Industry Angel Business Podcast

Eddie Czestochowski is Managing Director at Cell Pack Solutions, Tracer Batteries, your friend in the Battery Industry and passionate about chess. Cell Pack Solutions are an independently owned company that specializes in the wonderful world that is batteries, with an emphasis on the industrial sector and in Lithium Primary and Secondary Systems. A recent acquisition of Tracer Batteries brings an...

Ray Spencer is chair of Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust , a trust set up to honour kids through what they love most and hope to inspire others to follow their dreams and achieve their goals in sport or performance. Ian & Ray discuss; The aim of Chloe & Liam together forever trust Follow your dreams The help the organisation has provided for young people Helping dreams come true Fundraising eve...

Forrest Hall based Sara Young trained as a psychotherapist at the Northern Guild of Psychotherapy with a specialism in children and young people. She's worked with children as young as two, up to adults, her oldest being 78. Her work is typically characterised with a humanist approach based around the individual which has proved highly effective in addressing underlying mental health issues. Sara...

Host and founder of GrATTITUDE Gal - interview series, soon to be podcast + affirmation and self-care card decks; and funky merchandise to:  💆 Support 🤩 Motivate 🦹‍♀️ Inspire 🥰 Love/ Laugh/ Learn 🔥 Empower   Sarah is a true advocate of self-care, self-love and authenticity. She's particularly passionate about ending violence towards women, through empowering women to be their amazing selves a...

Kaylee Davidson-Olley was the United Kingdom's first successful heart transplant baby when she received a replacement heart at less than one year of age. In 2017 she celebrated her 30th year after the transplant operation; it was her 30th year as the longest surviving heart transplant baby in Europe. The operation was performed by cardiothoracic surgeon, Christopher McGregor, at the Freeman Hospit...

For the first time EVER, Ian hands over Industry Angel to Tina Boden and Sharon MacArthur. Tina interviews Sharon about the impact menopause (and hormones) can have on female micro business owners and freelancers. Sharing hints and tips to help get them through.   Tina describes herself as 'More Marmite Than Magnolia', while continuing her roles as Business Coach and The B & B Keeper, spends much...

Dinah Bennett is the founder director of International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Consult ICE and Global Lead for Enterprise Development for Women's Economic Imperative www.weiforwad.org an organisation which was formed form a UN high level panel on Women's Economic Empowerment. Dinah has worked at both policy and practice on every continent. Dinah designs and delivers busines...

From a finance background, Juliette Brown is the proud creator of Design Xpress , a large format print business of 25 years, based in the North East. Initially set up to produce POS and posters for the Food Retail Industry, her business has evolved from start up to become a 1 million plus turnover company, supplying to Trade, Print Partners, Global Print Management and direct smaller clients. She...

Ian recently met Adam Brown, director in The Healthcare Insurance Group , and had his eyes open to the world of employee health benefits for ourselves and our teams.  This is such an important topic that's becoming increasingly relevant right now.   He wants to highlight this to you the audience.  Whether sole trader, micro biz, SME and beyond.  Ian believes you will take something away from this...

Luke Szyrmer has managed or participated in remote only knowledge work teams for almost a decade. Most recently, he lead a program of approximately 30 distributed across 13 time zones and 8 different locations. Over the last 9 years, Luke has led teams building software, running marketing and sales, and launched a bestselling book. Remotely. In many cases, with people he never met or spoke to in p...

Ian & friends share their thoughts on 2020, the Christmas holidays and the coming year ahead.   Speakers include; Ian Farrar - 201 Goals Shawn Anderson - #ReluctantStoryteller Ted Rubin - The Straight Talker Simon Raybould - #ReluctantStoryteller Tony Robinson OBE - How to Play Okey Pokey Gillian Fortune - The Stress Buster R Michael Anderson - Leading in the Next Normal Pascal Fintoni - The Power...

Sue Balfour is CEO of Katy Sue Designs Ltd which designs, manufactures and retails its own unique range of products for the arts and crafts and cake decorating markets. The company's manufacturing and HQ is in South Shields but it also has a subsidiary company in USA. Katy Sue exports to over 50 countries and supplies key retailers such as Lakeland, Amazon and shopping TV as well as direct to cons...

