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Ocean is a freelance operations manager with a passion for making people less busy. With experience delivering innovative solutions, successful project operations and effective integrations, Ocean offers specially tailored strategies to help businesses grow. Whatever industry your start-up, solo venture or agency may be, Ocean is a trusted pair of hands who can take care of day-to-day operations, administrative and financial responsibilities and oversee specific projects. Get back to doing what matters most and growing your impact whilst Ocean takes care of all the little things that keep business ticking. 
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Interview with Ashleigh Donald, Co-Founder of Halo Business Consulting Ashleigh Donald launched Halo Business Consulting with her husband, specialising in customer experience, operations, marketing and communications for the hospitality and leisure industry. Halo was created as a result of identifying the need for cost-effective, personable and creative solutions for businesses. Ashleigh, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, has extensive experience as an in-house Marketing & Communications Director, with eight years with Starwood Hotels & Resorts. In 2014, she implemented the pre-opening communications to launch Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard in London. Ashleigh is Entrepreneur in Residence and member of the Alumni Leadership Circle at Sheffield Hallam University Business School, and has held roles at a range of national PR agencies. Michael is a senior hospitality professional with 15 years' experience leading the front of house teams in luxury international hotels and resorts. During his tenure with Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Michael led customer experience departments, conducted Six Sigma operation innovation initiatives and was part of the pre-opening task force for two London hotel openings. Most recently, Michael was the Reception Manager at The Goring in London, the only hotel with a Royal Warrant from Her Majesty, The Queen. In 2015, Michael helped the hotel win the coveted five-star rating from the Forbes Travel Guide and win the AA London Hotel of the Year in 2017.  Interview with Santiago Navarro CEO and Co-Founder of Garçon Wines. Santiago Navarro is a serial entrepreneur. His first start-up in 2011, Vinopic Wines, was an online retailer which was the first to use science to judge and score wines for their intrinsic quality. Following this, he went on to co-found Nightly.travel, the world's only hotel booking site to split a traveller's stay across two hotels to enable them to save as much as 70%. Santiago's now focused on Garçon Wines, as CEO and co-founder, targeting the 35 billion bottles used annually in wine and aiming to make flat, innovative and sustainable bottles the dominant primary packaging.  Interview with Adam Barlow, Founder & Director of Simply Trios Adam Barlow went with his gut instinct, and after graduating in Geography, felt he needed a venture that gave his purpose. He had been making Trios for over 10 years, but only ever as gifts for friends and family. People had always said he should sell them, so he decided to test the waters and see if it was viable. Read on to find out how he found success with his brand, Simply Trios...  Interview with Russ D'Argento, Founder & CEO of FINTRX Russ oversees business development and enterprise-level sales on behalf of the organisation. Russ is also responsible for negotiating strategic relationships and partnerships for FINTRX and its suite of products. In addition to his role at Capital Hedge, he also serves as Sr. Consultant of Family Office Marketing and introductions for Windham Capital Group - a 20-year-old for fee placement firm in the hedge fund space. Russ holds a BA from the University of Connecticut (Storrs) where he was a four year standout on the Huskies baseball team.  Business spotlight shines the light on Nikki Hesford. Interview with Nikki Hesford, owner and founder of Nikki Hesford Business Academy teaching small business owners the fundamentals of marketing their business and succeeding! Nikki has a thirst for success - she runs successful events across the UK and hopes to project a turnover of £300,000 in year 2 of trading. Learn how she plans on achieving her business goals:  Interview with Ismail Jeilani, Owner of Scoodle - Ismail love telling stories. He graduated from King’s College London, furthering his learning with programmes at Oxford & Harvard before joining Google. While funding his degree, Ismail built his first company which helped raise over £900,000 for charity and interest-free funding. With his experience, he co-founded Scoodle, an app connecting students and teachers. Scoodle is a platform that allows students to "learn anything." Their tagline is: "Designing a world where parents can start choosing teachers, not schools’. They were even featured as Apple’s app of the day!’ Scoodle received funding from the co-founder of Twitter, and is the first education-based startup supported by the University of Oxford's incubator. What an achievement! Ismail Jeilani has been featured in Buzzfeed, Business Insider, BBC and Vice News - as well as being ranked as one of the 'top 100 coolest people in tech' by Business Insider 2017. Read on to find out about his journey in business so far...  Interview with Kanchan Kamdar, Owner of APT BACS - Kanchan first started working for Automated Payment Transfer Ltd (APT), a BACS software supplier, in 2004 as a Sales and Marketing Manager. She completed the management buyout in 2007 and has been running it successfully ever since. Kanchan has an inspirational story - Employee-turned-business-owner, she is the perfect example of an empowering woman in business "leaning in." Learn how she did it...  Interview with Rachel Gilbertson, Founder of Roxiie's Treasures - a company which sells handmade Crosby and Liverpool themed cushions and other gifts. Rachel took the world of employment into her own hands, at the young age of 19, when she struggled to find a job, she decided to create her own. Find out how Roxii's Treasures has helped Rachel in building a career and lifestyle, and how she has transformed her business since its launch in April 2013.  Hunter & Gather are an innovative Real Food brand catering for those on a Paleo, Keto, Sugar Free, Gluten Free, Vegan or Real Food Lifestyle. They believe in a diet free from sugars, grains and harmful fats to enable you to be the best version of yourself. Year one as a new food business, and Amy Moring has had a profound year . Read about her amazing journey with co-founder Jeff. Some of their fabulous achievements include:
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