Gemma Adair is the founder of Riada Consultancy, a marketing expert who helps businesses unlock their marketing potential. With an impressive 20-year marketing journey, Gemma has worked for and with some of the world's largest tech giants, including Accenture, Microsoft, Avanade, AWS, Ricoh Europe, and K2 (Nintex). Her deep understanding of the tech industry shines through her expertise in marketing strategy, crafting multi-channel campaigns, spearheading lead generation, forging powerful partner alliances, and ensuring seamless sales alignment across regions like the UK and EMEA. Gemma is the ..read more

The Business Allotment is run by Jodie Newman, author of Build Your Business on Ideas (published by Icon Books). From her furniture design MA at the RCA, through a decade spent in marketing, Jodie has since built her business for the last twenty-one years on the belief that great ideas grow businesses and that creativity makes you a better business owner. Just ask her about how Polo mints can make you more creative. Through networking Jodie has cultivated her own network of trusted suppliers and people she can recommend. LINKS: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodienewman/ Web ..read more

Barbara Gill is a specialist in marketing creative businesses and has a passion for marketing strategy and email marketing.  Barbara founded Barbara Gill Marketing in 2020 with a mission to help businesses without a marketing department to take control of their marketing and reach their ideal clients and customers. Barbara is also a co-founder of the Hook Project, an agency providing workshops, networking and events for business owners around the North Essex, Suffolk area. www.barbaragillmarketing.com www.thehook.uk Instagram - Barbara Gill Marketing Instagram - The Hook Project ..read more

Rayhaan is a Chartered Accountant and the founder of Sidekick, an accountancy firm specialising in providing outsourced accounting and CFO support to business owners. Focused on helping clients make more money and pay less tax, Sidekick distinguishes itself by prioritising client service above all else. This foundational philosophy ensures that every client is provided with bespoke, strategic financial support designed to meet their day to day needs as well as support their long-term business objectives. Rayhaan is also involved in the charity Global Village Education which supports education ..read more

Matthew Hunkin is a branding expert and runs Valhalla Branding. He has found that being clear on your branding helps with your networking too. If business is a battlefield, then brand is your most powerful weapon. To be victorious, you need a clear strategy, the right weapons, and good people on your side. That is where Valhalla comes in. Matt will align your brand identity to your mission and sharpen it until it cuts through the toughest amour. That’s his favourite thing, and he's sure you’ll enjoy the adventure too He's been working with much-loved brands for over 30 years and learned a lot ..read more

Clare Fuller has spent 30 years working as a palliative care nurse and has now set up her own business called 'Speak for me'. She helps people negotiate the tricky topic of advanced care planning, to ensure that at the end of their lives they get what they want and need as far as possible. She is also the host of the 'Conversations about advanced care planning' podcast. Clare has found that a peer network is vitally important. https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-fuller-473299129/ www.speakforme.co.uk ..read more

Dan Knowlton and his brother Lloyd run Knowlton Marketing, an agency which specialises in 'advertainment'. Dan is on a mission to rid the world of 'crap marketing' and encourages businesses to invest in marketing that actually makes their customers feel something. Networking is something Dan feels he got wrong at first, by going to the wrong places, but now he networks at meetings around the world, and even gets invited to speak at such events. https://knowltonmarketing.co.uk https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielknowlton1 ..read more

In 2011, Rachel MacLynn took a leap of faith. Following a series of serendipitous events, she founded matchmaking agency Vida (now known as Maclynn) in London and never looked back. Rachel is a Chartered Member and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and holds a Master’s degree in Occupational Psychology. Her own values around integrity, delivering the highest standards, inclusion, and self-empowerment are at the core of Maclynn’s unique matchmaking model. Described by clients as calm, compassionate, warm and wise, she continues to be fully immersed in the business, working w ..read more

Joe Gallant is a creative guy living in Kent, England with his lovely wife, Naomi, their daughter and a little dog called Kobe. He’s a keen musician and a big sports fan following various sports both English and American. His passion is helping people and organisations to find their voice online, through effective branding and custom website design. In addition to co-founding Christian Businesses in Kent and the Gourds & Pomegranates podcast, Joe’s time is mostly spent working with churches, charities and small businesses. You can find out more at begallant.uk ..read more

Phil Tyreman is the most controversial personal trainer on the internet. Incisive and irreverent, his material makes some apoplectic with rage. However, it’s beloved by hardworking and underappreciated family men who are brave enough to engage with challenging ideas, and bold enough to put those ideas into action. He publishes a free daily email newsletter containing information to help these men build a powerful physique (even if they're busy with business), and new subscribers also get a complementary digital copy of one of Phil's books, Lift. Subscribing is easy and takes sec ..read more