Carl Buckley is the MD at Urban River, a branding and digital marketing/website agency in Northern England, an experienced Marketeer, School governor, Business mentor and Non exec - "helping businesses to market themselves better" and to avoid doing the wrong thing really well. No fluff, just a straight talking listener with over 30 years business and 18 years marketing experience helping business...

For Industry Angel's 200th episode, Ian Farrar went LIVE and done a Q&A with a guest host, Chris Donovan from One More Than Two Brew ! Ian and Chris answered questions from YOU. They answered questions like who was the WORST podcast guest? Why do we dream? Who would you snog, marry and kill with previous Industry Angel guests. AND hear Chris' beautiful piano playing skills.   The lads also discuss...

Growing up in the Lake District, Steve relentlessly pursued a career in adventure sports. A former professional national team skier, ski coach and an accomplished professional paraglider pilot - he lived in the Alps for over 10 years which saw him develop an anglo/french adventure sports school which covered snowsports, paragliding and climbing. His career subsequently took him to Scandinavia for...

Kate Baucherel is a speaker, writer and digital strategist specialising in the application of emerging technologies, with a focus on the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency. She is the author of several books including Blockchain Hurricane: Origins, Applications and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (BEP 2020) and the SimCavalier series of cybercrime scifi thrillers. Purchase Kate's new boo...

Russell has enjoyed the benefits of a highly successful international career in the technology sector and now focuses his efforts on supporting owners and boards of companies to devise and implement growth strategies to create shareholder value. In his earlier career he has held board leadership positions with International companies achieving turnover more than £200m.   Core areas of focus are Le...

Anneka Hicks is the founder of ExcludedUK, a grassroots non-profit organisation committed to providing personal, business and career support to those facing hardship as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Anneka is an experienced marketer, strategist, and technologist with a deep routed passion for helping small businesses, independents, and entrepreneurs realise their growth potential and succeed...

Dave Lee is co-founder of International Podcast Day , a true international celebration of the power of podcasts. Since 2014, Dave has organized and featured hundreds of podcasters from around the world during an annual live stream celebration and event. He works with international podcasters to help amplify their voices, messages, events, and communities.   Dave has presented at PodFest, Podthon,...

Tony Robinson OBE is the Micro Business Champion, multiple business owner, #PayIn30Days Campaigner, Ambassador for 3 Million #ExcludedUK, Co-Founder of #MicroBizMatters Day and Movement, Founder of the SFEDI Group, Chair of Yorkshire in Business Limited and Patron of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank.   Tony has been awarded an OBE for services to small firms and two Lifetime Achievement Aw...

Elise grew up in Newcastle and moved away in 1999 to study Chemistry at Oxford. She then worked in London a big four accountancy firm in corporate finance (where she met her husband Nick, who is from Gosport in Hampshire) whilst there she did a couple of wine related qualifications at the WSET but was always drawn to winemaking (and its chemistry!). After their first son Max was born, she quit her...

Dr Russell Thackeray works with leaders and their organisations to achieve enhanced performance and results.  By aligning culture, leadership and people, he can spark, design and embed change that creates organisational resilience. The result is a reduction of personal 'drama' and an increase in mental and emotional personal resilience. Improvement and accountability of process, relationships, fin...

Phil entered the world of business at the tender age of 14. With nothing more than a bucket and sponge, he went from single-handedly washing cars at weekends to hiring a fleet of friends working on his behalf, resulting in him earning more than his teachers by the time he was 15. He took everything he had learnt about leadership, sales and business growth from his previous roles, and created a one...

Jeni is passionate about connecting people. When people come together powerful things happen: relationships are built, knowledge is shared and sparks of innovation are fired. With fourteen years' experience in the networking industry, Jeni now teaches networking skills and creates networking strategies to help people come together and build effective, long-term relationships. During her careers sh...

John Mew is a military veteran, Ex forces PTI and Field Gunner who was on HMS Coventry 38 Years ago when she was bombed and sank in 20 min.  An advocate for mental health and a dedicated fundraiser.  John is joined by his friend Polly Brennan, founder of Adventurous Coaching & creator of The Mental Fitness Kitbag™ Model.  Polly teaches strategies to strengthen mental health & wellbeing. Ian, Polly...