After graduating from the University of Gloucestershire, Janina moved into freelancing, but there was always a desire to build her own brand. She took this drive and quickly moved into building her own business. Janina Neumann Design is a brand design company, helping social value organisations grow their brand, pitch for funding, and showcase their impact. Janina was the first incubator business at the Tewkesbury Growth Hub, this allowed her to develop her vision for the business in a s...
After 30 years in a corporate career, Yola O'Hara took the jump to go it alone. Seven years later her business is going from strength to strength. She is the Director of Visually Explained, helping organisations like yours see the wood from the trees in order to unleash the power of social business. With no fluff, and no jargon. Yola explains how posting is only 25% of what you should be doing on social media, and shares some expertise that you can apply to your business straight after listen...
Welcome back to Season Two of The Buzz. In this season we'll be chatting to four of our Delivery Partners. The Gloucestershire businesses who give their time and expertise via our free events programme. In episode one, and ahead of the COP26 summit later this month, we speak to Eoin McQuone of Go Climate Positive. Eoin is the Chief Carbon Coach and founder of Go Climate Positive. He is a Practitioner member of IEMA (the Institute of Environmental Management) and a sustainability lead on ...
As a busy sports coach back in 2016 Tom became frustrated, healthy eating plays a huge part in improving performance and he had less and less time to prepare nutritious meals from fresh products.Tom began preparing my own meal plans as he needed to save time. From this spark, Tom saw a gap in the market and his business was born. Initially it was just him in his one-bedroom flat cooking and delivering roughly 200 meals a week in the Cotswold area. The foundations were set!Fast forward to toda...
Paperback Shop is the brainchild of Dan Cherrington, erstwhile farmer, TV presenter, author and seller of many things.In 1998 he and his partner, Anne Brown, were struggling to keep their chain of bookshops afloat, in the face of well known challenges, when exploratory selling online in the US proved to be a turning point and resulted in an invitation to become the first UK based marketplace seller on Amazon.com. In February 2000 The Paperback Shop.co.uk was born and continues to maintain its...
Annah owns Wanderlust Camper Co with her husband Andy. Together they've owned lots of live-in vehicles over the years. As their family grew, so did their need for spacious, family friendly homes-on-wheels. The options available in the market weren't quite right, so, they took matters into their own hands and set up their business. The use of video has transformed how they work with customers during COVID-19, and their understanding of processes have insured that any pain points are avoid...
From an engineering background in New Zealand, via wedding photographer, to gin producer in Gloucestershire, Jon has used his unique experience to develop a truly special business. At The Boutique Distillery all their gin is all made in house, using specially sourced local ingredients, in small batches, making it a unique and artisan product. Now online sales are growing, and Jon has used his photographic skills to create engaging social media content. Jon shares his approach to man...
Ella started Fitbakes, an award-winning bakery specialising in low sugar high protein cakes, alongside her corporate role in IT. But Fitbakes is no longer a side hustle. It's a fast growing innovative brand that's attracted celebrity and high profile fans, and legion of dedicated online customers. Using her knowledge from a 20 year career in tech, Ella built an agile online business, partnered with social media influencers, and effectively utilisied digital marketing tools. Find out...
In episode two we speak to Henny Maltby, one of the longest standing Delivery Partners at the Gloucestershire Growth Hub network. Pink Elephant Media are a Multiple Award Winning Web Design Agency. They know you want to convert website visitors into leads or customers and want a return on your investment. Their unique approach to combing web development with a marketing growth plan and the training to help scale your business has helped many UK businesses reach their goals.Henny shares ...