Tom Nightingale, North East Stakeholder Manager at Equinor, shares his experiences of working as part of the team behind the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. The £9bn Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be operated by Equinor for up to 35 years. When it is completed in 2026, the 3.6GW project will be capable of providing renewable electricity for around six million UK homes!   Ian & Tom discuss; How to become a supplier Offshore Wind Turbines Innovation and the supply chain Job creation Community Engagement STEM Operations and Maintenance Base at the Port of Tyne Service Operation Vessels Energy Transition   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

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221 Tom Nightingale | Get Involved: Dogger Bank, The World's Largest Wind Farm

Paul Colman owner of The Little Quaker distillery, along with his wife Leanne they started the multi award winning Quaker Gin range in 2018 and have gone from strength to strength. Paul’s background is in manufacturing having spent 24 years working in the woodwork industry he moved to recycled plastics in lockdown last year and has also spent time as a Director with Darlington Football club. Learning to distill has added more strings to his bow and makes for some interesting stories including the time he set fire to the kitchen.   Ian & Paul discuss; Setting kitchens on fire The story behind Little Quaker How Paul learnt how to distil Making Gin & Rum The support received Crowdfunding The North East network Supporting local businesses Setting up his distillery Overall goal & vision   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

220 Paul Colman | Want to start a Distillery?

Co-founder and director of Just Breathe, mental health specialist, Jeanette Nattrass.  Jeanette has a plethora of skills and knowledge including Clinical Counselling, Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner, EMI Practitioner and EMDR Practitioner.   Ian & Jeanette discuss; What Just Breathe do Jeanette’s background Importance of investing in your staff Benefits of having mental health first aid training What Jeanette’s day looks like Becoming the best version of yourself Benefits of drug & alcohol testing Getting staff back to work post Covid The future for Just Breathe Not supressing your emotions The bigger picture   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

219 Jeanette Nattrass | Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Workplace

Gary Giles is the founder and CEO of OGEL, a revolutionary building system business. Gary has developed a brand new system that uses recycled polystyrene to construction walls, floors and roofs - the first ever to be globally patented. It is simple, fast, light and reusable, with no glues to stick them together - and they can be used to build anything from flood defences, exhibition stands, flat pack houses, home offices, garden rooms, staycation pods, humanitarian shelters, as well as internal walls in existing buildings.   Ian & Gary discuss; Where the name OGEL came from Founding OGEL Being on Dragons Den The possibility for expanding globally Which dragons they wanted to invest Being able to build whatever Plans for the future North East’s network   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

218 Gary Giles | Surviving The Dragons' Den

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

217 Ryan Quickfall | How to Commercialise Your Creativity

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

216 Ame McQuillan & Madeleine Liddell | Furlough is ending, now what?

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 Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

215 Alfie Joey | Creative Juice

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

214 Sarah & Chris Cookson | The Charlie & Carter Foundation

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

213 Eddie Czestochowski | Exporting Through Acquisition

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

212 Ray Spencer | Chloe & Liam Together Forever Trust

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 Sara has helped the mental health of many children All about neuro-feedback The brain working on a reward The power of your brain, mind & body Hypnotherapy Everybody is different Helping the elderly   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- The Health Insurance Group Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

211 Sara Young | Founding a Mental Health Based Charity

At Sarah's core she's all about community, connection, empowerment and fun. She is a positive, motivated, upbeat, driven and passionate entrepreneur, who specialises in community management for large, well-known, household brands - both global and UK. Sarah also founder of GrATTITUDE Gal, a soon to be podcast, with honest, real-talking guests who SMILE! ? Support ? Motivate ?‍♀️ Inspire ? Love/ Laugh/ Learn ? Empower   Ian & Sarah discuss; Sarah’s dreams of experiencing EVERYTHING Masculine and feminine energy Sarah knowing when her energy levels are high and low How therapy has benefited Sarah EMDR treatment Importance of ‘surrendering’ Asking yourself “What do I need?” Your mind, body and spirit Keeping your cup half full Empowering women & speaking up about violence toward women Helping those who don’t have a voice   Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

210 Sarah Crimmens | Limitless Potential.

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 walk of fame Making sure transplantation is known within the North East How organ donation can save lives   For International Women's Day 2021, Ian wanted to do something special to help raise awareness, smash stereotypes and influence behaviour. Ian went live for three hours on Monday 8th March and interviewed seven fantastic women back to back !    Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

209 Kaylee Davidson-Olley | First Baby in Europe to Successfully Receive a Heart Transplant

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 menopause and what to expect Going through surgical menopause Tina’s story of having hysterectomy You cannot allow yourself to become a victim of the menopause The menopause symptoms Benefits of HRT & how it has changed their life Your body, your choice Finding out what works best for you   For International Women's Day 2021, Ian wanted to do something special to help raise awareness, smash stereotypes and influence behaviour. Ian went live for three hours on Monday 8th March and interviewed seven fantastic women back to back !    Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

208 BONUS: Talking Menopause at Work

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 business awards for women Giving women a platform   For International Women's Day 2021, Ian wanted to do something special to help raise awareness, smash stereotypes and influence behaviour. Ian went live for three hours on Monday 8th March and interviewed seven fantastic women back to back !    Industry Angel Twitter Industry Angel Website Podcast Sponsors;- Far North Sales & Marketing Carpeway MrFarrar.com

207 Dinah Bennett | Global Opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs

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