Trading Up
Trading Up hosted by Jim Fitzpatrick and produced in association with EY, delves into the real businesses, personal stories, and remarkable journeys of entrepreneurs. Discover insights on risk, resilience, and business growth from diverse founders and leaders in businesses big and small across various industries. Tune in weekly for inspiring entrepreneurial learnings.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 61
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Shooting The Messenger and Debt Balloons
Join journalist Jim Fitzpatrick and economist Professor Richard Ramsey of Queen’s University Business School as they unpack the big economic and business issues of the day. What’s going on with gover…
00:56:25 |
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Season Two Trail
Season 2 of Trading Up is coming soon...
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00:01:07 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Summer Shorts: Catriona Campbell on Making Artificial Intelligence Pay
Catriona Campbell has advised governments and major industry players on AI, so it was great to get her for a one-to-one to outline what anyone in business should be doing when it comes to artificial …
00:11:29 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Summer Shorts: William McColgan's Proud Culture of Success
William McColgan runs a third generation family business with his sister in Strabane in the North-West of Northern Ireland. He brings a wealth of qualifications and experience to his role. Not long…
00:20:04 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Summer Shorts: Rory King of Rory's Travel Club
Rory King loves travel. He wanted to find a way of sharing that love with others. So he set up a Facebook page and started posting travel tips and deals he had spotted. One day he noticed a glitch…
00:10:40 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Summer Shorts: Matthew Nesbitt, Halos Bodycams
Matthew Nesbitt had had enough of working down mines in Australia or deserts in the Middle East selling property when he returned home with a burning ambition to set up his own business. A short spe…
00:15:15 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Summer Shorts: Matt Creighton and Bleubird Clothing
Matt Creighton has taken an unusual route to success. He admits that his big idea was born while he was enjoying life as a ski seasonaire in the French Alps and he was in search of some extra funds …
00:11:45 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Summer Shorts: Maeve Monaghan of Now Group Explains Social Enterprise
Maeve Monaghan runs a social enterprise. But she likes making money. Profit isn't a dirty word - it's what allows her organisation to make a difference to so many lives across the island of Ireland.…
00:12:12 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Summer Shorts: Paul Stewart of My Baggage
Paul Stewart didn't like paying airlines a fortune to bring his bags home from Uni in Edinburgh to his home in Belfast. So he set up his own business to do it for him. My Baggage is now at the cutt…
00:09:29 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Summer Shorts: Hotelier Melanie Harrison's Storied Success
In this second of the Summer Shorts, we catch up with Belfast hotelier Melanie Harrison. The key lesson here is how Melanie has put thoughtful storytelling at the heart of everything she does. Her …
00:08:26 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Unpacked: Benefits U-Turn and Tax Rises; Trump's Reverse Robin Hood and The Northern Ireland Economy
On the latest Unpacked episode, journalist Jim Fitzpatrick and economist Richard Ramsey explore the big economic stories and how they're likely to shape our lives. From Donald Trump's "One Big Beaut…
00:51:18 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Summer Shorts: Dominic Kearns of Fibrus and his £845 million gamble
In this episode of Trading Up, Jim Fitzpatrick interviews Dominic Kearns, founder and CEO of Fibrus, discussing the company's significant investment in building a fibre telecoms network in Northern I…
00:10:13 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Founders: How Declan Keeney Built The Most Advanced Virtual Effects Studio In the World
Declan Keeney grew up with broadcasting in his blood. His Dad was the driving force behind a revolution in local radio in Ireland. Recognising a demand from rural communities whose stories needed t…
01:08:16 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Thinkers: John Ryan on How Health Really Does Mean Wealth
For years, issues like health and wellbeing have been the preserve of corporate HR departments. John Ryan is on a mission to change that. His approach is radical and based on data. His own wake-up…
00:43:32 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
EMERGENCY EPISODE. Unpacked: Spending Review, UK Growth, US-China Deal, Water Charges in Northern Ireland
It's been such a busy week for economic news that we needed another Unpacked episode of Trading Up. Once again, seasoned business journalist Jim Fitzpatrick is joined by economics professor Richard …
00:39:59 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Brewing Beer, Building a Business, Innovating Every Day
Bernard Sloan studied chemical engineering at Queen's University but found his true calling when he moved to Nigeria with his wife Kerry to run a brewery. He decided to bring that job to an end when…
00:56:35 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Unpacked: Trump's Tariffs, TACO Trade, Big Beautiful Bill, Uncertainty Squared
Does Donald Trump have an economic strategy and what does it mean for us? What are Tariffs? Who pays them? What's the latest development? What's happening with that UK-US deal? Why is Elon Musk so a…
00:43:22 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Kneecap Film Business and Hero Sam's Life Lessons
There's not much that immediately connects a controversial Irish language rap group from West Belfast and a former Royal Marine and George Cross recipient turned entrepreneur from Armagh. But the st…
00:38:22 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Making Stuff and a Multi Million Turnover in Kilrea
Mark Hutchinson was only 18 when he took charge of the family engineering business in rural South Derry. His father, Creighton, had built a successful business doing bespoke work mainly for the agri…
00:42:49 |
Fri 23 May 2025
How They Build Boats in the Glens of Antrim
Tom McLaughlin built his first boat in 1965 at the age of seven. It had its maiden voyage in the family garden. By 1977 with a strong desire to avoid going back to school, Tom started his own busin…
00:53:09 |
Wed 14 May 2025
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