Industry Angel Business Podcast
245 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe Industry Angel Podcast is THE most diverse business podcast out there!
Ian Farrar interviews Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Social Influencers, Marketing Guru's, Sales Rockstars, Motivational Speakers and even the odd Adventurer or two!
We share actionable advice from speakers that keeps you ahead of the pack.
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237 Hey, Westminster - Don't Blame the Victims
January 11, 2024 17:30 - 59 minutes - 70.8 MBIt's once again time for us to talk about the support needed in the micro and small business sector. Ian and Tony chatted about the campaigning that ourselves and our friends have been doing this year and The Micro Business Alliance and what that means to YOU. Many business owners are still struggling financially and mentally. We (you reading this) as a collective can help them💪🏼 Together We are Mighty. Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far Nor...
236 Melissa, Judith & Lisa | Setting up a Social Enterprise
September 19, 2023 10:21 - 1 hour - 72 MBEntrepreneurs helping to improve communities across South Tyneside are to receive a welcome funding boost. The Social Enterprise Boost (SEB) Fund will provide grants of up to £10,000 to the borough’s social entrepreneurs! Delivered by Project North East (PNE), the programme aims to kick-start and accelerate social enterprises in South Tyneside. This will include the provision of finance to those already improving their communities through their work and those with aspirations of following...
235 Marius Capra | The Business of Tarot
October 14, 2022 12:06 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBBudding entrepreneur, eloquent linguist, and ever-inquisitive spiritualist. Marius Capra is a continuously developing tarot reader and astrologer with a mission to clarify the 'languages of the universe' in his business practice, providing transformative answers to the questions of the subconscious for clients around the world. Ian & Marius discuss... Founding a spiritual business Finding magick An introduction to tarot Feeling drawn to certain areas Following your path T...
234 Alison Gwynn | Opportunities in TV and Film
September 13, 2022 09:10 - 46 minutes - 54 MBAlison Gwynn is Chief Executive at North East Screen, Alison is leading the resurgence of the TV and Film industry in the North East. After an investment of at least £37m, North East Screen (formerly Northern Film + Media), the screen industries development agency for the North-East, launched its new name, brand and programme of events earlier this year. The agency is now gearing up to meet the challenge of increasing activity by creating new partnerships, rebranding their successful bus...
FLASHBACK Ep 055 Build A Brand In 30 Days
September 02, 2022 14:23 - 46 minutes - 60.6 MBTHROWBACK to Episode 055, Simon - Build a Brand in 30 Days! Simon was Founder of The Shackleton Design & Manufacturing Company, the menswear, lifestyle and experience brand: producing made-in-Britain products inspired by the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. Having built the Shackleton brand Simon left it under new management in September 2016. Simon was selected as a Top 100 Manufacturer 2015 by Manufacturer magazine. He is a member of the Advisory Boards of Make It British and Ma...
233 Rory McKeand | Unlocking the Potential of Technology
May 20, 2022 15:19 - 57 minutes - 68.2 MBRory McKeand leads the team at Technology Services Group as the CEO. Before his career at TSG, Rory was involved in shaping and transforming organisations in the Healthcare, Education and Technology industries. He now works with TSG’s team of technology experts to help customers and partners to transform their business and help them to achieve their business goals. Ian & Rory discuss; Importance of mentors and mentees Company culture Leadership Working from home Flexible w...
232 Mike Weedon | No Nonsense Financial Advice
May 06, 2022 15:30 - 53 minutes - 64 MBMike Weedon is a Diploma Level Qualified Independent Financial Adviser, with over 20 years’ experience working in the Financial Services Industry. Financial planning isn’t just for the mega rich and famous and Mike helps hard-working people confidently arrange their finances. Ian & Mike discuss; Mike’s journey into financial advice Why was Wealth of Advice set up? Opening an office in South Tyneside, at One Trinity Green Why open an office in South Shields? Are Financial Adv...
231 David Birchall | Controlling the Show
April 28, 2022 12:06 - 43 minutes - 51.9 MBDavid Birchall is Technical Director and owner of db Show Control and Automation. The company's solutions are at the core of the world's most demanding multimedia shows, theme park rides, interactive visitor centres and AV installations. db Show Control's clients include the world's leading theme parks, event production companies, museums, AV Integrators and creative design consultants. Their solutions run 24/7 worldwide. Recent projects and clients include such names as Disneyland Paris, ...
