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The Owl Hour show 2 – with Charles Biss, Simon Hawkins, Oli Bramford and Teresa Kennedy

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The Owl Hour
Sophie Newbould

The Owl Hour is proudly sponsored by RICH AND PORE – providing universal inclusive beauty products that solve your skin problems with just one use.

Our host

Sophie Newbould is a government business lawyer and software startup entrepreneur. Each week Sophie interviews business founders from different backgrounds and stages of their business journeys.

This week’s show

You can hear Sophie chat to:

Charles Biss, a founding director of the Islington based architecture practice BB Partnership Ltd (BBP) which he formed in 1991 with Henry Busiakiewicz.  Hear about Charlie’s business venture from start to now as he transitions from boss to retirement and the legacy he wants to leave the next generations.

Simon Hawkins, founder of start up technology business Si’s Tech Photo Studios with ambitions to compete in the technology resellers market to Government and large corporate buyers. Hear Simon’s startup journey whilst in Covid-19 lockdown and how his frustration trying to secure a job led him to start up his own business.

Regular features

You can also hear:

top tips from Oli Bramford, a freelance business growth strategist based in the French Alps

daily reflections needed by busy business owners, read by the show’s sponsor Teresa Kennedy, founder of new start-up beauty company Rich and Pore

The Owl Hour show 2 – with Charles Biss, Simon Hawkins, Oli Bramford and Teresa Kennedy

Click here to listen to the second edition:

P H O E N I X   P L A Y E R
The Owl Hour - show 2 - with Charles Biss, Simon Hawkins, Oli Bramford and Teresa Kennedy
The Owl Hour
Sophie Newbould

The Owl Hour is proudly sponsored by RICH AND PORE – providing universal inclusive beauty products that solve your skin problems with just one use.

Our host

Sophie Newbould is a government business lawyer and software startup entrepreneur. Each week Sophie interviews business founders from different backgrounds and stages of their business journeys.

This week’s show

You can hear Sophie chat to:

Charles Biss, a founding director of the Islington based architecture practice BB Partnership Ltd (BBP) which he formed in 1991 with Henry Busiakiewicz.  Hear about Charlie’s business venture from start to now as he transitions from boss to retirement and the legacy he wants to leave the next generations.

Simon Hawkins, founder of start up technology business Si’s Tech Photo Studios with ambitions to compete in the technology resellers market to Government and large corporate buyers. Hear Simon’s startup journey whilst in Covid-19 lockdown and how his frustration trying to secure a job led him to start up his own business.

Regular features

You can also hear:

top tips from Oli Bramford, a freelance business growth strategist based in the French Alps

daily reflections needed by busy business owners, read by the show’s sponsor Teresa Kennedy, founder of new start-up beauty company Rich and Pore

The Owl Hour show 2 – with Charles Biss, Simon Hawkins, Oli Bramford and Teresa Kennedy

Click here to listen to the second edition:

P H O E N I X   P L A Y E R
The Owl Hour - show 2 - with Charles Biss, Simon Hawkins, Oli Bramford and Teresa Kennedy
The Owl Hour
Sophie Newbould

The Owl Hour is proudly sponsored by RICH AND PORE – providing universal inclusive beauty products that solve your skin problems with just one use.

Our host

Sophie Newbould is a government business lawyer and software startup entrepreneur. Each week Sophie interviews business founders from different backgrounds and stages of their business journeys.

This week’s show

You can hear Sophie chat to:

Charles Biss, a founding director of the Islington based architecture practice BB Partnership Ltd (BBP) which he formed in 1991 with Henry Busiakiewicz.  Hear about Charlie’s business venture from start to now as he transitions from boss to retirement and the legacy he wants to leave the next generations.

Simon Hawkins, founder of start up technology business Si’s Tech Photo Studios with ambitions to compete in the technology resellers market to Government and large corporate buyers. Hear Simon’s startup journey whilst in Covid-19 lockdown and how his frustration trying to secure a job led him to start up his own business.

Regular features

You can also hear:

top tips from Oli Bramford, a freelance business growth strategist based in the French Alps

daily reflections needed by busy business owners, read by the show’s sponsor Teresa Kennedy, founder of new start-up beauty company Rich and Pore

The Owl Hour show 2 – with Charles Biss, Simon Hawkins, Oli Bramford and Teresa Kennedy

Click here to listen to the second edition:

P H O E N I X   P L A Y E R
The Owl Hour - show 2 - with Charles Biss, Simon Hawkins, Oli Bramford and Teresa Kennedy
The Owl Hour
Sophie Newbould

The Owl Hour is proudly sponsored by RICH AND PORE – providing universal inclusive beauty products that solve your skin problems with just one use.

Our host

Sophie Newbould is a government business lawyer and software startup entrepreneur. Each week Sophie interviews business founders from different backgrounds and stages of their business journeys.

This week’s show

You can hear Sophie chat to:

Charles Biss, a founding director of the Islington based architecture practice BB Partnership Ltd (BBP) which he formed in 1991 with Henry Busiakiewicz.  Hear about Charlie’s business venture from start to now as he transitions from boss to retirement and the legacy he wants to leave the next generations.

Simon Hawkins, founder of start up technology business Si’s Tech Photo Studios with ambitions to compete in the technology resellers market to Government and large corporate buyers. Hear Simon’s startup journey whilst in Covid-19 lockdown and how his frustration trying to secure a job led him to start up his own business.

Regular features

You can also hear:

top tips from Oli Bramford, a freelance business growth strategist based in the French Alps

daily reflections needed by busy business owners, read by the show’s sponsor Teresa Kennedy, founder of new start-up beauty company Rich and Pore

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