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Lindsey Moore has spent the last 15 years growing, advising and empowering small businesses. These conversations aim to provide inspiration, motivation and energy to those looking to start, scale or pivot their business, by hearing the stories of others who have been brave, followed their heart, kept their nerve and grown something quite remarkable.Lindsey speaks with her favourite small businesses and acclaimed entrepreneurs and asks them about their highs, their lows, their wish-I'd known' ...
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Series 2, Episode 1: Donna Scully, Owner of Carpenters, on never limiting yourself to what others expect of you and why people - and how you treat them - is all that matters.
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Donna Scully is a Joint Owner at Carpenters Group, a leading UK provider of insurance and legal services. 30 years ago Carpenters was a start up. Today the firm employs 1500 people over 6 sites. As a young girl growing up in Ireland, it was expected that she would leave school at 16 – which she did – and get married. This was not the path Donna wan…
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Series 1, Episode 7: Andy Poplar founder of Vinegar & Brown Paper on having a business plan of 'do what makes you happy'
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It was a privilege speaking to Andy Poplar, founder of Vinegar and Brown Paper for the final episode in this series of In Conversation with SMEs. I started this podcast with a single aim – to provide inspiration, motivation and energy to those looking to start, scale or pivot their business by telling stories of others who have been brave, followed…
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Series 1, Episode 6: Jack Foster of Crosby Coffee, on starting a business in his early twenties and the importance of having a business mentor
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As a coffee lover and Crosby-born girl I was super excited to interview Jack Foster, founder of Crosby Coffee, an independent coffee roastery based in Crosby, Liverpool which is dedicated to sourcing, roasting and serving unique coffees from all around the world. I first came across Crosby Coffee about five years ago on one of my frequent trips hom…
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Series 1, Episode 5: Andrew Pimbley of Claremont Farm, on the importance of trying new ideas and not being afraid of failure
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For this episode I was in my element talking to Andrew Pimbley of Claremont Farm about life’s most simple but important joys – food, music, community and being outdoors in nature. Andrew and his brother are the fourth generation of Pimbley’s to farm the land at Claremont Farm on the Wirral, which they have been doing since 1904. As tenant farmers t…
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Series 1, Episode 4: Vicky Gawith Founder of MerseyMade on starting a business months before Covid
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This episode I have the pleasure of chatting to Vicky Gawith, entrepreneur, supporter of creatives, and founder of Merseymade, a home to the talent, products and produce of some of Merseyside’s most original creatives and artisans. And I love Vicky’s absolute honesty about her experience of opening a business, opening just months before Covid – fro…
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Series 1, Episode 3: Tom Hainsworth, director of AW Hainsworth, one of the oldest businesses in Britain
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This podcast aims to provide inspiration, motivation and energy to those looking to start, scale or pivot their business, by hearing the stories of others who have been brave, followed their heart, kept their nerve and grown something quite remarkable. In this episode I speak to Tom Hainworth, director of AW Hainworth, a woolen textile mill in Puds…
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Series 1, Episode 2: Rachel Clacher CBE, Co-Founder of Money Penny, the telephone answering start up that has become a global scale up
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This podcast aims to provide inspiration, motivation and energy to those looking to start, scale or pivot their business, by hearing the stories of others who have been brave, followed their heart, kept their nerve and grown something quite remarkable. In this episode I interview Rachel Clacher CBE, Co-Founder of Money Penny and Founder of the char…
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Series 1, Episode 1: Jonny Bongo, Co-Founder of Bongo's Bingo, the bonkers bingo rave night that's taking the world by storm!
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This podcast aims to provide inspiration, motivation and energy to those looking to start, scale or pivot their business, by hearing the stories of others who have been brave, followed their heart, kept their nerve and grown something quite remarkable. In this episode I interview Jonny Bongo, co-founder of Bongo's Bingo. Jonny, who used to put on q…
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