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UKs leading entrepreneurs tell us what inspires them and defines there way of doing business

When Gyve Safavi and Mark Rushmore first met on a speedboat in the south of France — with advertising tycoon Sir Martin Sorrell also on board — few could have predicted that the chance encounter would spark a £24 million sustainable toothbrush business.

Suri founders banish toothbrush “gunk” with sustainable design and build £24m brand

16 September 2025 Profiles Paul Jones 0 Comments

Co-founders Gyve Safavi and Mark Rushmore created Suri, the eco-friendly electric toothbrush loved by Jony Ive and the Kardashians, growing sales to £24m by tackling plastic waste and everyday design flaws.

Helena Morrissey is one of the City’s most recognisable figures. Appointed chief executive of Newton Investment Management at 35, she more than doubled assets under management over the following 15 years.

‘Leap before you look’: Baroness Morrissey on markets, leadership and free speech

15 September 2025 Profiles Paul Jones 0 Comments

Dame Helena Morrissey—former Newton Investment Management CEO and founder of the 30% Club—talks bond markets, central bank independence, London’s competitiveness, DEI, free speech and why leaders should “leap before you look”.

From selling denim on market stalls to advising the Gandhi dynasty on political campaigns, Bob Sheard’s path to becoming one of Britain’s most influential brand strategists has been anything but typical.

Getting to Know You: Bob Sheard, founder and co-owner of FreshBritain

2 September 2025 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Bob Sheard, founder of FreshBritain, shares how schoolyard status, brand storytelling, and polar expeditions shaped a bold vision for design, leadership, and net-zero futures.

Discover how London-based brand consultancy Firestarter blends creativity and psychology to help scale-ups break convention and build authentic B2B brands.

Firestarter: the London consultancy helping scale-ups build braver B2B brands

28 August 202528 August 2025 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Discover how London-based brand consultancy Firestarter blends creativity and psychology to help scale-ups break convention and build authentic B2B brands.

Meet Stuart Davis, the creative force behind Dubs Universe—an award-winning, sustainable footwear brand on a mission to reinvent how we think about kids’ shoes.

Getting to Know You: Stuart Davis, CEO & co-founder, Dubs Universe

7 August 2025 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Stuart Davis, CEO and co-founder of sustainable kids’ footwear brand Dubs Universe, shares how a pandemic pivot, parenting, and planet-first values fuelled his mission to reimagine children’s shoes.

Dr Rashmi Mantri, founder of BYITC Supermaths, shares how Abacus Maths and game-based learning are transforming education and helping children build lifelong skills and confidence.

Getting to know you: Dr Rashmi Mantri, Founder Director, British Youth International College (BYITC) Supermaths

16 June 202519 June 2025 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Dr Rashmi Mantri is the Founder Director of the British Youth International College (BYITC) Supermaths, an award-winning education platform that equips children with vital life skills through Abacus Maths, coding, English, and more.

Georgina Badine is not your typical entrepreneur. Having spent 14 years in the cut and thrust of the finance industry, she saw first-hand how people were often held back — not just by circumstance or skills, but by a lack of confidence and belief in themselves. Today, as founder of Invicta Vita, she’s on a mission to change that.

“Unlocking potential is my purpose”: how Invicta Vita founder Georgina Badine is helping people find their voice

12 June 202519 June 2025 Profiles Paul Jones 0 Comments

Georgina Badine, founder of Invicta Vita, speaks to Paul Jones about empowering clients to unlock their full potential, why she left finance, and what she’s learned about building a business with purpose.

Gary Neville is known to most as a football legend – a stalwart of Manchester United and England, a leader on the pitch, and now a respected pundit. But away from football, Neville has built a reputation as one of the UK’s most thoughtful and ambitious entrepreneurs.

Gary Neville: from the pitch to the boardroom

3 June 202519 June 2025 Profiles Paul Jones 0 Comments

Gary Neville is known to most as a football legend – a stalwart of Manchester United and England, a leader on the pitch, and now a respected pundit. But away from football, Neville has built a reputation as one of the UK’s most thoughtful and ambitious entrepreneurs.

Paul Avins is not your average business coach. After 20 years at the coalface of entrepreneurial development, the CEO of Massive Action Coaching has helped over 550 companies scale past £1 million in revenue

‘My job is to grow this, not run it’: Paul Avins on why scale-up success starts with identity

19 May 202520 May 2025 Profiles Cherry Martin 0 Comments

Paul Avins is not your average business coach. After 20 years at the coalface of entrepreneurial development, the CEO of Massive Action Coaching has helped over 550 companies scale past £1 million in revenue

Sven Lung, CEO of Greenpark, is revolutionising global brand publishing with data-driven insights, AI-powered creative solutions, and a laser focus on business results.

Getting to Know You: Sven Lung, CEO, Greenpark

2 March 2025 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Sven Lung, CEO of Greenpark, is revolutionising global brand publishing with data-driven insights, AI-powered creative solutions, and a laser focus on business results.

Meet husband-and-wife entrepreneurs, Alex Clansey and Nicola McKenzie, who co-founded Venture Planner—an AI-driven platform revolutionising how businesses create their plans.

United in business and life: How co-founders Alex Clansey and Nicola McKenzie built Venture Planner

28 February 20252 March 2025 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Meet husband-and-wife entrepreneurs, Alex Clansey and Nicola McKenzie, who co-founded Venture Planner—an AI-driven platform revolutionising how businesses create their plans.

