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Christopher Bo Shields Totem | Business Matters | Cherry Martin

Secrets of Success: Christopher Bo Shields, Co-founder, Totem

3 September 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Cherry Martin 0 Comments

Chris Bo Shields has reimagined the event space in the wake of Covid-19 which has seen Totem launch its own hybrid events platform in 2020. He speaks about his journey to Business Matters …

Les Mills

Secrets of Success: Les Mills, Chairman, Masteroast

23 August 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Cherry Martin 0 Comments

Masteroast is the UK’s only dedicated provider of private label coffees, serving the industry. Les shares insights with Business Matters

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Secrets of Success: Jack Underwood, CEO & Co-founder, Circuit

16 August 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Cherry Martin 0 Comments

CEO and co-founder of Circuit, is all about applying that obsession for good design and ease of use to vastly improve delivery services. He talks to Business Matters and shares his insight …

Rob Stone

Getting To Know You: Rob Stone, Founder, Instaloft

11 August 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

We talk to Rob Stone, founder of the UKs largest storage solutions supplier Instaloft on his inspiration to starting the company 

Simon Philips | Secrets of Success | Business Matters | Cherry Martin

Secrets of Success: Simon Philips, CEO of ScaleUp Capital

10 August 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Cherry Martin 0 Comments

ScaleUp Capital looks to plug both the funding and skills gap to reduce the number of small businesses that plateau or fail. They pride themselves on improving the businesses they invest in. In 18 years, they’ve never had a failure. Simon talks to Business Matters …

Tamas Kadar | Secrets of Success | SEON | Business Matters | Cherry Martin

Secrets of Success: Tamas Kadar, SEON

3 August 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Cherry Martin 0 Comments

SEON provides best-in-class AI-driven fraud protection. Read how Founder and CEO Tamas Kadar has achieved global success with his concept.

Mike Coates

Getting to Know You: Mike Coates, Managing Director, Commercial Expert

16 July 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

 Mike Coates tells Business Matters why his way of doing business is being a straight talker and not using jargon to confuse clients 

Steve Millidge

Getting To Know You: Steve Millidge, founder, Payara Services

7 July 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

Steve Millidge talks to Business Matters about the inspiration to starting Payara Services and his motto “do stuff and stuff happens’

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Millennials happy to treat themselves by instalments

23 June 2021 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

When Nick Molnar started out in business, his next-door neighbour thought there might be a nefarious reason why the 18-year-old’s bedroom light was on all night long.

Emma Mahy

Getting To Know You: Emma Mahy, chief executive, IoT Solutions Group

20 June 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

Business Matters talks to Emma Mahy, chief executive of IoT Solutions Group, about who she admires in business and what defines her way of doing business. 

Jennifer Bailey

Getting To Know You: Jennifer Bailey, founder, Calla Shoes

11 June 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

Jennifer Bailey tells us how having bunions were the driving force being starting Calla Shoes

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Getting to Know You: Sulim Malook CEO of Crypto Millions Lotto

24 May 202129 April 2022 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

Sulim Malook is no stranger to the world of lotteries. Before running one of the largest lottery sites, used by people in over 180 countries, he was a bond trader who went on to build a stock market lottery app which was later acquired by a Latin American lottery operator.

Steven Bartlett makes history as he joins Dragons’ Den

Steven Bartlett joins Dragons’ Den to become youngest in BBC series history

13 May 202113 May 2021 News, This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

Entrepreneur and author Steven Bartlett is to join Dragons’ Den, becoming the youngest Dragon in the programme’s history.

Brad Day

Getting To Know You: Brad Day, co-founder, CloudStratex

10 May 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

Brad Day, the co-founder of IT services company CloudStratex tells Business Matters the inspiration was to starting the company. 

Andy Lopata

Getting To Know You: Business networking strategist, Andy Lopata

13 April 20218 November 2025 This Is How I Run My Business Not Ltd 0 Comments

A specialist in professional relationships and networking for over 20 years, we talk to Andy Lopata, who was called  ‘One of Europe’s leading business networking strategists’ by the Financial Times.

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The mental health impact of late payments is finally being acknowledged, with new guidance launched to help freelancers and small business owners cope when cashflow uncertainty starts to bite.

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