Helen Tuddenham is an executive coach and leadership development consultant, who works with experienced professionals to help them untangle the complexities of leadership. She supports them to figure out what’s holding them back and eliminate those sticking points. As a result, they gain fresh perspectives on who they are and how they lead, and an ability to take on new challenges and thrive in their career.

Prior to setting up her own business, Helen was a Director of the People and Culture Risk team at PwC UK, advising finance, internal audit, and compliance teams on improving capability and culture. She is also a non-Exec Director and chartered accountant.

Links

https://www.helentuddenhamconsulting.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/helentuddenham/

With over two decades in sales and a pioneering spirit in B2B networking, Donnie has transformed his experiences into Success Champion Networking (SCN). Here, he empowers professionals to build influential networks and businesses based on genuine connections and community support.

SCN isn’t just about networking; it's a hub for entrepreneurial growth and success, focussing on:

- B2B Networking Strategies

- Community Building

- Business Support and Coaching

- Networking Event Coordination

Discover more at https://successchampionnetworking.com/or book a chat with Donnie at https://calendly.com/successchampion/60-minutes-with-donnie-boivin-ceo-success-champion

Kelly Drewett is the founder of Kaydee Website and SEO Agency.

Kelly started her business at the tender age of 19 and has been running it for almost 25 years!

She now lives in France but networks with people back in the UK through online meetings which she loves.

As well as helping businesses with their websites and SEO Kelly also trains people do be able to do some of the work themselves. Have a look at the Web Untamed website for more info.

www.webuntamed.com

www.kaydee.net

This episode is kindly sponsored by ONLE - the network for people who like people! They are generously offering my listeners a free visit.

Find a suitable meeting at theonle.network/meeting-calendar and use the discount code: SBBNONLE

Do you struggle with ongoing physical pain or sight loss?

How would it feel to overcome your challenges and rediscover the fun in life?

Call Sarah Bryan today to change your life and create a new reality!

Sarah is an avid networker despite the challenges that being blind brings, and she's found it a great way to get to know people when moving to a new town.

www.drsarahbryan.com

Alexis is an award-winning entrepreneur, with over 10 years of experience, currently running two SaaS businesses (AirManual and Spidergap) with remote & global teams, and supports others as a board member or consultant including well known companies like Sony PlayStation.

Through his work with many businesses from start-ups to PLCs, Alexis has seen that it often takes a huge amount of time for leaders to get employees up to full speed. So, at AirManual, they give teams a faster and more effective way of sharing their processes and onboarding. Employees are onboarded quicker, make fewer mistakes, and free up hundreds of hours of leadership time.

Over the last 15 years, Alexis has worked with hundreds of business leaders to save them 1,000s of hours of their time each year, help them work more effectively, and unlock their business’ growth. As a speaker and guest, he has been sharing his findings, and it’s had a huge impact on many businesses. 

For example, Alexis won the ‘Most valued content’ award in 2021 for his workshop at Dan Bradbury’s Success Mastermind (a community of 60+ small business owners), which led to over 30 business owners adopting the tools and processes recommended.

Alexis is a husband, and dad of two, and is passionate about balancing work alongside family life (and makes sure his team does too!) He also enjoys craft beer, whisky, skiing, skateboarding, dancing, gaming, golf, touch rugby and squash.

• AirManual — process and onboarding documentation software: https://www.airmanual.co/
• Spidergap — employee-friendly 360° Feedback software: https://www.spidergap.com/
• Alexis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkingsbury
• Alexis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiskingsbury
• Alexis on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexis.kingsbury

Simon Washbrook is the founder of Popcorn, a CRM built with small businesses in mind.

Popcorn has been part of the NatWest accelerator programme and Simon is now a mentor for other businesses going through the programme. He has found this to be a great network of likeminded people.

Simon is passionate about networking in other places too and spreads the word about his business though both online and in person meetings.

Find out more about the Popcorn CRM at https://www.popcorncrm.co.uk

Justin is a business Growth Specialist who works with business owners to help them to achieve their goals.  Whether that means more time with their family, a bigger income, more choices or a more profitable business. His passion is working with business owners to create the business and life they were looking for when they first started their business.    

