Have you ever dreamed of going on Dragons’ Den? And have you ever wondered what the process is really like? One woman who knows what it takes to do a deal in the Den is Laura Harnett, who dug out a pair of Bridget Jones-sized brave pants to pitch a business that the eco-conscious among…
What would you do if you faced a career-interrupting health challenge? For Georgina Colman, a life-changing MS diagnosis has been the catalyst for a business that is making a difference to the lives of disabled people around the UK. Purpl, named after the colour representing the disabled community, was born from a simple yet glaring…
Be prepared in an unprepared world. This is the advice from Avneet Sachdeva, who believes women shouldn’t rely on a single source of income and has been able to rebuild her career after moving from India to the UK via Germany and experiencing redundancy not once but twice. Because even when ‘being let go’ felt…
As a World Champion rower and three-time Olympian, decorated with a silver medal at the Athens Games in 2004, Cath Bishop spent nearly 10 years embedded in a high-performance winning culture. Thinking she’d leave that world behind when she moved into diplomacy, Cath discovered that whether you’re in the classroom or the boardroom, the world…
*This podcast episode discusses trauma, which some may find triggering. In 1989, tanks rolled into China’s Tiananmen Square and brutally ended a demonstration by students calling for political and economic reform. Philippa Smethurt, who was teaching in China at the time, saw the ripple effects of this watershed moment in history play out before her…
Let’s be honest: most of us want more £££ in the bank, and most of us want the money we do have to work harder for us. So, what if you could download a free app that looked at your current finances and then helped you make a plan to get them to where you…