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Ryan Quickfall, AKA Ryan Roadkill, is a Newcastle based illustrator working from his studio in the city. He draws influence from B-Movie posters, comic book art, retro skate graphics and absolutely anything Motorcycle orientated. Using his signature style of solid black line work and bold colours to create instantly recognisable illustration and graphics for apparel lines, branding, ad campaigns, event posters and book covers. Recently Ryan’s work has taken a turn to an art based outlet. Producing original works and limited edition prints which have led to high profile solo shows both in the UK and USA.   Ian & Ryan discuss; Where ‘Roadkill’ came from Ryan’s journey Taking the first leap Imposter syndrome Pricing your art Difference between art and illustrating What is an artist? Drawing by hand or digitally Limited edition pieces Having a fan base Ryan’s social media journey   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

Madeleine & Ame are both from Educational Development Trust, that run many schemes to support businesses and individuals. Madeleine's focus is on the North East Ambition Programme, an impartial consultancy service to SMEs in the North East, helping them to understand their skills needs and how to grow their business.  Ame focuses on the National Careers Service, offering free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you with your decisions about careers, courses and work.    Ian, Madeleine & Ame discuss; The national careers service North East Ambition Project Skills analysis for the business Finding the best, most suited levy Job retention scheme Preparing for the end of furlough The help they can provide for all ages   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

Artist, actor, writer, presenter, singer, impressionist, Alfie Joey has appeared everywhere from the Comedy Store to Coronation Street. Alfie co presents the breakfast show with Anna Foster on Sony nominated BBC Newcastle. His TedX talk ‘Changing Lanes’ is on YouTube and tells his remarkable story and background. On TV he played Vic Reeves’ doctor in the popular sitcom 'Hebburn'. He was in all 7 series of 'Ideal' a BBC sitcom starring Johnny Vegas. Alfie is also one half of the comedy impressionist double act The Mimic Men with Cal Halbert. Their BGT appearance has had over 2.5 million views on YouTube. You can see Alfie’s art at the North East Art Collective, the gallery in Eldon Garden, Newcastle. His first illustrated book is out now, The Ghost Who Could Not Scare.   Ian & Alfie discuss; Alfie’s inspiration Finding his ‘style’ Different styles of art Stories from around the world The impact social media has had on art Best way to sell your art   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcas

Sarah & Chris Cookson are the parents of Charlie and Carter, they set up The Charlie & Carter Foundation to provide financial support to parents of seriously ill children with life limiting conditions that require 24 hour nursing care or specialist nursing facilities. They aim to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by parents and carers who care for seriously ill children and campaigns to improve the quality of life of sick and seriously ill children, working with professionals to play an active part in the design and development of services to ensure the needs of parents, carers and children are heard and considered.   Ian, Sarah & Chris discuss; Charlie’s story Supporting families financially Carter’s story Events hosted by the charity How you can help Fundraising & raising awareness The dream of opening a centre   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

Eddie Czestochowski is Managing Director at Cell Pack Solutions, Tracer Batteries, your friend in the Battery Industry and passionate about chess. Cell Pack Solutions are an independently owned company that specializes in the wonderful world that is batteries, with an emphasis on the industrial sector and in Lithium Primary and Secondary Systems. A recent acquisition of Tracer Batteries brings an interesting new focus for 2021 , turning our company from a previously reluctant exporter to one that will be be exporting to over 30 countries.   Ian & Eddie discuss; Starting a battery business Eddie’s journey before founding a business How the business has adapted since the beginning Exporting overseas What industries the batteries go into Going global South Tyneside’s network Having a dream and goal for the business Eddie’s love for chess Having a passion   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

Ray Spencer is chair of Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust, a trust set up to honour kids through what they love most and hope to inspire others to follow their dreams and achieve their goals in sport or performance. Ian & Ray discuss; The aim of Chloe & Liam together forever trust Follow your dreams The help the organisation has provided for young people Helping dreams come true Fundraising events Turning something so horrific into a positive organisation   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

Forrest Hall based Sara Young trained as a psychotherapist at the Northern Guild of Psychotherapy with a specialism in children and young people. She’s worked with children as young as two, up to adults, her oldest being 78. Her work is typically characterised with a humanist approach based around the individual which has proved highly effective in addressing underlying mental health issues. Sara founded the social enterprise Changing Minds with Pick Up A Penny CIC to support this new approach. She has always been driven by a desire to change Government policy toward early intervention for children and young people. She is currently completing a Phd whilst running a psychotherapy practice heading a team of six all working in pioneering therapies that include Neuro therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and integrative psychotherapy.   Ian & Sara discuss; Supporting children's mental health Types of therapies EMDR Training for neuro-feedback in the Netherlands Sara’s beliefs How Sar

