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Quitting school may not be beneficial to everybody unless, perhaps, you're Charlie Mullins OBE. Started dreaming about becoming a plumber at an early age, Charles Mullins OBE had the drive and competitiveness to create one of the most recognized brands in the UK. While he admits, jokingly, that quitting school much later was a regret, his common sense and hard work paid off. In this very light and jolly episode, Charles Mullins OBE tells us his story of how Pimlico rose to what it is today.

Charles Mullins OBE is the founder of Pimlico, the largest independent service & maintenance company in the capital. Pimlico's story has been one of constant improvement and year-on-year growth since its inception in 1979, with returning customers accounting for the majority of the more than 100,000 jobs completed annually.

• The beginning of Charlie's journey into becoming a plumber began at an early age
• Charlie gets off the tools and steering the ship of his business
• Importance of enjoying your work
• The drive, enthusiasm, and will to succeed
• How Charlie's company handles its branding
• What's the best marketing tool Pilmico have
• Advantage and benefit of being transparent to the clients
• Why Charlie thinks that meetings are a waste of time
• What Pilmico has done to maintain the quality of its products and services
• Avoiding people-pleasing when dealing with employees
• How Charlie was able to retain clients through the years

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Tourism can be a lifeblood especially if the town is in the countryside. It can provide income not only for the business owners, but for it's people as well. This is the guiding principle being employed by Dominic Hare, CEO of Blenheim Palace, wherein growing the business is as important as giving back to the surrounding community especially amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. As a landed property, Blenheim Palace under the watch of Dominic Hare, promises to work in cooperation with the people in the years to come. In this episode, Dominic Hare talks with Adam Stott about his journey to becoming Blenheim's CEO and his important role in its long-term development.

Dominic Hare is the CEO of the landed property Blenheim Palace. Their duty is summed up in three points: to preserve our legacy, a responsibility to continually evolve, and a need to sustain a strong connection with the community. Not only a birthplace for the late PM Winston Churchill, but Blenheim Palace is also related to Prince William and Prince Harry through their mother, Princess Diana.

• The story of Winston Churchill being born in the Blenheim Palace
• How Dominic met his first mentors working as an accountant
• Dominic's journey into investment banking earlier in his career
• The process where Dominic was selected as the first Finance Director of Blenheim Palace
• Dominic's long-term plan for the landed property
• Helping the local community in the light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Understanding the numbers in business
• Importance of apprenticeship in Dominic's goal of helping both the apprentice and the Blenheim community

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Creating content is the 'thing' in recent years because of different platforms that encourage people to do it. However, creating great and authentic content is not for everyone but our guest today managed to do just that. Starting slowly in the beginning, Chef Ben Ebbrell's desire to create simple and easy-to-cook foods for students has recently picked up steady growth.

Sorted Food, a happy accident with friends according to Chef Ben, has not only turned into a successful YouTube channel but also a dynamic community. In this episode, Chef Ben Ebbrell talks about his journey as a content creator for Sorted Food as well as giving 3 tips for aspiring business owners.

Chef Ben Ebbrell is one of the founders of the hit YouTube Channel, Sorted Food. Presently, Sorted Food has 2.4M subscribers on YouTube and has been providing its own authentic content since 2010.

• How far along Ben's team and co-founders knew each other
• What was Ben's mindset when they were just starting to create content
• How important it is to determine your audience before creating content
• The role of Ben and his team's friendship values
• Ben's journey to 2.4 million YouTube subscriber
• Working together and collaborating with other content creators
• What was Ben's solution with them eventually running out of fresh ideas for recipes
• How Ben handles suggestions and comments thrown at him as a Chef
• not monetizing and building community at first
• Cheap meal packs in the pandemic how it made a difference
• Importance of authenticity in the content that you are creating

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A young lad with enormous determination, it was not having the fear of taking risks that gave our guest in this episode the edge in the hairstyling business. Phil Smith, started in the business franchising his first Toni & Guy Salon at the age of 23 armed with a lot of courage and a couple of bank loans. Through the years, what made Phil successful is his ability to see opportunities and create meaningful relationships. In this episode, Phil Smith talks about franchising, mentorship, opportunities, and transitioning from a Toni & Guy franchisee to producing hair products. Listen to learn more about his journey!

Phil Smith is the owner and creator of Phil Smith Be Gorgeous hair products and recipient of numerous hairdressing awards in the UK. Phil was once the top franchisee of Toni & Guy until he decided to keep just one franchise that is still being run by his wife.

• Why it was a case of being 'in the right place, at the right time' when Phil Smith was trying to start his first salon
• Phil Smith's experience in opening his first Toni & Guy franchise
• On meeting Toni Mascola and how did he become Phil's mentor and father-figure
• The challenges of opening a franchise at the age of 23
• How Phil was able to use risk and opportunities to his advantage
• The celebrities that Phil was able to meet through the years of hairstyling
• How does franchising compare when Phil was still active to today
• Riding the opportunities that the hairdressing industry is giving him
• The impetus of deciding to leave the franchising business and venture into the Phil Smith Be Gorgeous products

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Left school at 15 and battled cancer. Who would've thought that Nicole Sealy would be able to juggle motherhood and her businesses on her way to success? Having a natural talent for being her own boss and not working for other people, Nicole was able to start her business and earn money at the age of 19. In this episode, Adam Stott talks with Nicole Sealy about her humble beginnings, maintaining her businesses, and motherhood.

Nicole Sealy is a CEO of different companies and she's a star in Real Housewives of Cheshire.

