Interview with Kay Coombs

Founded in 2016 by close friends Rebecca and Kay, Peas in a Pod Consulting has a clear mission; to solve the people issues that keep business owners awake at night, without breaking the bank! 

With over 20 years hands-on experience between us in the fields of HR, Employment Law, Leadership, Business Strategy, and People Performance, we are very much a ‘roll your sleeves up’ type of company. Our approach enables small business owners to manage their HR functions safely and strategically, freeing them up to concentrate on growing their businesses!

Interview with Steve Tracey

At More-effective we work with small businesses to get the most out of their everyday efforts. We were initially set up to bring the most innovative methods in manufacturing to the SME sector, but like many before us we found that no matter how compelling an improvement was on paper, the “right way” was difficult to implement and even harder to maintain. There was some piece missing from the puzzle, and that was peoples innate behavioural biases.

After working with some of leading Behavioural Economic practitioners we migrated the business away from just manufacturing solutions, and now look at what behavioural factors are stopping businesses achieving their potential. We still help them identify practical solutions, but also address the barriers to their implementation. In addition we work with clients on using modern behavioural insights to make low/zero cost changes that will positively influence consumers, suppliers, staff and investors. We are about optimizing what businesses were going to do any way, to get the best return on their investment.

Interview with Ali Matthews

Love-Dogs is an online Ecommerce Store selling lots of different products for people who simply love dogs.  Everything is branded with pictures or slogans about dogs.  You can buy products from Tshirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, Tote bags, bags, cushions, pillows, blankets and mugs.  All available from adults, to babies and delivered to your door in UK, USA, Europe and Australia.  Soon to be available are dog beds, coats, leads etc. 

Interview with Robert Haylor

Boost Digital Media is a website design agency based in Torbay, but services businesses across the UK. As a collective team of professional creative and technical individuals we deliver tailored websites to businesses that typically operate within the tourism, hospitality, retail and not for profit sectors. Each website we produce is unique to the client, and starts out life as a pencil and paper drawing before going through a tried, tested and proven process. Before a website goes live we carry out a 60 point quality check to ensure the highest possible standard and maximum opportunity for growth for the client. Once a website is launched we can then provide monthly support and related services to ensure the website is working for the clients businesses.

Interview with Richard Sumner

Interview with Chloe Jessamy

Helping Business Owners Find Time to Concentrate on Priority Tasks and Self Care

I’m Chloe and my Supportal team are here to take the weight off your shoulders. Running a business is hard and time consuming, so make sure you outsource those tasks that keep you chained to your desk after hours, that don’t bring you joy, or that simply aren’t within your skill set to me.

Outsourcing helps you take advantage of professionals in their field who will dedicate their time and effort to the tasks at hand in order to free you up to build your business. You don’t have to load up your payroll and increase your office space, simply hire our team of experts to complete these tasks remotely and to the highest standard.

I have a roll call of skilled assistants at my disposal, ready to deploy the right person for the right task in your business. They work hard, know their job inside out and get you the results you need.

From organising your files to automating your workflows, creating your online content to project managing special events, if you need to bring in expert help, Supportal can provide that.

I have been running Supportal since 2016 and, during that time, I have helped a host of very happy clients whose businesses are thriving, but who can still get home to see their children and can take time out to look after themselves as well. Don’t try and do everything yourself. Give yourself a break. Take care of yourself and allow this trusted, successful and dedicated service to take some of the stress out of running your business.  

Interview with Clive Loseby

At Access by Design, we have been building award-winning websites for 14 years. Whether it is a full bespoke design and build or one of their lower cost Run Your Own Websites, the build quality is exactly the same. This is because we only use own code., we do not buy theme from anyone else. Every website we build is Mobile, Tablet and Google Friendly because we believe that if you are going to build anything, you should always do it properly. Whether you are looking for a 5 page brochure website or one with integrated e-commerce, we guarantee the quality of our work. Not all web designers are the same!

Interview with Tim Mitchell

Interview with Sara Starling

I help businesses to sparkle with unique, award-winning British voiceovers. It's never 'just talking', my work is about that all-important human connection, bridging the gap between you & your clients.

With 30 years’ experience, I work with major brands, SME’s & local businesses, voicing everything from TV, Radio & online commercials, to corporate presentations, explainer animations, museum & audio guides, e-learning, narration - including medical & technical, radio imaging, on-hold messages, IVR & more. I work from my own broadcast quality studio.

Clients include BBC, Volvo, Danone, Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline, the NHS, Cisco, Deloitte, Diageo, Governments & NGO’s, Mercedes, Mothercare, Bosch, Ocado, Citizen, Royal Museums Greenwich, Global Media Group & many, many more.

Lucy’s a marketer by trade, but likes to get stuck into sales and business strategy, too. With more than 25 years of experience (15 of those running her own consultancy), her experience spans start-ups to plcs. Her MBA and business book habit means she’s never just thinking about marketing on its own.

With a background in both software and small business, Lucy loves getting stuck into Marketing strategy with a wider approach of how this is going to help a business work better and grow.

She can’t code but has spent a lot of her working life surrounded by people who can, and her experience in software marketing includes being part of the original Xero launch team in the UK. She remembers when Google was in beta and also when software came in boxes (as she had to write the words that went on the outside of them!). More recently, she’s been co-founder of two tech start-ups, and has worked on feasibility studies, marketing audits and go-to-market plans for other tech businesses.