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1. Million By 30: Grace Beverley, influencer and founder of sustainable style brand TALA

   19 Mar 2021 · 51 min

   Sean Farrington chats with Grace Beverley about how she built up a million followers on Instagram before going on to launch her own fitness brand Shreddy and sustainable style brand TALA. Photo courtesy: Andy Cuthbert

2. Million By 30: Chester Mojay-Sinclare, founder and chief executive of Enthuse

   12 Mar 2021 · 26 min

   Sean Farrington chats with Chester Mojay-Sinclare who first got his business off the ground by launching a potato into space. Eleven years later, he has raised over £100 million for charities through his company Enthuse.

3. Million By 30: Jenna Brown, co-founder and chief executive of Shipamax

   26 Feb 2021 · 34 min

   How Jenna Brown turned her passion for start-ups into a multi-million backed business.

4. Million By 30: Alex Lovén, founder of Net World Sports

   19 Feb 2021 · 34 min

   Sean Farrington chats with Alex Lovén, who started selling cricket bats when he was 13 to his mates at school, graduated to selling the bats on eBay and made £1m in sales by 22 and now, aged 33, his sports equipment…

5. Million By 30: Kofi McCalla, The Unknown Vlogs

   12 Feb 2021 · 33 min

   Kofi McCalla, a menswear fashion YouTuber, on how he hit over 100 million views. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast please visit the BBC Action Line website…

6. Million By 30: Liberty Foreman, CEO and founder of DynamXMedical

   18 Jan 2021 · 33 min

   Sean Farrington interviews Liberty Foreman, who started up a cancer screening tech company DynamX Medical by spinning it out from her PhD. Since then she’s raised millions in investment all before the company has even…

7. Million By 30: Maciek Kacprzyk and Karina Sudenyte, founders of Flawsome!

   11 Jan 2021 · 32 min

   Sean Farrington interviews Maciek Kacprzyk and Karina Sudenyte, the founders of Flawsome!, a food waste company that saves wonky fruit from landfill and makes them into cold pressed juice and sparkling fruit juice…

8. Million By 30: Timothy Armoo, chief executive of Fanbytes

   1 Dec 2020 · 33 min

   The story of how 26-year-old Timothy Armoo built a million-pound marketing business.

9. Million By 30: Adnan Ebrahim, founder of Car Throttle

   20 Nov 2020 · 33 min

   Sean Farrington chats with Adnan Ebrahim who sold his first website before he was 18. He then founded Car Throttle, which quickly reached millions of followers around the world. He sold it in his mid-20's and has since…

10. Business of Sport: Rugby World Cup

    11 Oct 2019 · 58 min

    Sean Farrington looks at the money behind the Rugby World Cup in Japan including how can smaller countries break into the top tier of the game.

11. Business of Sport: The Price of Gold

    30 Aug 2019 · 27 min

    It's a year until the Tokyo Olympics will be getting underway. The British Olympics Association has told us it could be one of the most expensive yet. A number of sports will be making their debut at the games - one…

12. Business of Sport: Not just about the scores

    9 Aug 2019 · 26 min

    Sean and Mickey look at how sport is being reported off the pitch, from long reads to podcasts to social media.

13. Business of Sport: eSports

    2 Aug 2019 · 25 min

    The industry is worth over $1bn globally. Is it time to take gaming as a competitive activity a bit more seriously?

14. Boardroom Stories: Sanjeev Gupta, Liberty Steel

    27 Dec 2018 · 29 min

    Danni Hewson talks with Sanjeev Gupta, boss of one of the world's largest steel producers Liberty Steel.

15. Boardroom Stories: Co-Op

    3 Dec 2018 · 30 min

    Chief Executive of the Co-Operative Group, Steve Murrells talks with Danni Hewson about supermarkets; funerals and schools and how it's recovered from a difficult period.

16. Boardroom Stories: Lovehoney

    20 Nov 2018 · 27 min · Explicit

    Lovehoney co-founders Neal Slateford and Richard Longhurst talk about developing their online sex toy company, meeting the Queen and adapting their business for international markets.

17. Boardroom Stories: Paul Pomroy, McDonald's UK

    31 Jul 2018 · 33 min

    Wake Up To Money's Sean Farrington meets Paul Pomroy, the Chief Executive of McDonald's for the UK and Ireland to discuss the High Street crisis; plastic straws; Brexit; zero hours contracts and waste.

18. Boardroom Stories: Linda Jackson, Citroen

    20 Jul 2018 · 26 min

    Linda Jackson, Chief Executive of Citroen talks about women in the car industry, electric cars and whether the 2CV could ever make a comeback.

19. Boardroom Stories: Rob Stringer of Sony Music Entertainment

    5 Jul 2018 · 40 min · Explicit

    Working with David Bowie on one of pop’s best kept secrets and how he won George Michael back after the star’s bitter split from Sony.

20. Boardroom Stories: Pure Gym

    19 Jun 2018 · 31 min

    Humphrey Cobbold, boss of Pure Gym talks to Sean Farrington about how the chain has gone from zero to a million members in less than a decade. Plus how the treadmill is falling out of fashion as workouts change with…

21. Boardroom Stories: Intu's David Fischel

    9 Apr 2018 · 29 min

    The boss of the company which owns some of the UK’s biggest shopping centres tells Wake Up To Money’s Mickey Clarke that retail is alive and kicking.

22. Boardroom Stories: Marston's Ralph Findlay

    2 Mar 2018 · 30 min

    Marston's Chief Executive Ralph Findlay, Quality not quantity: How drinkers’ tastes have changed and why so many restaurants are struggling at the moment.

23. Boardroom Stories: Domino's Pizza

    20 Feb 2018 · 25 min

    Domino's Pizza CEO David Wild on executive pay, The Simpsons and chanting.

24. Boardroom Stories: Bronek Masojada, Hiscox

    9 Feb 2018 · 30 min

    Terrorism, cyber crime, luxury cars and diamonds. Who says insurance is boring? Bronek Masojada boss of Hiscox talks insurance with Wake Up To Money’s Louise Cooper.

25. Boardroom Stories: Craig Donaldson

    29 Jan 2018 · 32 min

    Why banks need more branches and "it was a miserable place to be”: Life at RBS during the bailout.

26. Boardroom Stories: David Duffy

    2 Jan 2018 · 22 min

    David Duffy, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks boss, talks Open Banking, drones and the rise of the robots.