That Great Business Show

Episode 81 That Great Business Show - Jane Maher, Free Now Mobility App, Ciara Troy, Founder, Kuul Play, potential solution to obese kids, currently funding


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2.00" Jane Maher, Head of Marketing, FreeNow explains the name changes (plural!) from Hailo, to My Taxi to FreeNow and how the Mercedes/BMW (yes!) company has chosen to go into 'mobility solutions'. The app can be used by taxi owners across the island and it has recently been made available on scooter service Zipp Mobility, (a company headed by TeamGBS member Charlie Gleeson). For someone wanting to be their own boss Free Now is #Hiring and they're having roadshows (pun!) to promote the app, across the country.

Non-football fan Jane's 'hire in a heartbeat' - Jurgen Klopp. You'll have to listen to find out why.


27.00" Ciara Troy, founder Oishi Sushi, sixteen years in business. Ups, downs and most recently ups again as, after a year and a half of negotiations the company has finally been listed in Tesco AND Lidl Northern Ireland...and the response has been simply astonishing. Wait till your hear the central Dublin based company's sales figures for their first couple of months in NI, supplied from Smithfield, Dublin. But she only believed she had actually secured such fantastic contracts when she shipped her first pallet up the M1. Her eye is on the next prize...breaking into Britain. Go for it TeamGBS!

Ciara's 'hire in a heartbeat' - Michael O'Leary, Ryanair boss


51.00" Clare McSweeney, international athlete and founder of Kuul Play, aiming to get those kids who don't enjoy physical activity, to change their ways. Curiously the company has attracted serious international attention, particularly on funding, but at the moment they are too small for US (where childhood obesity is running at a whopping 60%) and UK funds who have said they want to invest, so at the moment they want what is called in the the investment business, 'wise money' - investors who can bring more than just their cash to the party. They want to raise €750k before the end of April.

Clare's 'hire in a heartbeat' - uber athlete and now serious investor, Serena Williams. Now she would be 'wise money'!


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