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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.

Sylvia Carrasco, Founder & CEO, Goldex

Getting to Know You: Sylvia Carrasco, Founder & CEO, Goldex

14 November 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Sylvia Carrasco, Founder of the Goldex app which aggregates prices from gold markets tells Business Matters who she admires.

Ed Molyneux

Getting to Know You: Ed Molyneux, co-founder & CEO, FreeAgent

25 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Ed Molyneux, co-founder of Scottish based fintech company FreeAgent tells us why you have to admire anyone who starts a business as it’s a challenge that tests your mental and emotional endurance

Mark Sait

Getting To Know You: Mark Sait, CEO, SaveMoneyCutCarbon

24 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Mark Sait talks to Business Matters about why listening to audio books and cycling helps him focus as his company approaches £10m turnover.

Stephen Davies, from Penderyn Distillery,

Getting To Know You: Stephen Davies, CEO, The Welsh Whisky Company

23 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Stephen Davies, from Penderyn Distillery, known better as The Welsh Whisky Company, joins Business Matters to about why he needs to be more patience in business

Sophie Livingstone

Getting To Know You: Sophie Livingstone, MD, Trustees Unlimited

21 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Sophie Livingstone tells us about the advice that she would you give to someone starting out in your career?

mark slade

Getting to Know You: Mark Slade, CEO, Location Sciences

19 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Mark Slade, CEO of location verification platform Location Sciences, defines his way of doing business and what advice he would give to someone starting out today 

Ammad Ahmad

Getting to Know You: Ammad Ahmad, Co-founder, Atheneum

18 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Ammad Ahmad Co-founder of Research-as-a-Service company Atheneum tells us why you should start your entrepreneurial journey as soon as possible

Jane Stewart

Getting To Know You: Jane Stewart, founder and creator of Lully 

17 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 1 Comment

Jane Stewart, founder of Lully, tells Business Matters about her entrepreneurial journey from outselling Sinatra to creating a unique singing teddy

Stepan Dobrovolskiy

Getting To Know You: Stepan Dobrovolskiy

14 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

We spoke to Stepan Dobrovolskiy, about his roles as CEO and co-founder of Mashroom, the end-to-end community lettings platform and CEO of emoov – the hybrid estate agent. 

Wladyslaw Wygnanski

Getting To Know You: Wladyslaw Wygnanski, Inventor & Director, Camcon Medical

13 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Wladyslaw Wygnanski talks to us about how his passion in science led to him starting out in business to make a difference

Humphrey Bowles

Getting To Know You: Humphrey Bowles, co-founder, Guardhog Technologies

13 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Humphrey Bowles tells Business Matters that failure and fear are friend’s not foes and if you take them on in business you grow and become stronger

Lee and Toby

Getting To Know You, Co-founders, Toby Dixon & Lee Nania, Marlin Green

11 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

European recruitment specialist Marlin Green co-founders Toby Dixon and Lee Nania discuss what defines the way Marlin Green does business

oliver montague

Getting To Know You: Oliver Montague, CEO, Swytch Technology

10 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 2 Comments

Oliver Montague joins us at Business Matters to talk about the inspiration to develop a kit which tuns a normal bike into an electric powered.

Peter Richman, Managing Director, Plug & Play

Getting To Know You: Peter Richman, Managing Director, Plug & Play

9 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Peter Richman, Managing Director, Plug & Play, a finalist in the 2019 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards programme, tells Business Matters what inspires him in business.

Dean Forbes tells us why you need take accountability and responsibility for everything that happens to you in your life, not just in business.

Getting To Know You: Dean Forbes, CEO, CoreHR

9 October 20193 September 2026 Profiles Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Dean Forbes tells us why you need take accountability and responsibility for everything that happens to you in your life, not just in business.

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