People of the North
People of the North: Andy Johns, Managing Director at Good Comms
Established in 2011, Good Comms is a creative advertising agency that specialises in the financial services sector. Good Comms works with many well-known brands...
People of the North: David McBride, Partner at Hollis Real Estate...
Hollis is an international, independent real estate consultancy with offices in Amsterdam, Ashford, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds,...
People of the North: Ian Dowd, Head of Marketing at High...
Established in 2008, High Speed Training is now one of the UK’s leading online training providers. The founder and Chief Executive, Dan Jordan, set...
People Of The North: Chris Oldroyd, Managing Director at Inprotec
Wakefield-based Inprotec is a family-run engineering business which specialises in the design and supply of pyrometallurgical process plant used to recover lead and precious...
People of the North: Roger Taylor, Founder of the Listo Group
Founded in 2013 by Roger Taylor, Listo Burrito is an independent Mexican burrito group with restaurants in Manchester and Liverpool. The brand is a firm...
People of the North: Martin Carr, Partner at Boardroom Consulting
Launched earlier this year, boardroom consulting is a new kind of strategy consultancy that works with leaders to help them achieve clarity on what...
People of the North: Tom Bell, Head of Social Strategy at...
North of England’s gas distributor Northern Gas Networks (NGN) delivers gas to 2.7 million homes and businesses in the North East, Northern Cumbria and...
People of the North: Charlotte Dean, Founder & Director of P3...
Charlotte Dean started P3 in October 2004 from a desire to offer high quality, yet simple and effective, outsourced HR support to SMEs across...
People of the North: Sebastian Moss, Director of George Moss &...
George Moss & Sons Ltd (GMS) was established by Sebastian's Great Great Grandfather, George Moss, in 1920 and has taken various different paths in...
People of the North: Rob Gray, Co-Founder & Strategy Director at...
Manchester based Squad is a brand-building firm that specialises in position.Since 2008, Squad has worked with: Brother, Environment Agency, Eurocamp, Halewood International, Hansgrohe, Information...
People of the North: Guy Redwood, founder & Managing Director of...
Named in the top 100 companies in the Northern Tech Awards in 2017, Leeds-based behavioural research company SimpleUsability works with a number of high-profile...
People of the North: Jenny Davies – CEO at M247
Jenny Davies is the CEO of M247, a global provider of cloud services and superfast internet connectivity.The group rebranded as M247 in 2018 and...
People of The North: Simon Spinks, Managing Director of Harrison Spinks
Harrison Spinks is one of Great Britain’s most established and innovative bed makers.
The fifth-generation bed-maker has been manufacturing luxury mattresses under the Harrison, Somnus,...
People of the North: Dez Derry, CEO & founder at mmadigital
Dez Derry is the founder and CEO of mmadigital, digital marketing specialist in the legal sector. The company was founded in 2011 as a...
People of the North: Christopher Wilcock, Co-founder & Creative Director at...
Outpost is a multi-award winning advertising agency based in Congleton, Cheshire. They've been going for nearly 15 years and over that time have worked...
People of the North: Nathan Alexander, Founder & CEO of Boda...
Boda Skins is a global fashion brand, founded in Manchester and exporting to clients in global markets including America, Europe and Australia.
The business is...
People of the North: Jack Mason, CEO of Dreamr
Dreamr is based in the heart of innovation in Manchester city centre at No.1 Spinningfields. The team at Dreamr believe technology has the power...
People of the North: Anna Sutton, Managing Director & Co-Founder of...
The Data Shed is a specialist data company based in Leeds. Founded with the aim of demystifying data and putting it in reach of...
People of the North: Emma Nattrass-Daniels, Co-Founder & Creative Director at...
Crème Creative is a Manchester based creative content and branding agency, specialising in fashion and footwear, founded in January 2016 by Emma and Katie...
People of the North: Grace Rothery, Head of UK Retail at...
Gazprom Energy is a specialist business gas and electricity supplier - the retail arm of London-based Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd. The company started...
People of the North: Paul Billington, Commercial Director, The Landing at...
The Landing is MediaCityUK’s dedicated technology incubator hub for high-growth technology & digital start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs, located at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse. It...
People of the North: Julia Mitchell, Managing Director at Manchester’s Toast...
Established initially in Nottingham’s Lace Market in 2004, Toast PR is a consumer and B2B PR agency with the strapline, “we make people products...
People of the North: Natasha McCreesh, Founder of PIP to Grow...
Natasha McCreesh led a varied 20 year career in buying, product development and brand marketing before taking the step to launch her coaching, mentoring...
People of the North: John Broderick, MD of Broderick’s
Established in 1969 & originally known as Manchester Vending, Broderick’s is a family-owned, national luxury coffee and refreshments company headquartered in Manchester.
Broderick’s serves up...
People of the North: Steven Bartlett, CEO & co-founder of Social...
Social Chain is a global social media marketing agency, with offices in Manchester, London, New York and Berlin.
CEO and co-founder Steven Bartlett leads a...
People of the North: Charlotte McMurray, MD & Owner of Cameo...
Charlotte McMurray is an award-winning digital marketer who previously held the role of Digital Performance Director at Silverbean, a leading digital agency based in...
People of the North: Tony Hughes, CEO of Huthwaite International
Huthwaite International was established in 1974 and is a leading global provider of sales, negotiation and communication skills development. It supports companies around the...
People of the North: Ellie MacDonald, MD of MacComms PR
Ellie MacDonald is the managing director of MacComms, an incredibly successful PR agency which she founded with the aim of supporting business through positive...
People of the North: Andy Baker, CEO of Yorkshire-based Plusnet
Good, old-fashioned customer service and pioneering spirit: Plusnet’s Andy Baker gives Business Up North an insight into running a big business with a family...
People of the North: Emma and Andrew Tucker of Modo Creative
Emma and Andrew Tucker of Yorkshire-based small business Modo Creative are just one of the 5,000 small creative businesses which are thriving through online...
People of The North: James Gupta, the brains behind Synap
Gareth Lisle, founder of Business Up North, recently had the chance to interview James Gupta, one of The North's most innovative and successful young...