Category: Profiles

We spoke to Nick Silverwood, who manages all of Plusnet the Yorkshire based broadband providers SME business, and found out what inspires him in business and what he might look to do differently if he had his time again.

We recently came across Phillip ‘Tugg” Gently who has been working with the accounting software provider Kashflow on a series of business motivational videos. We spent some time to get to know the man behind the myth.

We speak to Pierre-Vincent Debatte, who is the President and CEO of the Jouve Group, a century old printing and typesetting specialist that has undergone a major transition from print-based activities to move to the digital marketplace. We find who he admires and what inspires him in business.

We talk to Chris Bayne, who recently became the CEO of Access UK after a £50M management buyout, and we find who he admires and what inspires him in business.

We talk to John Blasco, who is the MD of Hotelcare Ltd, the UK’s leading hotel support services company, and we find who he admires and what inspires him in business.

We talk to Dr Anton Franckeiss’, who is the Managing Director at leading global behavioural consultancy ASK Europe, and we find who he admires and what inspires him in business.

We talk to Alastair Crawford, the founder and CEO of 192.com, and find out what motivates and inspired him to create the directory and what advice he’d like to pass on.

Marston & Langinger is the leading British luxury designer and manufacturer of garden rooms. We talk to MD David Maeer about how they have gone about their growth and what inspires him.

We caught up with Stephen Alexander, who set up Manchester based new media agency First Internet in 1998, when the web was in its infancy. Remaining at the forefront of the industry, First Internet’s services span everything from programming and web design to SEO and social media.

We get to know Gary Summers, the managing director of Alumet, and find out what motivates and inspires him and what advice he’d like to pass on.

We speak to Tony Pegg, from United Kapital, who provide working capital for SMEs across the UK with an innovative product claimed to be a real alternative to a traditional bank loan by lending against assets like future debit and credit card sales.

FreeAgent has pioneered online accounting since the launch of its service in 2007, rapidly growing a loyal community of thousands of freelancers and small business users. We speak to Founder and CEO Ed Molyneux about who inspires him and how they have managed this growth.

Liberty Marketing is Wales’s fastest growing online marketing agency; owned and managed by Gareth Morgan they have achieved 400% growth in the last year, achieved things that makes some companies 10 years in only 3. We caught up with Gareth to see how he’s managed such success

We spoke to Derrick Watson, director of financial recruitment specialists Watson Moore. With an impressive track record of placing outstanding Finance Directors into high growth, entrepreneurial companies Watson Moore has experienced exponential growth in recent years, with turnover now hitting £2.5 million.

We spent some time in Cornwall with Amanda Barlow, the MD of Spiezia Organics and found out who inspires her in business, what motivates her and why she thinks that Cornwall is one of the best places in the UK to base a business.