• How Nicole started creating her own fortune at an early age through her businesses
• Why Nicole was not good at working for other people
• What was Nicole's solution to her problem of not being good at the delegation of work
• Nicole's ability to multitask
• Nicole's experience with motherhood and raising her children
• The reason why Nicole finally accepted the offer to join the Real Housewives of Cheshire
• The role Nicole's father had with the development of her business skills

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Aging, for most of us, is definitely not the most exciting time because honestly, who wants to grow old? Sue Cassidy, a survivor and thriver, lives her life aging backwards while helping other people make a living out of social media marketing. Sue Cassidy started a career in the Music Industry by writing songs for Tina Turner, Olivia Newton-John, and other famous artists and getting a Grammy nomination at the height of her career.

Sue Cassidy has a mission to empower aging men and women to age backward and feel young and confident in their own skin. She is an Executive National Vice President at Arbonne.

• How

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A well-known and seasoned media personality, Kaye Adams gained fame in being a part of the ITV talk show, Loose Women and The Circle. Kaye has also been part of various TV shows with BBC. She has a book called STILL HOT! which features 42 true menopause stories. Kaye is also a BBC Scotland Radio Talk Show host named after her, The Kaye Adams Show.

In this episode, Adam Stott and Kaye Adams talk about how she first started working in the media to writing books of her own. Kaye also talked about women in business and her inspiring passion for helping women undergoing menopause. Listen to learn more!

• How Kaye Adams started working in the media profession
• What is the secret of the longevity of the show Loose Women
• Why producing a radio show is a much harder work for Kaye Adams
• Talking about her fears and how Kaye overcome them
• The role of her family, Kaye Adams' mother and father, in achieving her success
• What is the measure of success for Kaye Adams
• Why a lot of media and entertainment personalities are unhappy despite their fame and money

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Driven by his company's mission to improve children's relationship with healthy foods, Mark Cuddigan's primary strategy is to develop products and services according to children's point of view. Mark, an executive of a company that helps a lot of people, is guided by the principle that helping other people is what ultimately gives fulfillment at work. In this episode, Adam Stott and Mark Cuddigan talk about how important a client's perspective in business as well as autonomy in the workplace and more.

Mark Cuddigan is the CEO of the number 1 baby food company in the UK, Ella's Kitchen. Mark is an executive to a number of companies including the Hain Celestial Group and the B Lab. Ella's Kitchen, a Certified B Corporation, is hopeful to be a Net Zero Business by 2030 under the guidance of Mark Cuddigan.

• The present trend that businesses are becoming more environmentally conscious
• How Ella's Kitchen was able to achieve growth and expansion with Mark as its CEO
• What changed Mark's perspective with what business can do and should do
• Ella's Kitchen is all about helping children and not all about making money
• The Mantra which Mark run Ella's Kitchen with
• Measuring your employees' happiness
• What does it mean to be a B Corporation
• Being an inspiration to all companies Ella's Kitchen works with

Big Business Events Members Network Know more about Ella's Kitchen at ellaskitchen.co.uk

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Fueled by the desire of creating an organization to help entrepreneurs, startups, an Unreasonable Group was born. Daniel Epstein, one of Fortune Magazine's World's 50 Greatest Leaders alongside the likes of Tim Cook & Bill Gates, he's banking on entrepreneurs and the community he's built to, slowly but surely, change the world. In the second part of another incredible episode, Adam Stott and Daniel Epstein talk about how Unreasonable Group was founded to help start-ups and entrepreneurs to raise capital.

Daniel's unfettered belief in entrepreneurs led him to found and become the CEO of Unreasonable Group – An organization dedicated to supporting an international Fellowship for growth-stage entrepreneurs who are profitably solving global issues. Today Unreasonable actively supports over 200 growth-stage CEOs; channels exclusive deal-flow to hundreds of investors and investment funds; and partners with multinational brands and institutions to discover profit in solving global challenges.

• How can you be a part of the Unreasonable Group if you are an entrepreneur or a start-up
• Daniel explains what "commitments" are when you get in the Unreasonable Fellowship
• Having raised millions of dollars in capital, what Daniel thinks about people's attitude about raising capital
• How the COVID-29 Pandemic has affected Daniel's company
• Profit vs Profiteering

Big Business Events Members Network Know more about the Unreasonable Group or the Unreasonable collective at unreasonablegroup.com

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Fueled by the desire of creating an organization to help entrepreneurs, startups, an Unreasonable Group was born. Daniel Epstein, one of Fortune Magazine's World's 50 Greatest Leaders alongside the likes of Tim Cook & Bill Gates, he's banking on entrepreneurs and the community he's built to, slowly but surely, change the world. In the first part of another incredible episode, Adam Stott and Daniel Epstein talk about how Unreasonable Group was founded to help start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Daniel's unfettered belief in entrepreneurs led him to found and become the CEO of Unreasonable Group – An organization dedicated to supporting an international Fellowship for growth-stage entrepreneurs who are profitably solving global issues. Today Unreasonable actively supports over 200 growth-stage CEOs; channels exclusive deal-flow to hundreds of investors and investment funds; and partners with multinational brands and institutions to discover profit in solving global challenges.

• Two sides of the same story: Market Failures and Market Opportunities
• What the Unreasonable Group Fellowship does for entrepreneurs
• How Daniel started his Company
• Collaborative advantage vs focusing on competition
• How important is the Community for the whole Unreasonable Group
• Failure is not a Failure as long as you don't stop

Big Business Events Members Network Know more about the Unreasonable Group at unreasonablegroup.com