Different Hats Podcast

This weeks episode is from the live show of the 24 hour podcast with the founder of the Tiny Box Company and Dragon Slayer, Rachel Watkyn. Rachel's incredible story is one of resilience, determination and overcoming huge amounts of adversity and trauma to never give up. We discuss: 💥 Her traumatic childhood 💥 Overcoming severe illness 💥 Being diagnosed with Cancer twice 💥 Winning investment on...

I am delighted to share episode 11 of the 24 hour podcast this week with former Brighton & Hove Albion captain and Scottish International Gordon Greer. After watching Gordon lead the BHAFC team out at the Amex many times, especially that iconic first league game at the Amex v Doncaster Rovers, what Brighton fan could forget that. It was a real honour to chat with him about his career and now l...

That as they say is a wrap.. Series 3 is complete with 16 truly amazing conversations with 16 brilliant guests. This series has been a real game changer for me. I am on a mission to try and change the narrative around how success is measured and that someone's success especially in business, should not be measured purely a financial metric. I tried to delve deep into what makes these exceptional i...

Welcome to the final episode of 2022 and of series 3. And I could not think of a better way to round things off than with Rob Starr, CEO and founder of SEICO Group and Chairman of the Starr Trust Charity . Rob has swum the English channel, completed an Iron Man and at the start of this year in SBT we covered the beginning of his journey to complete 52 Olympic Triathlons in 2022. On 30th Novem...

My guest this week is CEO of Rockinghorse Children's Charity, Donna Holland. Donna is responsible for the smooth running of Rockinghorse: ensuring that the strategy and plans meet the needs of children, young people and their families, and for ensuring that the charity can continue to support sick and disabled children across Sussex in the future. She has been in the charity sector for two decades...

My guest this week former Sussex Cricketer, Lewis Hatchett. Founder of Sport Yogi, performance mindset & mindfulness coach for athletes, podcast host, yogi and student. From achieving one of the most defiant careers in first-class cricket to it ending overnight. Lewis story began when his dream ended. Through the pain and uncertainty came a new understanding of what happens when you put everyt...

This weeks bonus episode of the podcast is with the one and only Entrepreneur Roger Woodall (Dodge). Owner Bournemouth 7s Festival™️ & Event Crowd™️, Host Eventful Entrepreneur Podcast™️, Co Host Harry Redknapp Show™️ and a judge at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards™️ He has been an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember and for me is the perfect example of a true entrepreneur. Over t...

My guest this week is Dan Wade, New Practice Development Manager at WPA Healthcare Practice PLC and Co-Founder and Trustee at Table Talk Foundation . In 2015 and 2016 he was a finalist for the British Franchisee of the Year awards two years running, which put him in the top 15 franchise owngers in the UK where there are circa 45,000 franchise owners including brands like McDonalds, Vodafone, Subwa...

In this weeks bonus podcast episode I speak with the inspirational Carole Gilling-Smith, CEO and Founder of the Agora Clinic in Hove, the largest Fertility Clinic in Sussex offering both NHS and privately funded treatment. The Agora has the highest HFEA published Live Birth IVF success rates across both London and the South East and was awarded Best Customer Service at the 2019 Sussex Business Awa...

In this weeks episode I talk to the amazing Marcella Whittingdale. Whether reporting live from Afghanistan or bagging a big name celebrity exclusive, her career is consistently exciting and varied. As well as working for some of Britain’s biggest broadcasters on TV as a studio presenter (BBC, GMTV, ITV) Marcella is also an experienced radio presenter, with the ability to turn her hand to any story...

I am delighted to share a bonus episode this week from one of Sussex's true entrepreneurs, CEO of the Creative Group and Creative Pod, Matt Turner. After starting his first company at just 21, over the past two decades he has grown his business into an award winning, multi million pound agency, he has owned a football club, Crawley Town FC and is also an investor. His brilliant entrepreneurial way...

My guest on the podcast this week is CEO of Brighton Fringe Julian Caddy.   A creative and entrepreneurial cultural leader, working for 25 years across the UK and worldwide. He is passionate about widening access to the arts for both artists and audiences. He leads the central administration and management of England’s largest annual arts festival (750 events in 130 venues, with 380,000 atten...

