CHAMPAGNE AND SPARKLING CONVERSATION INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

TASMINA PERRY, AUTHOR, 'DADDY'S GIRL', 'GUILTY PLEASURES'

Tasmina Perry left a career in law for the more glamorous world of women's magazine journalism. She has written on celebrity and style for many national magazines including Marie-Claire, Glamour and Heat and was most recently Deputy Editor of InStyle magazine. She has also found time to launch her own travel and fashion magazine Jaunt. Her first novel Daddy's Girls was a Sunday Times bestseller. She lives in Surrey with her husband and son.

LUCY MARTIN, AUTHOR, 'MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS'

Lucy Martin is co-author of Make It Your Business, the ultimate business start-up guide for women, and is currently writing a new book "The Childcare Bible" to be published next year by Random House. A mother of three children herself, she runs a nanny agency Gina's Nannies ( www.ginasnannies.com) in Wimbledon and set up networking group Wimbledon Women in Business in 2003 to support female entrepreneurs. She is a member of the Small Business Forum which advises the government on issues affecting small business and writes a humorous column for a local magazine about life as a working mother.

AMANDA PRESTON, LITERARY AGENT, LBA LITERARY AGENCY

Amanda Preston has been a literary agent for 9 years and Luigi and I set up LBA in 2005. For further information go to: www.bonomiassociates.co.uk

EMMA JONES, AUTHOR, 'SPARE ROOM START UP'

Emma Jones is founder and editor of Enterprise Nation (www.enterprisenation.com), the home business website, and has started two businesses herself from home offices in London, Manchester and rural Shropshire. Following a career with an international accountancy firm, Emma started her first business at the age of 27 and successfully sold it just 15 months after launch. Emma's first book 'Spare Room Start Up - how to start a business from home' was published in May 2008 and chosen as Waterstones' business book of the month.