Helen Stacey is the managing director and owner of Aspire—a boutique recruitment agency based in Dorset. She has over thirty years of experience in the sector and set up Aspire to stand out from the crowd and align with her values. Her career includes building what was, at the time, the largest independently owned recruitment agency in the South, growing it from nothing in 1999 to a turnover of £13-million, with five offices and 70 staff at its peak.

Adam Walker has been the owner of Adam Walker Property Company since 2001, Director of the real estate consultancy Re:curate and most recently the co-founder of Foundry – co-working spaces aimed at empowering local businesses. Adam is a natural entrepreneur, having co-founded a highly-successful coin operated and gaming machine supply company with his uncle aged just 19. Following that, Adam turned his eye to property development and has remained in the game ever since.

Carly Jermyn is the CEO and Property Litigation Solicitor at Woodstock Legal Services. One of her specialities is dispute resolution, and this episode includes her opinions and advice on the topic, not just as it applies to property disputes but in a broader context as well. Amongst other things, there are also discussions around female empowerment, progressive leadership and the role that AI and the metaverse will play in the future of the legal sector.

Sammi Adhami is co-founder and COO at Fiit, the UK's number one fitness app. From the inception, Sammi and Fitt's mission was to make exercise a habit for everybody. Backed by the insight of fitness experts, data scientists, engineers and DJs, the app gives its members a highly-motivating, efficient and addictive workout experience, and access to a community that helps you level up and keep those good habits going.

Oscar Brooks is the co-founder of V88 Apps, a premium no-code agency which currently has over 60 clients in nine countries. This is a particularly impressive stat, considering that V88 is barely three years old and was started at the height of the pandemic. Topics on the agenda include finding out how Oscar went from biochemistry graduate to entrepreneur, what no-code is and how it's going to evolve over the next few years, and what the rapid advancement of AI means for all of us in both business and life.

Matt Hammond is the founder and CEO of Talk Think Do, a software development company that strives to solve complex business problems with cloud applications. As well as his informed insights into the future of tech, including AI and the metaverse, Matt reveals how he fell into the world of computing almost by accident, looks back on a career that includes time spent in Formula 1, discusses how he's addressed the challenge of maintaining company culture amid rapid growth, and explains why his experience of running a business has been overwhelmingly positive.

James Appleby is Group Sales Director at the logistics companies DG International and Pro Carrier. His understanding of human motivation, behavioural styles and peak performance states has seen him work at the highest levels in a number of sectors, including professional services, politics and football. He discusses topics from leadership, emotional intelligence and aligning your vision and values with those of your team, to changing organisational culture, dealing with rapid growth, quiet quitting and a concept James calls "squashing butterflies."

Damien Roux, CEO of Drimify, and Christopher Bradley, Drimify's content creator, discuss the present and future of gamification, and how a business can use it to enhance both its marketing and human resources.

Tom Crosshill is an investment trainer and entrepreneur who spent many years on Wall Street. As well as demystifying a lot of investment jargon, Tom talks about passive investing and how to select the right stocks, explains the difference between ETFs and Index Funds, lists a few things to avoid, including trying to predict the markets, and discusses how to prepare yourself emotionally for investing. Sign up for Tom's free 'ETFs Made Easy' webinar here.

For any business owner, the idea of selling your business can seem like a daunting one. How do you know it's the right decision? What is the process like? And what happens after the acquisition? Warren Munson joins host Emma Sheppard and fellow guests, Jeremy Fearnley—Azets Group Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, and Jo Barry—Managing Director of Platinum Care Solutions Group—to discuss all things mergers and acquisitions.