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  • Fenella Madison of Torteval Cheese

    Fenella Madison of Torteval Cheese
    Feb 5 2021
    Fenella talks about starting a cheese making business from the desire to be her own boss. The importance of promoting your business and making use of local markets. How she moved to Guernsey from Sussex after being a nurse for 25 years in the NHS.

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    29 min
  • Sam from Pukka Tukka (raw pet food)

    Sam from Pukka Tukka (raw pet food)
    Feb 1 2021
    Sam bought an established pet food business that specialises in raw food. In two years she has more than doubled the customer base through face to face promotion at shows. Before this she was a dog handler with the police for 19 years!

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    38 min
  • Ant Austen of Relocations

    Ant Austen of Relocations
    Jan 30 2021
    Ant talks about starting his own removals business after working in it from 15 years old and wanting to be his own boss. We also talk about our (Guernseys) sudden plunge back in to lockdown a week ago and the affects on our businesses.

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    30 min
  • Ann Bowditch of Hypnotherapy & Holistic Health

    Ann Bowditch of Hypnotherapy & Holistic Health
    Jan 29 2021
    Ann talks about her Hypnotherapy business and how she transitioned to that after 3 years as a personal trainer. Before that she worked in the finance industry and was a successful runner and road cyclist, representing Guernsey in both.

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    32 min
  • Jemma Wilson from Stepping Stones Pre-School

    Jemma Wilson from Stepping Stones Pre-School
    Jan 28 2021
    Jemma talks of her career progression from school, straight in to child care to buying the business she was working for in her late twenties. Also, the appreciation she has for her her friends who just so happen to also be staff members that the kids all love

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    35 min
  • Sean Wilson The Carpet Doctor

    Sean Wilson The Carpet Doctor
    Jan 27 2021
    Sean talks about his progression from trainee floor layer, to qualified chef, to owning two paper rounds then starting his newest venture with £500 and earning a deposit for a home in the first year of his new business!

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    17 min
  • Shona Dunn of Guernsey Eyes

    Shona Dunn of Guernsey Eyes
    Jan 27 2021
    Shona went out on her own a year ago, specialising as a mobile optometrist. She is now investing in a bricks and mortar practice close to the beach sharing a "commercial Hamlet" with other small businesses

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    22 min
  • Andy Furniss of Petit Train

    Andy Furniss of Petit Train
    Jan 26 2021
    Andy offers Train tours of St Peter Port. He talks about living and working in the Falklands and moving to Guernsey with his wife who works as a teacher and having to adapt his business to cope with a lack of tourists through Covid.

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    48 min