Feb 11, 2026
High street banks are disappearing and many businesses are being pushed towards fast, expensive online lending without real advice. In this episode, we speak with James Todhunter from Enterprise Answers about the growing finance advice gap in Cumbria, the risks of “quick fix” funding, and where business owners can...
Jan 15, 2026
Behind the highlights and beyond
the hype.
Join a group of young business owners as they talk candidly about
the freedom, pressure and purpose that come with building a
business early in life. An honest conversation about belief,
balance and what success actually feels like.
Sep 24, 2025
This month we are joined by one of our advisers Ian Wilson, Managing Director of IW Process Solutions. To celebrate International Manufacturing Day we talk about Ian's Manufacuring experiences and his vision for the future.
Ian Wilson is a Lean expert with over twenty years’ experience of implementing continuous...
Aug 6, 2025
This month we are joined by Matt Ryder the Principal Lecturer at the University of Cumbria. The topic of our conversation is the opening of the new university campus in Barrow. We discuss the different courses that the university will be running and how the campus community will affect Barrow's local economy.
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Jun 27, 2025
This month we are joined by the Directors of Thomas Jardine and Co. Keith and Jaqui Jackson, who are here to talk about their new leadership programme LEAD iT. A 10-month leadership programme built specifically for founders and family business leaders of independent UK businesses.
To learn more about the programme