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Category: Profiles

The people behind the headlines: Business Matters profiles the founders, executives and investors shaping UK business – how they built what they built, what they’re worth, and what they’re doing next.

Start with our most-read: Steven Bartlett’s ventures and valuation, and our running coverage of Getting to Know You profiles. For first-person conversations with founders, see our Interviews section.

Luana Riberia

Getting To Know You: Luana Riberia

2 April 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Bestselling author, speaker and orchestrator of daring publicity campaigns, Luana Riberia tells us how she helps coaches and entrepreneurs to connect with a larger audience.

Martyn Cheney 

Getting to Know You: Martyn Cheney, Founder, Cheney Payroll Services

27 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Martyn Cheney BA (HONS) ChFCIPPdip, Founder at Cheney Payroll Services tells Business Matters his way of doing business. 

Guy Redwood 

Getting to Know You: Guy Redwood, SimpleUsability

26 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Guy Redwood, founder and managing director of SimpleUsability tells Business Matters what defines his way of doing business.  

John Bates

Getting To Know You: John Bates, CEO, Eggplant

26 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

John Bates the CEO of intelligent automation company Eggplant tells Business Matters what defines their way of doing business.

Roger Hannon

Getting to Know You: Roger Hannon, MD, Ryedale Interiors

25 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 1 Comment

We spoke to Ryedale Interiors managing director Roger Hannon on what defines his way of doing business and what, looking back he would do differently. 

Emma Robinson

Getting to Know You: Emma Robinson, Founder & MD, Red Diamond Executive Headhunters

23 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Emma Robinson, the founder and managing director of Red Diamond Executive Headhunters tells us what defines her way of doing business.

Sam Jones

Getting To Know You: Sam Jones, Founder, Gener8

20 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Sam Jones, the Founder of digital data company Gener8 tells us who he admires, and what defines her way of doing business.

Frederic de Ryckman de Betz

Getting To Know You: Frederic de Ryckman de Betz, Founder, Attic Self Storage

19 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Frederic de Ryckman de Betz tells Business Matters what inspired him to start the London-based self storage company 

Jason Arden 

Getting To Know You: Jason Arden, Eastbank Studios, London

18 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 2 Comments

We spoke to Jason Arden, the CEO of Eastbank Studios, about who he admires in business. 

Aspires Vanessa spiers

Getting To Know You: Vanessa Spires, founder, Aspires Finance

9 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

We talk to Vanessa Spires the founder of Aspires Finance about how they help SMEs with funding and live by their motto of “Business shouldn’t be a drama”.

Michael Valdsgaard talks tp Business Matters about why he founded retail augmented reality platform London Dynamics

Getting To Know You: Michael Valdsgaard, CEO, London Dynamics

7 March 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 3 Comments

Michael Valdsgaard talks tp Business Matters about why he founded retail augmented reality platform London Dynamics

Tickr

Getting To Know You: Tom McGillycuddy, Cofounder, tickr

26 February 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 2 Comments

We speak to Tom McGillycuddy who cofounded UK-based social impact investing platform Tickr with Matt Latham

Sherad Dewedi

Getting To Know You: Sherad Dewedi, Managing Partner, Shenward LLP

25 February 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Shenward LLP is a modern-day chartered accounting and business advisory firm based in both Bradford and Leeds, Managing Partner Sherad Dewedi, defines their way of doing business

Adam Woolf

Getting To Know You: Adam Woolf, Founder, Lifeline IT

19 February 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 3 Comments

We talk to Adam Woolf, Founder and Director of technology services business Lifeline IT, who clients include Sweaty Betty, Aquascutum, SRLV accountants, Sinochem, Barnet Homes and LondonMetric Poperty. 

Clare & Lucy

Getting to Know You: Clare Methven & Lucy Hogarth, Co-Founders of The Marketing Centre

17 February 20203 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 1 Comment

Clare Methven and Lucy Hogarth talk to us about how they stay true to their core values and what defines their way of doing business as The Marketing Centre expands – nationally.

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