Digg Podcast

Kingsley Aikins is the former chairman of the multi-million euro lending platform Linked Finance and past president of the Worldwide Ireland Funds. Throughout his extensive career, he has come to appreciate the power of Networking and sees it as the ‘glue’ that makes everything happen. Having written extensively on topics such as Diaspora, Philanthropy and Networking, he has developed a range of o...

Fintru are the core partner of The Talent Hub University of Ulster. Fintru believe in nurturing talent and embracing future leaders to join their business and help them move through different positions to gain as much experience as possible. They support The Talent Hub in helping give students experience in pitching, networking and so much more. This conversation with Greg gives a little insight i...

Belfast native, Jack McGarry, is Managing Partner of The Dead Rabbit, Manhattan, New York. It is one of the world’s most awarded and globally recognised pubs, winning eight Tales of the Cocktail awards and five World’s 50 Best Bars awards, including World’s Best Bar twice. Opening in 2013 with a bold vision to be the world’s best, Jack reflects on his journey, his struggle with alcohol and what hi...

Chupi Sweetman, CEO of Chupi, an Irish luxury jewellery brand with a global reach, leads a team of fifty and boasts a community of over two hundred and fifty thousand worldwide. Recognised by the Irish Times as one of Ireland’s most loved brands, Chupi has recently unveiled its impressive four and a half thousand square foot flagship store in Dublin.  With less than 2% of venture capital going to...

Caroline O’Neill, host of the Digg Podcast, takes us on her transformative journey from Occupational Therapist to the visionary creator behind the renowned Digg brand, encompassing Digg for Success, The Digg Podcast, Digg Mama, and Digg Deep for Kids. Throughout her remarkable eighteen-year journey, Caroline’s resilience and reinvention have been pivotal.  In this episode, she imparts invaluable i...

Grainne Kelly, a celebrated entrepreneur with multiple awards to her name, serves as the CEO and mastermind behind Bubblebum UK Ltd, the pioneering creator of the world’s first inflatable car booster seat. Established in December 2009, Bubblebum has successfully extended its reach to twenty seven countries, securing placement with major retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Halfords, John Lewis, and Tar...

Laura Bonner, the CEO and Founder of The Muff Liquor Company, has a remarkable journey in the business world. Her achievements include winning the Business All Star in 2018, being recognised as the Ulster Business Woman of the Year in 2019 and making it to the Industry Era’s list of the top 10 most inspiring CEOs in 2021. In 2023, she was honoured as the Handcrafted Spirits Business Leader. While...

In 2019, Caroline O’Neill and Niamh Taylor established the Northern Ireland Social Media Awards. The recent third ceremony, held a few weeks ago, enjoyed remarkable success, sparking significant curiosity about the intricacies of organising such an event. The following seven guests, from seven different businesses, who contributed to the successful awards ceremony this year, share their top tips f...

Brian McEniff is a name synonymous with excellence in the hospitality industry. His legacy continues to shine brightly through the McEniff Group Hotels which consists of six hotels across Ireland: Skylon Hotel (Dublin), Sligo Southern Hotel, Great Northern Hotel (Bundoran), Yeats Hotel, (Rosses Point), Westport Woods Hotel, Holyrood Hotel (Bundoran). With a career spanning decades, Brian has estab...

Oonagh O’Hagan is the Owner and Managing Director at Meagher’s Pharmacy Group which has nine stores across various neighbourhoods in Dublin and an online store that ships to over seventy countries worldwide. They have been named as one of Ireland’s Best Managed Companies, by Deloitte, for the ninth consecutive year and have reached the platinum standard for the third year in a row. Outside of Meag...

Niall McKenna is the Chef Proprietor at Waterman House, Belfast, which is the latest addition to the James Street restaurant group he founded in 2003. Niall has been in the kitchen since he was fourteen years old. He worked in London for 12 years, training with the best in the industry. He has opened multiple restaurants in Belfast and has been recognised for food and service excellence by the Mic...

Inspiring, Connecting and Enabling Ambitious Leaders of SMEs to Scale with Purpose is a recurring headline for Brendan McGurgan online. Brendan was group managing director and finance director at CDE Global for seventeen years, which had 700 staff and a revenue of one hundred million pounds. He is now the co-founder and director of Simple Scaling, co-author of the Amazon bestseller- Simple Scaling...

