Business is Good

In todays episode I talk to Gethin Jones, of Unlocking Potential. Gethin is an Inspirational Speaker-Published Author and Professional Trainer- Specialising in Prisons Charities & Local Authorities. Gethin's story is an inspiration to all to get turn their passion into the business and along the way do great things. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alice Reeves and Sophie Turton are on a mission to change the way the world views marketing. They are out to show that a growth strategy, which combines marketing, sales and service, underpinned by a powerful community initiative and a value-driven approach absolutely will impact the growth of your business - a truly modern business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sebastian Bates is the Founder of The Warrior Academy, a global martial arts organisation voted Top 5 in the UK, with 60+ clubs and 2000+ students across 2 continents. He's a best-selling author in the area of character development, having released his book ‘The Warrior Method’ in 2018. While expanding The Warrior Academy globally, he provides bespoke private mentoring for high profile clients including the Royal Family in Dubai, where he now resides with his family. His vision is to build a socially conscious global organisation, to inspire a generation to make a global impact and to disrupt the educational system to put the development of character as a higher value than achieving good grades. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nadia Sidebottom runs are Yorkshire based business Moo Moo & Bear hand-making the finest collars, leads and accessories for the discerning 'Woof'! Her two beautiful Miniature Schnauzers Lolah Moo Moo & Minny Bear are the true inspiration behind not only the brand but the business. But what sets Nadia apart is that Moo Moo & Bear is a socially conscious business, showing that even small work from home businesses can have an impact, and she does this through support Schnauzerfest. Through donations made to join a walk, and other fundraising activities, Schnauzerfest raises money for an animal rescue based in Berkshire, which rescue provides loving care and veterinary treatment for many animals that have experienced the terrible conditions of puppy farms and other rough backgrounds. Find out more at https://www.schnauzerfest.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bianca is CEO and brand builder of a globally distributed team building products in the lifestyle and travel sector. She describes herself as being from the school of hard knocks and hustle. A growth-minded entrepreneur, she bootstrapped her company Italian Fix, during her daughters' naptimes, and has grown a team, revenue, product and profits while maintaining family life. A full-owner of a bootstrapped privately held company; she is resilient, creative and driven AF. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Heidi Strickland-Clark knows her way around a diet book. After being told at age 10 to move away from Enid Blyton she started reading health, diet and recipe books. Then, years after thankless mornings on the weighing scales, she decided that there was more to life than whether she’d lost a pound or not and didn’t step on them again. Now she helps other people to find the happy in every day, whatever the scales say. Heidi runs Fasttrack Fitcamp, which in 2019 became a social enterprise See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul Hargreaves is one of the leading voices in the UK encouraging and inspiring businesses to move away from simply being about making money to becoming a force for good. Many businesses are realising that to prosper and survive in the 21st century they need to not just look at the financial bottom line of profit, but people and planet too, and in so doing make the world a better place. Within his own business, and through speaking to other business leaders, Paul inspires personal change, his 4th bottom line, to facilitate a change that the world so badly needs.Twenty years ago, Paul founded Cotswold Fayre, a speciality food wholesaler, from his house in inner-city London whilst also engaging in charitable work within his community trying to change lives for the better. The company grew rapidly to become the leading wholesaler in the speciality food sector and now supplies around 1,500 retailers within the UK and Ireland from its base in the Thames Valley. The tremendous success of the company has been down to creating a great place to work and one that focusses on changing the world for better, through its carbon reduction, community focus, only selling quality food products and working with a poor rural community in Africa.Since 2015 Cotswold Fayre has been certified as a B Corporation. B Corps are companies that meet the highest standards of overall social and environmental performance and Paul is an ambassador for the movement within the UK. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Church is the co-founder and COO of Robot Mascot, an agency focussed on helping startups and scale-ups pitch, launch and grow. James is a pitch expert and loves helping entrepreneurs get investment-ready. As their advisor, James helps our clients prepare for their pitch and articulate their business case. Through intensive research with investors, James is an expert in what funding folk are looking for. He also delivers masterclass courses for the Chartered Institute of Marketing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

