The Fun Side Of Business
Let’s keep it real, business life isn’t all boring meetings and stiff suits. Behind the polished pitches and fancy titles is a whole other story!
We’re talking about the real stories, the unfiltered, uncut moments you won’t find in any polished promo video.
Behind every brand is a story—unexpected, totally entertaining, and 100% human. So here’s to the real ones: the dreamers, the grinders, the risk-takers.
Business life? It’s not what you think. It’s way more fun.
Episodes
50 episodes
She Left Private Jets And Celebrities To Choose Suffolk, And Sanity
What if the “dream job” isn’t actually the dream?This week we’re chatting with Emma Propter King, whose career has taken her from conservatoire practice rooms to celebrity contact lists and even a private 737 (casual). On paper, it’s all...
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Episode 27
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From Norfolk To 007
Steve Wright’s career path zigzags so wildly it should come with a seatbelt.He started out aiming for carpentry, and somehow ended up in a darkroom below deck on 1980s cruise ships, snapping photos and selling memories one slightly force...
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Episode 26
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How A Hospital Waiting Room Changed Donna Walker’s Career
One minute she’s an airline professional carving up the ski slopes; the next, she’s watching people drift out of Reiki sessions as if someone’s hit the refresh button on their souls. Donna dives headfirst into holistic training, sne...
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Episode 25
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From Aromatherapy To Science: Why Comfort Matters In Healing
Ever wonder why some people walk out of a Reiki or aromatherapy session feeling like they’ve been reset, while others just roll their eyes? We dig into that weird middle ground—part scepticism, part curiosity—asking what actually chills out you...
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Episode 25
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Why A Straight-Talking Developer Might Be The Mayor Ipswich Needs
Ever wonder why some towns stay stuck while the fixes are sitting right there? We dive into that with a no-filter debrief on John Howard — the developer who actually gets things done. He sees the whole board, prices the moves, rallies the playe...
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Episode 24
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John Howard - Rebuilding A Town
Developer John Howard joins us to spill the real tea on Ipswich’s most argued-about buildings. Also, construction timelines? Think “dog years,” but slower.Then we head to street level, where things get spicy. Business rates seem de...
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Episode 24
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Mel vs. Menopause: Vitamins & Green Eyebrows
We skip the clichés and get into the good stuff: growing up between the US and Ipswich, a hairdressing dream that went spectacularly wrong, fast climbs in retail, and the wild days of selling store cards and PPI. Then comes the curveball—launch...
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Episode 23
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What If Understanding Starts With Admitting We’re Wrong
Mel let us roast her a bit, then totally flipped the script. She opened up about the mistakes that shaped her, the identity fog of menopause, and why she hates being called a “magic pill” even though she’s big on smart, science-backed supplemen...
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Episode 23
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He Swapped Blues And Twos For Views And Cruise
We sit down with travel consultant Nathan Rose, whose path runs from bar shifts to optician training to fifteen years of police response—then into crafting highly personal holidays that fit real lives.What sets his approach apart i...
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Episode 22
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From Mixtapes To Sold-Out Night Events
It’s a rush of basslines, missed trains, and dreams way too big for any Google Calendar to cope with. This convo zips through how a love for UK Garage didn’t just soundtrack a life—it engineered a builder’s mindset and a career that keeps sprin...
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Episode 19
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From NASA Teases To Outsourced Sales: Lessons From Andrew’s Wild CV
Ever had a guest drop “NASA-level projects” into conversation… then slam into an NDA wall? We run straight toward the mystery—because the real lesson isn’t the secret work, it’s how to build trust when you can’t show the shiny case stu...
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Episode 21
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How An Apprentice Engineer Built A 15-Year Sales Consultancy
Andy Hayward’s whole career basically kicked off because he got curious and tore down a moped on his parents’ driveway. That one moment sent him from the factory floor to running sales for multi-million-pound engineering groups—and eventually b...
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Episode 21
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From Hard Knocks To Helping Leaders
Some stories don’t just inspire; they recalibrate what we expect from leadership. Stephen Norris brings a calm, grounded presence forged in a brutal beginning, and we explore how that history turned into a toolkit for helping leaders lead. Not ...
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Episode 20
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No Degree, No Limits: How Stephen Makes Growth Happen
What if the best business playbook was born in a garage—with a cheap guitar and borrowed power socket? Meet Stephen Norris, who went from a council estate with no exams to landing Bank of England contracts, selling a fast-growt...
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Episode 20
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Discover The Real Person Behind The Brand
Yes, he’s known for carpets and vinyl, but there’s also a surprise chapter in jewellery, a set of skills that transfer across trades, and the quiet truth of taking over a family business you never planned to run.If you care about small ...
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Episode 18
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He Said “We’ll Be Number One” And Then It Happened
What started as a late-night chat at a petrol station turned into So Solid Crew: the underground sound that took UK garage from pirate radio to number one. DJ Syndicate takes us behind the decks and into the chaos - how a group of friends built...
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Episode 19
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From Army Boots To Funeral Suits
Funeral director David Button joined us to talk about how he found his calling after leaving the army, rebuilding his life, and returning to serve others with compassion and calm.We explore what really matters in funeral care—pati...
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Episode 17
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Rolling Out the Red Carpet
Few people can turn carpet chat into great storytelling — but Daryl Smith, the Prince of Flooring, does it effortlessly. We chat about his winding career path: jewellery diplomas, retail chaos, a decade in self-storage — an...
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Episode 18
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39:36
How a Soldier Became a Funeral Director
Sometimes life takes the long way home — and that’s exactly what happened with David Button. From soldiering in Belfast to driving buses around Ipswich, and now running his own funeral service, David’s story is about finding purpose in unexpect...
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Episode 17
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This story took us across continents and back again
We follow Tori’s journey from council work and number-crunching to life in India and Thailand—the languages picked up on the fly, the paperwork that made no sense, and the people who somehow opened doors anyway. Back in Ipswich, she turns all t...
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Episode 16
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Audits, Asia, and Adventure: Tori’s Wild Career Ride
What happens when an Ipswich school kid with shaky careers advice follows curiosity instead of a script? Tori Burn’s journey bounces from local audits to teaching in Beijing, from Deloitte in Auckland to running a 14‑acre holiday park through p...
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Episode 16
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IT Unseen: Where Quiet Wins Make Big Impact
Ever heard someone say IT is boring? We call nonsense on that. Sure, a lot of the biggest wins in tech don’t come with fireworks—they’re invisible, subtle, and easy to miss—but that’s kind of the point.When Gary joined us, he showed exac...
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Episode 15
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Small Wins, Big Impact: The Gary Way
What if the best IT work is the stuff you don’t even notice—no drama, no heroics, just things quietly working the way they should? That’s Gary’s story. He went from fixing his school’s computers as a teenager to running AnyIT, a managed service...
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Episode 15
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Change happens when you make it, not when you wait for it
We sat down after our chat with Kathy to unpack how she moved from a long, stable physio career into a flexible role helping families cut their bills—without getting lost in the jargon or pyramid-scheme panic. The turning point wasn’t a leap of...
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Episode 13
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