230 Rob & Kennedy | How to Write Emails that Convert
March 18, 2022 16:01 - 55 minutes - 65.6 MBRob is a hypnotist and Kennedy is a Psychological Mind Reader. They both turned their skills into email marketing and founded The Email Marketing Heroes... Ian, Rob & Kennedy discuss topics such as; Turning Feedback into Sales Modern Email Marketing for your Audience Dynamic Customer Journeys: Relevance and Segmentation Their Entrepreneurial Journey as Utterly Unemployable The 3 stages of adding value Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Spon...
229 Kerrie Highcock | Autism Acceptance
March 11, 2022 15:14 - 54 minutes - 64.9 MBKerrie Highcock has worked in the field of autism for 18 years and has recently gained her Masters of Education, in Autism, from the University of Strathclyde, and is currently working on her Doctorate. She is passionate about elevating the voices of and learning from autistic people. Before her 13 years (so far) with NEAS, she worked in schools and nurseries with specialist autism provision. Kerrie is also the author of her first book The Infinite Journey, which outlines ...
228 Ian & Mischa | The Positive Effects of Apprenticeships
February 04, 2022 15:36 - 30 minutes - 34.8 MBWith National Apprenticeship Week fast approaching, Ian decided to grab Mischa for a chat around her experience of being an apprentice. Ian & Mischa discuss areas such as; Why businesses should take on apprentices Different levels of apprenticeships Mischa’s progression Apprenticeships vs University An employers point of view from taking on an apprentice Mischa’s experience as an apprentice Far North’s growth through having an apprentice Having a mentor The process of an...
227 New Year's Message & Interview with Ian by Guest Host Ashleigh King
December 23, 2021 16:11 - 42 minutes - 51.2 MBNew Year's Message from Ian AND Industry Angel's first ever pod-swap with Nurture Your Zest with Ashleigh King! This is a special episode as it's the: 🎙️ First release of season 2 of the #NurtureYourZest Podcast series🎙️ First episode recorded in 'The Nest' of the new podcast studio in Newcastle upon Tyne, 'Flamingo Heights' 🎙️ A personal achievement for me as interviewing Ian has been on my vision board for a long time, and I'm so grateful he gave up his time to chat with me... Y...
226 George Fee | A Gen Z's Guide to Kicking Off Your Business
November 23, 2021 15:51 - 32 minutes - 40.1 MBGeorge Fee is MD of GBO Media, social media entrepreneur, student at university of Sunderland, lover of photography and all things digital. Ian & George discuss; Founding a social media business From being an apprentice to owning a business Being self-taught in social media Imposter syndrome Your USP Setting up as a limited company Learning as you go Not comparing yourself to others Self-discovery Bringing your personality into your business Being true & authentic ...
225 Celebration of International Men's Day 2021
November 19, 2021 10:44 - 58 minutes - 69.4 MBTo celebrate this International Men’s Day 2021 we hosted an online panel exploring “Better relations between men and women”. International Men’s Day celebrates worldwide the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities. In this session Ian highlights three positive role models and raise awareness of men’s well-being. One of the six pillars of International Men’s Day is to improve gender relations and promote gender equality not only for men but for women too. ...
224 Kay Tarry | From Side Hustle to Candy Empire
November 11, 2021 15:41 - 25 minutes - 31.4 MBKay Tarry is Founder Director of Sugar Noms Ltd, a 100% vegan pick & mix online store, based in the North East of England. Kay is an entrepreneur and total business geek. Ian and Kay discuss; The birth of Sugar Noms Being a therapist and business owner The largest range of vegan pick & mix on the internet Importing sweets from across the country Sugars Nom’s journey Kay’s introduction to digital marketing (shopify, ads, SEO) Manufacturing vegan chocolate Industry Ange...
223 Microbusiness Unite | Live Panel Discussion
October 28, 2021 15:07 - 41 minutes - 50.2 MBThis panel, hosted by Ian Farrar, was part of Far North's 'Who Wants to be a Happipreneur?' event. The panel was made up of the following rockstars;- Jeanette Nattrass, Co-Founder & Director of Just Breathe Terry McStea, Head of Design Network North Sarah Crimmens, Community Creator & Curator: Host, Speaker, Producer, Social Media Manager Tony Robinson OBE, #MicroBizMatters Champion, Co-Author "The Happipreneur" The discussion topics include; The trigger to come home from livi...
