Business Leaders from Yorkshire and Beyond

Welcome to an occasional podcast series featuring interviews with business leaders from Yorkshire and beyond, presented by Bernard Ginns , director of PR consultancy Branksome Partners , author and former Yorkshire Post business editor and Mail on Sunday staff reporter.  In our first episode, we talk with Stuart Watson , formerly a senior partner at EY running its Entrepreneur of the Year programm...

From a mill-working family in West Yorkshire to the top of the NHS establishment, Dame Linda Pollard shares her remarkable journey in our latest episode. Until recently chair of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Linda is now embarking on new ventures in diagnostics technology and culture as incoming chair at Leeds Heritage Theatres.  We discuss her early career in male-dominated workplaces, buil...

Once renowned around the world for fine worsted cloth, Sunny Bank Mills in  Farsley, Leeds is now a thriving centre for business and the arts. In my latest podcast, I speak with William Gaunt who alongside his cousin John Gaunt is joint MD of the family-owned company behind this historic textiles mill. We discuss their reinvention of the site, the social undertakings of business and what we can le...

From old Victorian dairy to European ice cream giant, James Lambert shares the secrets of his success as an award-winning Yorkshire entrepreneur.  In this latest episode of my podcast series, the Keighley-born businessman talks about taking risks, building teams and accessing capital, both public and private.  Whether you're running a start-up or scaling a business, I'm sure you'll...