In this weeks podcast for the first time I interview three guests, brothers, Andy, Chris and Steve Tugwell from   TSS Facilities.  They all joined their family business, started by their dad Denis Tugwell and business partner James Walker in 1971, at different stages over the last 40 years, and have taken a refrigeration company to a full service facilities...

In this weeks podcast we hear from the amazing Jack 'The Lad' Hayes . Head of programme delivery at The LoveLocalJobs Foundation CIC, an ambassador for Rivervale leasing and a Breakfast show host MORE radio. This was only the second episode of the 24 hour podcast and I could have talked to Jack for 24 hours. He spoke so openly, honestly and with genuine authenticity it was truly inspirational and...

In the first of these bonus episode releases from the 24 hour podcast challenge, I speak with Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Plus X, Mat Hunter. Mat aims to build the infrastructure for innovators and entrepreneurs that will help to grow great companies, provide productive and stimulating employment for diversely talented people and drive economic growth across the UK. Mat has worked for more than 25 ye...

My guest on the podcast this week is Ricky Whiting an SEO expert, an author, Studio Director and founder of Itty Bitty.co.uk. He also was in an advert for the flagship Nintendo Mario Bros Game. He was the first person to play the game in the UK and the adverts were used in Europe with over 1.3 million views. Ricky is one of the most positive, enthusiastic, energetic people I have had on the podcas...

A year ago I was lucky enough to have the inspirational Jo Myles on the podcast. During the conversation we spoke about her career in the creative industry, with the likes of Alexander McQueen, a buyer for Laura Ashley and Warehouse managing large teams and £40 million pound budgets. Her company 3 Blonde Bears that she founded in 2007 won numerous awards and after Winning the make awards in 2012 a...

This week we have a bonus episode with Rob Duce, CEO at Outside The Box Events LLC & Chief Executive Officer for "Theatre by QE2". Rob a formally a qualified Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross talks about how is entrepreneurial spirit was ignited at a young age, selling lemonade and other items outside his house. He spoke about the death of his his father in 1985 during his A-Levels and how...

My Guest on the podcast this week is Chris Goodman, Co-Founder & Director of Focus Group , a UK Comms & IT business. Employing over 800 staff across 9 offices, Focus Group delivers innovative solutions to over 30,000 businesses, and has annual revenue in excess of £130m.  For two decades his leadership experience in the IT and telecoms sector covers everything from the development of...

My Guest on the podcast this week is   Lyndsey Clay,  a Qualified Coach, Networking Champion and Social Concierge, who is passionate about connecting people through supporting local businesses to create lasting personal and professional relationships, right here in Brighton & Hove. Lyndsey's fascinating journey into entrepreneurship started during lockdown, but this is not just...

My Guest on the podcast this week is Marc Convey, former MD of 23D and Co-Founder at Thrive Now , a collective movement connecting a community of people who desire to create a better world by being better, happier humans. Marc's story is truly inspiring, he talks about how his life changed at 14 when he suffered severe burns in an accident in Ireland, how he nearly died twice and how that first da...

This week I was joined by my co-host, SBT Sports Editor Laurence Elphick for our Sports edition of the podcast. We had the great pleasure of chatting with the inspirational Aneela Rose, founder of Rose Media Group and GB Powerlifting gold medalist. Aneela, from Burgess Hill, has been running her own successful PR agency for 18 years. However her sporting journey began after the London 2012 Olympic...

My Guest on the podcast this week is   Fiona Anderson.  She has been helping entrepreneurs to kick start and launch their businesses for many years. After a long career as a relationship and business development director with Royal Bank of Scotland she spent 2 of those years involved in setting up and managing an entrepreneurial accelerator working with over 1,000 entrepreneurs...

My guest on the podcast this week is Tom Hooper, someone I have only met a few months ago but have been inspired by his journey. He has been described as a force of nature, someone that is motivated, determined, focused and a larger-than-life character.. Getting to know him and following him on social media I know he has had his own personal struggles with mental health and we both share a passion...

My Guest on the podcast this week is Ed Chinn, Associate Director at EY Breakthrough Incentives. He has had a variety of marketing roles, worked on an airline and ran his own video production company for over 6 years with his brother. He left the business in 2020 to start a new career at EY and during lock down was diagnosed with ADHD, today he shares his story, challenges and experiences througho...