222 Tony Robinson OBE | The Micro Business Champion
October 22, 2021 10:15 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBTony Robinson OBE has embarked on a tour of 70 talks in 70 towns to raise money for ExcludedUK and we brought the legend himself to sunny South Shields. Tony gave his 'Who wants to be a Happipreneur?' talk and we recorded this just for the podcast... Tony's talk includes; - Of interest to all who want to be, or help someone else to be, more enterprising and happier in their work - Tony created the 'tongue in cheek' philosophy of Happipreneurship in the new 'Small is Beautiful' - th...
221 Tom Nightingale | Get Involved: Dogger Bank, The World's Largest Wind Farm
September 17, 2021 12:29 - 48 minutes - 57.7 MBTom Nightingale, North East Stakeholder Manager at Equinor, shares his experiences of working as part of the team behind the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. The £9bn Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be operated by Equinor for up to 35 years. When it is completed in 2026, the 3.6GW project will be capable of providing renewable electricity for around six million UK homes! Ian & Tom discuss; How to become a supplier Offshore Wind Turbines Innovation and the supply chain Job creati...
220 Paul Colman | Want to start a Distillery?
September 10, 2021 12:28 - 36 minutes - 43.7 MBPaul Colman owner of The Little Quaker distillery, along with his wife Leanne they started the multi award winning Quaker Gin range in 2018 and have gone from strength to strength. Paul’s background is in manufacturing having spent 24 years working in the woodwork industry he moved to recycled plastics in lockdown last year and has also spent time as a Director with Darlington Football club. Learning to distill has added more strings to his bow and makes for some interesting stories includ...
219 Jeanette Nattrass | Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Workplace
September 01, 2021 12:04 - 54 minutes - 64.8 MBCo-founder and director of Just Breathe, mental health specialist, Jeanette Nattrass. Jeanette has a plethora of skills and knowledge including Clinical Counselling, Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner, EMI Practitioner and EMDR Practitioner. Ian & Jeanette discuss; What Just Breathe do Jeanette’s background Importance of investing in your staff Benefits of having mental health first aid training What Jeanette’s day looks like Becoming the best version o...
218 Gary Giles | Surviving The Dragons' Den
July 19, 2021 14:05 - 52 minutes - 62.3 MBGary Giles is the founder and CEO of OGEL, a revolutionary building system business. Gary has developed a brand new system that uses recycled polystyrene to construction walls, floors and roofs - the first ever to be globally patented. It is simple, fast, light and reusable, with no glues to stick them together - and they can be used to build anything from flood defences, exhibition stands, flat pack houses, home offices, garden rooms, staycation pods, humanitarian shelters, as well as int...
217 Ryan Quickfall | How to Commercialise Your Creativity
June 25, 2021 11:59 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBRyan Quickfall, AKA Ryan Roadkill, is a Newcastle based illustrator working from his studio in the city. He draws influence from B-Movie posters, comic book art, retro skate graphics and absolutely anything Motorcycle orientated. Using his signature style of solid black line work and bold colours to create instantly recognisable illustration and graphics for apparel lines, branding, ad campaigns, event posters and book covers. Recently Ryan’s work has taken a turn to an art based outlet. Pro...
216 Ame McQuillan & Madeleine Liddell | Furlough is ending, now what?
June 18, 2021 11:51 - 39 minutes - 48.1 MBMadeleine & Ame are both from Education Development Trust, that run many schemes to support businesses and individuals. Madeleine's focus is on the North East Ambition Programme, an impartial consultancy service to SMEs in the North East, helping them to understand their skills needs and how to grow their business. Ame focuses on the National Careers Service, offering free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you with your decisions about careers, courses and work. ...
215 Alfie Joey | Creative Juice
June 03, 2021 14:10 - 27 minutes - 34.3 MBArtist, actor, writer, presenter, singer, impressionist, Alfie Joey has appeared everywhere from the Comedy Store to Coronation Street. Alfie co presents the breakfast show with Anna Foster on Sony nominated BBC Newcastle. His TedX talk ‘Changing Lanes’ is on YouTube and tells his remarkable story and background. On TV he played Vic Reeves’ doctor in the popular sitcom 'Hebburn'. He was in all 7 series of 'Ideal' a BBC sitcom starring Johnny Vegas. Alfie is also one half of the comedy...
214 Sarah & Chris Cookson | The Charlie & Carter Foundation
May 28, 2021 10:41 - 49 minutes - 59.1 MBSarah & Chris Cookson are the parents of Charlie and Carter, they set up The Charlie & Carter Foundation to provide financial support to parents of seriously ill children with life limiting conditions that require 24 hour nursing care or specialist nursing facilities. They aim to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by parents and carers who care for seriously ill children and campaigns to improve the quality of life of sick and seriously ill children, working with professionals to pl...
