Jack Mullen
Jack is a junior journalist and editorial executive at Fresh Business Thinking
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AnalysisSustainability vs wellbeing: Balancing the office return
With pandemic restrictions gradually being lifted, reintegration to the office is now on the table, but is it for the best? Is there a balance to be found between sustainability and wellbeing that can give us the positives without the negatives?
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Small and sustainable: How small businesses can have a big impact
With the majority of consumers becoming more and more environmentally conscious, it’s a given that businesses are going to have to adapt to this newfound attitude towards sustainability sooner or later. But how easy is it for those that aren’t globally spanning corporations to hit the ground running with new consumer culture?
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From crime to dime: Pavegen founder Laurence Kemball-Cook tells his crazy startup story
Laurence Kemball-Cook was more motivated than most. From breaking into a construction site to prove his business plan, he now spearheads a sustainable solution that turns your footsteps into electricity. Laurence tells us all about how no one believed in him and his now worldwide business.
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Are you being emotionally abused at work?
Emotional abuse at work is a long-term problem with long-term impact. Constantly on the rise, what can employees and employers do to prevent a hostile work environment?
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Post-pandemic productivity: What can we expect?
In the third in a series of wellbeing roundtables, we look at how the pandemic has affected productivity. What can we expect to see if or when we go back to the office?
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Phubbing: A new word for an old productivity foe
In the second in the series of round tables with wellbeing leaders and advocates, we look at ‘phubbing’: what does it mean and how can it be prevented?
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Sticky Heelz founder Laura Birrell’s shoe-lution to an age old problem
From saving the planet to saving your feet, Laura Birrell, former energy and sustainability consultant had enough of a life of laces and took some drastic measures putting together her business Sticky Heelz with what was originally tape and plasters.
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The quest to invest: Inherent problems found in the world of female funding
Tamara Gillan of the WealthiHer network dives into her journey through the business world, explaining how we can collectively target the obstacles to success facing women and minorities in the corporate world.
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Back on his feet after ‘Civilian Street’: Ex-Royal Marine Peter Kelly’s entrepreneurial story
Ex-service member Peter Kelly went from training troops to training groups through his business, Imployable. Peter talks about his journey from the marines to the business scene and how the Great British Entrepreneur Awards helped him on his way.
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How this powerlifter built an award-winning accounting business with £100 and a dream
Lucy Cohen is a powerlifting accountant who can crunch numbers on and off the gym floor. Here she tells us her entrepreneurial journey to success with her subscription-based accounting tool Mazuma.
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Is your ‘me time’ your free time? Employees may be overdoing their work at home
Working from home has become a way life, though new data suggests that some people haven’t completely adjusted to its demands and are overdoing it at home. What can be put in place to help us tone it down?
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How a few drinks led to one the UK’s fastest growing Social Media Publishers: Electric House
Lee Wilcox, self-described ‘techie nerd’ and podcast host is CEO of Electric House, one of the fastest growing social media publishers in the UK. Lee tells us how being a multi-GBEA award winner impacted his entrepreneurial journey for the better.
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How John Lashley went from top Mr T impersonator to brownie baking boss
From cooking pot to the top: John Lashley is the proud co-founder of Brooklyn Brownie Co, a baking sensation that he runs with his 14-year-old son Leo out their family home. Last year, he won the Family Business Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Here’s how winning has helped him along his business journey.
