Down To Business

This week, Bobby Kerr is joined in the Executive Chair by serial entrepreneur (and amateur tenor) James Murphy, founder and CEO of Lifes2good, having set-up the company in 1997.

Pizza has become a hugely popular part of Ireland’s food scene, but it’s also a very competitive business.

From traditional Neapolitan-style and New York by the slice, to wood-fired offerings and more, there are plenty of operators looking to get a slice of the market.

For this week's Industry Review, Bobby looks at the business of pizza in Ireland, how the market has changed, the challenges of running a pizza business, and what it takes to stand out from the crowd.

Joining Bobby are

• Shane Windrim, co-founder & director of Bambino

• David Holmes Owner of Coke Lane Pizza

• Reggie of Reggie’s Pizza in Rathmines

Feeling crushed by the pressure to multitask and stay “on top of everything”? Bobby is joined by Eric Partaker, co-author of 'Ultraproductive: The 90-Minute Method to Optimize Focus, Sleep, and Stress', to challenge the myth of doing it all at once and explain why “pseudo-productive busyness” leaves you exhausted but not accomplished.

It’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year season and Bobby sits down with three people who know what it takes to build and scale a business and to push through the doubt along the way.

• EY finalists John Corley, Co-founder and CEO of Spanish Point Technologies;

• Ian Morgan, co-founder of Xpress Health;

• Plus, former finalist Hilary O'Shea Co-Founder and Chief Corporate Officer Otonomee reflects on remote-first growth, starting at the kitchen table, and why sometimes not doing it feels worse than taking the leap.

Bobby Kerr is on location at Elan Rentals on Leeson Street, Dublin, to meet founder Rachel Roden and get a behind-the-scenes look at the growing world of designer dress rental.

Bobby is joined by Stephen O’Leary of Olytico and Breda Browne of Unique Media to break down the stories making headlines at home and abroad.

In this day and age we spend more of our lives looking at screens than ever before. 
From work and school to scrolling at night, our eyes are working harder than ever! 
This week on the industry review we are going to be looking at the optical industry, from eye tests and glasses to contact lenses and the growing focus on eye health. 

For this week's Executive Chair, Emmet is speaking the Managing Director of Landmark Technologies who has recently carried out a very interesting pivot...

This week saw the first budget in the Andy Burnham era. Chancellor John Healey delivered it on Wednesday saying it was for ‘the working people of Britain’. How successful was it and will it provide any spark to an already weak UK Economy? 

David Smith is an economic columnist for The Times and he joins Emmet to discuss. 

Forget the wars, a new walking tour coming to Dublin, and it is all about love triangles, secret babies and the time Bram Stoker stole Oscar Wilde’s girlfriend from under his nose. 

Girly Pop Tours is aimed at solo travelling women and the LGBTQ+ community, and it comes with its own photographer and a glittery Guinness at the end. 

Its founder, Chloe Schmid, tells Emmet what it's all about.