213 Eddie Czestochowski | Exporting Through Acquisition
May 20, 2021 14:00 - 56 minutes - 66.6 MBEddie Czestochowski is Managing Director at Cell Pack Solutions, Tracer Batteries, your friend in the Battery Industry and passionate about chess. Cell Pack Solutions are an independently owned company that specializes in the wonderful world that is batteries, with an emphasis on the industrial sector and in Lithium Primary and Secondary Systems. A recent acquisition of Tracer Batteries brings an interesting new focus for 2021 , turning our company from a previously reluctant exporter to o...
212 Ray Spencer | Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust
May 13, 2021 11:50 - 20 minutes - 25.7 MBRay Spencer is chair of Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust, a trust set up to honour kids through what they love most and hope to inspire others to follow their dreams and achieve their goals in sport or performance. Ian & Ray discuss; The aim of Chloe & Liam together forever trust Follow your dreams The help the organisation has provided for young people Helping dreams come true Fundraising events Turning something so horrific into a positive organisation Industry Angel T...
211 Sara Young | Founding a Mental Health Based Charity
May 06, 2021 15:01 - 33 minutes - 40.5 MBForrest Hall based Sara Young trained as a psychotherapist at the Northern Guild of Psychotherapy with a specialism in children and young people. She’s worked with children as young as two, up to adults, her oldest being 78. Her work is typically characterised with a humanist approach based around the individual which has proved highly effective in addressing underlying mental health issues. Sara founded the social enterprise Changing Minds with Pick Up A Penny CIC to support this new approa...
210 Sarah Crimmens | Limitless Potential.
April 01, 2021 14:58 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBHost and founder of GrATTITUDE Gal - interview series, soon to be podcast + affirmation and self-care card decks; and funky merchandise to: 💆 Support 🤩 Motivate 🦹♀️ Inspire 🥰 Love/ Laugh/ Learn 🔥 Empower Sarah is a true advocate of self-care, self-love and authenticity. She’s particularly passionate about ending violence towards women, through empowering women to be their amazing selves and educating men to be the same. Sarah loves ✨ sparkle, 🥰 connection, 💖 love, 💆🏼...
209 Kaylee Davidson-Olley | First Baby in Europe to Successfully Receive a Heart Transplant
March 26, 2021 11:03 - 18 minutes - 23.4 MBKaylee Davidson-Olley was the United Kingdom's first successful heart transplant baby when she received a replacement heart at less than one year of age. In 2017 she celebrated her 30th year after the transplant operation; it was her 30th year as the longest surviving heart transplant baby in Europe. The operation was performed by cardiothoracic surgeon, Christopher McGregor, at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, which became one of only two UK centres performing transplants in children, and t...
208 BONUS: Talking Menopause at Work
March 19, 2021 11:04 - 30 minutes - 37.4 MBFor the first time EVER, Ian hands over Industry Angel to Tina Boden and Sharon MacArthur. Tina interviews Sharon about the impact menopause (and hormones) can have on female micro business owners and freelancers. Sharing hints and tips to help get them through. Tina describes herself as ‘More Marmite Than Magnolia’, while continuing her roles as Business Coach and The B & B Keeper, spends much of her time hosting, writing and curating business and lifestyle interviews, articles and ...
207 Dinah Bennett | Global Opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs
March 17, 2021 15:50 - 33 minutes - 40.7 MBDinah Bennett is the founder director of International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Consult ICE and Global Lead for Enterprise Development for Women’s Economic Imperative www.weiforwad.org an organisation which was formed form a UN high level panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Dinah has worked at both policy and practice on every continent. Dinah designs and delivers business and entrepreneurial capacity building programmes internationally often working in partnershi...
206 Juliette Brown | A 25 Year Rollercoaster of Leadership
March 11, 2021 11:40 - 31 minutes - 38.3 MBFrom a finance background, Juliette Brown is the proud creator of Design Xpress, a large format print business of 25 years, based in the North East. Initially set up to produce POS and posters for the Food Retail Industry, her business has evolved from start up to become a 1 million plus turnover company, supplying to Trade, Print Partners, Global Print Management and direct smaller clients. She retains a very hands-on role when it comes to customer relationships and account management. ...