He is an experienced business leader and public speaker who has successfully led and grown 4 businesses as well as UK-based divisions within international companies. He has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world, helping them to grow their businesses, as well as with many smaller companies.  

He has first-hand knowledge of the challenges that business owners experience every day and has led all the key areas of a business including Marketing and Sales, Operations, Finance and HR through the different phases of their growth. 

Rachel Moore has a background in marketing and is now a trainer, consultant and speaker on the subject of social media.

She also runs the BLAH (Business Ladies Around Harrogate) network, and publishes a business e-magazine.

She is very keen on networking and using social media in conjunction with networking to grow relationships.

Naomi Riches MBE – Peformance Coach & Motiational Speaker

·       Paralympic Gold and Bronze Medallist in rowing

·       6 x World Championships

·       Guinness World Record Holder

Naomi was diagnosed as registered blind at just a few months old, and from that moment, the challenges came thick and fast.

After leaving school with indifferent academic grades and with very low self-confidence the consequence of severe bullying, Naomi set out to succeed by not being defined by her visual impairment. This has been the driving force behind all she has achieved. 

At university she had the opportunity to try rowing and from there her journey to the 2012 Paralympics began.

Naomi retired from full time sport in 2013 and began her next chapter in business working for Thomas International. During her time a Thomas she worked as a Client Development Consultant and Coach, delivering projects based around the Thomas suite of tools; delving into the layers of behaviour, personality, EI, aptitude and ability, and potential of the clients employees.  

Setting out on her own in 2020 as a Performance Coach & Motivational Speaker, the driving force behind all she does is to empower and enable individuals, teams and organisations to realise their potential and be the best that they can be.

Babs Vinden-Cantrell is a recruiter for the British Army, a trained personal, business, and networking coach, and a children's author.

She has made use of lots of different networking opportunities to move her career forward over the years.

Her latest venture is a series of children's picture books called 'Seagulls Don't Eat Sorbet'.

https://svcsolutions.co.uk/training/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-coulson-a17a80b/

http://www.linkedin.com/company/svc-solutions-uk/

http://www.facebook.com/svcsolutions

https://www.instagram.com/svcsolutions_/?hl=en

Allen built a successful 6-figure project management consultancy on the back of LinkedIn. Since then he has run a series of businesses in property, motorhome hire, domiciliary care and business support.

With a change in personal circumstances, Allen now focuses on sharing his LinkedIn knowledge with small to medium-sized businesses helping them to leverage the platform to generate leads.

Allen is also very active in the charity sector. He provides FREE LinkedIn training and support to any small or medium sized local or regional charity in the UK through the Linked Business Charity Training & Support Group.

His 50:50 workshops are a way for those charities to get their corporate sponsors access to his LinkedIn training at a very affordable price and at the same time generate funds for the charity with 50% of the fee being donated to the referring charity.

Ivan Weiss is a portrait photographer based in London. Born with a camera pointed at him, he grew up surrounded by photography. His interest in portraiture was influenced by 12 years living in Florence, Italy. He creates images that reflect a fascination with classical composition, a delight in the technical possibilities afforded by modern equipment and techniques, and a sensitivity for human emotion.

Ivan enjoys a variety of networking events and he's keen to network with other photographers as collaboration always beats competition.

Blake Caldwell is one of the co-founders of Brotherhood-UK, a coaching business that helps people (predominantly, but not exclusively, men) be the best they can be.

Blake's background includes sport, sales and crisis intervention work for Children's Services.

He's very keen on fitness and mental health, and wants to help as many people as possible to feel good about themselves and their lives.

He recorded his side of this episode in his garden so you'll notice the birds in the background!

www.brotherhood-uk.com

Toni Robinson is the founder of The Cookie People, a small business with a large following.

Toni is new to networking but is already finding it useful - not only as a way to promote her business, but also in terms of business support.

Faye Dicker - broadcaster, voiceover artist and founder of the award-winning networking group Freelance Mum.

Faye cut her teeth in television at a young age, before working in television production and then radio presenting, for both BBC and commercial stations. 

Her busy voiceover business, means she can be heard on national television and radio campaigns, corporate and E-learning. 

