Tony Wilson is the Director of The Institute for Employment Studies, an independent, apolitical, international centre of research and consultancy in public employment policy and organisational human resource issues.

Josef Bailey is the Founder and Owner of The Quarter Cafe, a Café by day and present a quirky home-style bistro in the evening located in Stoke-on-Trent

Paula Thomas is a director at Chrysalis Day Support, a provider of day support and person-centred care to people in and around the rural village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire.

Phil Houlton is the operations director at Danny W Poole & Sons, a haulage business based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Nathan Bailey is the Managing Director of Advanced Innovative Engineering, who specialise in the design and development of Wankel-type rotary engines for Aerospace, Automotive and Marine applications.