Paul Agnew never planned a career in fish. As a student in the '90s, he hitchhiked from Carlisle to Maryport to see a girl, got picked up by a fish wagon, and was offered a summer job packing salmon…
Miranda Kirschel MBE never planned a career in nuclear. She wanted to be a dancer. After studying politics and French almost by accident, she temped her way into what's now the Nuclear Industry…
Ever wondered what actually goes on behind the scenes of tourism in one of the UK's most visited destinations?In this episode, we sit down with Gill Haigh, Managing Director of Cumbria Tourism, to get…
In this episode of the Chatterjack Podcast, we're joined by Kurt Canfield — CEO of Delkia and chairman and owner of Jennings Brewery in Cockermouth. Kurt tells us how he took Delkia, a systems…
In this episode of the Chatterjack Podcast, we're joined by Carlos Reina — a photographer based right here in Cumbria, who swapped the sunny beaches of Spain for the (very wet) streets of…
This week we sat down with Dr. Jess Hayton, Associate Professor at UCL, to talk about something a lot of people wonder but never really get a straight answer on. Is university actually worth it? Jess…
In today's episode, we're joined by Lee Grears, CEO of a welding and inspection business he built during the pandemic. Lee shares his journey from the ground up, the challenges of growing a company in…
Ever looked at a rebrand and thought... what were they thinking? (Yes, we're talking about Jaguar.) In this episode, we sit down with Vicky Hutchinson and Carol Wallace, founders of Creative Hutch, a…
In this episode of the Chatterjack Podcast, we're joined by the fantastic Joel Pennington, Restaurant Manager at Cottage in the Woods and winner of the highly regarded Gold Service Scholarship…
In this episode of the Chatterjack Podcast, Clyne talks through the five mindset shifts that moved him from employee to business owner. What had to change in his thinking before anything else could…