Rosalia Lazzara-Tilley

The Money Honey - Women in Property, Finance & Construction

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If you are a woman in finance or property then this podcast needs to be in your favourites. The purpose of this show is to bring to light the phenomenal work women in finance and property are doing. It will inspire you, give you ideas, and empower you on your own journey. I, Rosalia Lazzara-Tilley, your host and CEO of Manuka Media, have the pleasure of interviewing the most fantastic women about their work in the industry, business, and community. You'll be hearing about money, self employment, investing, financing, diversity & inclusion, building a brand, leadership, and much more!

Author

Rosalia Lazzara-Tilley

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.manukamedia.co.uk

Latest episode

Apr 29, 2026

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Episodes

Empowering females across the globe to take control of their financial wellbeing. Zoë Burt, from Female Invest, shares with us the trends across the world when it comes to women and money. 21.07.2023

Zoë Burt is the financial content specialist at Female Invest, a company on a mission to close the gender wealth gap. She is a qualified financial adviser in the UK and US, having worked in Milan, Italy with clients across Europe on their international financial planning and pensions for multiple years, before taking the leap into focusing specifically on educating women to kickstart their investi...

A mortgage business with a purpose beyond the daily job. The power family business, that is the Brown family of Pam Brown Mortgages, share their passion for Crohn's and Colitis fundraising. 14.07.2023

Pam and Nina are a mother daughter duo who own Pam Brown Mortgages, a mortgage and insurance company based in Bicester. Pam set up the company 12 years ago at her kitchen table and has grown the business ever since. Nina, completed her university studies 4 years ago and quickly came over to the family business to focus primarily on the insurances of their clients. Pam Brown Mortgages is a small fa...

Menopause in the workplace. Suffering with extreme PMS in the workplace. Clare-Louise Knox from See Her Thrive will share with you her knowledge, experience, and helpful tips for how to tackle this. 30.06.2023

Clare is a Business Psychologist and the visionary founder of See Her Thrive. Her own experience of working with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) ignited a mission to revolutionise the way menstrual and reproductive health conditions are addressed in the workplace. Clare is a trailblazer, leading the change for greater awareness and support for women’s health issues at work. Find Clare here:...

Specialist lending and women in finance. Roz Cawood from Hope Finance specialises in bridging finance and is delighted to share with us her passion for the specialist lending market. 23.06.2023

Roz Cawood is one of the leading experts in the specialist finance industry.  With over 25 years in the financial sector, Roz specialises in bridging finance as Director of Sales at Hope Capital.  Roz started her career as an underwriter before moving into account management and then pursuing her thirst for working in a fast-paced sales environment.  Roz is passionate about delivering an exception...

How to get out of debt, build wealth and confidence , through PROPERTY. The Property girl, Rebecca Topham, shares her personal experience of overcoming domestic abuse and building a property empire 16.06.2023

Rebecca, Property Queen, Mentor and Life Go-getter, helps women to become financially fabulous through the power of property. Rocking a hi-vis and hard hat before she could walk, her whole life has been about property. She’s built houses, refurbed and flipped properties, has become a Landlord Queen, styled houses, staged showhomes and had her own successful property management company after leavin...

Feel the fear and do it anyway. Kim McGuinley from Vibe Finance shares her breakthroughs with her career in Commercial Finance despite the fears. 09.06.2023

Prior to setting VIBE up in early 2018, Kim had spent the previous 12 years working for specialist banks in the Commercial Mortgage industry working closely with a closed panel of mortgage brokers/introducers and with underwriting her own cases at the outset, she would oversee each case throughout the entire process through to completion. This undoubtedly gave Kim the best oversight as to what cha...

Craig Skelton felt the culture shock of the male domination of the mortgage industry. He explains navigating minor conflicts and what he did to make a change in the narrative. 02.06.2023

Having worked in Financial Services for over twenty years at senior management in both the banking and estate agency mortgage services and having spent most of my career in large corporate firms, I always craved the freedom of owning his own business. In 2017, I started CS Mortgage Solutions, a mortgage brokerage firm founded on my core values of honesty, trust, and integrity. This has now grown t...

