About Us

Anton has almost 20 years experience in customer led operations across the IT and hospitality sectors. Anton was born and brought up in Cambridge and has an in-depth knowledge and enthusiasm of the Historic city of Cambridge and what it has to offer. When he is not working Anton loves fast cars and also antiques and Fine Arts and can often be found sneaking off to London and the Fine Arts Auctions!

Darren brings with him over 10 years of experience in the hotel industry, with his last post as the Operations Manager at the prestigious  Varsity Hotel. With innovation, organisation and customer service at his core, Darren likes nothing better than enhancing the Signet customer experience and refining our work methodologies to operate ever more efficiently. When not at work Darren likes to roam the globe and has already lived and worked in Canada for a year which he loved – he also tells me Asia is next on his list to visit. One of his other loves is chocolate (he’s a complete chocoholic) so please don’t leave your chocolates anywhere near him!

Charlie tells me she is a ‘movie and dinner kind of girl’ which sounds kind of perfect to me. What kind of movie and dinner I ask?  And well well well – its Spaghetti Bolognaise again (my and Zoe’s favourite). Charlie is quite the cook making it from the ground up with herbs and carrots (which adds a subtle sweetness don’t you know). Charlies film to go with the supper is of the thriller/ horror variety:  vampires, serial killers with a bit of ‘who dunnit’ thrown in. Yikes!  Charlie also enjoys taking her pet dogs (called Pippa and willow) for a walks. One is a Shitsu and the other is a shitsu/ chihuahua cross, which are known as  ‘Shi-chi’s’ apparently. You learn something new every day.

I asked Cian what he liked to get up to outside of work and the quick answer came – ‘parenting’. Cian loves to take his son to watch football but he tells me unfortunately they don’t actually support the same team. In my head I envisage some light hearted banter back at home, between father and teenage son about who is the best team. Then  I ponder for a moment and ask how old is his son. ‘Three’ he says with a wry smile. Wow! I think,  that’s some pretty early footballing decision making right there! When not discussing football formations with his son, Cian practices and now teaches Jujitsu. He is a black belt 1st Dan by the way (note to self – don’t upset Cian) which he learnt during his 5 years in the Army. Dont tell me I didn’t warn you.

Peggy is our lovely super friendly office dog. Originally from Romania she was born on the street in a shivering minus 20 degrees. A rescue charity bought her over here to England and now she lives a good life with us. Being a beautiful mongrel we wondered what breeds she was and so we decided to do a DNA test. The results were surprising to say the least. She is 24% Miniature Dachshund and 12% Pekinese – what we want to know is where did those long legs came from!

May has a wealth of experience of managing schedules and teams in the busy world of television and radio. Overseeing the overall operational side to Signet, she ensures our high company standards are consistently met and exceeded. May is an avid reader and is part of a local book club. She also loves keeping fit and dives for the Cambridge diving club and has recently started to do ice-skating. A mom of two, May successfully manages to juggle her many tasks!

So I ask Zoe what she likes doing outside of work and she says I like going for walks. How lovely I think, a pleasant 30 minute stroll on a Sunday perhaps. I was wrong! Scaling mountains is Zoe’s thing so think Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mount Snowdon etc. In fact she climbed the Yorkshire ‘3 peaks’ in one 13 hour go. Her fitbit recorded an amazing 13,000 (of steep incline) steps!  Blimey.  When not moving around mountain ranges, Zoe also enjoys cooking with Spaghetti Bolognaise being her favoured dish (good choice) and also loves her hot holidays with sunny Cyprus being her go-to destination of late. Lovely

Roxy is another one with a 3 year old who she loves spending time with, just hanging out at home together with her own Mum. When Roxy is not in mum-mode she loves to explore all the UK has to offer, with the Peak District and Durdle Door being particular favourites with the occasional escapes to the hotter temperatures of Spain or Turkey. Closer to home Roxy has been known to nip to London for a concert or two, hoping to go and enjoy her beloved Polish Rap genre. I had a quick listen online by the way, and if it’s classical music you are after this is the opposite of that’. An acquired taste. Perhaps over many years.

Sue is our unflappable  show-in coordinator and is yet another dog lover. Sue was telling me her father wanted to buy her daughter a turtle but Sue said ‘sorry no turtles in the house’. Sues father then went out and bought a Chihuahua (turtle-sized but certainly not turtle looking)  who was of course then named Turtle. Why not have the best of both worlds. Indeed. Sue loves keeping fit whether she’s pumping iron in the gym or Kayaking across the county with her favoured local spot being our very own Grantchester Meadows. When it comes to holidays Sue goes far flung and exotic, with no less than South Korea as her top spot, where she enjoys the food and phenomenal sightseeing and even speaks a bit of the lingo too. 인상적인

Peppa is our latest doggy addition and gets a whole lot of love from everybody in the morning. So called as she is a sausage dog with her name coming from Peppa pig – get it? My daughters idea not mine. Small but feisty is how I would describe her on a good day but on a bad day something else entirely. These small creatures are single minded in what they want and trying to stop them is not as easy as you might think. I began to research how to train a dachshund and came a cross a book called ‘How to survive a dachsund’ which tells you all you need to know. The mistress of mayhem has arrived.