05/13/2024

#010 John Gaunt from Sunny Bank Mills on leading a family business, knowing your strengths and the benefits of breathwork.

In this episode of Yorkshire Leaders, we meet John Gaunt, joint Director at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, West Yorkshire. Like this? Don't miss an episode when you subscribe. If you'd like to nominate a Yorkshire Leader, please email rachel@onlythekind.com

21 min

01/22/2024

#009 Cleveland Henry on failure, leadership and marathons

In this episode of the Yorkshire Leaders - Business podcast, I speak to Cleveland Henry, Director at Healthcare Tech company EMIS in Leeds. We talk everything from first job out of college, doing Lands End to John O’Groats on a bike and running marathons. Cleveland is an inspirational leader who's helping to transform patient and relatives' lives through his work at EMIS. We discuss the importance of exercise, space to reflect before reacting when faced with life's big challenges. We also discuss personal growth and the importance of contribution, plus his excellent book and coffee recommendations! Hope you enjoy this episode, please like, share and subscribe to this channel.

25 min

11/08/2023

#008 Chris Burn on Donald Trump, interviewing Boris and being Business Editor at The Yorkshire Post

In this episode of Yorkshire Leaders, I interview Chris Burn - Business and Features Editor at The Yorkshire Post. Chris talks us through his time in the USA, when he reported on the monumental election campaign between Trump and Clinton. He also helps us to know how to work with journalist deadlines to give you the best chance of getting your business in the media. Tune in and Subscribe to make sure you don't miss out. If you or someone you know would like to be interviewed for the podcast, please contact rachel@onlythekind.com

33 min

10/02/2023

#007 Bridget Moore from Alchemy Media on emotion in advertising, irrational humans, leading with values post pandemic and bravery in business.

In this episode of the Yorkshire Leaders podcast, host and marketing director Rachel Clark interviews Bridget Moore, founder of Harrogate media agency Alchemy, about everything from leadership to how the media has changed since Alchemy started 18 years ago. If you like this episode, please like, share and subscribe to Yorkshire Leaders on Spotify, Apple or YouTube. If you'd like to nominate yourself or a friend to feature as a guest, please email rachel@onlythekind.com

34 min

09/14/2023

#006 Mike Quate on purpose, the Leeds digital ball and the Taj Mahal

In this episode of Yorkshire Leaders, Rachel interviews Mike Quate from By Diffusion about the joys of business travel and creating businesses with a purpose. They discuss the benefits of working with local charities to give back through business, the 1% For The City initiative and the Leeds Digital Ball. If you like this podcast, please share it with friends and subscribe, rate and review to get regular episodes.

44 min

08/22/2023

#005 Emma Digby from Ward Hadaway Leeds on leading with vulnerability and being authentically you

In this episode of Yorkshire Leaders, we speak to the inspiring Executive Partner at Ward Hadaway Leeds, Emma Digby. Emma talks about how learning to be more vulnerable and authentic with her colleagues has helped her to lead through difficult times like the pandemic. We also talk about her advice to her younger self, watching Below Deck and making sure you're able to laugh at yourself as a leader. Emma also talks us through her humbling experiences working with both Sheffield and Leeds Community Foundations and the charities they help. Please subscribe, rate and review this podcast and make sure you share it with your contacts! If you or someone you know would like to be interviewed, please contact rachel@onlythekind.com

28 min

08/11/2023

#004 John Townend on excellent wines and creating a fearless environment in which to lead

Today's guest on the Yorkshire Leaders podcast is John Townend, whose fourth generation wine and spirits business House of Townend has been going since 1906. We talk about the challenges of running a family business, leadership without fear and the parallels between sport and business psychology and management. Please subscribe, rate and review this episode and share your thoughts.

32 min

07/30/2023

#003: Lindsay West on leading with Virtual Reality and retaining Yorkshire talent.

Welcome to episode #003 of Yorkshire Leaders. In this episode, we delve deep into the realm of virtual reality, technology and entrepreneurship and their impact on the Yorkshire region. Joining us today as a special guest is Lindsay West, a visionary leader with unique insights on leadership, Virtual Reality and the Metaverse. Please do rate and review this podcast to let us know your thoughts and insights. Your feedback helps us bring you more engaging content that empowers our listeners. Tune in now for an enlightening discussion on virtual reality and leadership in Yorkshire! If you’d like to recommend someone as a guest or if you’d like to be on the podcast, please email rachel@onlythekind.com or DM us @yorkshireleaders on Instagram.

32 min

07/24/2023

#002: Noor Ali on leading through others - British Empire Medal recipient and food industry innovator.

Today we're talking to Yorkshire Leader Noor Ali - a multi award winning business woman who was born and educated in Leeds. Noor is married with two children, Faisal and Zainab and as well as having extensive experience within the World Foods Sector in retail, Noor is also involved in various community, supplier and school mentoring programmes. She is also a recipient of a British Empire Medal for her services to the retail industry. Background Noor worked with her brother to open a modern ethnic supermarket in Bradford in 1992. Over the course of eight years, the business became extremely successful, so much so that Sir Ken Morrison himself showed interest in the business. After a family decision to close the supermarket, Noor joined ASDA on the checkout, where she experienced customer service first hand. Noor noticed a gap in the market for international foods and eventually approached a director with an idea to develop a new World Foods category. Between 2005 and 2011, she led the growth of the category to over 3000 lines and into ranges across the business including grocery, chilled, bakery and frozen. Noor also launched and expanded the category into non-food ranges. This created an excellent range of ethnic products available to customers - including African and Caribbean, Asian, Far Eastern, Kosher, Eastern European, Mediterranean, Irish and Halal. Over 5 years, Noor oversaw a growth in sales of over 300%. Noor then joined Morrisons and relaunched the World Foods Category, growing an £18M category to over £100M in sales. She partnered with 85 suppliers to grow the category to 1400 lines and increased year on year sales by 146%. You can recommend a guest to feature by emailing rachel@onlythekind.com Please rate and review if you liked this episode!

38 min

SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

Intro to Yorkshire Leaders - Business Podcast

An intro to the new Yorkshire Leaders - Business podcast, where host and Marketing Director Rachel Clark will be interviewing Yorkshire Business Leaders about their inspiring stories. We'll hear from some of Yorkshire's most successful business leaders about the journey they've been on. This is a podcast to inspire leaders and entrepreneurs of today, share tips and strategies about business growth and importantly, to pass on wisdom to the leaders of tomorrow.

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Yorkshire Leaders - Business

Episodes

#010 John Gaunt from Sunny Bank Mills on leading a family business, knowing your strengths and the benefits of breathwork.

#009 Cleveland Henry on failure, leadership and marathons

#008 Chris Burn on Donald Trump, interviewing Boris and being Business Editor at The Yorkshire Post

#007 Bridget Moore from Alchemy Media on emotion in advertising, irrational humans, leading with values post pandemic and bravery in business.

#006 Mike Quate on purpose, the Leeds digital ball and the Taj Mahal

#005 Emma Digby from Ward Hadaway Leeds on leading with vulnerability and being authentically you

#004 John Townend on excellent wines and creating a fearless environment in which to lead

#003: Lindsay West on leading with Virtual Reality and retaining Yorkshire talent.

#002: Noor Ali on leading through others - British Empire Medal recipient and food industry innovator.

Intro to Yorkshire Leaders - Business Podcast

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