The stories of business owners from around Lancashire (and a little bit of Greater Manchester .... ohh .... and Cumbria)
Learn how they have started, grown and sometimes sold their businesses. The good, the bad and possibly the ugly.
Plus, regular strategies across, marketing, sales, planning, time management, finance, systems and leverage, team, leadership, in fact every aspect of business.
Interviews, strategy sessions, new strategies. Everything you need to grow your business.
On The Road with Joan Lind - Founder and CEO TryBooking
In this episode we are in the Lake District town of Kendal to visit the offices of TryBooking and to talk with it's founder and CEO in the UK, Joan Lind. Joan discusses her journey from Scotland to the Lake District via Australia and working for a large and very well know global marketing agency. You'll hear why Joan thought there was a place in the market for TryBooking and about why having a much bigger competitor in the shape of the global ticketing company, Eventbrite, encouraged Joan t...
27 Jan 2022
Lighting up the world with Neon Creations
Join us for the latest Business Extra Podcast with the fabulous Catherine Spink of Neon Creations for an illuminating story about how they got started and the ups and downs of their business journey. Take a look at their website for some amazing ideas of what you can do with neon. Remember if you want a REAL Neon Creation, give them a call. Website: https://www.neoncreations.co.uk/ Call Neon Creations: 01204 655 866 Email: info@neoncreations.co.uk
23 Mar 2021
From the Royal Marines to successful Business Owners - Orb Rope Access
Listen to our latest episode to hear the fabulous story of Matt and Julie Lavery, owners of Orb Rope Access, one of the more unusual businesses we've had the pleasure to discuss on Business Extra. FInd out more about Matt's story from being a serving member of the Royal Marines to the highs and lows (pardon the pun) of Rope Access before and during the pandemic and Julie's experience of working on and growing the business in between bouts of furlough and home schooling their young family. ...
4 Mar 2021
Growing an I.T. Company in the Pandemic - Tony Swain - IT@93
Tony Swain, founder and M.D. of IT@93 tells us his story, from the launch of his company in the early 2000s to the present day, discussing the changes in technology, networks, cloud and of course, how his business has adapted and thrived during the pandemic. Tony runs a brilliant I.T. company in the North West of England and if you need support you can contact him here. Website: https://it93.co.uk/ Tel: 01706 835235
24 Feb 2021
Phil Collins - SEO, Twins and Lockdown
The first of our new series of the ActionCOACH Bolton Business Extra Podcast features Phil Collins, founder and M.D. of SEO Enterprise, a specialist SEO Agency based in Manchester in the North West of England. Phil has had to really adapt through lockdown, as not only has he had Covid 19 himself, but he's also welcomed new twin baby girls into the family. Listen to his story now. Phil provides free advice and great results for all his clients. Speak t him now to see how he can help your bus...
14 Jul 2020
SEO Secrets - In conversation with Phil Collins of SEO Enterprise
Phil Collins is the Founder of SEO Enterprise, a successful SEO Agency based in Manchester, UK. In this half-hour interview Phil sets out in simple terms the three key principles you need to follow to build a successful SEO strategy for your website: RelevanceTrustUsabilityand looks at some strategies to avoid. With Google examining over 200 factors when looking at your website, following some key principles can help you to get your ehad around the basics of SEO. SEO Enterprise can be cont...
9 Jul 2020
How To Make Yourself A Little Bit Famous with Penny Haslam
Our latest Business Extra Podcast features Penny Haslam. Penny is an award-winning motivational speaker, trainer, ex BBC Journalist, Producer and Presenter and Author of the fabulous 'How To Make Yourself A Little Bit Famous.' During the podcast you'l lhear a relaxed and humour look at how Penny got started at the BBC and her journey to becoming a motivational speaker and author. We talk about hosting and sitting on panels, getting on radio and TV, running for Mayor and find out all about P...
23 Jun 2020
Build Your Business Value - In Conversation With John Warrillow
Full of gems for any business owner looking to maximise the value of your business. John Warrillow is the master at explaining the eight key drivers that potential acquirers would look for when deciding just how they would value your business. John is a best-selling author, serial entrepreneur and founder of the Value Builder System, a unique method of examining your business and identifying the key areas where you can add value. If you want to know what to look for and what pontetial acqui...
3 Jun 2020
Re-Think, Re-Invent, Re-Open - In Conversation With Brad Sugars
Brad Sugars is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author and founder of the worldwide business coaching community, ActionCOACH. Brad is without doubt, the No. 1 Business Coach in the world. Listen to how he first got started in business, some of the changes he's seen over recent years and his views on the actions business owners need to take while we go through the current pandemic here in the UK. We talk planning, marketing, team, systems and some of the actions his own companies are taki...
31 May 2020
Mind Reading, Hypnosis and more ... In conversation with Aaron Calvert
In conversation with Aaron Calvert. Aaron trained to be a Doctor but had already been practicing magic since the age of 8, and then quickly moved on to hypnosis. He has a successful stage show and production company and has also worked with Channel 4. He is currently focused on helping as many employees and business owners as possible through the stresses and anxiety of the pandemic with his company prescriptionhypnosis.com If you would like to get in touch with Aaron then visit his website...
8 May 2020
The Brilliant Michael Heppell
Our first podcast features an interview with the brilliant Michael Heppell. Michael is a Sunday Times best-selling author of six books, international award-winning motivational speaker, broadcaster and all-round good guy. Join us as we talk about how to get started in broadcasting, webinars, Lives and the like, how he's helping budding authors to get started writing their first book (he can help you too) and how he told a white lie to get his first ever book deal. We also discuss the Edger...
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