Julian Hughes of Gatewen Training shares his journey from a council estate to building training businesses, rescuing a long-standing company, and creating life-changing programs that help people gain practical, work-ready skills.

He discusses entrepreneurship, the importance of apprenticeship-style training like forklift and HGV, the value of purpose and mental health, and small habits that improve performance — showing how focused support, collaboration, and persistence can transform lives and communities.

In this episode Dawn Morris shares her journey from early retail and finance roles to founding Dawn Morris Consultancy, focusing on finance, operations and strategy for charities and social enterprises. She discusses key lessons learned — the dangers of spreading yourself too thin, the power of reputation and networks, and practical habits and tools that help leaders perform.

Dawn also talks about her community projects (including the Mandela 8 regeneration and youth programs), the launch of Legal Tech Live, and why values-driven choices matter in business. For contact she points listeners to LinkedIn.

In this episode with sit down with Katherine Jones who has ThinK Wine Group, The National Influencer Awards and We Are SN.

She has a great story to tell, she also went viral not long after this was filmed. Thank you for your time with us Katherine, we really enjoyed it!