A couple of years ago, I tried something a little different. Instead of doing things the usual way, I opened the door to skill swaps. Photography in exchange for a service or product that another business offered. No awkward haggling, no favours owed, just two business owners backing each other.

Chloe and Bill were looking for a new photographer for their big day, after being messed around by a supplier she'd already booked with.

You may recall back in June I posted about looking for like-minded business entrepreneurs to take part in a skill-swap, where I was offering my skills in exchange for your business skills/services and boy did we have some fantastic interest in this!