Why forcing teams back to the office is a regressive move, stifling productivity, morale, and profits in an era proven fit for remote work.

Why forcing a return to the office is a step backwards for business

5 January 202516 January 2025 Opinion, Profiles Richard Alvin 0 Comments

Why forcing teams back to the office is a regressive move, stifling productivity, morale, and profits in an era proven fit for remote work.

Discover how Kit Cox, founder & CTO of Enate, is revolutionising business service delivery with AI and automation. Learn about Enate’s journey, innovations, and Kit’s insights on entrepreneurship.

Getting to know you: Kit Cox, Founder & CTO, Enate

27 October 2024 Profiles Business Matters 0 Comments

Discover how Kit Cox, founder & CTO of Enate, is revolutionising business service delivery with AI and automation. Learn about Enate’s journey, innovations, and Kit’s insights on entrepreneurship.

What was the inspiration behind Among Equals? I had been working in creative agencies for a decade when I started Among Equals. I’d worked with incredibly talented creatives, ambitious clients, visionary founders and NGOs on powerful missions and I'd spotted a pattern: they assumed people cared as much as they did. The CMOs and founders assumed people cared about their brand or product as much as they did. The charities assumed people were as invested in issues as they were. And the creatives assumed the general public was as passionate about design and advertising as them. The reality is very different. People simply do not care as much as our industry assumes they do, and that assumption leads to work that doesn’t work. This isn’t just something I felt as a consumer and citizen, it’s something that’s been proven by research time and time again. The vast majority of advertising isn’t loved or hated; it’s just ignored. I wanted to build an agency that would work with this reality – creating genuinely impactful work that would make people care about issues, change behaviour and drive results. So our philosophy is grounded in this reality: ’Start with no one cares. Build brands that change that.' Who do you admire? I firmly believe the phrase ’never meet your heroes’ exists for a reason, so I’ve never put anyone on a pedestal. Instead, I admire anyone who DOES things. It’s easy to have ideas. It’s easy to talk about things you’re going to do. The hard part is actually doing it – taking the leap, writing the book, starting the business, making the move. So I admire anyone who recognises that the world isn’t happening to them. They can happen to it. People like my client Emma Horton, who started a prescription skincare business – Uncouth – while pregnant and working as a doctor because she saw an opportunity. Or my colleague Joe Hedinger, who quit his amazing job at the BBC to move to Norwich and realise his dream of working with books - he works at a delightful shop called The Book Hive now. Anyone who really looks at life, understands it’s short, and takes steps to make the most of it. Looking back, is there anything you would have done differently? On one hand, yes – so many things. Like learning about the financial side of running a business, or the complexities involved in hiring and HR, or understanding the legal aspects of incorporating and trademarking a brand. That would have smoothed a lot of bumps along the way – I’ve had a lot of very, very steep learning curves. But in reality I wouldn’t change anything at all. If I’d known all the challenges I’d face along the way, setting up the agency would have seemed extremely daunting. But because I didn’t, I just jumped in. It’s taken a lot of energy and work to get here, but I’m so proud of the business we’ve become and everything I’ve learned. It’s made me much more resilient. Today I can honestly stand here and say 'anything is possible’ – and that’s because of all the challenges I faced, not in spite of them. What defines your way of doing business? People are everything. Full stop. You can’t achieve anything without the right team around you. So I only have three rules at Among Equals: 1. Hire people who are better than you. 2. Empower them, then get out of their way. 3. When anyone asks who is responsible for great work, there is only one answer: 'the team’. That includes our clients too. We work collaboratively, as equals, with our clients and I’m proud to call many of them friends. Someone once said to me ‘I don’t want to be friends with the people I work with. I’m not like you, I don’t need more friends’ and I’ve never heard anyone miss the point more. Why wouldn’t you want great working relationships with your team and your clients? When has good work ever come from contempt or conflict? Weird. What advice would you give to someone starting out? Learn how to wrangle fear. I’d wanted to have my own business for years but I’d been waiting for the perfect time. I was so scared of not having work, or enough money to live. But when the pandemic hit and everything seemed terrifying I realised the perfect time doesn’t exist - if you want to do something, you just have to go for it. I got to a point where the fear of NOT starting a business outweighed the fear of doing it, so I quit my nice, stable job in the middle of a global disaster and set it up. Fear can be paralysing, but it’s also incredibly powerful. So embrace it when it drives you, and when it feels like it’s going to overwhelm you just keep going and don’t look down.

Getting To Know You: Emily Jeffrey-Barrett, Co-founder of Among Equals

27 August 202427 August 2024 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Discover how Emily Jeffrey-Barrett, Co-founder of Among Equals, transformed a decade of agency experience into a thriving business that challenges industry assumptions.

FreeOfficeFinder, established in 2002, is an innovative and comprehensive service that helps businesses find and rent their ideal office spaces at no cost.

Exploring the Vision Behind FreeOfficeFinder: A Conversation with CEO Nick Riesel

13 August 202413 August 2024 Profiles Paul Jones 0 Comments

FreeOfficeFinder, established in 2002, is an innovative and comprehensive service that helps businesses find and rent their ideal office spaces at no cost.

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