stacey Ferguson,<br />
who grew up in Woolacombe,<br />
working in New York was a<br />
fantastic experience, but the<br />
attraction of North Devon<br />
compelled her to return home.<br />
“You get a perspective on life<br />
and realise what’s important,”<br />
says Stacey. “This is what life is,<br />
not New York.”<br />
Stacey developed her career<br />
in the art sector in roles with<br />
Bonhams and Momart in<br />
London and for six years with<br />
Cadogan Tate in New York.<br />
Now she works remotely<br />
from Ilfracombe in business<br />
development for Articheck, a<br />
digital art condition report tool<br />
specially designed for galleries,<br />
museums, auction houses, art<br />
shippers, and conservators.<br />
Built on an app running<br />
on smart phones, tablets and<br />
PCs, Articheck enables users to<br />
create reports on the condition<br />
of paintings, paper art works,<br />
sculptures, antiques, books,<br />
photographs and other objects<br />
easily and quickly. It saves paper,<br />
saves time and eliminates many<br />
of the headaches of creating<br />
accurate, verifiable reports.<br />
Users create reports which<br />
record an item’s name, artist or<br />
From New York<br />
to Ilfracombe<br />
What is it that attracts business people to or back to North Devon?<br />
In this issue’s Magnetic North Devon feature editor Robert Zarywacz<br />
talks to Stacey Ferguson who returned to Ilfracombe from New York<br />
maker, creation date and other<br />
details, along with photographs<br />
which can be annotated. Information<br />
can be entered using<br />
dictation, typing, copied from a<br />
database or uploaded in bulk via<br />
Stacey Ferguson with Polly<br />
CSV files. Once uploaded to the<br />
web portal, each report is locked<br />
for editing to provide a legally<br />
verifiable audit trail. Updating<br />
details creates a new version of<br />
the report so that changes to<br />
the item can be recorded and<br />
assessed through comparisons<br />
with previous reports.<br />
Condition reports are<br />
essential in the art world for<br />
cataloguing, insurance, shipping<br />
and other purposes, and<br />
Stacey works by phone and<br />
email with clients across the<br />
world, from Hong Kong and<br />
Singapore to the USA. She also<br />
travels to London every week<br />
to attend events and art fairs<br />
and to meet colleagues.<br />
Stacey is grateful for her<br />
experience of working in<br />
New York, and loved the<br />
city’s 24-hour heartbeat, the<br />
opportunity to see and hear<br />
great music, and being part<br />
of the ex-pat Brit community,<br />
although she warns that everything<br />
there comes at a price.<br />
“I would encourage<br />
young people to explore, but<br />
remember what is back home.<br />
Remember the quality of life<br />
and simplicity here. This is<br />
really living.”<br />
Stacey now enjoys walking<br />
with her daughter and dog on<br />
Woolacombe beach before a<br />
day of connecting with clients<br />
in the UK and internationally.<br />
She is also a keen supporter of<br />
the arts in the South West and<br />
would like to see North Devon<br />
develop and attract more high<br />
profile artists and exhibitions.<br />
■■Details articheck.com<br />
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business to Magnetic<br />
North Devon?<br />
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