Writing about fintech and business
CEO + Founder, Metail I met Tom at an entrepreneur roundtable hosted at Runway East in Shoreditch London a few years ago. Turns out we have a fair bit in … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with Tom Adeyoola
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Treasury and Economy) This week I caught up with Baroness Susan Kramer, a former banker and fund manager who successfully entered politics and served as a … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with The Rt Hon. the Baroness Susan Kramer
I caught up with friend and fellow entrepreneur Mandeep Singh who co-founded Trouva – the leading marketplace for independent shops across Europe. Trouva’s mission is to help local communities and … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with Mandeep Singh
In this week’s Taking Stock I have a wide-ranging chat with Gary Turner, co-founder and MD of Xero UK – one of the leading cloud-based accountancy platforms for small businesses. … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with Gary Turner
I wanted to share two posts I made last week in the aftermath of the terrible killing of George Floyd in the USA, and through the recent global turmoil and … Continue Reading George Floyd #BLM
In this week’s Taking Stock I talk to friend and serial entrepreneur Matt Robinson, co-founder at GoCardless and now running the proptech company Nested. We talk about the state of … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with Matt Robinson
As per the video I did early this morning… Wanted to share the good news that MarketFinance today was accredited by the British Business Bank to be an official partner … Continue Reading MarketFinance is now CBILS accredited
It’s not hard to attract a hip crowd when you run a cocktail bar in one of London’s party hot-spots, but what happens when those crowds are ordered to stay … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with William Knowles-Mofford
Scaling a confectionery business from a single stall at a local food market to cracking the American market is no easy feat. In this week’s Taking Stock vodcast, I chatted with … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with Melanie Goldsmith
Global trade and business are interconnected by a web of supply chains. These ensure factories in China and farmers in South America are able to get their orders and produce … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with Geoffrey de Mowbray
In an industry that’s centred around people coming together in public places, how does a premium commercial coffee supplier react when those public places are closed? For my inaugural Taking … Continue Reading Taking Stock | Interview with Emma Loisel
I took part in the Velocity² online conference in mid March 2020 (during full lock-down) about how MarketFinance has been coping with the COVID-19 crisis and the changes we have … Continue Reading Velocity² Virtual Conference: my interview
In this episode, Charlotte chats with Anil Stocker, CEO and Co-Founder of MarketInvoice, and Ian Rand, CEO of Barclays Business Banking.
Interesting Fast Company article about Masayoshi Son’s history and Vision Fund. Incredible that he kept on going and making big bets even while his personal wealth fell 98% during the … Continue Reading Talk about self belief in a vision…
Across the UK, people have been looking back at the financial crisis. As an ex-Lehman employee, I participated in various media interviews at BBC, CNBC, FT, City AM, The i Paper; although journalists were mainly curious about the secret “Lehman party”…
