Born in Belfast, Tina McKenzie failed her 11+ and went on to become a multi-award winning business leader in Northern Ireland. As MD of Staffline, she has led them from a cold start to £40 million turnover in less than four years. In this interview, she talks about how she takes her big decisions in life, reflects on what happened with NI21 and outlines her plans for the future.

A successful criminal defence barrister for many years, Gavan is now a serial entrepreneur owning a stream of SPAR and Subway stores across North Belfast. In a remarkably candid interview, Gavan talks about the only defendant ever to truly scare him, paying protection money and dealing with employees who steal. What he has to say about how to walk into the house every evening, even after a long hard day at work, is advice every parent should follow.

Influenced by podcasts including Desert Island Disks and The Time Ferriss Show in this inaugural episode Barry Phillips meets the then head of the CBI in Northern Ireland David Gavaghan.

In what turned out to be an extraordinary interview, David, a parent of eight children, explaines how he manages to combine a busy life in the corporate world with family duties and the obligation he feels to look out for others not as fortunate as himself.

When David's wife's restaurant went bust a few years back their family (including 8 children) were forced to make some difficult economic choices. They are now bouncing back opening up another Thai restaurant with David launching a fund to attract £millions of investment into Grade A commercial property in Belfast.

David shares his views on why Belfast needs to be repopulated and more controversially, how. "We should have taken thousands - ten of thousands of refugees during the height of the Syrian conflict" he states.

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