JobsWorth
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Episodes
99 episodes
JobsWorth - Gabrielle Burt - Why She Refused to Stay in Jobs She Hated
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Gabrielle Burt, founder of Gabs… the Leigh-on-Sea grazing bar that’s quickly become one of the area’s most talked about independent food spots. But this conversation isn’t really about gra...
JobsWorth - Cassie Strickland and Dominic Foster- They Built the Kind of Gym They Couldn’t Find
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Cassie Strickland and Dominic Foster, personal trainers and co-owners of Studio Athletica. What makes this conversation interesting is that neither of them fit the stereotype people ...
JobsWorth - Dan Nunn & Kane Read - When It’s Not the Job… It’s the Environment
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Dan Nunn and Kane Reed, founders of 5 Physio. Both Dan and Kane knew from a young age that physiotherapy was the path they wanted to follow. What’s interesting is how that shared direction...
JobsWorth - Kelcie John-Lewis - From Job to Job to Finding What Fits
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Kelcie John-Lewis. Kelcie is a portrait photographer, mum of two and founder of The Luna Edit, a vintage jewellery brand built around antique and second-hand lockets. <...
JobsWorth - Jordan Gray - A Career in Music, Comedy and Beyond
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Jordan Gray. Jordan is a musical comedian, writer and performer whose career has taken her from fronting a death metal band as a teenager, to releasing multiple albums, reaching...
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JobsWorth - Carol Smillie - On Work, Family and Finding What Comes Next
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Carol Smillie. Best known for presenting Changing Rooms at its peak, Carol’s career has taken her from modelling to television, into business, and now into a completely differen...
JobsWorth - Damien Stone - Why Careers Don’t Have to Follow a Straight Line
This week on JobsWorth, I sit down with Damien Stone, founder of Braestone.Damien’s career hasn’t followed a straight line. From starting out on construction sites to building a career in the fitness industry, travelling the w...
JobsWorth - Melissa Stone - Why She Left the NHS to Start an Aesthetics Business
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Melissa Stone, founder of the Melrose Clinic.After a decade working as an NHS midwife, Mel reached a point many people will recognise...dreading work, feeling stuck, and questioning whethe...
JobsWorth - Marc Barnacle & Mike Barnes- Building Something That Matters
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined again by Marc and Mike, founders of Together In Musical Expression (T.I.M.E), a music charity based in Essex that has spent more than a decade using music to bring people together and create meaningful c...
JobsWorth - Buster- Who Wants a Real Job Anyway?
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Essex-based musician, photographer, filmmaker, writer and artist Buster to explore what it really means to build a creative life and avoid what his grandad would have called a “real job”.His path to ...
JobsWorth - Conversations That Will Change How You Think About Work
We're taking a break this week so for this episode we've done something a bit different. I’ve pulled together some moments from recent conversations that have stayed with me... stories about backing yourself, getting things wrong, s...
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JobsWorth - Tony and Sue Kelly
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Tony and Sue Kelly, owners of Essex-based Home Estate Agents, as they reflect on nearly two decades of building one of Leigh-on-Sea’s most recognisable property businesses.As Home approaches its 17th...
JobsWorth - Ian and Charlie Patterson
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Ian and Charlie Patterson, the husband-and-wife team behind Little Fin Coffee Roastery.This one’s been a long time coming, and it didn’t disappoint.A little over a year a...
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JobsWorth - Hamid Oukili
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by Hamid Oukili, an Essex-based businessman and one of the original founders of The Brunch Co, a brunch, breakfast, coffee and cocktail spot based in Leigh-on-Sea.The Brunch Co opened its doo...
JobsWorth - Rory Emery
My guest on JobsWorth this week is Rory Emery – founder of The Moment Posters.Rory, in his own words, has always been a bit of a wheeler-dealer, but don’t let the label fool you… Del Boy he most certainly is not.
JobsWorth - Alannah Brown
On JobsWorth this week, I’m joined by Alannah Brown, founder of non-alcoholic cocktail brand HotDrop Drinks.In a little over 12 months, she has learned about an industry she’d never worked in, turned an idea into a fully fledg...
JobsWorth - Emily Koppit and Jessica Bond
This week I’m joined by Emily Koppit and Jessica Bond, experiential creatives and founders of Nine Productions.In a world where we digest so much information through our screens, Em and Jess have built a brand committed to amp...
JobsWorth - Laura Hart Raja
Our first guest of 2026 is naturopath, colon hydrotherapist and business owner, Laura Hart-Raja.Laura’s episode has been a long time in the making. We first sat down towards the end of 2024 and had an amazing conversation that...
JobsWorth - Dean Gleeson Revisited
This week on JobsWorth I’m joined by WAHL’s Lead Educator and owner of Dean Gleeson Hair… um… Dean Gleeson.Dean returns a little over 18 months after his first episode aired, and it’s safe to say that a lot has changed ...
JobsWorth - Rob Humm
On JobsWorth this week, I sit down with freelance filmmaker and songwriter, Rob Humm.Rob is a multi-talented creative with a Swiss-army-knife skill set who has been working behind the scenes on the podcast since we started filming back ...
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JobsWorth - Jack Hodgson
This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by permaculture designer, founder of Jack’s Patch, and the self-professed Willy Wonka of the plant world, Jack Hodgson.Jack is one of those rare people you can’t help but be inspired by. He’s...
JobsWorth Live at Read-On-Sea
This week’s episode of JobsWorth is a special one.Not only do I get to sit down with a panel of guests I admire, love and respect… this time I did it in front of an actual audience at our very first LIVE event.Hosted at the beauti...
JobsWorth - Claire Jeavons
On JobsWorth this week, I sit down with Claire Jeavons – an Essex based business owner who has been running bricks and mortar retail stores in the heart of Leigh on Sea for over 17 years.Claire had a passion for fashion (sorry...
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