The Unlock with Oliver Bruce

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Hospitalised aged 21 from one of the most common skin conditions, eczema, Camille decided she wanted to empower and inspire other 'warriors' going through similar experiences.

It was this want and drive to inspire and empower that led Camille to founding her first business as well as writing 2 best selling books "The Beauty of Eating Well" and "The Beauty of Eczema" available on Amazon UK. 

Camille is now not only a best selling author and entrepreneur but an influencer also, so, what does it take to run a successful health and beauty business at such a young age? 

Oliver Bruce interviews Rory Sweet, the British version of The Wolf of Wall Street...

Rory Sweet founded RBR Networks from his London flat in his early 20s and within 6 months had turned over more than £1million, he's now estimated to be worth £700m, not bad, but how can a bedroom startup selling grey kit become one of Europe's largest IT distributors? 

Rory speaks about how having 'fun' has always been at the forefront of his mind! From crossing the North Pole in record breaking time to playing tug of war with crocodiles and shooting his 'mates' with paintballs from helicopters in the African bush Rory's take on life is refreshing. 

With over £1bn worth of interviews in Series 2 we've the great and good of entrepreneurial Britain discussing what it takes to turn a dream into a reality. 

Launching November 4th 2020. 

In this podcast we look back over the last 8 inspirational and highly entrepreneurial episodes. 

From gin and hand sanitiser to influencer marketing and alcoholic sweets, series 1 has been a lot of fun with some really inspiring, eyeopening and motivating stories shared by some of the UK's most watched up and coming owner entrepreneurs!  

We will be back on November the 4th 2020 with an all new lineup. 

Thanks to the Great British Entrepreneur Awards for their support this series. 

After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2015 Jasmine Thomas said to her mother "there's no point in crying over spilt milk" alas this belief and ethic has enables Jas to become the business leader she is today! 

Jasmine continued after her diagnosis to work for a large London City firm. It wasn't until Jasmine's discovery of cannabis and other CBD/alternative products & therapies that her MS started to become more controlled. 

Not only inspiring, this interview showcases what belief, passion and determination can achieve in the face of adversity. 

Jasmin has now been trading for just over 2 years and has developed 3 product lines also raising £170,000 through private investment. 

From bouncy castles to gun slips followed by a trip to Spain to start a shoe business which ultimately led to a court settlement... Starting a business isn't as easy as it may seem, it certainly wasn't for the Fairfax and Favor boys. 

Felix talks to Oliver about how his assumption in the early days nearly cost him and his business partner their business. What was the turning point for Fairfax and Favor, when did their breakthrough design moment occur and what quintessentially British designed products have they on the horizon?

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From Director of Opportunities at the Royal Mail through to Editor in Chief at Woman in Business Magazine, Susannah Scofield's corporate career spanned nearly two decades.  Susannah picked up an OBE from HRH in the New Years Honours List and now sits as the Director General for the Direct Selling Association though whilst it was once six figure salaries and recognition from royalty she packed it all in selling her Rolex watch and RangeRover to invest in her brainchild and passion PitchDMM. 

Having initially raised just over £150,000 and just recently raised a further £1.5million, Susannah tells us why she would never crowdfund again and always go 'private'. 

One of the most jammed packed podcasts to date you will walk away (we hope) feeling inspired, motivated and full of passion! 

Initially a byproduct of a dating board game (pre Tinder/Bumble) Smith & Sinclair brought to market alcoholic gummy sweets. 3 days after launching Smith & Sinclair landed an order for over 20,000 sweets. With little infrastructure, no kitchen facilities or manufacturing arm Melanie, her family and her friends spent 2 months hand making their first sizeable order! 

After leaving her job in the events space Melanie sold a family heirloom for what she thought would be a few thousand pounds, it wasn't... This seed capital is what set Smith & Sinclair off on the right foot. 

Manufacturing alcoholic sweets however come with it's complexities. From having stock held ransom by their first manufacturer to learning how to expand into the USA as well as brokering deals with some of the UK's biggest luxury stores Melanie and her team have really come up against almost every hurdle. 

Smith & Sinclair recently diversified into CBD products selling and buying back their business in the space of the last 12 months (2019/2020)   

How do you make £1million of revenue in 1 week during a global pandemic? Hugo Tilmouth tells us how... 

University engineering graduate turned entrepreneur Hugo Tilmouth, like many of us, never predicted the global pandemic of 2020.

Raising £3.5million in seed funding after graduating from university, Hugo launched ChargedUp, a mobile phone charging station allowing users to rent battery packs and return them to venues of their choice. In March of 2020 his 'normal' business halted rather abruptly putting everything on the line...

Pivoting swiftly and rebranding to 'CleanedUp' Hugo and his team turned their potentially doomed business into a proposition offering hand sanitiser stations manufactured through their network and distributed to venues across the UK. In their first week of trading CleanedUp generated over £1m worth of revenue.

CleanedUp has since sold over 30,000 sanitiser stations to locations across the UK whilst hiring an additional 25 staff and going through a rebrand. ChargedUp is still very much operational. 

How do father and son team Chris and James Horne turn their hobby and ultimately vision of an online sporting broker into a reality? 

Having not turned profit for over 10 years and struggled to make payroll on multiple occasions it was only in the last 18 months that the biggest online sporting broker GunsOnPegs finally became 'profitable' 

James Horne, who sold his previous business before becoming CEO of James Purdey & Sons (a business over 200 years old) decided to venture into the world of start-up alongside his Financial Analyst son Chris Horne.

Having nearly lost it all on multiple occasions this is a story of persistence, passion and enjoyment in times of huge illation as well as that of occasional deflation!