Down to Business

Our final episode for Season One features Roman Jewell, the inspiring co-founder and CEO of Fix & Fogg. Fix & Fogg began when Roman and his wife Andrea started making peanut butter in a lawn bowls club's kitchen and selling it at farmers’ markets around Wellington. Fast forward six years and Fix & Fogg still makes delicious nut butters in Wellington, but they can now be found in supermarkets all around New Zealand, as well as overseas - plus, they have started production in the US to cater to the American market! Listen in to hear about Roman’s experience of leaving his legal career to start the business, smuggling peanut butter into the White House, and more.

Thank you to BNZ Markets, Duncan Cotterill and PwC for their ongoing support to UC Women in Business.

Interviewers: Lucy Adams and Sophie Marris, Host: Victoria Helms, Editor: Sophie Marris

This week's episode features Sonya Williams, the amazing Co-Founder, Chief of Product and Marketing, and currently Acting Co-CEO of Sharesies. Sharesies is all about making investing easy and accessible to anyone - you can invest as little as one cent through their super user-friendly platform! Listen in to learn about the story behind Sharesies, why its great to start investing as early as possible, and Sonya’s top tips for beginner investors - especially for those on a tight budget! 

Thank you to BNZ Markets, Duncan Cotterill and PwC for their ongoing support to UC Women in Business.

Interviewers: Kate Woolmore and Pippa Mckinnel, Host: Victoria Helms, Editor: Sophie Marris

This week’s episode of Down to Business features Hannah Mellsop, the bubbly founder and CEO of Real Rad Food. Real Rad Food creates delicious, healthy and beautiful treats, which are stocked in cafés all over NZ and delivered around the country. Listen in to hear how Real Rad Food was inspired by Hannah’s part-time work while at university, what it’s like to grow a business so quickly, and her plans for the future. We also chatted about the challenges Hannah has had to overcome over the last few years, including imposter syndrome, and finding the right balance between work and life!

Thank you to BNZ Markets, Duncan Cotterill and PwC for their ongoing support to UC Women in Business.

Interviewers: Victoria Helms and Sophie Marris, Host: Victoria Helms, Editor: Sophie Marris

On today’s episode of Down to Business, we interview the multi-talented Deborah Lambie. Deborah has had a huge range of experiences over her professional life - she started off studying medicine at Otago, and during that time, not only co-founded online education site LearnCoach, but became Miss New Zealand and competed in Miss World! After a couple of years working as a doctor, she shifted career paths and became an investment banker. Listen in to hear how Deborah’s road to Miss World began with an unexpected encounter in a Dunedin dairy, how it felt to take the plunge and completely shift career paths, and more!

This week’s episode features the inspirational Maggie Hewitt, the founder and Creative Director of Maggie Marilyn. Maggie Marilyn is an amazing New Zealand-based fashion brand taking the world by storm with its desirable mix of style and sustainability. Listen in as we chat about the story behind Maggie Marilyn’s success and their innovative eco-initiatives, plus Maggie’s creative process and thoughts on fast fashion.

Thank you to BNZ Markets, Duncan Cotterill and PwC for their ongoing support to UC Women in Business. 

Interviewers: Victoria Helms and Sophie Marris, Host: Victoria Helms, Editor: Sophie Marris

This week’s episode of Down to Business features the lovely Sara Widdowson, who is a nutritionist and dietitian, and the founder of Your Monthly. Your Monthly is all about teaching women practical nutrition and lifestyle strategies which will improve their health and happiness, focusing especially on hormone, gut and period health, plus body image.

Tune in to this episode to hear the story behind Your Monthly, as well as Sara’s top tips on managing stress, healthy nutrition on a student budget, and understanding your hormones to maximise your health.

Thank you to BNZ Markets, Duncan Cotterill and PwC for their ongoing support to UC Women in Business. 

Interviewers: Pippa McKinnel and Sophie Marris, Host: Victoria Helms, Editor: Pippa McKinnel

This week’s episode of Down to Business features Brianne West, the incredible founder and CEO of the world’s first zero-waste beauty brand, Ethique.

Brianne founded Ethique as student at the University of Canterbury. Since then, the brand has grown massively, and their products can now be found in stores all around the world, including Australia, the UK, Japan, and the US. Ethique is plastic and cruelty free, plant based, and has prevented over 6 million plastic bottles from being created and sent to landfill. Did we mention that their products are also super luxurious and effective? What more could you want! Listen in to hear the story behind this amazing ethical success story.

Thank you to BNZ Markets, Duncan Cotterill and PwC for their ongoing support to UC Women in Business. 

Interviewers: Sophie Svenson and Victoria Helms Host: Victoria Helms, Editor: Issy Whitticase

Welcome to the first ever episode of Down to Business, the UC Women in Business podcast! This week’s episode features Lucy and Olivia, two of the three amazing women behind the Shit You Should Care About Instagram page. Shit You Should Care About focuses on the news stories you need to hear, with a balance of hard-hitting reporting, and a healthy dose of Harry Styles. As well as this, the team have just launched their own podcast, The Shit Show, to help us all navigate our way through the crazy world of news, politics and pop culture. If you’re not one of the 200,000 people already following this amazing account, you probably will be by the time you finish listening to this episode!

Thank you to BNZ Markets, Duncan Cotterill and PwC for their ongoing support to UC Women in Business. 

Interviewers: Issy Whitticase and Lucy AdamsHost: Victoria HelmsEditor: Sophie Marris