Send us a text “Mortgage brokers are a bit like the crocodile in that we’ve been around for ‘4 billion years’ and nothing seems to be able to kill us off! We’ve managed to get through the credit crunch and the pandemic – good brokers survive those downturns because they are good business people and quite resilient.” My guest today on The Nicole Bremner Podcast is the CEO of The Money Group and founder and driving force behind its inaugural company, London Money. Martin Stewart has been working i...
Oct 19, 2021•55 min•Ep. 117
Send us a text "People will instantly judge a book by its cover, that because you're a woman who wants to have nice hair, have their nails done or have false eyelashes you can't participate in a certain sport...the old stereotypes still exists unfortunately," My guest today is Bev Clifford, who has forged a path for herself in a very male dominated industry...fishing. Bev's father is Kevin Clifford, who was one of the founders of the weekly angling magazine, Carp-Talk, and once hailed the 'Carp ...
Oct 12, 2021•53 min•Ep. 116
Send us a text ***TRIGGER WARNING*** This episode contains difficult content about child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that is likely to be particularly sensitive. In 2019 nearly 30 million images and over 40 million videos relating to child sexual exploitation were released online... "T he most surprising part is that it's not hidden, it's on everyday tools that you and I use, it's on Google and Facebook and Microsoft, they are hiding in plain sight." Today's podcast is about a particularly diff...
Oct 05, 2021•46 min•Ep. 115
Send us a text This special podcast was aired live from the Pyrenees with my guest Owen Saward, renewable energy developer. During our live interview he shares with me the tragic event that altered his life and lead him to embark on a solo cycle from his home in Bristol to the highest peak in Mallorca. Here Owen tells us why. "On 6th August 2019, Yann died at home in his bed. He was just 52. He was my best friend, the only person in the world who knew me. He was a lot of people's best friend. Th...
Sep 28, 2021•49 min•Ep. 114
Send us a text “The Real Estate tech space as a whole, from an investment and ownership perspective, has been really resilient…there are various areas that have really boomed.” My guest today is Ben Lerner , a real estate tech veteran with 20 years’ experience in the PropTech sector. Ben learned his trade in his (now 40-year-old) family business creating software for the real estate industry including property management solutions, high street agency solutions, and everything in-between. He sold...
Sep 21, 2021•42 min
Send us a text “There are a million different solutions out there but how do we get the right solutions into the right hands of the right people?” My guest today is Tauhira Ali , who is the executive director of industry innovation at NECA , which acts as the voice of the $171 billion electrical construction industry in the US. Tauhira supports over 4,000 NECA member contractors to find innovative technologies to better the electrical construction industry, which brings power, light, and communi...
Sep 14, 2021•40 min•Ep. 112
Send us a text “Part of PR is working out what your USP is and what sets you apart from everyone else. The more you can niche that down the better. If you can’t describe what you do in one sentence then a journalist won’t be able to and they’re not going to remember you either.” My guests today launched their business during lockdown when they noticed a gap in the market for a DIY PR membership platform to empowering people to have the confidence to speak to the media. Lucy Sambrook, a PR and jo...
Aug 31, 2021•46 min•Ep. 111
Send us a text “We are one of the few countries in the world where our property agents are not regulated…You can commit a crime under the Estate Agency Act in the morning, effectively be struck off, and then open a lettings office in the afternoon, so we have anomalies.” My guest today has one of the most impressive biographies I have ever read. With 45 years’ experience in the property industry Michael Stephen Day is a hugely influential figure in the sector. Having held partner and director ro...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 110
Send us a text “Marriage counselling isn’t a waste of time, it’s not always about getting back together, it’s about seeing if you should part and doing it in a sensible way.” My guest today is family law expert Linda Lamb who has 25 years’ legal experience and is a resolution-trained collaborative lawyer and hybrid mediator. Linda is accredited by the Law Society and the Family Mediation Council to provide child inclusive mediation and has ‘Leading individual’ status with Chambers UK for experti...
Aug 17, 2021•54 min•Ep. 109
Send us a text “The types of projects we’re working on now, there would have been no technical way to solve those problems five years ago. I’m looking forward to what’s next…what’s the next solution, what’s the next technology?” I’m joined today by a guest in Dublin, Ohio. Christopher Slee is the founder, principal and CPO at AWH , a software engineering firm currently celebrating its 26th year. Whether it’s Internet of Things or blockchain, a phone app, or Artificial Intelligence, AWH offers th...
