On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
From his start at a local comprehensive school in Orrell, Wigan, our guest this week, Jonathan Boyers, has built a phenomenally successful career in the world of Corporate Finance with KPMG and now leads their UK Corporate Finance practice from his base in Greater Manchester.This is a fascinating conversation as Jonathan shares how he discovered his love for the world of Corporate Finance, what really goes on behind the scenes of big business transactions, spending his career in one com...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
We're back!After a summer hiatus I'm to share this first new episode in a while. Let's call it the start of Season 2 shall we?And what a way to kick off with the fab Naomi Timperley who is Co-Organiser of Manchester Tech Festival, a new event for the sector that is launching this October.Enjoy this conversation with Naomi but more importantly head to https://www.manchestertechfestival.co.uk to find out more. As Naomi says everyone is invited and you absolutely don't have to be a '...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
Praetura Ventures are a VC firm based in Greater Manchester that lead with a 'More than Money' promise. Alongside the funds they invest in some of the most exciting businesses in the North West they also put a huge focus on nurturing those businesses, and the entrepreneurs leading them, to inspire even greater success.Some phenomenal success stories are already coming through their stable (Bankify, Peak, Sorted, Pixelmax and many more) and Dave shares his desire to kick Praetura o...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
You may already know the wonderful Jennie Johnson MBE from the hugely successful Kids Allowed chain of nurseries that she founded in 2003. In this conversation Jennie starts by sharing the story behind her switch from a successful IT career into the world of Entrepreneurship and how she pioneered a completely new approach in a well established sector.However we quick move on to her failed attempts to retire having sold Kids Allowed and then the lightning bolt of inspiration that led to ...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
This episode is about Vegan chocolate that tastes like chocolate chocolate. In fact it's the story behind the fastest growing Vegan chocolate brand in the UK and they just happen to be based in Greater Manchester.But behind the delicious end products this conversation tells the inspiring story of Love Raw the business that Rimi Thapar has built with her husband Manav (whilst starting a young family at the same time).Love Raw are absolutely smashing it and if you haven't checked them out...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
Except for when they’re taking down an evil corporate entity in a John Grisham novel lawyers tend to get a bad reputation. But the reality is that lawyers often work long hours, under extreme pressure and in situations where a single mistake can have huge consequences. And alongside all this pressure they’re often working with clients who are going through a particularly stressful event. So what I found really refreshing in this conversation with Matt Fleetwood was that in ta...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with 20 rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
Having worked as a buyer with Sainsburys and the Coop Ben Davies had seen too many products launch into supermarkets and fail to meet expectations, often with costly consequences.Realising that technology provided the opportunity to build a platform that could help rapidly inform retailers and brands he set about creating Vypr - an intelligence platform that captures responses from the public at scale. Vypr is now plugged in to the NPD process for numerous companies, large and small, te...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with 20 rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
Former teacher Rachel has launched Fearne & Rosie to help combat the growing issue of kids 'sugar loading' at breakfast. Her jams and condiments business makes a range of lower sugar products that contain more real fruit and Rachel shares here how she built a team or partners and advisors to make the business a reality.Now sold in Waitrose, Morrisons & Ocado Rachel is embarking on the exciting step of raising investment through Crowd-funding to support their next stage of growt...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with 20 rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations.Email gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
Fintech startup Hydr was launched by Nicola and her Co-Founder Hector Macandrew in May 2021. Using their combined experience of the industry, and taking advantage of advances in technology, they have created a game-changing invoice finance platform that promises to liberate small businesses from the timely burden of using similar, more traditional, services.In this conversation Nicola shares how technology has enabled Hydr to disrupt an industry and their ultimate goal for Hydr to help...
On 'The Buzz' we hit our guests from the main GMBS podcast with 20 rapid-fire questions to find out more about their personal connections to Greater Manchester through music, leisure, sport and of course food & drink.Do drop us a line with questions and interview recommendations JEmail gmbspodcast@gmail.comInstagram @gmbspodcastProduced & Presented by Joe TaylorSound & Music Editing by Andy Blackaby-Iles
Happy 2022! We're back with a BANG with this amazing conversation with Steve Oliver the CEO of musicMagpie and Chair of the Stockport Economic Alliance.Steve shares the amazing story of how he and the musicMagpie team took the business from his converted garage to its float on the stock market in 2021 that valued the business at >£200m.He also digs into the 'Smart for the Planet' vision for the business that's reflected in the positive impact musicMagpie has giving second, third and ...