Welcome to an occasional podcast show featuring interviews with business leaders from Yorkshire and beyond, presented by Bernard Ginns, director of PR consultancy Branksome Partners, author and former Yorkshire Post business editor and Mail on Sunday staff reporter.
For my latest podcast interview, I had the pleasure of interviewing Gordon Black CBE of Black Family Investments, one of the wisest people in the Yorkshire business world. In this wide-ranging interview, we discuss his early years at family business Peter Black, launching Adidas bags in the UK, working with the Dassler family, doing business the M&S way, building companies for scale, the importance of game-changing products, what he looks for in investments and never being a dinosaur. Gor...
9 Jul 2026
William Gaunt
Once renowned around the world for fine worsted cloth, Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, Leeds is now a thriving centre for business and the arts. In my latest podcast, I speak with William Gaunt who alongside his cousin John Gaunt is joint MD of the family-owned company behind this historic textiles mill. We discuss their reinvention of the site, the social undertakings of business and what we can learn about successful regeneration and creating communities. If you haven't been to Su...
9 Jul 2026
Dame Linda Pollard
From a mill-working family in West Yorkshire to the top of the NHS establishment, Dame Linda Pollard shares her remarkable journey in our latest episode. Until recently chair of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Linda is now embarking on new ventures in diagnostics technology and culture as incoming chair at Leeds Heritage Theatres. We discuss her early career in male-dominated workplaces, building marketing and fashion businesses, women in leadership, and why, in the words of her men...
9 Jul 2026
James Lambert
From old Victorian dairy to European ice cream giant, James Lambert shares the secrets of his success as an award-winning Yorkshire entrepreneur. In this latest episode of my podcast series, the Keighley-born businessman talks about taking risks, building teams and accessing capital, both public and private. Whether you're running a start-up or scaling a business, I'm sure you'll find many words of wisdom here to help you. This occasional podcast series is brought to y...
9 Jul 2026
Stuart Watson
Welcome to an occasional podcast series featuring interviews with business leaders from Yorkshire and beyond, presented by Bernard Ginns, director of PR consultancy Branksome Partners, author and former Yorkshire Post business editor and Mail on Sunday staff reporter. In our first episode, we talk with Stuart Watson, formerly a senior partner at EY running its Entrepreneur of the Year programme across the UK, and now an advisor to Panmure Liberum and NED at VP plc, Flowtech plc and the ...
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