It was in 2014 that Faye launched Freelance Mum, when she found balancing motherhood around freelance work a difficult juggling act. She set about building a community for fellow ‘freelance mums’, by launching child friendly networking events for mums in business.  

After 7 years of running successfully in Bristol, Freelance Mum launched 6 hubs across the UK last year. She’s run 100s of meetings, hosts a weekly digital coffee morning and an awesome online community, The Mothership.

Faye Dicker has been named Top 100 Most Influential Women in The West in 2018 & 2019. She was awarded Freelance Ambassador of the Year Award, for her work with Freelance Mum and Covid-19 Success Story in 2021. 

When not found behind the microphone, or ferrying her girls to various clubs, Faye can often be found in her local lido and marine Lake (a rare occasion, when she actually stops talking). 

https://www.freelancemum.co.uk

https://www.fayedicker.com

Phil Coley is a British entrepreneur dividing his time between his home in France and business interests in the UK. Phil has a background in sales and marketing for over 30 years, from starting selling advertising for a regional newspaper through to consultancy positions with some of the UK`s leading contact centres.

Professional qualifications include a degree in sports science, majoring in sports psychology and attending the 1992 Olympic Games. Phil has worked directly with Olympians, World and European champions across may sports.

Phil actually became a very young entrepreneur at the age of 12, creating a local free adds flyer in his local village and selling advertising space. The flyer had to be put together with sticky letters and photocopied – no digital publishing in those days!

Over the years Phil has set up and sold businesses, experienced highs and lows even losing it all. Today Phil works closely with his business partner, Mark Pearce, building successful businesses and working with other business owners to scale up growth and ultimately successful businesses.

In 2021 he set up Deaf Plus, a business network that is accessible to the deaf as well as the hearing community.

Outside of work Phil has three amazing children, two grown up and making their way in life and recently his wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Phil lives in France with his wife Kirsti and enjoys time with the family, exploring France and cooking with produce from his garden.

Website: www.phil-coley.com & www.businessplusgroup.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-coley-business-plus/

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Angela Belassie – PR The Write Way – angela@prthewriteway.co.uk – 07872 969065

Helena is a born and raised brit who started her copywriting business at the tender age of 21. Having no contacts she immediately started networking her socks off and attended most groups across London. Later she moved to a new country that didn’t have much of a culture of formal networking and so created English speaking networking. With three groups locally that were both online and face to face she saw a demand for online meetings and last year founded Internationalesn with a focus on helping business owners right around network and grow their business. She now has three groups: professional services, health and wellness and creative. She currently lives in Tel Aviv with her husband and in her spare time enjoys riding her bike (Louise.)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenabaker/

https://www.instagram.com/internationalesn/ 

Sheena Whyatt is the founder of the KAPOW! Coaching Programme, which she set up in 2016, and runs as part of her training consultancy business, Lightning Training.

Sheena has over 18 years experience in the L&D industry, and speaks regularly to groups of small business owners on a range of topics from networking skills to public speaking.  

She has been keynote speaker for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants at their annual conference and for OfficeVA, as well as taking the floor at national level for 4Networking on many occasions.

Sheena has been awarded Freelance Trainer of the Year awards by the Learning & Performance Institute on three occasions, first winning the award in 2011 whilst undergoing treatment for breast cancer.  She is also an authorised Consultant and is also a member of the LPI Advisory Board, and chairs sessions regularly at Learning Technologies Live.

Sheena created the KAPOW! Coaching Programme to give business owners and employees structured and focussed advice to find their personal superpowers & put them to work creating a strong personal brand, and regularly delivers training workshops both on and offline to learners across the world.

Sheena is also a very active business networker and has embraced the move from real world to online networking, which has saved her hundreds of pounds in petrol costs!

Say Hello! | KAPOW! Your Personal Branding & Business Coach (kapowme.com)

Twitter - @traininggoddess

LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sheenawhyatt

Karina Scott is a social media influencer and marketing expert, and the founder of Girl About Social.

She started her business in lockdown after losing her job, and thanks to networking she hasn't looked back.

Dabbling in music, photography, radio and design, Martin has been a lifelong creative. But it's only in recent years that he worked out how to get paid for that creativity... by using his voice. Working with brands such as Lego, BMW and NHS, Martin's voiceover work spans across commercial, corporate, telephony and animation.

