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Island Influencers

Welcome to Island Influencers, where we share stories of successful business owners, experienced professionals, entrepreneurs and community leaders based or with influence in the Isle of Man. This podcast is brought to you by Thornton.

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47:01

Island Influencer John Shakespeare

Island Influencers ·

2020/11/11

Welcome to today's episode of Island Influencers, Sharon’s guest this week is John Shakespeare. John is a 'man of many hats', and if he isn't doing something, he is asleep! He is Managing Director of property & facilities management consultancy, Gatehouse Management Limited. An enthusiastic and engaging manager and tour guide at Visit Mann Tours (qualified Blue Badge driver) and most recently the role of domestic event fund coordinator for the business agency of the Department for Enterprise

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34:20

Island Influencer Gail Yeowell

Island Influencers ·

2020/11/04

Welcome to the latest episode of Island Influencers. My guest this week is Gail Yeowell, the Owner and Managing Director of Smart HR Solutions Limited (SmartHR). Since setting up SmartHR in 2010, she has developed a reputation for being an award-winning, leading provider of multi sector HR consultancy, outsourcing and Training Solutions. Gail is a highly experienced HR professional with 25 years’ combined HR management consultancy experience. Gail talks to Sharon about growing up in a hotel, how

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37:37

Island Influencer Conor Cummins

Island Influencers ·

2020/10/28

This week’s Island Influencers conversation is with Conor Cummins aka Conrod, motorcycle road racer of TT fame, barista and entrepreneur. Conor talks frankly (over a delicious cup of coffee) about life on two wheels, learning at a very young age the value of money and how a strong determination has kept him going. Conor has applied many lessons learnt from his professional motorbike racing to becoming an entrepreneur, opening his coffee shop and pizzeria business. He loves racing bikes, he loves

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52:19

Island Influencer Howard Parkin

Island Influencers ·

2020/10/21

Welcome to today’s episode of Island Influencers, my guest this week is Howard Parkin, astronomer, teacher and director of the Manx Retirement Association. Howard has been an astronomer most of his life, inspired by the “Space race” back in the 60s, he has been an avid astronomer and space enthusiast ever since. For many years Howard has been giving talks and lectures on the subject in the Isle of Man, the UK and abroad. The Manx Retirement Association was formed in 1998; it is a volunteer

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36:07

Island Influencer Richard Reid

Island Influencers ·

2020/10/14

Welcome to the latest episode of Island Influencers, my guest this week is Richard Reid, a highly-qualified psychologist, coach and author. Richard has more than two decades of high-level experience in the corporate world. He works as a trusted advisor to leading public figures and blue-chip organisations around the globe, delivering coaching, workshops and talks. Gifted at communicating complex ideas in simple, down-to-earth ways for those seeking support in areas such as developing resilience,

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45:43

Island Influencer Janna Horsthuis

Island Influencers ·

2020/10/07

This week's Island Influencer is Janna Horsthuis, Managing Director of Robinson’s. Robinson’s, established in 1886 as a small market stall has evolved over five generations into one of the Isle of Man’s best-known companies. Having taken over from her father, Janna is excited to be taking the family business into the future. Janna has worked in the business since 2002 and has been involved in all areas over the years. She loves to stay involved in talking to customers, and they treat their team and

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56:40

Island Influencer Jackie Bridson

Island Influencers ·

2020/09/30

Sharon's guest on the Island Influencers podcast this week is Jackie Bridson. Chief Executive of an independent Manx charity, Live at Home. Passionate about providing lots of ways for their members to live happily at home for as long as they can. They talk openly about growing up in Liverpool, the impact of lockdown and how a girl's weekend on the Isle of Man changed her life and how exercise and golf help with her work-life balance. Jackie is mum to a teenage daughter and a mad Vizsla dog called

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01:03:52

Island Influencer Dr. Rachel Glover

Island Influencers ·

2020/09/23

Welcome to the latest new episode of Island Influencers, where Sharon's guest this week is Rachel Glover an experienced molecular and computational biologist. Rachel’s expertise is in molecular ecology, biosurveillance, bioinformatics and genomics. Rachel is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Taxa Genomics, an environmental and veterinary genomics company. Rachel has been instrumental in the setting up and running of the Isle of Man COVID19 test facility, playing a vital part in monitoring

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41:57

Island Influencer Gill Marples

Island Influencers ·

2020/09/09

This week’s Island Influencers guest is Gill Marples. After realising her beauty therapy aspiration wasn’t the path for her, Gill ultimately started her career in financial services working for a large Insurance Group in the UK. She has worked in the Isle of Man insurance sectors for well over 20 years managing compliance and operation departments. She's now a director and head of IntegraLife International Limited, who are the life company behind Transact, one of the largest UK platforms. Gill’s

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38:43

Island Influencers Pippa & Miles Pettit of Noa Bakehouse

Island Influencers ·

2020/08/26

My guests this week need little introduction. They are husband and wife team Pippa and Miles Pettit of Noa Bakehouse. Noa Bakehouse is the sourdough baking, pastry shaping, doughnut filling, flat white slinging, coffee roasting, pizza stretching, local living, community loving bakers based in an old furniture warehouse in the centre of Douglas. I hope you enjoy listening to how they've come to set up their fabulous bakery business and hear all about their path to fulfilment of a great work-life

