Evolve to Succeed

Mark Norton is CEO at Composite Profiles, award-winning metal decking contractors and specialists in composite floor and structural roof decking. Composite Profiles was founded 30 years ago by Mark's father, and Mark has been with the company for an incredible 25 years.

Last month, the UK B Corp community celebrated 1,500 UK businesses becoming B Corp certified, an increase of 50% in less than a year. In light of this milestone, we've put together a special episode that'll help you understand B Corp better, give you insight into the differences its made in the lives of the business owners who have become certified, and reveal some of the practical measures they're taking to make their enterprises greener.

Olly Leicester is a certified corporate health and performance coach who helps clients manage and resolve a number of disorders, ranging from stress, anxiety and depression, to diabetes, hypertension and obesity. The foundation of his work revolves around the establishment of healthy habits, as well as the development of self-awareness, confidence and compassion in order for the individual to better understand themselves and therefore establish paths to physical and mental wellness that are best suited to them.

George Scott Welsh is CEO at Incuhive—a business incubation, investment and collaboration space that operates in several locations. This episode takes in a range of topics including the influence that coming from a very entrepreneurial family has had on George, his varied career choices and important lessons he's learned from them, his attitude to money, and the one thing that drives his passion for the businesses he invests in.

Simon Hawtrey-Coombs is a franchisee of the global DPD group for the Bournemouth and Southampton branches, a position he has held since 2001. As well as this, Simon has owned and managed several businesses over the years, including a commercial cleaning company and a boat charter business, and he now uses his vast experience to work with and advise business owners and CEOs from both global household names and start-ups.

Alexis Kingsbury is co-founder at AirManual and SpiderGap. He is also a speaker on topics such as freeing up time and the business applications and limitations of AI. Alexis's entrepreneurial journey started before he was even a teenager, and in later years it was the honest if brutal advice from a manager that inspired his path to understanding how businesses need to be run, and how best to use processes to solve people challenges and save time.

Marc Trent is CEO at Charles Trent, a fourth generation family-run vehicle recycling company with nearly a century of industry leading experience. Established in 1926 by Marc's great grandfather, the company has grown to operate across multiple sites and has a customer base that spans the world. Amongst other topics, Marc talks about Trent's newly-established, 100,000 square feet facility in Poole, which is the first of its kind in the whole world operating a 17-hour shift operation that processes all types of vehicles.

Michael French is the projects coordinator at Grounded Community. Based in Boscombe, Grounded Community works to give the local community access to healthy, nutritious food. It grows fruit and veg, provides education and workshops, redistributes surplus food and creates networks to help others share food.

Jamie Sergeant is Global CEO of Crowd—a multi-award winning global creative agency that specialises in amplifying demand for brands around the world. Combined with his creative thinking and knack for spotting and developing raw talent, Jamie has a particular passion for the nurturing and export of creative excellence and works in partnership with leading British agencies to globally raise awareness of UK advertising at scale and drive reputation.

In the first of a series of shorter, subject-specific episodes, host Warren Munson talks to Chris Palmer, managing director and founder of AnyTech Solutions, about the biggest cyber threats that your business could face and the simple, first step you can take to start protecting your business from cyber threats, and what you should do if you are attacked.