What does it really mean to be inclusive? Nicole Green chats to Yiuwin Tsang about how we can create an environment that is welcoming and celebrates the fullness of every person both in the workplace and in our marketing communications. Learn more on this episode! Nicole co-founded Catch , a B-Corp certified communications agency for impact-driven brands and leaders of high-growth businesses. She is a firm believer that businesses have the power to do good. Catch is an international team of comm...
Nov 30, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Whether you're just starting out or scaling your business, there are always lessons to be learned from the journey of one entrepreneur who has been through it all. Join best-selling author Trenton Moss in this episode, as he shares stories and knowledge on how strong values helped him get through the rollercoaster ride that is entrepreneurship. Learn how he traversed the highs and lows of starting, scaling and selling his UX consultancy business. Trenton is a business leader, trainer, and coach ...
Nov 23, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Carla Cringle and Imogen Pudduck, founders of FizzPopBANG , a brand employee engagement consultancy, join Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business team. In this episode, you'll find out FizzPopBANG's top three engagement drivers that will supercharge your business... Carla and Imogen are on a mission to make the world whistle on their way to work. 10 years ago, they left their jobs as Head of HR and Head of Brand at Red Bull to set up FizzPopBang. Through the work they did at Red Bull, they real...
Nov 16, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, learn how service-based businesses can become carbon-neutral and thrive. 'It's not hard, you just have to commit,' says Nick Dean . Nick is the Chair of ADLIB , a 100% employee-owned recruitment agency whose purpose goes far beyond recruitment. B Corp certified since 2019, ADLIB believes that an inclusive workplace will bring engagement, and create an environment of involvement, respect and collaboration, which ultimately drives more business value. ADLIB prides itself on being ...
Nov 09, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In the second part of our chat with Marcus, he talks about the importance of finding the right clients and team members to enable your business to succeed, and why following the money won't always get you where you want to go. Sometimes walking away from a client or a prospective employee is the best decision for the ethos of your business - even if it means turning your back on the promise of 800 grand in revenue. Marcus Hemsley is the Founder of the digital growth agency, Fountain Partnership ...
Nov 02, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In part two of our interview with Sameer Vaswani, he chats to Yiuwin Tsang about how he overcame many challenges in his pursuit to create the tastiest, healthiest, most sustainable chocolate at B Corp certified Prodigy Snacks . Listen in to hear how his persistence paid off… Sameer is the Co-founder of Prodigy Snacks. He originally started his career as a chef opening his first restaurant at the age of 25. Five years later, without any manufacturing experience, he relocated to West Africa to sta...
Oct 26, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 13
James Sancto, CEO of We Make Change talks to us about how achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 will be a good start towards creating a fairer society. He also tells us why social enterprises are the future of scalable impact, and shares some of the fantastic initiatives We Make Change are supporting. These include era92 Creative , a design agency, who teach young people digital tech skills in the slums of Uganda. Another great cause is Madiba Nature in Cameroon who ...
Oct 17, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business team is joined by Cathy Moseley. Cathy is The Kernel at Boundless Activated Snacking . On this week's Beautiful Business podcast, Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business team is joined by Cathy Moseley . Cathy is The Kernel (😁) at Boundless Activated Snacking . In the first of three cracking - not to be missed - episodes, Cathy talks about the importance of keeping sight of your goals, looking after your team and why founders need to get comfortable wit...
Oct 12, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business team is joined by Gail Hoban. Gail is the co-founder of B Corp certified design agency, Gas Studio . Gail talks to Yiuwin about how Gas Studio formally donates 5% of time every year to pro bono projects. This approach has many benefits, including how Gas gets to help organisations who are helping others further down the line. And being able to commit that to two or three organisations, means they can support quite a few initiatives with their small team. ...
Oct 05, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business team is joined by Tom Hardcastle . Tom is a Senior Partner at social enterprise, Ninety . Ninety are innovation experts in the insurance sector. Their clients include Bupa, Direct Line, Generali, Lloyd’s and Zurich and 90% of their distributable profits go to charity. On this episode Yiuwin asks Tom the following... Ninety donates 90% of distributable profit to good causes, 10% to staff. Those are some eye-opening numbers. How do you ensure the funds crea...
