RDA Central West Podcast Series

In epsiode 33 of the Business Leaders Breakfast, Sam is joined by Co-Founder of Spilt Milk Bar - Andrew Hamilton. 

Together with business partner Sarah Quigley, Spilt Milk Bar continues to go from strength to strength. Having recently celebrated their first birthday in Orange, Spilt Milk has also opened a store in Canberra with another on the way for Tamworth. 

Their cow to cone approach, unique flavours and use of local produce makes their gelato and sorbet truly special.

W: https://www.spiltmilkbar.com/

In episode 32 of the Business Leaders Breakfast Sam is joined by Rabobank's Central NSW Regional Manager, Toby Mendl.Toby Mendl is Rabobank’s Regional Manager for Central NSW and has been helping family businesses with their finance requirements for 18 years. His banking career has taken him from Goulburn in the Southern Tablelands to London and then Sydney, but his passion for agriculture brought him back to regional NSW and agribusiness banking.

W: https://www.rabobank.com.au/

In Episode 31 of the Business Leaders Breakfast, Sam is joined by Michelle Stivens from Heifer Station Wines in Orange. 

Formerly the Deputy Registrar at the Orange Court House, Michelle is now the co-owner of Heifer Station - a multi award winning business featuring a vineyard, cellar door, animal petting farm whilst offering wine tastings, guided tours, functions and events.

W: https://heiferstation.com/

In Episode 30 of the Business Leaders Breakfast, Sam sits down down with entrepreneur and start-up guru, James Lloyd.

 

After living and working in Sydney, James moved back to the bush to co-found

Ribbon Gang Advertising Agency. He has also gone on to set up a number of other initiatives, including data analytics software Hive Business Intelligence and Bathurst's first co-working space for startups, Upstairs Startup Hub.

 

W: https://ribbongang.com.au/about/

In Epsiode 29 of the Business Leaders Breakfast, Sam is joined by Steve Semmens - The Persuader. 

Steve is an experienced and professional Emcee and is also known as the King of Networking. He is a leading expert in assisting medium businesses and large corporations to work smarter by utilising networking as their primary marketing and collaboration tool. 

W: https://thepersuader.com.au/

In episode 28 of the Business Leaders Breakfast Sam is joined by Workforce Specialist and Founder of Pulse HR, Tamara James. 

Tamara is a well known workforce specialist and HR/IR expert and in her role she partners with businesses & organisations to remove the worry & stress surrounding the function of people management, allowing them to refocus on their core business activities. 

W: http://pulsehr.com.au/

In episode 27 of the Business Leaders Breakfast Series Sam is joined by Mayor of Bathurst Regional Council, Bobby Bourke. 

Elected to Council in 2004, Cr Bourke was then elected Deputy Mayor in 2017 and Mayor in 2019 and has been involved in various aspects of the local community, including the Bathurst Op Shop for years. 

W: https://www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au/

In Episode 26 of the Business Leaders Breakfast Series Sam is joined by Di Gill - Coordinator for the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) for the Western NSW Local Health District. 

With over 20 years experience delivering mental health services in rural and remote communities, Di works tirelessly to raise awareness of, and reduce stigma associated with mental health. 

Please note we did have some technical difficulties during the recording of this episode and the first few minutes are missing from the conversation. 

W: https://www.ramhp.com.au/

In episode 25 of the Business Leaders Breakfast Series, Sam is joined by Mayor of Blayney Shire Council, Scott Ferguson. 

A plumber by trade, Scott has served on Blayney Shire Council since 1999 and was elected Mayor in 2012. 

W: https://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/

For the 24th episode of the Business Leaders Breakfast Series, Sam is joined by Holly Manning, Director and Founder of Manning PR and Media.

Listen as Holly explains more about their business, including Lunchbox Entertainment, and their new venture ‘Orange Open Air’ which will take off in 2021 and their work with the Orange Farmers Market. 

W: https://manningpr.com.au/

W: https://orangefarmersmarket.org.au/