Brendan McDowell owns the global beauty brand BPerfect which is stocked in over two thousand stores all over the UK and Ireland. His business has increased by 71% since last year with six flagship stores and plans for ten more, launching in Dubai before October and a new range coming in Primark and Pennys. One of his products is the best selling product on the Aer lingus airlines. He is also the C...

Meghan Semple is the Performance Marketing Director at the award winning, Belfast based digital marketing agency, Digital 24.  She leads a team of specialists, driving comprehensive performance marketing strategies across many different industries around the world. Meghan is a leader in the digital field. In this episode, Meghan deeply dives into the various AI tools she has tried and tested. Some...

Sarah Travers, the former BBC news journalist and TV presenter, is now the co-founder and director of Bespoke Communications, a leading training and professional development company serving the UK and Ireland. Over her seventeen years in the newsroom, she covered high profile stories throughout the Northern Ireland peace process, key events like the London 2012 Paralympics and BBC Children in Need...

Today on The Digg Podcast I am speaking to you about how I have used the business clinic series over the past few weeks to help me become more efficient in my business and happier in my life. I still have a lot of work to do but I have made small changes to help all because of the expert guests over the past few weeks.  Here is a link to the episodes which have helped me  https://podcasters.spotif...

Sinéad Brady is a mother, partner, sister, daughter, friend, professional, author, lifelong learner and a deep thinker. Mum to four children and proud wife to Alan, together they live in County Cavan in Ireland. Sinéad works globally as a speaker, a workplace consultant, and an advocate of workplace equality. She isn’t always successful in managing the ‘and’s’ in her life, but she always does her...

In this episode of The Digg Podcast we discuss the entrepreneurial journey and the challenges that go along with that. We also discuss the rewards and benefits of being self employed.  This episode is brought to you in partnership with GoFor It so there will be lots of advice and inspiration for others who may be listening who have an idea about starting a business.  Go For It Entrepreneurs: Melan...

Brigid Duggan is a multiple award winner and a woman that strives for perfection every time. She is a powerhouse in the business world with a wealth of experience, a 100% success rate and a down to earth approach that puts business owners at ease.  Brigid and her team help with business planning, grant funding, sales, market research, human resources, finance and payroll.  Many businesses today ar...

Mairead McKibbin Founder of Crossbox Marketing and Northern Ireland’s Social Media Marketer of the Year 2022.  Crossbox Marketing is a Digital Marketing Agency based in Newcastle County Down that specialises in Social media management and Content creation.  Crossbox has created content for social media platforms that has reached over 20 million views in the last year and has skyrocketed the growth...

Lisa McCloskey is a Chartered Accountant with over ten years experience working in the Uk, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. With the wealth of knowledge she gained across many industries she decided to launch The Lady Accountant in 2021. Lisa wanted to offer a more personalised modern approach to Accountancy and empower the Business Owner to take control.  In this episode Lisa covers each of th...

Amy Smith is a virtual assistant and is usually called upon when a Small Business realises they aren’t quite so small anymore! And the realisation has hit them that their time could be better spent elsewhere, there must be a better way, right?! In the Digg Podcast Amy gives five ways to help become more efficient in business. 1.Map out Processes Can anything be removed or combined?  Can anything b...

Colin McClean is founder of Bob and Berts, which started off as a small coffee shop in 2013 in Portstewart, Co. Antrim turning over two hundred and sixty pounds on its first day. Ten years on, Bob and Berts, the high street coffee and food chain, has twenty seven sites and has reached a turnover of twenty three million pounds. This has been one hell of a journey and one, which was at times, wasn’t...

Tina McKenzie is one of the best-known business figures in Northern Ireland. She has been appointed as UK Chair of Policy and Advocacy for the Federation of Small Businesses, the UK’s biggest business organisation representing the interests of self-employed people and smaller businesses. As a result, she will serve in one of the most senior positions on the organisation’s Board of Directors. This...

In this episode you will hear all the questions which were put to the guest speakers at the live event. It is most probable that these will be questions you too have wanted to ask over the past few weeks as you have listened to all the inspirational guests.  Guest Speakers: Laura Kearney - The Walk In Wardrobe (Episode 70) https://walkinwardrobeonline.com/   Benny O’Hanlon - Todds Leap (Episode 68...