10 years ago Kate Bagoy quit her soul-crushing job to start freelancing – and failed spectacularly. Now she travels the world & helps creative business owners take off faster than a toupee at a fan factory. If you’re good at what you do, but have no idea how to market or sell what you do, and you’re ready to transform your career into a lucrative business you can run from the beach, Kate is your lady. She helps you create a customised business plan, marketing plan and roadmap for starting your business, building your brand, replacing your salary, hitting 6-figures and reaching your goals faster. Even if you’ve never run a business before, even if you have no idea where to start… even if you’ve been trying for years and just haven’t been able to give up those golden handcuffs.Kate says of herself "I’m basically a nerd and a high-school dropout with an MBA, a zest for life, a penchant for travel, an unbelievably stubborn streak and a passion for helping you create the life YOU love." Check out her inspiring story of a modern business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris is the Founder and CEO of Purpose Led Performance. He is an experienced CEO and MD and has led organisations that have achieved incredible growth to become number one in their markets. Chris’s organisations were recognised seven times as being among the top 100 companies to work for in the UK. Chris spent fourteen years working in organisations that were purpose driven, which was key to their success and growth. Subsequent experiences with other organisations led Chris to a realization that those companies were the exception and not the norm. This inspired him to set up Purpose Led Performance, an organisation that provides consultancy and leadership development to scale-ups and charities. Chris supports organisations to become higher performing and faster-growing by clarifying their purpose and putting it at the heart of their organisations. He firmly believes that being purpose driven makes good business sense as it creates clarity, alignment and passion within organisations. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

And that is a wrap on this first series of the Business is Good podcast. These 1st ten episodes of super inspiring people have given us Stories of Modern Business. In talking to these amazing people it has given me a renewed enthusiasm for building a business with purpose, authenticity and in a way that works for me - so if you are seeking some inspiration and have not yet done so. In this episode I recap and talk about my favourite episodes. Thanks to all that took park See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business is Good is back for another season. In this season I talk to 10 inspiring business owners about what it takes to have a business that is good, in every sense of the word. This series will give you tips and suggestions from some of the leading practitioners in their field. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Elizabeth McKenzie is a comedy writer. She's currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Her second favourite F word is fun.The CEO + Founder of The Copy Word, she helps business owners write personality driven copy + content that sell better than the latest Marvel offering on opening weekend.With a sense of self-importance known only to her generation, she's gone ahead and written a book The 30-Somethings: Life lessons from a 30-Something that you probably already know.When she’s not writing in her Ugg boots, she’s pretending she's cool across hipster cafes in Melbourne - the LA of Australia - writing words and eating carbs.You can find more info about Elizabeth atHomepage: https://www.thecopyword.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecopyword/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethellenmckenzie See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Unapologetic Brand Design for Unforgettable Business OwnersDee Woodward describers herself as a disobedient internet entrepreneur, creative designer, brand launcher, frequent swearer and advocate for business owners being all out unapologetic & doing unforgettable things in business and in life.When she is not fighting the good brand fight, helping you create a brand you love, your customers love, and your competition wishes they had, you’ll mostly find her building lego with her toddler and trying to stop the 1-year-old from climbing anything that looks dangerous!And drinking coffee, really good coffee.Find Dee atweb: https://bydeesign.co.uk/insta: https://www.instagram.com/deewoodward/facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ByDeesign See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alex helps ambitious brands and driven entrepreneurs tell their stories via the power of podcasting.He founded his podcast agency, Podpreneur, after the success of his own podcast changed his life.From initially launching his own show and receiving just two downloads - clearly his wife & his mother - to getting a #1 rated business show all over the globe, from the UK to Uganda, his podcast - Screwitjustdoit - is now downloaded in 140+ countries.Alex spent a number of years in the entrepreneurship space, working with Sir Richard Branson’s not-for-profit Virgin StartUp, helping entrepreneurs get funding & mentoring.He still has a vested interest in this space as an advisor for global startup-generator and VC, Antler.co, and also chairs the Accelerate Event Series for British American Business. Alex passionately believes that everybody deserves to be heard & that podcasting provides a great platform to do just that.He’s on a mission to help ambitious brands & driven entrepreneurs who want to educate their existing customers about their products and services, and attract more like-minded listeners to become paying customers.Alex and his team have helped create and launch numerous podcasts into Apple’s iTunes Top 20 chart from corporate brands through to regional startups.He has a long-standing history with audio, having started his career at BBC Radio in the 1990’s before deciding to travel the world working for Virgin Atlantic Airlines.He feels like he’s now come full-circle as podcasting has recently exploded in popularity.This article Alex contributed to talks about opportunities that exist for businesses looking to start a podcast: https://startups.co.uk/business-ideas/podcasting See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joy Zarine is a hospitality and business strategist from London. She is the co-founder of The Hospitality Masters which is a training academy that develops sales and service professionals for bars, restaurants, pubs and hotels. She is also a speaker and the best selling author of the book The Five Star Formula. Joy's new book Sales Through Service will be out this Summer. Follow Joy on all the Socials @JoyZarine To find out more information visit:www.joyzarine.comwww.thehospitaliymasters.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mitch is an experienced Vegan Chef, passionate about healthy living and delicious food. Having worked as a Chef and Culinary teacher for over 4 years he has designed and delivered private Vegan and Gluten-Free cooking lessons to high-profile clients, inspiring others to adopt plant-based principles in their kitchen and life. He is the appointed Vegan Guest Chef for Season Cookery School at 5-star Hotel Lainston House alongside Michelin Starred Chefs. Having grown an independent food blog organically since 2013, his passion and excitement for food is infectious and he loves showing people there is an alternative to unhealthy foods, that still taste and look amazing. ---Shirin has developed her business acumen, working for the UK’s largest independent telecoms company for over 4 years. After adopting a Vegan lifestyle in 2015 (alongside a gluten-free diet of over 10 years), she is passionate about developing health-focussed, nutritious foods that fuel our bodies for the ultimate performance and mental clarity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Louise is the online editor and driving force behind Southsea Folk - a magazine aiming to capture and celebrate the essence of the creative local community. What started as one local issue, the magazine has now developed into a local hub supporting all local creative businesses . The publication features artistic portraits of inspiring local folk in their environments. It’s due out quarterly in March, June, September and December You can find more information: http://southseafolk.uk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ingrid helps creative businesses grow and increase profit implementing a holistic approach to your visual marketing, starting with a strong brand, a strategic (and pretty) website, and branded imagery uniquely yours. Ingrid is the proud owner of stock photography site Atelier 21 and brand design business Penguin Designing.Find Ingrid athttps://penguindesigning.com/https://instagram.com/penguindesigninghttps://atelier21co.com/https://www.instagram.com/atelier21co/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Claire is an open minded, tenacious, positive, solution focussed entrepreneur from the UK. Transitioning from life as a lawyer to entrepreneurship in 2012, has not come without it's challenges but early on Claire discovered that she was thrown into entrepreneur life to give her the opportunity to share with the world how life and businesses thrive where attention is focussed on the people, the culture and building community.Claire's vision is for a world where employee happiness is the norm and not the exception, life is too short not to be happy. If you are willing to be openminded, aspire to up-level your life, grow your business through building relationships, take radical responsibility for your actions and see that life is not just happening to you but for you, then you will get on great.https://www.claireperrylouise.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Natasha is the Co-Founder of School of Bots, the leading training site for creating profitable chatbots. Her expertise comes from building chatbot campaigns and consulting for 100+ million-dollar brands like Mindvalley, Billy Gene Is Marketing, Matthew Hussey, DigitalMarketer, and Social Media Examiner.For more Information visithttp://schoolofbots.co/get-results-with-bots See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.