Do it afraid - this is not a dress rehearsal.  Top qualified and experienced lawyer, Juliet Baloolal, shares her gold dust and positivity about mentoring and building a career. 26.05.2023

Juliet is a dual-qualified English Solicitor; she qualified as a Lawyer in Trinidad and Tobago in 2003, and then re-qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2005. Juliet has practised as a Commercial Property lawyer and Litigator in England since 2005 and is also a qualified mediator. Her approach is proactive and practical. Juliet’s experience in Property Litigation with an emphasis on Mo...

Having children changes your priorities. Hannah Bashford from Model FS changed her goals and priorities and built a busy, flexible business around her family. 19.05.2023

I started a career in financial services in 2004 after vowing to never work in the same industry as my Dad and training as an Early Childhood specialist- things didn’t go to plan though, and here I am nearly 20 years later having built a successful business in financial services. I started my career with Friends Provident and then went on to work with a large London based estate agents- KFH, offer...

Accountant Hayley Lucas talks about building the perfect business with balance and freedom, as a mum and business owner. 12.05.2023

Hayley is a Chartered accountant and is owner and founder of Athena Accountants and Business Advisors, formed in 2016.   She works predominantly with female clients and is passionate about helping them grow their brands and businesses and achieve their goals. Whether they are in the start-up phase and need help to build, or they are already established and need a higher level of business advisory...

Confidence plays part in getting to a leadership level. Jacqueline Durbin from Iress, has developed her confidence by being thrown in at the deep end and going through the motions even when it's tough 05.05.2023

Recently shortlisted as a finalist for Inspirational Leader at the upcoming Cover Women in Protection and Health Awards 2023. Jacqueline is passionate about innovation and initiating technology enhancements that address real issues and opportunities within the industry. Her empathetic approach to building high functioning teams helps empower individuals to succeed with purpose and integrity. As an...

"Can I speak to the man in charge? Can I speak to the boss?" Lyndsay says to that: "I AM THE BOSS!" 04.05.2023

Lyndsay Kent has often had to battle with comments such as "Can I speak to the boss?" when SHE is indeed the boss. But this hasn't stopped her. Despite being in what is traditionally considered a "male trade" industrty, that is property and specialist lending, Lyndsay has broken barriers. Her company TBK are the specialist broker for Bridging Finance, Buy to Let (including...

Julia Smith from Openwork talks about the supportive and collaborative environment at Openwork and the work done for diversity and inclusion. 28.04.2023

25+ years’ experience in Financial Services and describes herself as a passionate advocate of Holistic Family Lifetime Financial Advice in addition to supporting Women in Finance. Starting her career with Standard Chartered Bank, Julia held a multitude of roles before moving into the Intermediary world where she set up and subsequently sold her own practice then went on to manage the Strategic rel...

Uliana from HTB wants to wave the flag for women in development finance. Sharing her journey to leadership and management, she talks about the welcoming specialist industry. 21.04.2023

Uliana has over 20 years of experience in credit, underwriting, development finance and lending. Currently the Deputy Managing Director of Development Finance at Hampshire Trust Bank since September 2022, Uliana previously held the role of Head of Development Finance Light at Octopus Real Estate. She brings wealth of knowledge from working across various organisations and cultures, spanning two co...

Sustainable, nature led property. A vision for the future of developments & property with Sam Demuth 14.04.2023

Sam is Director & Head of Regulated & Term Finance, at Finanze Ltd. Providing bespoke solutions for bridging, buy to let, development finance, residential and commercial mortgages for private and corporate clients.   Outside of helping people realise their dreams and visions within the built environment, Sam has her own huge visions. With our health, mental well-being and the nat...

Representing young women in financial services. Stepping into her power, Bella Streames from Velvet Mortgage and Insure. 10.04.2023

What do you get when you mix an abundance of financial knowledge with a zesty enthusiasm to change our industry for the better? A young female entrepreneur passionate about helping us all to protect our livelihoods, on a mission to shake up the insurance and protection industry alongside her mentor mum and change lives. 26-year-old financial services expert, Isabella Streames from Great Oakley Nor...

