Digg Podcast

Martin Booth is the owner of The Corner Bakery based in Cookstown. The Corner bakery supplies to over 100 stores all over the country and has a strong workforce of over 50 staff. He makes over one million sausage rolls a year. I am going to let martin tell you all about his journey but the one thing I have noticed about him through our recent work together is that he is hardworking, passionate, an...

Recently I was asked to deliver a keynote speech to the graduates of Southern Regional College 2022. I was nervous and excited and felt truely humbled to be asked.  My speech covered my journey since my own graduation and the twists and turns that I was faced with. I give some advice to the audience and my spin on how to be successful. All that really matters is your friends and family. 

Gemma Murphy is a Partner in Jack Murphy Jewellers, the multi-award-winning family business based in the centre of Newry City. As one of Ireland's leading jewellers, they have recently celebrated fifty years in business, with Gemma’s father Jack establishing it back in 1972 with the mantra, ‘You can buy advertisement but you earn reputation.’ Gemma is a leader and a visionary, always seeking oppor...

Sinead O’Donnell from PH20 Luxury Tanning, Nick Irvine from Cafe Ironic/Roco Cosmetics and Bronagh Quail from Moocha Kombucha, take to the stage at ‘The Digg Podcast Live’. The three panellists each introduce their business and share a challenge they are experiencing as a business owner. Mental health, Influencer Marketing, Mum guilt and mindset are the issues at hand. Three experienced members of...

Throughout The Digg Podcast Live, lots of business owners in the room had questions for the speakers. We were lucky enough to be able to capture some of them for this episode. I guarantee some of these questions will be things you have been wanting to ask when listening to the speakers. The speakers who will be answering the questions are: Cara Jackson - Digital Twenty Four - https://www.digitaltw...

Glyn Roberts is Chief Executive of RetailNI, Northern Ireland’s only locally based retail and wholesale business organisation which provides professional advice and gives a voice to the independent sector at the NI Assembly and Westminster. Glyn is very passionate about helping retailers and keeping the high street very much alive. Retail NI Advice Line provides help on rates, planning, employment...

This is a very different episode. One where you are going to hear from a lot of businesses who can hopefully be of help to your business. I would urge you to listen to each one for two reasons. Firstly, you never know when you or someone you know might need their services. If that time arises, in the future, you will have their names referenced here on The Digg Podcast so you can easily connect wi...

Cara Jackson is Social and Content Lead at the multi award winning digital marketing agency, Digital 24. With a passion for all things digital, coupled with her analytical skills, Cara creates powerful digital marketing strategies for their clients. One of her areas of expertise is TikTok, the fastest growing social media platform in the world, which has over one billion active monthly users. In t...

Debbie Sleeman is Founder and Head of Product Development for Polished London, a multi award winning non-peroxide, cruelty free, vegan friendly teeth whitening and oral care brand, of which products include teeth whitening strips, toothpaste, mouthwash and LED whitening kits. Their products are sold world wide. Debbie worked as a Beauty therapist on a cruise ship. Her love of travel led to an enco...

Laura Cassidy is the owner of ‘Bumble and Bee’ Kid’s Boutique and Partner in ‘Buzz Off at Bumble and Bee’ Travel Agents, both located in the North of Ireland. Her boutique opened in 2018 and shortly after she Partnered in the travel agents. This episode is Laura’s presentation (Linked below) to the audience at ‘The Digg Podcast Live’. She shares how she has used social media to grow both her busin...

Nathan Grimley, in little over two years, has amassed more than seven hundred thousand social media followers and is in the process of writing two cookbooks. With a strong desire to help people with their home cooking at the start of the global pandemic, March 2020, ‘Bored of Lunch Belfast’ was born. He has since rebranded as ‘Bored of Lunch’. Nathan comes from a corporate background which gives a...

Matt Swain has worked alongside Steven Bartlett, the British Entrepreneur who started his social media marketing agency when he was just twenty two and in May 2021 it was valued at over £300 million. Steven is the founder of The Diary of a CEO Podcast which has five million downloads. Matt worked on Steven’s social platforms, content creation, his No.1 UK podcast Diary of a CEO and his personal br...

