Money Talks with Liam Halligan

In this episode, Liam talks to Steve Freer and Val Wawrosz, the two founders of Tempus Novo. With almost 60 years of combined experience working with offenders in prisons throughout the country, Steve and Val set up Tempus Novo in 2014, to identify and place ex-offenders with leading employers, giving former convicts a chance to rebuild their lives. 

Determined to improve rehabilitation within the UK criminal justice system, Steve and Val have built strong relationship with both ministers and officials at the Ministry of Justice and elsewhere inside government. Having developed a comprehensive understanding of ex-offender management and resettlement, Tempus Novo has successfully placed hundreds of former criminals in long-term civilian work. 

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Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    

In this episode, Liam talks to Siobhan Miles-Moore - artist and co-founder of Miles Moore Ceramics. Despite having a passion for ceramics from an early age, Siobhan initially pursued a conventional career in higher education and later worked as a firefighter. Siobhan then returned to her creative roots, and now makes award-winning ceramics - working from her Lake District home with her partner in life and business, Martin Miles Moore. 

Miles Moore Ceramics produces tableware for domestic households and high-profile restaurants - with their products used by Michelin starred chefs and two Masterchef finalists. In this extended interview, Siobhan talks about building a brand, combining business with artistry and the relationship between creativity and physical environment. 

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In this episode, Liam talks to Andrea McLean – formerly a presenter on the hit ITV daytime television chat show Loose Women.

Born in Glasgow, McLean trained as a journalist and then became a presenter on the Weather Channel, before moving to GMTV. She went on to co-present Loose Women from 2007 to 2020. 

In June 2018, McLean launched her own company “This Girl Is On Fire” – with husband Nick Feeney. She decided to go into business and work for herself given the huge response to her best-selling book, "Confessions of a Menopausal Women". 

In 2021, McLean and Feeney became certified life coaches – and in this podcast, they discuss have they are developing their “This Girl Is On Fire” website and app, creating an online community featuring interviews and advice for women wanting to 'relight their fire'. 

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In this episode, Liam talks to Tim Slee, CEO of Events in the Sky. A serial entrepreneur with a background in media, Tim has founded and owned some of the UK’s best known specialist titles and websites over the last 20 years – including Square Mile, Hedge, Foodism and Escapism magazines. 

In a new venture, Tim created Events in the Sky in 2019 – a company that specialises in hosting breakfasts, afternoon tea, dinners and lively cocktails parties, complete with live music, over 100 feet up in the air, with guests suspended from an enormous crane. 

Having just completed his company’s post-pandemic relaunch next to the 02 arena in East London, once known as the millennium dome, this proud Cornishman is determined to drive his business forward – taking Events in the Sky around the country. 

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In this episode, Liam talks to Adam Brooks, the owner of two iconic pubs in Essex - The Owl Public House in Loughton and The Three Colts in Buckhurst Hill. During lockdown, Adam emerged as a leading hospitality industry advocate, amassing over 240,000 followers on Twitter. As Covid restrictions took hold, he repeatedly spoke out against lockdown measures, accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “throwing good pubs and other businesses to the wolves for no good scientific reason”. 

In this detailed discussion, Adam talks about his childhood growing up above his parents’ pub in London's East End – and his vision for the UK hospitality industry.

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Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.  

In this episode, Liam talks to James Kitto, Vice President of Sales for Samsung. Since joining the South Korean technology giant in 2017, Kitto has been heavily involved in business development across mobile, tablet, wearable and audio and memory segments of the business, while launching new products across the UK and Ireland. These include the Galaxy S10, Note10 and the Galaxy Watch, with Samsung now the UK’s fastest-growing watch brand. In this wide-ranging interview, we the future of mobile technology and Samsung’s strategy in terms 5G roll-out and customer loyalty.

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 Having left school at 15, Bill Grimsey was a butcher's boy, before joining Bishops supermarket chain as a trainee manager, rising to become a director. He went on to work for Tesco, before holding senior retail management jobs in Hong Kong and South Africa. 

Returning to the UK, Grimsey was later CEO of Wickes, Iceland, Booker and Focus DIY, before going on to write both “Sold Out” and “The Grimsey Review” – which reports on the state of the UK high street, highlighting the problem of excessive retail space and suggesting instead that the centres of cities and towns should focus on becoming community spaces. 

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In this episode, Liam talks to Michael Jacobs, Professorial Fellow at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) at Sheffield University.

Prior to joining SPERI, Michael was Director of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, based at the UK think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research. From 2004–2007 he was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers at the UK Treasury. And until 2010 Michael was a Special Adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, with responsibility for energy, environment and climate policy.

Since leaving government, Michael has continued to stay in close touch with leading Parliamentarians and remains a highly-influential figure within Labour’s policy-making circles, as the party formulates proposals to challenge the government.

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Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    

In this episode, Liam talks to Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Kwarteng was born in London to Ghanaian parents and entered the House of Commons as Tory MP for Spelthorne in 2010. Before politics, he gained a PhD in history from Cambridge and was then an investment banker. 

Since joining the Business Department as a minister in 2019, Kwarteng has taken a close interest in energy policy. In this wide-ranging interview, he criticises retailers who keep petrol and diesel prices high even as the price of oil falls, refers to fracking as “hugely controversial” and, in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says successive British governments “haven’t had a long-term energy plan” .

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