She later decided to go back to her roots returning to Stoke to work with her sister Vicki who had set up a hygiene company. When her mother died she decided to leave Stoke and travel around the country selling her jewellery at holiday resorts and market stalls. Her mother who was also a very successful PR Executive was her best friend, and in her teens Claire and her mother used to run a jewellery business at the weekends selling at local markets. With a career already spanning over 20 years, Claire Powell says it is her parents whom she lost when she was nine and eighteen are still her greatest inspiration and drive in life.
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