Martin also co-hosts a fortnightly networking group for people in creative industries called The Creative Collective.

www.martinwhiskin.co.uk

Based on the Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border, Lilac HR is surrounded by rural, equestrian and agricultural businesses which is lucky since we are passionate about giving rural businesses the same high quality HR support that city based corporates get, but with a personal touch.

We are fully CIPD qualified with over 10 years experience in partnering with companies to manage and develop the human part of the business, not to mention experience in working with the equestrian industry.

At Lilac HR we are obsessed with infusing your business with an opulent blend of earthy employee relations management, elegant employee engagement and spicy strategy so you can grow your business to reach its full-bodied potential without the corking drama. 

If that sounds like the flavour you're looking for, or if you'd like a recommendation on the house red, click here to book a complimentary Taster Session  or follow us on social media @lilachrltd

Just Great HR – Making the Complex Simple

Dawn had 18 years of working in telephony and technology/ IT businesses, as a senior PA before re-training and moving into HR full-time about 12 years ago.

She is used to running teams of people to deliver day-to-day HR support and projects.

She's also ex-Army, having spent 5 years in The Royal Signals; 3 of which were in Cyprus (very spoilt!).

Dawn is exploring ways in which she can work with Veterans and current serving personnel who are in the process of leaving the forces and transitioning back into civilian life.

Steven Mayatt is Co-Owner and Creative Director at Pocket Creatives. His experience over the past 20 years spans the delivery of creative projects in video production and photography. Pocket Creatives work with small and large brands mainly in cosmetics, food & drink and consumer goods, and that work might involve anything from taking simple pack shots right up to TV ads. Steven's role involves the wearing many hats, as with most company owners, and finding a balance between the creative and the business.

Nicola Auckland is a Business & Brand Photographer with a passion for the relationships formed between business owners, customer and brands. 

After her corporate career ended during Covid, she turned her profitable side-hustle into fully fledged wedding photography business. Whilst she loved this, she knew something wasn't quite right (and it had little to do with the number of Ed Sheeran songs she had to listen to!) In January 2023 she took the decision to pivot her business, completely cut off her numerous wedding leads and exclusively offer business and branding photography. 

She now offers personal branding photography to solopreneurs, branding photography to small businesses and corporate headshots to larger companies who prefer to have a photographer on-site. she also offers e-commerce product photography in a studio setting for her business customers with an online store. 

You can find out more by visiting her website and LinkedIn profile.

 https://www.nicolaaucklandphotography.co.uk/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaaucklandphotography/

This episode is kindly sponsored by Yeseo.

SEO is BORING - but only when you're doing it wrong! Visit https://www.yeseo.io for a free consultation.

Sam Hollis is a Business Owner, Dad and serial networker. He runs Sam Hollis Web Design from Mozambique where he lives with his family. The UK designers who make the sites don’t usually let him actually touch websites any more. But, that leaves Sam more time for networking, chatting with his clients and running the business. 

Andrew Gibson helps charities to attain sustainable income streams. He also is the author of two books and a long-term member of BNI.

Andrew uses the power of storytelling very effectively in his networking, and he teaches others to use it too.

Jennifer Elia helps businesses get visible online in less time, with less stress, and for less money with proven, sustainable, and scalable systems that work in any niche. After over a decade in digital marketing, she has mastered marketing without the tricks and hacks, so your social media is algorithm-proof. 

Her goal-driven, holistic approach to marketing up-levels your game while giving you more time to spend on your clients, your family, and your friends–which is the whole reason you started your business in the first place.

Networking came to Jennifer's rescue after a terrible cyber attack robbed her of all her contacts (not to mention access to her bank accounts....).

Ike Kehal is the CEO of Social27, a virtual event platform that has been helping businesses connect digitally throughout the pandemic and beyond. Ike started his professional career at Microsoft where he focused on partner programs and marketing. He went on to co-found and/or run four successful organizations, eventually starting Social27

Following 14 years working in senior leadership roles within sales, marketing & finance for Scottish & Newcastle the international Brewer, Michael was part of an MBO of McEwan’s & Youngers beer brands and Scrumpy Jack & Woodpecker cider brands, setting up Jygsaw Brands Ltd, after 4 successful years the business was eventually sold to Heineken UK.

