Labour Force Chat
Interesting chats with small business owners about their businesses and the people and stories behind them.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2021
Fenella Madison of Torteval Cheese
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 Sus…
00:29:16 |
Fri 05 Feb 2021
Sam from Pukka Tukka (raw pet food)
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 h…
00:37:58 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
Ant Austen of Relocations
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 ag…
00:30:19 |
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Ann Bowditch of Hypnotherapy & Holistic Health
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 cyc…
00:31:53 |
Fri 29 Jan 2021
Jemma Wilson from Stepping Stones Pre-School
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 ju…
00:35:11 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Sean Wilson The Carpet Doctor
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 …
00:17:17 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Shona Dunn of Guernsey Eyes
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 busi…
00:21:59 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Andy Furniss of Petit Train
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 …
00:47:49 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Tim the pilot, WW2 occupation tour guide, singer/song writer, Paranormal investigator, life saving drug campaigner etc...
I spoke with Tim who does guided tours on history and the occupation in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Hes also a paranormal investigator (ghost hunter). Has campaigned for government funding for essen…
00:55:19 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Paul from Richmond Kiosk
Paul runs a small catering business in one of Guernseys traditional coastal kiosk. He talks about how he has built up a well supported and popular food outlet.
During Guernseys second lock-down I tho…
00:28:27 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
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