Aug 10, 2021•35 min•Ep. 108
Send us a text “You’ve got to accept that maybe the idea you had or the thing you’re working on isn’t going to be necessary or won’t survive this period of time.” My guest today is Tersha Willis a Goldsmith College graduate with a background in private equity, financial services and fashion. She is known for her progressive views on merchandise and is the co-founder and CEO of terrible*, a product management and technology company, which enables creators to source and sell products to their fans...
Aug 03, 2021•46 min•Ep. 107
Send us a text “The recovery in London is quick…you have to be careful because it can smack you in the face – you can miss it because it happens so quickly.” My guest today is property veteran and Chief Executive at London Central Portfolio (LCP), Andrew Weir. Andrew gained his industry-wide reputation as a consummate professional in the property sector with over 30 years' experience, during a period of unprecedented growth and change within the Prime Central London residential market. He was in...
Jul 27, 2021•58 min•Ep. 106
Send us a text “Success is made up of tiny, small daily decisions, there are no big moments, there are just daily decisions that slowly, incrementally take you towards the destination.” My guest this week is brand consultant and speaker, Kubi Springer, who has over 24 years’ experience working with some of the world’s best-known brands, from Adidas and Nike to Aston Martin and Rolls Royce. Her brand journey began back in 1996 when she took an internship with MTV, which led her to work with celeb...
Jul 20, 2021•50 min•Ep. 105
Send us a text "If you don’t have a sustainability strategy that can stand the test of time, then you’re unlikely to succeed.” My guest this week is my good friend Josephine Bush – one of the most intelligent people I know. Josephine is a passionate advocate for the green and sustainable sector, deploying strategic, commercial and transactional skills to support clients in decarbonising, with an emphasis on the development of commercially effective Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) stra...
Jul 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 104
Send us a text “Once you’ve been through the worst thing that could happen to you and you don’t die, it gives you an enormous amount of self-respect and confidence.” Today my guest is yet another fellow Australian, Bahar Etminan , who is founder and editor of Rescu, a digital magazine for women featuring curated content and advice on how to live a life more fabulous. The online collection of daily articles on style, substance and success, have been written and curated by experts in a variety of ...
Jul 06, 2021•49 min•Ep. 103
Send us a text “In order to do well in business, you must get creative.” My guest today is creative expert and author of The Creator Mindset: 92 Tools to Unlock the Secrets to Innovation, Growth and Sustainability , Nir Bashan. Nir has worked among Hollywood and music stars like Woody Harrelson and Rod Stewart and, in doing so, discovered that these creative superstars aren’t all that different from you and I, they’ve just mastered a method of repeatable and predictable creativity. It’s a type o...
Jun 29, 2021•28 min•Ep. 102
Send us a text “It’s extremely hard to be in this fame bubble, where you’re looked after, to then just be tossed out… A while after I had some counselling about it all, I just felt like a failure.” Today my guest is the incredibly creative Belinda Chapple , who rose to fame in the early noughties as a member of all-female Australian pop group, Bardot. In late 1999, at the age of 24, Chapple auditioned for the first Australian series of reality TV talent competition, Popstars, landing her dream j...
Jun 22, 2021•44 min•Ep. 101
Send us a text “In the 21st century, you can’t just rely on eating the best diet nutritionally, you have to think about what’s better for the world as well.” I have known my guest today for many years, having collaborated with him on a number of health, nutrition and body-building books in the noughties. James Collier is the co-founder and head of nutrition at Huel , a nutritionally complete powdered food brand that I happen to use every day. He is also the co-founder of the highly popular bodyb...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 99
Send us a text “If you don’t have a digital strategy yet, it’s time to start thinking about it because what we’re witnessing in the cryptocurrency market is the biggest wealth generation event of our lifetime.” For anyone struggling to get to grips with cryptocurrency and how it all works, this episode is for you! Nick Prouten is a veteran of the tech sector and COO of LODE , a blockchain-powered gold and silver money system that is reinventing money as we know it. An expert in driving project g...
Jun 01, 2021•51 min•Ep. 98
Send us a text “Imagine if the world around you disappeared and the paths to which you are so accustomed suddenly went away and you had to reinvent them…” Charles (Chuck) Wolfe is the founder of Seeing Better Cities and the author of the award-winning books Seeing the Better City and Urbanism Without Effort. In 2017 Chuck left 34 years’ experience as an environmental land-use lawyer behind and set up Seeing Better Cities to improve the conversation around how cities grow and evolve in the around...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 97
Send us a text “Over 83% of companies now anticipate having some kind of flex in their portfolio… How do we make our tenants want to come to the office when they could stay at home and work from home?” My guest today is Annie Rinker, who joins me all the way from Texas. Annie is director in the office of innovation at Hines , a family-owned real estate firm founded by Gerald Hines in the 1950s. Since then the company has grown to be in over 225 cities across the globe and manages over 400 millio...
