Alive With Possibilities Uncommon

Fran Lucraft is the CEO & founder of Grace & Green, an ethical, sustainable and B Corp certified period care brand. Grace & Green are committed to transforming menstrual hygiene and have created the Period Dignity, a market leader and nationwide movement supporting hundreds of businesses, educational institutions and the public sector to provide sustainable and healthy period products for all who need them. 

In this episode of Alive with Possibilities, host Chris Davies - CEO of Uncommon discusses various topics with Fran including how they are lifting the stigma of discussing menstrual cycles especially in the work place, how providing free period provisions in our work spaces and schools is vital and a fundamental necessity plus why and how Fran decided to start Grace & Green. 

 

Every episode our guest recommends a book to be placed on the Uncommon Bookshelf, check out Fran’s: The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono. 

 

To discover more about Grace & Green visit here: https://graceandgreen.co/ 

For more information on Period Dignity, visit https://perioddignity.com/ 

 

Uncommon create exceptional spaces for work.   

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Vishal Amin is the co-founder and CEO of UNTIL - a disruptive start-up that's changing the face of the health and wellness industry. UNTIL gives practitioners a better way to run and grow their businesses with access to world-class facilities, a collaborative community and the tools and technology to help drive growth. With investment and onboarding from Steven Bartlett last year, Vish is shaking up the industry for the better. 

In this episode host Chris Davies, CEO of Uncommon and Vish discuss his entrepreneurial career, from selling sweets in the playground, to becoming a global CFO and more recently after changing his own personal journey in health & fitness he is helping practitioners to earn what they deserve in this multi-billion industry. 

They discuss in depth the mantra of ‘living in the grey’, the enthusiasm for taking the untrodden path and why accountability is so important to Vish - not just in his business but his own life too. 

To discover more about Until visit here: https://www.until.co.uk/



Uncommon create exceptional spaces for work. 

Explore more at: https://uncommon.co.uk/  



LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncommon_space/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon_space/

Cheeky Panda focuses on making sustainability feel good, using 100% FSC certified bamboo and plastic free packaging to create household items and cruelty free beauty products. Now available in over 30 countries worldwide and over 10,000 stores within the UK, their mission is to support people in making best everyday household choices.

In this episode, Chris Davies CEO of Uncommon is joined by both Chris & Julie to talk in-depth about their desire to create a world leading brand, the challenges they faced in the pandemic and their crowdfunding campaigns to test the market's appetite for sustainable products. They also discuss their strong focus on company culture, the challenge of balancing family life whilst growing their business and their ever-growing ambition of creating products that help us all to live in a better world.

If you would like to know more about Cheeky Panda visit: https://uk.cheekypanda.com/

Uncommon create exceptional spaces for work. 

Explore more at: https://uncommon.co.uk/

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncommon_space/IG: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon_space/

Tessa Clarke is the co-founder of Olio, a neighbourhood sharing app where you get to share unwanted food and household items, so you can declutter, help the planet and support your local community all at the same time. To date, Olio has a community of over 7 million people who have enabled 35 million neighbour pick-ups, which has led to over 155 million portions of food being shared and many friendships being formed. 

In this episode Chris Davies CEO of Uncommon sits down with Tessa to discuss the origins of Olio and founding the business with a best friend, the community she created and her passion for the sharing economy. They talk about Tessa’s personal journey of growing up on a farm in North Yorkshire and how it helped her to become “insanely curious, where she takes her learnings from and her ambitions of making a real change whilst leaving strong legacy behind. 

You can find out more about Olio by visiting: https://olioapp.com/



Uncommon create exceptional spaces for work. 

Explore more at: https://uncommon.co.uk/ 

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncommon_space/IG: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon_space/

On creating UK’s largest independent plant food business, her life journey from tackling a health problem to publishing UK’s best-selling debut cookbook and how you can’t always have it all.

Ella Mills is an entrepreneur, author and founder of Deliciously Ella. Deliciously Ella started as a platform to help people eat real food, following her own experience of ill health in 2011 she learnt to cook natural, plant-based foods to feed herself back to good health. Since its launch Ella, alongside her husband, Matthew have published 6 bestselling books, opened a restaurant, created a wellness app and launched plant based products with one product sold every second.

In this episode, Chris Davies CEO of Uncommon visits the Deliciously Ella offices to sit down with Ella and talk about her personal and business journey, the evolution of her brand and the future of the food industry. They dive into the challenges of keeping the brand independent against much larger competitors and running the business with her husband, balancing the company’s ambitious plans whilst raising two daughters.

To discover more about Deliciously Ella visit here: https://www.deliciouslyella.com/

Uncommon create exceptional spaces for work. 

Explore more at: https://uncommon.co.uk/  

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncommon_space/IG: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon_space/

Welcome to Alive with Possibilities. A new podcast from Uncommon, where host and CEO Chris Davies sits down with founders, leaders and changemakers to discuss their businesses and their outlook upon life. What inspired them to create their businesses? What chances did they take? What legacy do they want to leave upon the world? 

With a new episode every month, expect to hear from leading figures in wellness, sustainability and business all talking how they are directly affecting change for you.