205 Adam Brown | How to Wrap Your Arms Around Your Team
January 22, 2021 13:27 - 51 minutes - 60.9 MBIan recently met Adam Brown, director in The Healthcare Insurance Group, and had his eyes open to the world of employee health benefits for ourselves and our teams. This is such an important topic that’s becoming increasingly relevant right now. He wants to highlight this to you the audience. Whether sole trader, micro biz, SME and beyond. Ian believes you will take something away from this discussion. Adam gave us the low down on:- - Death in service - Key man cover - P...
204 Luke Szyrmer | How to Master Working from Home
January 08, 2021 13:01 - 44 minutes - 53.4 MBLuke Szyrmer has managed or participated in remote only knowledge work teams for almost a decade. Most recently, he lead a program of approximately 30 distributed across 13 time zones and 8 different locations. Over the last 9 years, Luke has led teams building software, running marketing and sales, and launched a bestselling book. Remotely. In many cases, with people he never met or spoke to in person. Now that everyone has been thrust into a similar situation, he is keen on helping oth...
203 Industry Angel's 2020 Christmas Special
December 23, 2020 11:56 - 33 minutes - 40.2 MBIan & friends share their thoughts on 2020, the Christmas holidays and the coming year ahead. Speakers include; Ian Farrar - 201 Goals Shawn Anderson - #ReluctantStoryteller Ted Rubin - The Straight Talker Simon Raybould - #ReluctantStoryteller Tony Robinson OBE - How to Play Okey Pokey Gillian Fortune - The Stress Buster R Michael Anderson - Leading in the Next Normal Pascal Fintoni - The Power of Conversation Nicola Jayne Little - Learning from 2020 Mychael Owen -...
202 Sue Balfour | How to Grow Your E-Commerce Business
December 11, 2020 12:11 - 53 minutes - 63.5 MBSue Balfour is CEO of Katy Sue Designs Ltd which designs, manufactures and retails its own unique range of products for the arts and crafts and cake decorating markets. The company’s manufacturing and HQ is in South Shields but it also has a subsidiary company in USA. Katy Sue exports to over 50 countries and supplies key retailers such as Lakeland, Amazon and shopping TV as well as direct to consumers via its own websites. Sue is passionate about her products and her customers and wants...
201 Carl Buckley | Live Well, Lead Well
November 27, 2020 11:27 - 50 minutes - 60.1 MBCarl Buckley is the MD at Urban River, a branding and digital marketing/website agency in Northern England, an experienced Marketeer, School governor, Business mentor and Non exec - "helping businesses to market themselves better" and to avoid doing the wrong thing really well. No fluff, just a straight talking listener with over 30 years business and 18 years marketing experience helping businesses to understand how they can make more of their business and how they can improve their overa...
200 Celebration | Live Q&A with Ian Farrar!
November 20, 2020 12:54 - 1 hour - 104 MBFor Industry Angel's 200th episode, Ian Farrar went LIVE and done a Q&A with a guest host, Chris Donovan from One More Than Two Brew! Ian and Chris answered questions from YOU. They answered questions like who was the WORST podcast guest? Why do we dream? Who would you snog, marry and kill with previous Industry Angel guests. AND hear Chris' beautiful piano playing skills. The lads also discuss; Inspiration behind the names of Chris’ beer Collaborating with breweries around the ...
200 Celebration | Live Q&A with Chris Donovan!
November 20, 2020 12:54 - 1 hour - 104 MBFor Industry Angel's 200th episode, Ian Farrar went LIVE and done a Q&A with a guest host, Chris Donovan from One More Than Two Brew! Ian and Chris answered questions from YOU. They answered questions like who was the WORST podcast guest? Why do we dream? Who would you snog, marry and kill with previous Industry Angel guests. AND hear Chris' beautiful piano playing skills. The lads also discuss; Inspiration behind the names of Chris’ beer Collaborating with breweries around the ...
199 Steve Scott | The Power and Reach of Online Events
November 13, 2020 13:29 - 33 minutes - 41.2 MBGrowing up in the Lake District, Steve relentlessly pursued a career in adventure sports. A former professional national team skier, ski coach and an accomplished professional paraglider pilot - he lived in the Alps for over 10 years which saw him develop an anglo/french adventure sports school which covered snowsports, paragliding and climbing. His career subsequently took him to Scandinavia for 4 years where he worked in publishing and also coached elite level ski racers in Norway (he was ...