Since 2011 Michael has worked with & held roles at a range of businesses; from being Chairman of Salford Professional Development a subsidiary of University of Salford, an NED of Miricyl a young people’s mental health charity, an advisor to an Irish independent brewery, a start-up wine & spirit business and a national on-line wholesaler.

Michael became a Business Doctor in 2018, bringing his experience to the local business community. Helping small to medium business owners take control of their business, build sustainable growth or to prepare for exit. Providing coaching, mentoring, high quality advice, information, resources, and hands-on support in all areas of the business.

Over the last 4 years Michael has worked with businesses across a range of sectors including construction, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, education, and professional services.

Michael started the Consulting Room in March 2020 as a support network for business owners who were going through the same challenges as the realisation of the pandemic struck home. The weekly on-line meetings shared relevant business updates, gave some business advice and a forum to discuss challenges & opportunities. Whilst the original focus was Notts & Lincs because of the on-line nature we have engaged people from Bristol to London & Manchester to Brighton. 

What started out as a support for those difficult times has grown to a community that now has multiple opportunities to engage from weekly zoom meetings to a facebook group of over 200 members.

Susan Gold is a marketing coach and consultant who describes herself as a networking maniac!

One of the things she helps her clients with is networking - and in particular, making sure they are in the right room.

Lucy Edgar graduated in Social Anthropology and set about how to find her happy. After travelling, working in communications, teaching and a decade in HR, she decided to set up Human Everything with her partner in order to help make the working world a better place through supporting people to have productive conversations. Life's too short to be unhappy at work, and change can just be one conversation away. 

www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-edgar-builds-better-teams

https://www.linkedin.com/company/human-everything

https://www.instagram.com/human.everything_/

Stewart Leahy is the founder of Yorkshire Powerhouse, a company that provides all kinds of support for small businesses in the Yorkshire region.

Twice a month Stewart runs online networking meetings, again for companies based in Yorkshire, or that have a legitimate business interest in Yorkshire.

Michael was born and raised in South Africa and emigrated to the UK on a business startup visa.

Michael has been involved in all types of printing and branding for the last 25 years, having owned his own printing business for the majority of that time.

His branding business in South Africa, Black Peppa, was a member of the local BNI chapter.

It was at a BNI chapter meeting one morning that a lightbulb moment happened during an unexpected random incident. This led to the creation of an industry disrupting innovation that saw him get a spot of the South African version of Dragon’s Den, The Shark Tank.

Following the great exposure of the Shark Tank, Michael was invited to become a member of the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship. This was a phenomenal opportunity to be mentored and to have expert assistance in getting the new concept to market.

Michael later on pitched for finance at various pitching platforms and ended up on the pitching stage of the World Cup of start-ups where he came third in the SA finals. The winner went on to pitch in Silicone Valley in the US and win $100 000.

The new concept, The Saucy Printing Co. Which is a service that provides live printing onto plates in chocolate sauce took off in the corporate events industry and provided a niche touch to weddings as well.

Having moved to the UK, Michael is currently getting the business off the ground and gaining traction for this world first, fun and innovative product. The business is set up in Cambridge and making the most of being in a city dwarfed by the many colleges that make up the University of Cambridge.

This ideal location presents many opportunities within the 33 colleges as well the various hotels, conference centers and networking events.

Michael has once again joined BNI and belongs to the Fitzwilliam chapter in Cambridge.

The business is growing from strength to strength and it looks to be able to franchise in late 2023.

For more information, pictures and history, please visit:

www.saucyprint.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-fletcher-191aaa76/ www.instagram.com/saucyprint

Emma is a professional Brand photographer from Natural Aspect.

With over 14 years experience in the photographic industry, shooting a range of genres such as product, portraiture and commercial, her clients receive a really rounded brand photography service.

She loves to work with business owners, to showcase their business, increase visibility, feel confident and proud of their online presence and marketing imagery. Delivering an inspiring and engaging portfolio of bespoke, on brand imagery captivates all of this, as well as elevates their business and brand.

Emma is also a volunteer photographer for two charities 'Bufferfly Wishes' and 'Remember my Baby'.