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Kaylee Davidson-Olley was the United Kingdom's first successful heart transplant baby when she received a replacement heart at less than one year of age. In 2017 she celebrated her 30th year after the transplant operation; it was her 30th year as the longest surviving heart transplant baby in Europe. The operation was performed by cardiothoracic surgeon, Christopher McGregor, at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, which became one of only two UK centres performing transplants in children, and the main hospital in the UK carrying out transplants for adults born with congenital heart disease. She went on to become an advocate of the organ donor register and in 2013 won the gold medal for the 4 × 100 metres relay race at the World Transplant Games!   Ian & Kaylee discuss; Her story of being The First Successful Baby in the UK to have a Heart Transplant The Start of a Sporting Era Winning a gold medal in the World Transplant Games Being an advocate for organ donation Having a plaque on the Newcastle Quayside wa

For the first time EVER, Ian hands over Industry Angel to Tina Boden and Sharon MacArthur. Tina interviews Sharon about the impact menopause (and hormones) can have on female micro business owners and freelancers. Sharing hints and tips to help get them through.   Tina describes herself as ‘More Marmite Than Magnolia’, while continuing her roles as Business Coach and The B & B Keeper, spends much of her time hosting, writing and curating business and lifestyle interviews, articles and inbox features for freelancers and micro business owners that is rich in support, advice and experience - visit Tina's website here.   Sharon formed Miss Menopause 3 years ago as a response to the lack of information about menopause in the workplace. She is also the owner of Red Handbag which she set up 7 years ago, works internationally with leaders in business, helping them to develop their leadership confidence though more effective communication strategies.   Sharon & Tina discuss; Nobody has told women about menopa

Dinah Bennett is the founder director of International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Consult ICE and Global Lead for Enterprise Development for Women’s Economic Imperative www.weiforwad.org an organisation which was formed form a UN high level panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Dinah has worked at both policy and practice on every continent. Dinah designs and delivers business and entrepreneurial capacity building programmes internationally often working in partnership with agencies such as the UN, International Labour organization and British Council. Dinah has experience of many branches of financial services and organisations offering financial solutions to support SME’s effectively.   Ian & Dinah discuss; Working with women around the world Projects Dinah is working on Making sure gender is featured Some countries believing women shouldn’t run businesses Have your say – you have a voice Encouraging women to share their business stories Getting women’s voices heard Setting up bus

From a finance background, Juliette Brown is the proud creator of Design Xpress, a large format print business of 25 years, based in the North East. Initially set up to produce POS and posters for the Food Retail Industry, her business has evolved from start up to become a 1 million plus turnover company, supplying to Trade, Print Partners, Global Print Management and direct smaller clients. She retains a very hands-on role when it comes to customer relationships and account management. Despite a rollercoaster journey along the way, Juliette describes 2020 as her most challenging year to date due to Covid.   Ian & Juliette discuss; The transition from finance to design Birth of Design Xpress Business growth Pressure that can come with responsibility Being a female leader in a ‘Men’s World’ Women helping other women Juliette stepping out of her comfort zone Impact Covid has had on Design Xpress 25 years in business & as a leader   For International Women's Day 2021, Ian wanted to do something special

Ian recently met Adam Brown, director in The Healthcare Insurance Group, and had his eyes open to the world of employee health benefits for ourselves and our teams.  This is such an important topic that’s becoming increasingly relevant right now.   He wants to highlight this to you the audience.  Whether sole trader, micro biz, SME and beyond.  Ian believes you will take something away from this discussion.   Adam gave us the low down on:- - Death in service - Key man cover - Private health care - Employee Assistance Programmes   Ian & Adam discuss topics like; What things you can put in place for your staff Help you can get for addictions, abuse & mental health Employee assistance programmes What you could offer that competitors don’t Group life cover Importance of having death in service Cash plans Being able to claim back money from dentist & optical Key man cover Having a private, virtual GP Finding the cheapest available option THIG reviewing current policies free of charge   Industry Angel

Luke Szyrmer has managed or participated in remote only knowledge work teams for almost a decade. Most recently, he lead a program of approximately 30 distributed across 13 time zones and 8 different locations. Over the last 9 years, Luke has led teams building software, running marketing and sales, and launched a bestselling book. Remotely. In many cases, with people he never met or spoke to in person. Now that everyone has been thrust into a similar situation, he is keen on helping other leaders come to grips with this pandemic, by sharing what has worked well for him in the past. Luke is also the author of #1 bestseller Launch Tomorrow, and new book Align Remotely, How to Achieve Together, When Everybody is Working from Home, as well as having an Align Remotely podcast.   In celebration of MicroBiz Matters Day, Ian Farrar live streamed (Facebook, YouTube & Twitter) with friend of the show, Luke Szyrmer.   Ian & Luke discuss; What made Luke want to write Align Remotely Embracing going remote Kids b