Collaboration over Competition. Proof that women empowering women works - Rachel Southcott 07.04.2023

Rachel Southcott, owner of The Financial Marketer, is a Digital Marketing Consultant specialising in the B2C financial services sector.  Since 2015 she has honed her craft in social media, content creation and PPC campaigns. Over the years she has also developed her knowledge of financial services including mortgages, pensions, ISAs, insurance, equity release and more.  Given her knowled...

You can have it all - wealth, health, happiness, family, career success. Get inspired by Dt Sheun Oke 31.03.2023

Dr. Sheun Oke CeMAP, Author | Coach| Speaker| Trainer| Financial Adviser She is one of UK’s foremost self- leadership and confidence expert with over 20 years experience of being a top sales and marketing executive ,trainer, and have served many as executive coach. She is the author of  the  multi award-winning book 'SUPERGirl 2 SUPERWoman, The Ultimate Guide to Female Leadership' (A lif...

Protection adviser passionate about helping people get protected even if health conditions are holding them back! 24.03.2023

Kathryn Knowles from Cura,  is a specialist insurance adviser working within the personal, business and group life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection sector. She offers advice within the UK and internationally.   Kathryn is known for her ability to humanise protection conversations, bringing empathy to conversations with clients, where sensitive matters are bein...

A view of women in property and finance from Dina Bhudia who wants to represent the ethnic minority 17.03.2023

Whilst breastfeeding with her left hand, and a laptop in the right hand, Dina took the leap of faith to start her own mortgage brokerage as a self employed adviser. Clients were flooding in and she quickly had to start hiring.    Dina Bhudia, the owner of P2M Group who is both financial adviser AND estate agent, wanted to be on the show because as she put it "I do have something to say s...

We adapted our mortgage brokerage to suit the next generation. Be visible & accessible digitally. Siobhan Brookes 10.03.2023

Siobhan Brookes and her brother Thomas Folan joined forces and started a mortgage brokerage together with a conscious vision for the future of financial services and the digital age.  Having been employed previously in a different mortgage practice, they decided than when going solo and starting their own business they wanted to be more visible and accessible to the online customer. The next...

International Women's day Special - Join the conversation. Be the ACTION 08.03.2023

Kim, Alison, & Dr Sheun, join me in a special edition of The Money Honey Podcast in honour of IWD 2023!   We bring to you:   💛equality vs equity   💛breaking through the metaphorical brick walls   💛the menopause   💛work life balance  💛health and taking care of YOU  💛asking for help  💛being a mentored and being mentored   💛daily routine  ...

Building a personal brand on social media without being pushy. Sonya Matharu from The Mortgage Mum shares her journey to building a mortgage business and becoming a mentor 07.03.2023

Sonya is an Award-Winning Senior Mortgage Broker and Mentor at The Mortgage Mum. It was a pleasure to speak with Sonya on the podcast. We shared our views about building a personal brand on social media without being pushy. Sonya shared with me her passion for becoming a mentor and role model to other aspiring mortgage adviser mums. She's here to empower and encourage.  Sonya is from a large...

Get your head in the game - you can choose to see the dark side or the light side of financial services, and everything in life for that matter - Adele Turton 24.02.2023

From qualified legal professional, Adele Turton of Blanc Property Finance, fell into financial services by accident. She understood very quickly that the property clients appreciated her key attention to details with structuring deals and making lender applications, which was a transferable skill from her legal career.    Her career in financial services took off immediately because Adel...

"I have nothing valuable to say.." The Money Honey - a message from the founder, Rosalia Lazzara-Tilley. 22.02.2023

You have got it wrong... and what I heard shocked me..  The Money Honey Podcast is not about interviewing ONLY women in leadership, and award winners. This show is about inviting women to a safe space where together we can bring more female faces to the screen! Everyone has value regardless of their job title, awards, seniority. Please don't for one second think you don't have a place here. &...

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