Inside Belfast Podcast

In episode #010 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Greg Quinn – Founder and Director of People HQ. The People HQ Group was established in 2019 and now provides a variety of people solutions to the FMCG sector across the Island of Ireland, GB and soon-to-be Canada. Listen as Greg talks us through his journey into recruitment, his experience of dealing with challenges in the corporate world, the importance of balancing work and life and much more.

LINK: https://peoplehq.co.uk/ 

LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregquinn1/ 

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co 

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #009 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Stephen McDowell – Director at Hayward Hawk. Hayward Hawk is a leading recruitment consultancy whose primary focus was technology recruitment but now incorporates professional services recruitment. Listen as Stephen talks us through his journey into recruitment, lessons he has learned as the business has grown and developed, the value of experience and authenticity and much more.

LINK: https://haywardhawk.com/ 

LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenmcdowellhaywardhawk/ 

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #008 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Andrew Mearns – owner and barber at Quarter West. Quarter West has grown to become one of Belfast's leading barbers. Listen as Andrew talks us through the impact of COVID on his industry, and business specifically, including the longer-lasting impact due to flexible working and city footfall; the power of consistency in your business and delivering your service; key learning of transitioning from practitioner to business owner and more.

LINK: https://www.quarterwest.com/

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #007 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Mark Dowds – Founder & CEO of Responsible. Responsible is a company that is focused on taking up the fight for a circular future - Mark explains more in the pod. Listen as Mark talks us through the habits that have helped him most to get to where he is, his personal definition of success, dealing with doubt as an entrepreneur and much more!

LINK: https://www.responsiblerebels.org/ 

LINK: www.responsible.us

LINK: www.ormeaubaths.com 

LINK:https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdowds/?originalSubdomain=uk 

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #006 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews JP Taggart and Seán Grant – Director's at Core Impact. Core Impact supports organisations to motvate their team in line with their company objectives. Listen as JP and Seán talk us through what Core Impact does, how they came together to found their business, the role a positive mindet has had in their personal and business success, the code they live by and more.

LINK: https://developingyourpeople.com/

LINK: JP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-taggart-b8306547/

Seán - https://www.linkedin.com/in/seangrantcoreimpact/

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #005 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews John Lavery – the owner of Fish City in Belfast. Fish City is a lively, award-winning fish, chip and seafood restaurant in Belfast's city centre. Listen as John talks us through his entrepreneurial journey, his commitment to being as honest as he can (even if it gets him in trouble), the influence of his parents in building his work ethic and persistence and much more.

LINK: https://fish-city.com/ 

LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-lavery-5a0b98125/ 

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co 

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #004 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Terry Bell – Chairman of Bell & Company. Bell & Company are personal and business debt advisers with offices in Belfast and Leeds. Listen as Terry talks us through the importance of mindset, his experience of doing "firewalks", his belief that any problem contains a solution and more.

LINK: https://www.bellcomp.co.uk/ 

LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrybell1/ 

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #003 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Ciaran Connolly – CEO at Profile Tree. Profile Tree is an award-winning content marketing agency based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. . Listen as Ciaran talks us through his views on what mindset and habits have had the most impact in growing his business, how he would like to be remembered, what he would do differently if starting out again and more.

LINK: https://profiletree.com/ 

LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciaranconnolly/ 

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co 

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.

In episode #002 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Aaron Watson – Director, and voice-over artist, at JAHN Media. JAHN Media is a telecoms audio provider. They create creative scripts, supply professional voiceover artists, record audio and supply various on hold music files to compliment the voice and branding. JAHN Media was initially founded by Aaron Watson, one of Northern Ireland's leading voiceover artists and on-hold music media experts. Aaron has been involved solely in the media industry for the last 2 decades. He has worked and works for SKY TV, BBC, UTV, Cool Fm, U105 and many other production companies across Ireland and the UK. Aaron is very heavily involved in the media industry in NI and strives to continue to build and become part of the furniture in Northern Ireland.

Listen as Aaron talks us through how he fought his way into the voiceover world in Northern Ireland, the habits and mindsets he believes has contributed towards his success and even how he defines success itself.

LINK: https://www.jahnmedia.com/

LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-watson-152a7696/

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

LINK: https://glandore.co/

In episode #001 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews Nial Borthistle - recently promoted Head of Member Engagement at Glandore. Glandore is our co-sponsor of the Inside Belfast Podcast. Listen as Nial talks us through Glandore's history, what they have been doing for the business community in Belfast, the impact of COVID and how the flexibility Glandore offers and how it is even more significant for businesses going forward. Simon and Nial also talk about their hopes and goals for the Inside Belfast Podcast.

LINK: https://glandore.co/

LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nial-borthistle-231a374/

LINK: https://catalystfinancial.co.uk/

About the host - Simon is a Director and financial planner with Catalyst Financial Planning. Catalyst is a financial planning-led, wealth management firm with specific expertise in advising business owners and established professionals and leaders.