Fika Brunch and Business

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch & Business Podcast. We’re back again this week from the OG set-up in Fika Stamford! In this weeks episode we ask each other some very personal as well as business related questions. Despite the fairly rapid growth of our business, both of us aren’t in the personal financial situation we had planned to be - turns out being an entrepreneur isn’t all...

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch & Business Podcast. This week we’re coming to you from the OG set-up in Fika Stamford (with an unintentional guest appearance from regulars Anna & Mike as well as a Dizzee Rascal interlude from a noisy Stamford High Street!) In today’s episode we’re discussing our goals, or as Tia likes to phrase it, “manifestations”, both personal and bus...

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch and Business podcast. This week we’re reunited, finding time in our schedules to film together in a very cosy Fika Woolfox. In todays episode we have a very honest conversation about how we REALLY are; leading to Tia disclosing her controversial decision to quit caffeine and Ivo admitting he prefers his old routine at home compared to London life!...

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch & Business Podcast! In this week’s episode we’ve got another solo host, this time by Fika CEO Ivo. In this episode he uses his reflections from the recent downtime he’s had to come up with the four pillars in his life that drive and guide him to make sure that he’s not only working hard, but is working for and towards the right things. We hope...

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch & Business Podcast! In this week’s episode Tia’s hosting solo as her and Ivo’s schedules fail to align, you can’t say we aren’t committed to the weekly uploads! This episode she discusses her current struggles after being in a creative rut as well as giving advice on how to feel inspired and get your creative spark back. Just don’t put your ph...

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch & Business podcast, this time we’re coming to you from Fika Woolfox! In this week’s episode Tia apologises for her sleep deprived behaviour, as well as filling us in on her recent trip to Crete - nearly in chef trousers (you don’t want to miss this story)! Along with Ivo reminiscing on his salsa dancing days and giving us a bakery update. Make...

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch and Business Podcast, this time around some of us are on holiday (we work hard we deserve it) but that didn't hinder our commitment to bringing you a new episode every week! This week we're having a candid conversation with the younger versions of Ivo and Tia. Now that we're older (and hopefully wiser), we like to think we've learn...

Welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch & Business Podcast, this time in a slightly different format. Some may argue it’s not a traditional podcast, but there are no rules round here! This week we touched on microphone mishaps (the reason behind the brief episode) updates on our current whereabouts and celebrating the Fika team! Bear with us while we navigate a couple of busy weeks,...

Welcome back everyone to the Fika Brunch & Business podcast, we’re staying consistent as promised and back in the OG Stamford location! This week we’re discussing the struggles we’re currently facing as the business expands. As we look to grow and take on new ventures, it’s becoming very apparent that most banks require your first born child in return of a minimal loan - something we didn’t ex...

Welcome back to the Fika Brunch & Business podcast peeps, this time we’re back filming in London with our third wheel. This weeks episode is on a bit of a lighter note with a game of “cool or not” where we rate a list of random items/ concepts against our definition of “cool”. Disclaimer: this is a completely light hearted game in which we mean to cause no offence to Croc wearing, Fiat 500 dri...

Welcome back to the Fika Brunch & Business podcast guys, we're staying consistent with the uploads as promised and this time we’re back to the OG setting in Fika Stam'! The roles have been reversed and in this weeks episode Tia, Fika’s Creative Director interviews CEO Ivo - discussing how Ivo's latest challenge hiking the Mont Blanc trail has impacted his ability to tackle challeng...

Welcome back to the Fika Brunch & Business podcast peeps, this time we’re mixing it up in a new setting! In this weeks episode Ivo, Fika’s CEO interviews Tia, Creative Director - discussing Tia’s biggest fear of fumbling the bag when it comes to making business decisions. As well as finding out how her role as Creative Director has changed her understanding of the world from both an employee a...

Welcome back to the Fika Brunch and Business podcast peeps! This week we got real, raw and deep real quick - we delved into our Annual Clash and worked through our disagreements as business partners in real time. We also talked about our differences as people and how we’re learning to accept that it’s okay that we don’t want to head in the same direction in life and that wanting to do our own thin...

Welcome back to our podcast! We know it's been a minute but we're not even going to make excuses this time...   Over the past few months, we've been working hard behind the scenes. It feels like we've crossed a barrier - and that is transitioning from a small business to a fully-fledged company. In this video, we discuss what it has taken to do that, as well as covering many other topics such...

We’re back! After a week’s delay (sorry peeps, life is busy right now!), last week’s podcast episode is out! We feel that we’ve been discussing heavier, deeper and more serious topics recently so we thought it was time to lighten the mood with this one. We asked Caitlin and Laura, both Fika gals at heart, to join us and to lead the way. We went in blind and it’s fair to say there were many surpris...

Hello everyone & welcome back to a new episode of the Fika Brunch and Business pod! This week we talked about a subject that Ivo particularly feels very strongly about - the education system. We picked apart our experiences with it and weighed in on our opinions of the good & bad aspects of it, and how we feel it’s not tailored to getting the most out of an entrepreneurial mind. We also did a bit...

This week we got a bit deep and talked about a very subjective topic; success, what it means successful and how we would define our own success. This one felt personal and we had a lot of different angles so we really hope you enjoy it and please let us know what you think!!!💙✌🏽 #fikabrunchandbusiness Content page: @fikabrunchandbusiness Cafes: @fikaoakham @fikastamford @fikawoolfox Website: fik...

This week we sat and talked about what the dynamic between your job and personal relationships is and how it might change and evolve. We talked through our own experience of running our own business and how that’s impacted our platonic, familial and romantic relationships as we have grown our business (and with that, responsibility and work load). We loved this one as it felt very personal and we...

Hi guys and welcome back to another episode of the Fika Brunch and Business pod! As always we started with a little update of what’s been going on and where we’ve been/what we’ve been doing over the last week or two. We also talked about the hospitality industry and how it’s changing and evolving nowadays. This is an industry that we’ve both worked in for a lot of our working adult lives so we tou...

Welcome back to the Fika Brunch & Business pod! This week we had a little catch up about everything that’s gone on over the last couple of weeks at Fika and talked about the direction and ambition for our brand. We tried to unpick *exactly* what a “brunch institution” means to us and how we think Fika fits in to that. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to listen and we would, as always, lo...

Whoaaa, what’s this?! The podcast is back (….again….)?! In a new format?! Yeah baby…⚡️⚡️⚡️ This week we talked about where we’ve been, what we’ve been up to & exciting things we’ve been working on. Join us fortnightly to tune in. We’d love all your feedback💙✌🏽 #podcast #fikabrunchandbusiness

Welcome to another off the cuff episode of our podcast. Today we talk about what keeps us going when times are tough and the things we love and hate about our job + plus Ivo’s obsession with computer strategy games.

We didn’t really know what we wanted to talk about today so we just hit record. We ended up covering some pretty big topics like morning routines and our relationship with discipline.

Welcome back everyone! It’s been about 6 months since we opened Fika Stamford and in today’s episode we’re going to talk a little bit about how that’s going. We’re also going to talk about both our run-ins with burnout - something we never though would be a problem for us.

Join us for some of Ben and Liv’s, fellow ‘siblings in business’, best questions (both professional and highly inappropriate).