James West is the co-founder of ONLE Networking - the online business network for people who like people. He met his wife Kelly while networking and they built ONLE on the belief that most people can be trusted to network without the rules and protocols that get in the way of running a business.

Based on his own experiences, James believes that the secret power of networking is to provide business owners with access to the meaningful connections that are vital to good mental health.

ONLE currently has 350 members spread across 22 UK groups and two in the US - the latter helping prove that geography is no longer a limitation of networking.

Experience "the business network for people who like people" by booking a complimentary visit to an ONLE networking group. Use the discount code: SBBM to claim your free £10 online meeting visit:

https://theonle.network/meeting-calendar

Jenii Lowe is a content writer, copywriter, and professional explainer who has been working with written digital media for over a decade. Through her copywriting firm, Obsidian Content Creation, she's written for all manner of organisations, from national digital marketing behemoths to scores of small businesses up and down the UK. Jenii really relishes helping IT and tech firms more meaningfully describe what they do to those that matter - their prospects.

Obsidian Content Creation can be found at https://obsidiancontent.co.uk/

After running our own businesses for many years, Ian and I realised that being a business owner can be a lonely place at times. People often start a business because they are good at what they do, but running a business requires additional skills that you don't necessarily have. So, we created We Are In Business, a networking and business support community. It was our desire to help business owners build a support network around them and gain some knowledge on the different aspects of running a business.

Insta

http://www.twitter.com/weareinbiz

FB 

http://www.facebook.com/InBusiness/

Website

https://weareinbusiness.co.uk

podcast website

In Business Talks2 Podcast (buzzsprout.com)

Meeting booking page

https://www.trybooking.co.uk/BLYY promo code POD2022

Chris Rabbitt is one of the founders of the Mee-ow network (meet-now).

Mee-ow is a totally new way of networking online and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Users are put into a room with up to three other people who could be from anywhere in the country (or even the world), and they have an hour to chat and network.

Find out more at www.meeow.com

Sonny Kurmi runs SK Wealth Solutions based in Cambridge.

He attends multiple networking sessions ever week, but his very first networking event will always stick in his mind!

Lucinda (Lucy) is a ghostwriter and editor working to support small and start-up businesses in building their brand voice and online content.

She believes that every business has a story to tell, and she wants to help them do it. Her services include book writing, content writing, copywriting, professional bios, and editing.

Her own story is a fascinating one - she was training as a teacher when a chronic illness forced her in a completely new direction.

Links

Website: https://www.lucinda-elizabeth.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghostlucinda/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GhostLucinda

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostlucinda/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GhostLucinda

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/GhostLucinda/

A track record of over 15 years work and achievements in management with a strong background in transportation, at a strategic and operational level. A self-confessed transport geek. Lindsay shares her experience which includes facilitating and delivering service improvement and transformation with her current team, Hunts Coaches, other businesses, and learners.

Since 2008 Lindsay has worked within the transport sector. Starting the journey in the Transport Policy Team at North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) and providing a management role for the Demand Responsive Transport Service Phone ‘n’ Ride. She was also a member of the NELC Coaching and Mentoring Network. In 2010 a ground-breaking arrangement was made between the Local Authority and Balfour Beatty forming a regeneration partnership. Lindsay transferred over to Balfour Beatty to support the areas aspirations.

In 2013, Cofely GDF Suez became the partner, later changing its name to ENGIE. Lindsay was there for all the key moments and challenges presented by cross partnership working and in 2015 became the Project Manager for the areas Total Transport Project. A pilot to explore the potential for a better mix of accessible transport services in the area. While working with different central, local government agencies and transport operators, she also became chair of the Total Transports Northern Group.

Towards the end of 2017, Lindsay joined Hunts Coaches as the Business Development and Marketing Manager. Devising, developing, and delivering a comprehensive strategic and tactical plan for business development, income generation and awareness-raising for the Lincolnshire based family travel business. Winning many awards along the way. Lindsay is passionate about Greater Lincolnshire, lives in the area and is part of many groups with the aim to contribute, communicate, champion, and promote all that is great about the place – Taking People Places.