May 18, 2021•39 min•Ep. 96
Send us a text “Young people today have such a tough time, on every level. If people have a roof over their head, everything shifts for them.” Lorraine Thomas is a risk-taking, changemaking, life-enhancing visionary. She took a leap from a successful career in business development for the legal sector to property development, where one of her key focuses is helping young disadvantaged adults get on the ladder. Over half of the investment property that Lorraine renovates through her company, View...
May 11, 2021•54 min•Ep. 95
Send us a text “You can have a successful career, you can make all the money in the world, but if you’re afraid of food and losing control of your body, you are not happy.” *Trigger warning* This podcast contains content about eating disorders . Is it ever possible to really love your own body? Like many high-achieving young women, I slipped into an eating disorder in my late teens and early 20s. Thankfully having children turned me around, but what I was left with was body dysmorphia – what I s...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 94
Send us a text “When we first started computing, computers were the size of rooms, now the devices are in our hands and on our wrists. The next logical step is in our field of vision.” What is the future of technology? When you think back to how computers and devices like mobile phones have changed since they were first introduced, it’s quite astonishing – if a little scary. But how can this technology be used positively when it comes to our built environment? My guest today is Jordan Kostelac, ...
Apr 28, 2021•37 min•Ep. 93
Send us a text “I’d gone from having this great career, which I’d worked really hard for, to having this other life as a housewife.” The coronavirus pandemic has been tough for so many people but for some it has also enabled them to take a step back, restock and finally follow their dream. Jenny Guertin is one of those people. In April 2020, she set up Sharkie & Bear , a vegan-friendly earring and accessories brand – a manifestation of her passion for design and helping women feel good about...
Apr 20, 2021•43 min•Ep. 92
Send us a text “People have crossed the road to avoid speaking to me in the past and I can’t blame them.” Today my guest is Helen Garlick – fellow author, divorcee, YouTube presenter and cocker spaniel owner! Until recently Helen was a family lawyer and mediator and has written six issues of The Which? Guide to Divorce, but she recently stepped back from all that to write her memoir, No Place to Lie. The book is a brutally honest memoir about the secrets that shrouded her family, namely her brot...
Apr 13, 2021•47 min•Ep. 91
Send us a text “The value of time for entrepreneurs is the most important thing.” Have you ever felt a need to clone yourself? I know I have. Running a business, family and podcast – there just never seems to be enough time in the day. I have today’s guest, the queen of delegation outsourcing expert and coach Imogen Cook, to thank for taking some of the pressure off my shoulders as she introduced me to Kim, who runs this podcast. In 2015, Imogen went from a full-time corporate world that she hat...
Apr 06, 2021•49 min•Ep. 90
Send us a text “A lot of girls don’t look in the mirror…they’re afraid of what they will see, of not loving what they will see, because of the imagery they are exposed to on social media every single day.” Today’s guest, Marsha Powell , is the ambitious CEO of BelEve UK , a London-based charity created to offer support, guidance, education, confidence, self-esteem, opportunities, positive solutions, and role models to young girls. Having herself grown up in a large family (her mum was one of nin...
Mar 30, 2021•40 min•Ep. 89
Send us a text “The purpose of your life can be different to that thing that makes you feel alive.” How many times have you thought hard about building a career on one of your passions? It’s the dream, isn’t it – finding your spark and then being able to make money doing the thing you enjoy? My guest in this episode of The Nicole Bremner Podcast is Forex trader , educator and business owner, Lewis Crompton, who is all about making money work hard for you, rather than you working hard for your mo...
Mar 25, 2021•43 min•Ep. 88
Send us a text “The story of me has been really hard work, loads of self-analysis, a bucket load of therapy and also giving myself permission to have a team around me that help me be me.” Today’s guest on The Nicole Bremner Podcast is partly to thank for me being able to speak eloquently in public as her Pitch Perfect Club is where I learnt so many helpful skills in this area. Comedienne, MC, West End performer, speaker mentor, podcaster and filmmaker Emma, ‘Em’ Stroud has many strings to her bo...
Mar 23, 2021•44 min•Ep. 87
