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Sofa Stories

Grab a coffee woffee, it’s time for a debrief. Welcome to The Sofa Stories Podcast with furniture retailer, entrepreneur and Padel addict, Nick Bianchi with Oli Dunn, chocolatier, presenter and “professional fun haver”.

  1. 1D AGO

    This Morning….

    Send us a text NB and Choc Sync up following Oli’s debut on ITV’s This Morning and Nick’s announcement regarding Premium Padel brand Hirostar. With a very special featuring - Harrison Bianchi. This is how we do. Let’s get into it… Follow @the_sofastories_podcast on Instagram. Send us a voice note with any questions and/ or thought provoking and inspiring statements which we can engage with on the show. We encourage our listeners to join the conversation. 🙏🏻

    29 min

  2. APR 10

    Paul Cheetham - Business Leader, Entrepreneur and Charity Founder.

    Send us a text This week, we were delighted to welcome business leader, entrepreneur and charity founder Paul Cheetham onto our podcast for our leading interview. Paul is the true essence of an entrepreneur, starting his business advisory firm Sedulo 16 years ago from scratch. Today Sedulo boasts offices in Manchester, London, Liverpool and Birmingham (soon to be international based), is one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing mid tier firms with 220 staff and a turnover in excess of £25 ...

    1h 1m

  3. APR 3

    Professor Simon Hayward - The Art Of Leadership.

    Send us a text It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Professor Simon Hayward onto our Sofa Stories podcast a as part of our leading interview series. Simon is very much a doyen in Leadership. In his career, he has built and sold two award-winning international consulting firms (Academy & Cirrus) , both focused on leadership, and has had two best selling books published: - Connected Leadership (Financial Times Publishing). - The Agile Leader (Kogan Page Publishing). In our leading intervi...

    46 min

  4. MAR 27

    Dubai Chocolate. Hype worthy?

    Send us a text Sofa Stories. Choc Stories. Van Stories. Padel Stories. We are ALL about those stories this week !! As always! Including; NB Family Business Conference In London with Arighi Bianchi. Oli’s new Chocmobile and ambitious plans. Dubai Chocolate. Hype worthy? Padel News, all things Trafford Park and Rick Piper’s Chiquita. IYKYK. Macclesfield League Champions. Savage. What is premium Padel apparel and where to find it. Rich Myers. - Get Baked Northern Quarter Manchester. Follow...

    41 min

  5. MAR 18

    Padel Stories 🎙️

    Send us a text Join NB, Choc and our very Special guest this week - Jennifer Dooley. There’s a very good reason why Jen is on the sofa with us and it coincides with an exclusive announcement this week. No spoilers here. This episode is filled with a variety of topics including - a recent corporate padel tournament, the importance of stretching, coffee preferences and potential alternatives, a deep dive on chocolate, a bit of vicarious rum tasting and more. Contributors; Jamie -https://www.ins...

    50 min

  6. MAR 13

    Pub tours, Politics and Prawn crackers.

    Send us a text Come with NB and Choc on a journey from Choc Towers to the Oval Office (figuratively) to the pubs of The Wirral and back. No strong opinions or bias here (except for the beers) we are just curious and chatting things through. But as always we’d love to hear your thoughts. DM us on IG either just for a direct chat or share or to feature on our next episode. https://www.instagram.com/the_sofastories_podcast?igsh=MTQ3cGJxNXJlaTJ2Zw== Let’s get into it…. Follow @the_s...

    35 min

  7. MAR 5

    Behind The Gary Neville 50th Chocolate Cake

    Send us a text NB & Choc take a little look behind the scenes at Oli’s Chocolate Smash Cake for Gary Neville’s 50th amongst many other stories this week local and global including, leadership, confidence, Trump, Young Voices, MC Grammar, The Pollen Club Manchester, Snore-proof beds, Mr Chows Parkgate and believe it or not MORE. So rather predictably…. LET’S GET INTO IT… 🚀 Follow @the_sofastories_podcast on Instagram. Send us a voice note with any questions and/ or thought provoking ...

    25 min

  8. FEB 26

    Bakery Raves Are A THING

    Send us a text Casual 5K… Including Bakery Rave rumours - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAbhuWAAuh6/?igsh=MWJqNjk1d3M0dDY2bA== manifesting themselves within the sofa stories multiverse, nudge, hint Jon Wilkin (Half Dozen Other). OLI’S order for Gary Neville. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGaRuH8sTkm/?igsh=MW9rM3YxdnRjZW9jaw== Padel Tripper - https://www.instagram.com/padeltripper?igsh=NGUweHZqd2xpMnFj And frankly LOADS more, listen in and let us know (DM us on the gram) what...

    32 min
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    Grab a coffee woffee, it’s time for a debrief. Welcome to The Sofa Stories Podcast with furniture retailer, entrepreneur and Padel addict, Nick Bianchi with Oli Dunn, chocolatier, presenter and “professional fun haver”.

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    • Creator
      Oli Dunn and Nick Bianchi
    • Years Active
      2024 - 2025
    • Episodes
      49
    • Rating
      Explicit
    • Copyright
      © 2025 Sofa Stories
    • Show Website
      Sofa Stories

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