The Inside Derby Podcast – hosted by James Wallis, Founder and Chartered Financial Planner at Aristotle Financial Planning. The podcasts are unscripted interviews with entrepeneurs, business leaders and owners, as well as other interesting people and organisations from in or around the Derby area. Showcasing great people and great businesses in our area.
David Torrington
In this episode we talk with David Torrington - Founder and Owner at Sky Recruitment Solutions. We discuss how he started the business initially working in his conservatory to now having two offices and a team to support him, the successes and challenges as well as his contributions to the local community.
Rachel Hayward
In this episode we talk with Rachel Hayward, Owner of Ask the Chameleon. We talk about her career journey so far, the projects she has been involved with, her consultancy firm Ask the Chameleon as well as her most recent project Derby Swap Shop.
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