E16

"Tens of thousands of businesses in Ireland will fail in 2021", says Neil Hughes, Managing Partner, Baker Tilly. He's one of Ireland's leading Examiners and he queries why only 2% of failing Irish businesses go for restructuring (Examinership) when almost 15 times that number are restructured in the USA? Examinership can save businesses and jobs and he wants more businesses on the brink to know about it. We walk you through the Examinership process.

(From 22')

HS is a very nasty skin condition that affects 1% of the world's population. Galway based Hidrawear, led by one time baker Suzanne Moloney, is leading the world in developing dressings and HS friendly clothing (next up, men's boxers). They have a lot of IP around their product and are well funded as they expand around the world, happy that the majors in the sector have left them to get on with winning market share.

(From 39')

Patrick Garry met Conor O'Toole in the university bar and started talking about payment solutions...as you do. Both went their respective ways with their careers, but the chat continued. Eventually enough was enough and for eight years they've been developing Loylap, a payment solution that ties other payment methods all into one easy solution. They've heard Glofox on That Great Business Show and they've asked them to get in touch. As well as Phorest. They have Dragon's Den Duncan Bannatyne as a customer in the UK and now they want your small business...and your investment money. Listen to Patrick Garry's pitch.

(From 58')

Sharon Keegan is head boots and bottlewasher at her athleisure wear company, Peachy Lean, that she describes wonderfully as 'Spanx for the gym;. Hear why Sharon set up Peachy Lean to address her own issues and how her supportive gym clothing company has grown, recently hiring some serious business guns. That's the good news. However, Sharon was shaken to the core by the tragic loss of her brother Alan early in 2020. Listen to how she (just about) coped. An amazing story of resilience in business.

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E15. This is a business story like no other. Conor McEnroy headed to the City of London in the wake of his failed oil & gas newsletter. He was offered three jobs and thought he was cock of the walk - until he found out that his fellow interns were on double his salary. Lesson learnt.

A chance phone call by Conor to an old contact in the oil business saw his Swiss employers earning a massive £2m fee for raising funds for the oil company. Conor was on his way - a way that brought him to Italy, and then to Latin America where he was to fix broken oil companies initially, and then broken banks - a scalpel is a scalpel no matter what the business, after all. Not everyone appreciated his presence. There was a bomb at his hotel. There was the kidnapping - Conor describes what goes through your mind when your on a country road with a gun pointed at your back. And there were the minders, armed to the teeth, who would join Conor for his walks on the beach.

Some time later he got a phone call from an old pal who offered to sell him an ailing Paraguayan bank. Eventually Conor did buy it, and has built it from tenth spot to the fourth spot in bank size.

Ireland's honorary consul in Paraguay (that's another job he has) doesn't hold back on what he would do with the Irish banks and their boards were he in charge (You're fired!), he explains why he wouldn't allow banks to sell of their bad loans and he says that young Irish people should take a serious look at the opportunities that Paraguay offers them. He got rugby legend and co-host Jamie Heaslip so excited with the prospects about buying a coffee plantation that they exchanged phone numbers before he left. Who knows, will we see a Blend #8 coffee on our shelves soon?

Listen. It's not like any other business story, because at That Great Business Show we do business differently.

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04.30" Moby bikes plans to make Waterford, Cork...and the world, electric

22.30" Coole Swan. It's official. The Meath made liqueur is now the world's best cream liqueur.

43.30" NPro. Taking 75% of the tackle impact away from 8 million rugby players.

59" Oogo. Just when childcare issues were about to consume you, along comes this Irish startup.

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