Lindsay.Linder@hunts-coaches.co.uk

http://www.hunts-coaches.co.uk/

Brett Sheldon is the founder of the Business Support Organisation that was founded in early 2018 with the aim of simply helping business owners to do business better. By asking the question “how can they help you” and using common sense they’ve created an ecosystem unlike anything else in the “Business Organisation” world.

Email: brett@thebso.co.uk

Website: www.thebso.co.uk

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/supportingbusiness/

I work in all aspects of sales & marketing and financial management, mentoring CEOs and directors to grow and manage their teams, commercialising new products and turning around struggling businesses and projects, particularly those very competent technical business people who want to be better commercially.

I love the excitement of innovation and bringing new businesses to life using all the disciplines I learned as a scientist - and the business tools, techniques and templates I have developed since to ensure business growth.

My early background as a scientist is very different to most in this field and it gave me the foundations which have underpinned consistent success regardless of the type of business I’m supporting. A vital discipline for a scientist is ensuring work is repeatable (the basis of all scientific research) - this has given me a uniquely-proven approach to embed robust thinking and unbreakable formulas as the foundations for business growth. And it works!

Tony Redondo is the found of Cosmos Currency Exchange.

Cosmos offers a bespoke, pro-active relationship-based, bank account to bank account currency exchange service, for both private and corporate clients. They deal in over 35 currencies to and from over 50 countries around the globe, including the UK, USA, EU, Canada and Australia amongst many other locations.

Being able to network around the world from his office has been very beneficial to Tony.

An interview with Ladey Adey the author of Successful Business Networking Online.

The original book was written in 2020 and Ladey has updated it for 2022 with new content and new contributors.

The book is available as a hardback, paperback and e-book and launches on 19th January. For the first month the e-book is available to download for only £2.21!

Available on Amazon.

Camilla is a Vedic Meditation expert, based in Kent, UK

Camilla trained as a primary school teacher in 2000 and learnt to meditate when she was an Assistant Headteacher in an inner city London school. 

After meditating, she worked as a gardening teacher in the Eden Project, a chef and cooking teacher in Sydney and then returned to the UK to live in the family home, Owletts, a National Trust property. 

She recently left the class room and, armed with Sanskrit GCSE (grade A!) she began teaching adults - how to read and write Sanskrit (the Devanagari Script).

She runs cacao ceremonies and wellbeing retreats in Kent and Gloucestershire. 

Meditation is still her favourite thing to teach.

She trained in India in 2014 with Thom Knoles, and currently supports advanced meditators across Europe preparing for teacher training. 

She is Director of Herbert Baker Furniture and co-founder of Lost Crafts CIC - supporting arts and crafts and wellbeing for Neurdiverse families.

She lives with her son and 2 dogs at Owletts, (a National Trust property) where her family have lived since 1783.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/camilla-baker-meditation/

https://www.vedicmeditationbycamilla.co.uk

https://herbertbaker.com

A look back over some of the great guests I've had over the last year.

If you're new to the podcast why not go back and have a listen to some these episodes that I've mentioned?

I am the founder of Kindred Business Networking Uk and Ireland . About me

Barbara Ann Fitzpatrick:

▶ Has 30+ years of experience in the global corporate space leading teams

▶ Been at the coal face of Client Relationship Management & Business Development

▶ Successfully led and mentored global teams

▶ Had to re-invent herself in mid 50's following redundancy & loss of income

▶ Successful entrepreneur & business owner

Barbara teaches small independent business owners how to NetGive not just Network. She loves supporting small business owners and seeing people grow personally and professionally.

Stuart describes himself as a “frequently underwhelmed engineer lurking in the murky cybersecurity realm” and is Managing Director of The Armour Group of Companies who are a group of cybersecurity focused businesses. The group’s aim is to help “people” understand the threats relative to them so they can make accurate risk assessments and take the right steps to form their defences against these dark criminals who are hell-bent on pillaging our digital communities BUT an increasingly disturbing amount of time is now being spent helping organisations of all sizes understand WHY they lost the contents of their bank account, lost a load of customer data or had their entire infrastructure encrypted by criminals.

As much of what Stuart does is sensitive, he can't easily talk about what he does at networking meetings. Instead he focusses on helping other people make connections.