Posted in Entrepreneurs, Manufacturing on Aug 29th, 2008
Dawn Gibbins MBE is the dynamic founder and Chairman of Cheshire based Flowcrete, the world leading specialist flooring and decking business.
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Dawn, a former Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year, founded Flowcrete with her inventor father Peter Gibbins in 1982. In 25 years, with the help of her husband […]
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Posted in Engineering, Entrepreneurs on Jun 1st, 2008
John Getty is Chief Executive of PDS Engineering, the East Lancashire based manufacturer with a world record breaking pedigree.
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You’ve probably not heard of John and his team at PDS Engineering - they’re not one of the North West’s best known brands or household names, but in the specialised world of […]
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Posted in Entrepreneurs, Telecoms on May 18th, 2008
Matthew Riley, Founder and CEO of Lancashire-based telecoms firm Daisy Communications, is without doubt the UK’s hottest young entrepreneur, having recently won both the Bank of Scotland Corporate’s inaugural Entrepreneur Challenge and Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007.
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In this week’s show, 33 year […]
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This week, I interview North West entrepreneur Kevin Berkins, owner of Fence Gate, Publican magazine’s Freehouse of the Year 2007.
Kevin talks us through the fascinating story of how he built Fence Gate into the award winning business it is today and how along the way, he became an award winning sausage maker.
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Posted in Design, Entrepreneurs, Start Ups on Aug 18th, 2007
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In the show this week, I interview Andy Bradshaw, founder of design agency Oneighty Creative.
Andy shares the story of how he and his wife Sam, after having met as design students and worked in a high profile design agency in London, returned to the North West in their early 20’s to launch their own design business - […]
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Posted in Beverages, Entrepreneurs, Start Ups on Aug 12th, 2007
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In the show this week, I interview Jules Birch, founder of flavoured spring waters company Works With Water. Jules shares the amazing story of her businesses rapid growth from £0 to circa £1.5m turnover in just 15 months - take a look at the Works With Water Blog. We find out what motivated her to start her company, some of […]
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