Marguerites is run by Rita Kyriacou. Rita originally trained as a florist gaining her City & Guilds qualification, before completing and passing her CBA (Certified Balloon Artist) certificate, as well as a City & Guilds Certificate in Balloon Artistry. She has also gained her C&G Teachers & Assessors Certificate.

Rita has won many prizes for her competition work, her first being gained at the EBS show in Paris. On 2 occasions she has been awarded the coveted industry Trainer of the Year, in Balloon Artistry.

She has been a NABAS trainer for many years and has taught City & Guilds Floristry and Balloon Artistry at local colleges, as well as travelling round the country holding workshops for individual wholesalers.