Sep 27, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business community meets with Lisa Seagroatt, the Founder and Managing Director of HR Fit for Purpose . Lisa’s particular expertise is around helping business leaders and the HR practitioners of the future understand why a healthy workplace culture will future-proof any business in terms of attracting and retaining good talent. Lisa is the Founder and Managing Director of HR Fit for Purpose. She launched her HR consultancy business in January 2017 following a ment...
Sep 14, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business team chats to Chris Todhunter from Studio Republic about being a purpose-driven agency, the benefits of standing by your values and how employee wellbeing is integral to sustainable success. Chris is a founder and technical director of the digital and creative agency, Studio Republic. Since starting out from his kitchen table almost 20 years ago, Chris has grown the agency to scoop awards from the likes of The Drum and the Third Sector. Studio Republic ha...
Sep 07, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We spoke to James Sancto, CEO of We Make Change. He talks us through how the team built a network of ChangeMakers, connecting skilled people with social enterprises across the world. Listen on to find out how a simple concept has gone on to change the lives of many communities by using volunteer time effectively. Hosted by Yiuwin Tsang from the Beautiful Business community team.
Aug 30, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In part two of our chat with Olivia Sibony she shares why businesses shouldn't rush in to help their local communities like ill-informed knights in shining armour, but rather listen carefully in order to deliver value and not just impose what we think is the best thing to do. She also discusses her work trying to create other incentive structures, to better align investors and corporates and other stakeholders to the long-term value of a business, particularly when looking at delivering impact t...
Aug 24, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Sameer Vaswani chats to podcast host Yiuwin Tsang about how running a successful confectionery manufacturing operation in Lagos, Nigeria led him to want to disrupt the chocolate industry and take on the big brands. B Corp certified Prodigy Snacks was born in 2018 with the mission to reinvent chocolate to be less damaging to our bodies, and to the environment. Join Sameer as he talks about learning leadership lessons, being planet conscious, and creating tasty, healthy, sustainable chocolate. Sam...
Aug 16, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Joey Li talks to Yiuwin Tsang about doing good and feeling good, fostering human to human connection, and growing a sustainable purpose-driven business. Joey is the co-founder and CEO of the social enterprise, Leiho. Leiho is a lifestyle brand whose mission is to provide vulnerable communities with the basic items they need like clean clothes, food and water. Every purchase of a Leiho product helps fund the essentials the team donates to charities and projects around London. Since launching in D...
Aug 09, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Marcus joins host Yiuwin Tsang and shares an inspiring story of how not being able to breathe during a nasty bout of COVID led him to pledge to plant one million trees, and ultimately co-found The Million Tree Pledge . He urges us all to be good ancestors and shares the steps businesses need to take to get on the path to net zero carbon emissions. Marcus Hemsley is the Founder of the digital growth agency, Fountain Partnership , winner of Google's Global Award for Growing Businesses Online. Marc...
Aug 03, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Listen to Nick Dean explore the balance between profit and purpose and the idea that if you set authentic values and have the right footing from the start, you will attract the right people and build a strong shared culture, which will ultimately see you succeed. Nick is the Managing Director of ADLIB, a 100% employee-owned recruitment agency whose purpose goes far beyond recruitment. B Corp certified since 2019, ADLIB believes that an inclusive workplace will bring engagement, and create an env...
Jul 26, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This episode we're joined by Olivia Sibony, CEO and Co-Founder of Seedtribe and Co-founder of Impact Amplified. Olivia talks about balancing profit with purpose, and how we should be looking to turn the climate challenge into an opportunity to make better business choices. Liv is an award-winning entrepreneur (Making the Top 10 UK Women Entrepreneurs 2019, in the Wise100 Top Women in Social Business), a trailblazing ethical investment champion who left a career at Goldman Sachs to launch her foo...
Jul 19, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 1
