With a name like this, it’s not hard to hazard a guess which band this guy plays in, is it? Nearly didn’t happen though. His Dad, as many a-caring parent would, tried to persuade him to jack it all in and become and lawyer. To be honest, he had...

Feeling a bit miffed that boys didn’t seem to have as many jazzy underwear brands to choose from as girls, Henry Hales embarked on a mission to make boxer shorts – as you do, simple as that right? Well no, of course not. Hello, start-up?! He...

Who knew that a train from Birmingham and the No.91 bus were the places to hang out to develop your business idea. Gallerist Megan Piper didn’t really realise it either until she was sitting on them both hatching hers....

What do frozen yoghurt, brightly coloured suits and Rock and Roll music have in common? Leo Bedford, that’s what. A man with his fingers in a many a pie, he’s a young entrepreneur in capitals, bold and underlined....

Spacehive: a stonking idea which is perfectly timed. Founded by journalist Chris Gourlay, it’s a crowdfunding platform for Civic Projects (think farms on roof tops and art galleries in phone boxes). After writing for The Sunday Times about...

Having written 5 plays and a film within one year without really realising that he had,  Ben Webb is now starting to accept that one of the strings to his bow is that he is a writer…well at least for this moment in time anyway....

Sports bods rejoice! Are you fed up with booking a football pitch to find that someone else is already playing on it when you get there? Or perhaps you’re exhausted by you endeavours to find out how much your local tennis court charges with only...

A restaurant born out of a chat with a friend over a beer; seems like a pretty wonderful starting place doesn’t it? After twisting via a Physiology degree, a Masters in Property & then a job in the wine trade,  it’s that latter string to...

So we’ve now done 30 Passion Pods…that’s 30 people nattering about why doing more of what you love doing, is super ace and then some. The number 30 often gets bad press but in this case it’s definitely a good kind to be talking about....

Whilst lecturing for the European Institute of Fitness in Exercise for Older Adults, Ben Allen couldn’t understand why no-one else was trying to get people moving and prevent them from becoming part of the chair that they were sitting in for the most...