Ian & friends share their thoughts on 2020, the Christmas holidays and the coming year ahead.   Speakers include; Ian Farrar - 201 Goals Shawn Anderson - #ReluctantStoryteller Ted Rubin - The Straight Talker Simon Raybould - #ReluctantStoryteller Tony Robinson OBE - How to Play Okey Pokey Gillian Fortune - The Stress Buster R Michael Anderson - Leading in the Next Normal Pascal Fintoni - The Power of Conversation Nicola Jayne Little - Learning from 2020 Mychael Owen - Simplify, Space, Sleep   Have a fantastic, safe and Merry Christmas everyone. Much love, Ian.   Leave Ian a Christmas present and review the show.  It means a lot!   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

Sue Balfour is CEO of Katy Sue Designs Ltd which designs, manufactures and retails its own unique range of products for the arts and crafts and cake decorating markets. The company’s manufacturing and HQ is in South Shields but it also has a subsidiary company in USA. Katy Sue exports to over 50 countries and supplies key retailers such as Lakeland, Amazon and shopping TV as well as direct to consumers via its own websites. Sue is passionate about her products and her customers and wants to make Katy Sue the place where positivity meets creativity.   Ian & Sue discuss; Story behind Katy Sue Designs Sue wanting to dive more into Business How Katy Sue Dolls became Katy Sue Designs Impact digital marketing had on the business Don’t be afraid to ask for help You can do anything! Creating a membership site Less staff and more orders Loving your creative life Next year’s focus for the business Sue’s favourite product she’s made   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales

Carl Buckley is the MD at Urban River, a branding and digital marketing/website agency in Northern England, an experienced Marketeer, School governor, Business mentor and Non exec - "helping businesses to market themselves better" and to avoid doing the wrong thing really well. No fluff, just a straight talking listener with over 30 years business and 18 years marketing experience helping businesses to understand how they can make more of their business and how they can improve their overall presence both on and offline.   Ian & Carl discuss; Not letting your business run you Importance of switching off Carl's way of switching off What Carl does in his business to ensure culture How technology is used at Urban River All businesses being the same – Microbusiness, SMEs, PLCs Communication is KEY What Carl’s proud of within Urban River Different people’s views in business Importance of leaders showing praise to staff Carl’s best & worst piece of advice   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Po

For Industry Angel's 200th episode, Ian Farrar went LIVE and done a Q&A with a guest host, Chris Donovan from One More Than Two Brew! Ian and Chris answered questions from YOU. They answered questions like who was the WORST podcast guest? Why do we dream? Who would you snog, marry and kill with previous Industry Angel guests. AND hear Chris' beautiful piano playing skills.   The lads also discuss; Inspiration behind the names of Chris’ beer Collaborating with breweries around the North East Penguins jumping & polar bears hunting Dad jokes How Ian prepares for a podcast Swapping feet for skis Their work ethic Building the Brewery from scratch Volunteering The one person they’d like to have a conversation with This or that questions What inspires them The story of starting Industry Angel   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

Growing up in the Lake District, Steve relentlessly pursued a career in adventure sports. A former professional national team skier, ski coach and an accomplished professional paraglider pilot - he lived in the Alps for over 10 years which saw him develop an anglo/french adventure sports school which covered snowsports, paragliding and climbing. His career subsequently took him to Scandinavia for 4 years where he worked in publishing and also coached elite level ski racers in Norway (he was also invited to tour with a Norwegian pro Telemark demo team). Also a trained designer with a background of working with reputable outdoor brands, Steve worked with branding and design teams for over 20 years.  He has recently been invited to be an honorary lecturer at the University of Cumbria, Business School. Currently he sits on the board of directors for the respected Kendal Mountain Festival – the world’s premier gathering for outdoor adventurers and enthusiasts. Steve looks after UK and International business partne

Kate Baucherel is a speaker, writer and digital strategist specialising in the application of emerging technologies, with a focus on the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency. She is the author of several books including Blockchain Hurricane: Origins, Applications and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (BEP 2020) and the SimCavalier series of cybercrime scifi thrillers. Purchase Kate's new book: Tangled Fortunes on Amazon! In a career spanning more than 30 years, Kate has held senior technical and financial roles in businesses across multiple sectors including utilities, manufacturing, leisure and software, leading several enterprises through their start-up and growth phases. Her interest in technology was sparked at her first role with an IBM business partner in Denver, back when the AS/400 was a cutting-edge piece of hardware and the World Wide Web didn’t exist. Kate graduated in business from Newcastle University, is an experienced Chartered Management Accountant, and lectures at Teesside University. S