Evolve to Succeed

Marc Trent is CEO at Charles Trent, a fourth generation family-run vehicle recycling company with nearly a century of industry leading experience. Established in 1926 by Marc’s great grandfather, the company has grown to operate across multiple sites and has a customer base that spans the world. Amongst other topics, Marc talks about Trent’s newly-established, 100,000 square feet facility in Poole, which is the first of its kind in the whole world operating a 17-hour shift operation that processes all types of vehicles.

Michael French is the projects coordinator at Grounded Community. Based in Boscombe, Grounded Community works to givethe local community access to healthy, nutritious food. It grows fruit and veg, provides education and workshops, redistributes surplus food and creates networks to help others share food.

Jamie Sergeant is Global CEO of Crowd—a multi-award winning global creative agency that specialises in amplifying demand for brands around the world. Combined with his creative thinking and knack for spotting and developing raw talent, Jamie has a particular passion for the nurturing and export of creative excellence and worksin partnership with leading British agencies to globally raise awareness of UK advertising at scale and drive reputation.

In the first of a series of shorter, subject-specific episodes, host Warren Munson talks to Chris Palmer, managing director and founder of AnyTech Solutions, about the biggest cyber threats that your business could face and the simple, first step you can take to start protecting your business from cyber threats, and what you should do if you are attacked.

As well as telling the story of his own entrepreneurial journey, host Warren Munson reviews the experiences of several guests that have appeared on the show over the past few years. From hospitality and IT, to gaming, nursery school owners, olive farmers and more, this episode examines the joys and challenges of entrepreneurship from a wide variety of perspectives. 

Nigel Smith is managing partner and solicitor at Ellis Jones Solicitors, which have offices in Dorset and Hampshire as well as London. From his serendipitous path to becoming a lawyer, the pleasures and challenges of running a professional services business and watching members of the team develop, other topics covered include adapting to the changing landscape of professional services, Ellis Jones’s commitment to community, the motivation behind signing up for the Armed Forces Covenant, and the emphasis that Nigel places on Ellis Jones’ values and how they help to build and maintain relationships.

Warren Munson joins host Emma Sheppard and fellow guests Leanne Spencer—bestselling author and expert in corporate wellbeing—and Rachel Harris—Director of striveX and founder of ACCOUNTANT_SHE—to talk about the very important topic of entrepreneurship and mental health.

With rising costs, economic uncertainty and recruitment challenges, SME owners are under considerable pressure at the moment. It’s therefore crucial to have an open discussion about issues such as burnout, positive habits that can encourage better work-life balance and where to go for help.

Richard Eastham is founder of Feria Urbanism, an award-winning design practice that connects community aspiration with urban planning projects to design thriving hubs of activity that benefit people, the natural environment and the local economy. Amongst other achievements and accolades, Richard has been nominated as one of the four most inspiring people in the planning and design profession by the Royal Town Planning Institute’s Young Planner Survey.

Carna Wilson and sisters Dani and Mel Bowen founded Muddy Boots Nursery School in 2014 while they were all still in their 20’s. Their original vision was to start a nursery where children can spend as much time as possible outside, exploring, learning, getting dirty, challenging themselves, testing out ideas and growing their imaginations. Fast forward to 2023, and there are now five Muddy Boots nurseries scattered around Dorset.

After more than twenty years of drug addiction, which included three years on the street, three years in prison, and four years in rehab, Steve Wyatt found a talent for furniture restoration and used it to restore his own life. He now owns a furniture restoration space called Restored Retro and collaborates with Repair Shop star—as well as friend and mentor—Jay Blades by stocking Jay & Co’s furniture in his own shop.