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45:04

Island Influencer Chris Callow

Island Influencers ·

2020/08/19

My guest this week is Chris Callow. Chris is a former Isle of Man advocate, but a change of tack to include the running of a French ski chalet and volunteering for Manx National Heritage and the Leonard Cheshire Disability Centre are just some of the things he's done on his journey towards his pathway to running and owning Island Heritage Tours. Chris is a qualified Blue-Badge Tourist Guide with a first class honours degree in history and heritage, offering bespoke tours of his beloved Isle of

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41:53

Island Influencer Dawn Jones

Island Influencers ·

2020/08/12

Welcome to Island Influencers, where my guest this week is Dawn Jones. Dawn has been one of the most high-profile lawyers on the island, involved in many headline-making cases over her 30-year career as an Isle of Man advocate. I hope you enjoy hearing her story, including what she is up to now and her hopes for the future. Here's my conversation with Dawn Jones in episode 22 of Island Influencers.

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49:32

Island Influencer Jane Prescott

Island Influencers ·

2020/08/05

Welcome to the latest episode of Island Influencers, where my guest today is Jane Prescott. Jane is a Chartered Landscape Architect and she's worked on various projects in the public and private sector over the years, including involvement with the Chelsea Flower Show Medal-Winning Gardens in 1984 and 1986. She's the first person I've ever heard of outside of Warner Bros Studios to have a herbology diploma, so I hope you enjoy hearing her story. Here's my conversation with Jane Prescott in episode

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36:20

Island Influencer Dr Breesha Maddrell

Island Influencers ·

2020/07/29

Welcome to the new episode of Island Influencers, where my guest is Dr Breesha Maddrell, the Director of Culture Vannin. Breesha works closely with the IOM Government agencies and members of the public to develop strategies and policies for the advancement of Manx culture and heritage. Before Breesha joined Culture Vannin in 2008, she worked for six years as a lecturer at the University of Liverpool’s Centre for Manx Studies. An active musician, singer and composer, Breesha has a BA in Music and

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53:03

Island Influencer David Roberts

Island Influencers ·

2020/07/22

Welcome to episode 19 of Island Influencers, where my guest is David Roberts. David was born and raised in Guildford, Surrey. The son of a policeman and school teacher, David started his career by working as part of the marketing team for BP and Shell. He progressed for 30 years where he was involved on the marketing side in a whole variety of different activities. When the price of electricity was sky high on the Isle of Man because Shell was overcharging and over profiteering, David saw an

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51:44

Island Influencers Mark Noble & Chris Suitor

Island Influencers ·

2020/07/15

Welcome to this week's episode of Island Influencers. My guests on the podcast today are Northern Irishmen Mark Noble and Chris Suitor, who between them after what started as a bit of a joke about their combined names and occupations, formed The Noble Suitor now based at Tynwald Mills in the Isle of Man. I hope you enjoy listening to their story. Mark, a university-educated biology teacher, having followed his wife to the Isle of Man, found his way into tailoring bespoke suits with Chris Suitor of

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01:02:23

Island Influencer Dave McLean

Island Influencers ·

2020/07/08

Welcome to this week’s episode of Island Influencers. My guest this week is an entrepreneur and multiple business owner professional and also a community leader. I refer to, of course, Dave McLean, who was one of the key people behind the Peel Centenary Centre’s restoration and behind the successful Our Island: Our World festival held in 2019. But sadly not this year due to current circumstances, or is it? Make sure you listen to the end to hear what Dave’s current thinking is about the festival and

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22:51

Island Influencer Sarah Gartland

Island Influencers ·

2020/07/01

My guest this week on Island Influencers is a local osteopath and business owner Sarah Gartland of Follan Natural Health Centre. Sarah attended the British School of Osteopathy in London, and she was the first Manx woman ever to qualify, returning to the Isle of Man to open her first clinic in North Quay until 2006, before working from home with her two children. Through her encouragement, a second - and then a third local woman followed in her footsteps. They came back to the island to help her

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41:20

Island Influencer Mike Boulton

Island Influencers ·

2020/06/24

This week on Island Influencers, my guest is Mike Boulton, who many Isle of Man born and bred Northerners like me will no doubt know and remember fondly from the time they spent at Albert Road School in Ramsey. Mike started his career teaching at Albert Road School in 1968 and didn't retire until 1998. During that time, he taught and influenced so many of us whether it was in the classroom learning maths, or if you were being trained to be a Commonwealth Games swimming competitor. He was one of

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32:29

PFS President Adam Owen on Island Influencers

Island Influencers ·

2020/06/17

My guest on the podcast today is Adam Owen, Curriculum and Training Director at NextGen Planners in the UK. Adam is currently President of the Personal Finance Society, the largest professional body for retail financial advisers in the UK with more than 40,000 members and the largest issuer of Statements of Professional Standing for financial advisers. Adam joined the profession in the mid-1990s, and he held advisory roles within direct sales and the IFA sector providing technical compliance support

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