To bring the podcast to a live audience in The Galgorm was a dream come true. I am so grateful for the whole digg community and how much passion and energy they have.  Also truly grateful for our wonderful partner for Series 5 -Evolve. https://evolvewomen.org/academy-programme/

When we are faced with challenges and the ever-changing business landscape we can often feel deflated, defeated, and like we want to give up. This is not an option. We can't give up. We have to fight hard for our businesses and our families therefore growing resilience and learning ways to keep coping is key.  In the podcast, I give some quick tips and advice on how I have grown resilient wit...

Often in life and business, we have so many excuses as to why things didn't work out, or why progress isn't happening. More often than not it's because we are finding reasons not to take the steps that are needed. In order to reach your goals you have to take action therefore in this podcast today I encourage you the listener to "Just do it." I describe times I took the steps and the huge benefits...

Time is something we all have the same amount of. 24hrs in a day. It's how we manage that time that is most important and it can have such a huge impact on both business and family life. In this episode, I put my heart and my sleeve and tell you all about not having time to get groceries for my family. This is crazy and I hope to never let that statement come out of my mouth again. I outline three...

Being in business in today's world in most cases requires a presence on social media. In my business, it requires constant attention and hard work to achieve growth and rewards. This I was prepared for however I wasn't prepared for the negative impact it would have on my family. In today's episode on The Digg Podcast I talk about how to address the topic of negativity surrounding social media and...

Many of us feel that we aren’t good enough in certain situations, or that we don’t deserve to be in a certain position.  This type of negative mindset only stands to halter our progress in life and in business.  In this podcast I discuss ways in which you can combat those intrusive thoughts and move forward to grab opportunity and be the best version of ourselves.

Tonya Kidd-Beggs is founder and CEO of Stories Parfums, a gender inclusive luxury fragrance and bodycare brand that transports the mind and transforms emotions. It’s a multi award winning global brand that is stocked in designer department stores such as Harvey Nichols, Fenwick and Brown Thomas. After a trip to France, Tonya realised the power of fragrance, how it could heal, release locked memori...

Richie Crawford is the Creative Manager at the well known McElhinneys Department Store, Ballybofey, Co Donegal. They are renowned throughout the UK and Ireland for having the best window displays. Over the years, they have won many awards. As McElhinneys celebrated their 50th year in business they won the Drapers Independent Christmas Window Award for 2021. Richie expressed, “Winning the award as...

Kerry Nevins is Founder of Babocush, the Ergonomic Bouncer and Comfort Cushion for babies, which in its first year of business turned over 1.3 million. When Kerry’s son was born he was only settled and content when resting against her chest. As a busy Mother and Childminder, this proved to be extremely challenging. With no item on the market to replicate this position, her quest for designing the...

Aisling Bremner is a Brand and Marketing Strategist whose career has spanned over two decades working with leading global organisations, household consumers brands, B-to-B and SMEs. Her ethos is simply ensuring that strong foundations are built, that there is a clear why and that businesses and brands consistently connect with their customers at all touchpoints. Aisling has worked with brands such...

Louise Conn is CEO of Benone Getaways, a four star luxury glamping village and two beautiful self catering apartments, situated within walking distance of a seven mile blue flag beach, one of Northern Ireland's most popular along the North Coast. They are one of the main sponsors of series four of The Digg Podcast. The glamping village houses six pods, four of which have their own hot tubes. All p...

Sarah Thompson co-founded Ted and Stitch, along with her husband Paul, back in 2019. The company specialise in embroidered branded workwear, promotional clothing, slogan clothing, fashion t-shirts and fashion sweaters. In November 2021 they turned over in one month their projected turnover for the entire year. Sarah is just not an inspiration to that person who has an idea but is afraid to take th...

Sean Cavanagh has worked in accountancy for eighteen years. He is the Director of SCC, which for the past two years, is the fastest growing practice across the UK and Ireland. They currently have five physical offices and employ over fifty professionals who all strive to complement their client’s businesses in the best possible way to ensure their clients are maximising their business potential. O...