198 Kate Baucherel | How Blockchain is Revolutionising Industry
October 30, 2020 13:28 - 46 minutes - 55.7 MBKate Baucherel is a speaker, writer and digital strategist specialising in the application of emerging technologies, with a focus on the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency. She is the author of several books including Blockchain Hurricane: Origins, Applications and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (BEP 2020) and the SimCavalier series of cybercrime scifi thrillers. Purchase Kate's new book: Tangled Fortunes on Amazon! In a career spanning more than 30 years, Kate has held senior t...
196 Russell Dalgleish | The Global Reach of Scottish Business Network
October 09, 2020 09:12 - 28 minutes - 34.8 MBRussell has enjoyed the benefits of a highly successful international career in the technology sector and now focuses his efforts on supporting owners and boards of companies to devise and implement growth strategies to create shareholder value. In his earlier career he has held board leadership positions with International companies achieving turnover more than £200m. Core areas of focus are Leadership, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic thinking. He is a regular speaker at ev...
197 Anneka Hicks | Founder of ExcludedUK - Supporting the 3 Million Excluded
October 02, 2020 11:53 - 25 minutes - 31.9 MBAnneka Hicks is the founder of ExcludedUK, a grassroots non-profit organisation committed to providing personal, business and career support to those facing hardship as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Anneka is an experienced marketer, strategist, and technologist with a deep routed passion for helping small businesses, independents, and entrepreneurs realise their growth potential and succeed in meeting and exceeding their goals. With an enthusiasm for business from a very young ag...
195 Dave Lee | Celebration of International Podcast Day 2020
September 30, 2020 12:20 - 39 minutes - 48.1 MBDave Lee is co-founder of International Podcast Day, a true international celebration of the power of podcasts. Since 2014, Dave has organized and featured hundreds of podcasters from around the world during an annual live stream celebration and event. He works with international podcasters to help amplify their voices, messages, events, and communities. Dave has presented at PodFest, Podthon, The Sunshine Summit, and various smaller organized events. Dave is often invited as a feature...
194 Tony Robinson OBE | The Role of Micro Business in the World of Business Innovation
September 17, 2020 14:10 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBTony Robinson OBE is the Micro Business Champion, multiple business owner, #PayIn30Days Campaigner, Ambassador for 3 Million #ExcludedUK, Co-Founder of #MicroBizMatters Day and Movement, Founder of the SFEDI Group, Chair of Yorkshire in Business Limited and Patron of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. Tony has been awarded an OBE for services to small firms and two Lifetime Achievement Awards for Enterprise. He is currently the National Enterprise Network’s Enterprise Support Ch...
193 Elise Lane | Crowdfunding Tyneside's First Urban Winery
September 08, 2020 14:21 - 53 minutes - 63.9 MBElise grew up in Newcastle and moved away in 1999 to study Chemistry at Oxford. She then worked in London a big four accountancy firm in corporate finance (where she met her husband Nick, who is from Gosport in Hampshire) whilst there she did a couple of wine related qualifications at the WSET but was always drawn to winemaking (and its chemistry!). After their first son Max was born, she quit her job and studied a PGDip at Plumpton College, afterwards she worked as the assistant winemaker i...
192 Dr Russell Thackeray | How To Drive Change Through Your Organisation
September 02, 2020 12:24 - 31 minutes - 38.1 MBDr Russell Thackeray works with leaders and their organisations to achieve enhanced performance and results. By aligning culture, leadership and people, he can spark, design and embed change that creates organisational resilience. The result is a reduction of personal 'drama' and an increase in mental and emotional personal resilience. Improvement and accountability of process, relationships, finances and systems is achieved, as is a reduction in burnout for both the organisation and the in...
191 Phil Jones | Exactly What to Say, Where to Start & How to Sell
August 28, 2020 08:27 - 39 minutes - 47.5 MBPhil entered the world of business at the tender age of 14. With nothing more than a bucket and sponge, he went from single-handedly washing cars at weekends to hiring a fleet of friends working on his behalf, resulting in him earning more than his teachers by the time he was 15. He took everything he had learnt about leadership, sales and business growth from his previous roles, and created a one-day workshop, where he trained over 2,500 people in his founding year before eventually licen...
190 Jeni Smith | Network with Impact
August 24, 2020 14:37 - 43 minutes - 52.4 MBJeni is passionate about connecting people. When people come together powerful things happen: relationships are built, knowledge is shared and sparks of innovation are fired. With fourteen years’ experience in the networking industry, Jeni now teaches networking skills and creates networking strategies to help people come together and build effective, long-term relationships. During her careers she has won a number of awards in enterprise including being named within the ‘Future 100 Young En...