Different Hats Podcast

As we wrapped up series 1 recently I wanted to finish with something a little different, so we are doing a County Business TALKS Podcast Takeover. For this I obviously needed some help so my good friend and my guest from episode 3 of the podcast, with still one of my favourite quotes from the first series, 'When the music plays don’t forget to dance' I was joined by Paul Britton from Britton &...

Steve Sallis is an author and executive mindset coach, leadership Mentor/Trainer, Keynote speaker and Elite development mentor in the professional football, education and business industry. He has worked extensively across business & elite sport including the England U 15 National Squad & currently at AFC Wimbledon as Head of Performance Mindset. His book “Educating Football” has received...

My amazing guest this week is the brilliant Laurence Sprey, founder of Ashtons. He has had a successful career as a pioneering and entrepreneurial pharmacist for over 40 years. He founded Ashtons Late Night Pharmacy before going on to start Ashtons Hospital Pharmacy Services which he exited via a management buy out in March 2020. At the time of the sale the business was responsible for providing p...

My guest on the podcast this week is a business owner, mentor, coach, keynote speaker and investor, Ryan Andrews . He bought his first business in 2001 and learnt many lessons along the way, he now wants to share with other business owners, to allow them to create a business that works for them. Ryan likes to help Business Owners that suffer from imposter syndrome or have low self esteem or lack o...

I am joined on the podcast in this latest episode by Flo Powell . She is joint Managing Director of one of the UK’s leading public relations consultancies boasting over 60 peer-judged awards and a client roaster of international, national and regional B2B and B2C brands. Midnight communications helps businesses and brands to tell the world their stories and now she tell us hers. After working at D...

I am joined in this episode by Noel Preston, Managing Director of Preston Insurance Brokers . An independent insurance broker based in Brighton, helping all types of businesses and people in and around Sussex and across the UK. From start-ups to multi-nationals, clients spanning from Brighton to Preston, Lancashire! He is also an awesome drummer in rock band Planet Trouza. He is a businessmen who...

Kathy Caton is the Founder and Managing Director of Brighton's first distillery , making the multiple award-winning Brighton Gin. She is also an Award-winning freelance broadcaster, presenter and speaker with a broad range of experience varying from roles at BBC (Radio 4, BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey, World Service) to working with small independent production companies, and on one-off projects and...

Camille Pierson is an award winning entrepreneur , after working for many years in a corporate environment in 2014 she launched the Float Spa in Hove. After discovering the benefits of floating through a personal trauma which made her see how important it was for people to look after themselves and made her want to dedicate herself to helping them. Since launching the Float Spa it has grown expone...

Jack Maddalena is one of Sussex's most exciting tech entrepreneurs . He is driven, strategic, and people-focused as an innovator. After four years of R&D, he co-founded Naurt after recognising visible errors in the existing location technology industry and the limited solutions available to solve these errors. Naurt emerged from a genuine drive to help businesses solve their location tracking...

Gavin Willis is the Founder of Search Seven , an award winning marketing agency based in Hove. As a company from day 1 they have donated 7% of their yearly profits to charity and community projects, and celebrating their 10th Year this year have raised an amazing £77k in the #Share77k campaign for 10 different charities. This episode founder Gavin Willis talks about why he started an agency with a...

This latest episode of the podcast is with award winning entrepreneur, Jo Myles. She has worked 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 shefounded in 2007 won numerous awards and after Winning the make awards in 2012 and being selected by Lord Young & Sir...

To recognise World Mental Health Day we recorded a special episode of the County Business Clubs Sussex Podcast with the inspiring Yaron Engler . The episode discusses many of the issues surrounding mental health and the importance of communication, understanding and excepting our emotions. A key point is that there is still a narrative within society, especially amongst men that vulnerability is s...

In this latest episode we talk to Michael Gietzen, MD of Identity, one of the UK’s most successful event agencies. According to Forbes magazine he is an entrepreneur of note and he has featured in the Telegraph LDC most ambitious leaders. He is International Speaker, Industry Spokesperson, Awards Judge, Sunday Times Fast Track 100 ranked, C&IT Conference & Incentive Travel Awards A-Lister and in O...

This next episode of the County Business TALKS Podcast, we are joined by CEO, Business Lawyer & Founder of Acumen Business Law & Acumen People Solicitors and a Multi Award Winning Entrepreneur. She is the author of the Freedom Revolution and was described brilliantly by ” (Christina Ewbank, President, Chamber of Commerce, Eastbourne) “Put energy, passion, determination and vision, add a pinch of f...

Ryan has played a significant role within the Sussex Business Community for the past 20 years and is an award winning entrepreneur and business owner. The list of awards and honours is a tribute to his success and the amazing work he has done within the Sussex business community. Winner of “Outstanding Brightonian of the Year” at the 2011 Sussex Business Awards and honoured in the inaugural 2018 “...

Lara Squires is the Founder of Consortium - More Than Marketing. A specialist marketing and business development consultancy working specifically in the professional services sector. Having worked in professional services for over 15 years Lara has seen that many firms do not have the time or expertise to deal with marketing and growing their business. Consortium offer a bespoke approach for each...

Paul Britton is the Owner, Director and a Solicitor at, Britton and Time Solicitors. Britton and Time is a law firm based in central London and Brighton which focuses on a multitude of legal areas. Before creating Britton and Time, Paul worked in another central London law firm and also in business development roles in his early 20's. Paul has worked for a number of high profile individuals and co...

James Dempster is the Founder and Managing Director at the full service creative agency, Fox & Bear. Fox&Bear is a rebrand of Cobb Digital and Spoken, bringing together expertise in digital marketing, public relations, strategy, design, branding and data insight. They create fully realised brands and develop and execute integrated marketing strategies. In this truly inspiring, open and honest inte...

Bradley Hatchett is the founder of networking events company Network My Club. He started the business from his bedroom at 24 in 2015 with the launch of Network My Club Pompey, then over the next 5 years expanded to various iconic Sporting venues across the country including, The Amex, Ageas Bowl, The Kia Oval, Reading Football Club and Twickenham. When the pandemic hit in 2020 the events industry...