Stuart Watson

Stuart Watson

Welcome to an occasional podcast series featuring interviews with business leaders from Yorkshire and beyond, presented by Bernard Ginns [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardginns/?originalSubdomain=uk], director of PR consultancy Branksome Partners [https://www.branksomepartners.com/], author and former Yorkshire Post business editor and Mail on Sunday staff reporter.  In our first episode, we talk with Stuart Watson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwatson1/], 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 Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.  The conversation covers coaching and career development, the common traits of successful entrepreneurs, how to make money in start-ups and scale-ups, the challenges of decision-making, the investment environment, what makes a good advisor and NED, and how businesses are adopting AI.  With original music by Leila G and editing by Ian Hodgson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-hodgson-208a41184/].  This occasional podcast series is brought to you by Bernard Ginns, director of Branksome Partners [https://www.branksomepartners.com/], a specialist communications consultancy founded in 2016, and formerly business editor of the Yorkshire Post and a staff reporter at The Mail on Sunday.

Dame Linda Pollard

From a mill-working family in West Yorkshire to the top of the NHS establishment, Dame Linda Pollard [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dame-linda-pollard-dbe-hon-lld-45bb3a25/]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 mentor Baroness Lockwood [https://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/special-collections/our-collections/papers-lockwood/], you have to "keep pushing the door". This is an occasional podcast series featuring interviews with business leaders from Yorkshire and beyond, presented by Bernard Ginns [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardginns/?originalSubdomain=uk], director of PR consultancy Branksome Partners [https://www.branksomepartners.com/], author and former Yorkshire Post business editor and Mail on Sunday staff reporter.  With original music by Leila G and editing by Ian Hodgson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-hodgson-208a41184/].  This occasional podcast series is brought to you by Bernard Ginns, director of Branksome Partners [https://www.branksomepartners.com/], a specialist communications consultancy founded in 2016, and formerly business editor of the Yorkshire Post and a staff reporter at The Mail on Sunday.

William Gaunt

Once renowned around the world for fine worsted cloth, Sunny Bank Mills [https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/] in  Farsley, Leeds is now a thriving centre for business and the arts. In my latest podcast, I speak with William Gaunt [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wgaunt/]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 Sunny Bank Mills, I thoroughly recommend a visit! This occasional podcast series is brought to you by Bernard Ginns, director of Branksome Partners [https://www.branksomepartners.com/], a specialist communications consultancy founded in 2016, and formerly business editor of the Yorkshire Post and a staff reporter at The Mail on Sunday.

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 you by Bernard Ginns, director of Branksome Partners [https://www.branksomepartners.com/], a specialist communications consultancy founded in 2016, and formerly business editor of the Yorkshire Post and a staff reporter at The Mail on Sunday.