Rod Gilmour

2 weeks ago | aol.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

Napala Pratini treats her staff as she would the company’s patients and consumers. As CEO and co-founder of London-based Habitual, a digital healthcare company championing sustainable weight loss and lasting habit change, the lean start-up had to be savvy when it came to employee benefit costs. Instead, the company gave its team up to an hour each day that benefited health and happiness outside of work.

3 weeks ago | fieldhockey.com | Rod Gilmour |Elizabeth Mburugu |George Brink

Bloemendaal and Kampong share spoils in rollercoaster battleBloemendaal and SV Kampong played out a stunning 4-4 draw in the men’s Hoofdklasse as the home side came back from 2-0 and 4-2 down to rescue a point. Den Bosch and SCHC share spoils in Hoofdklasse topperDen Bosch and SCHC shared the spoils in the meeting of the top two in the women’s Hoofdklasse, a preview of potential fireworks from both sides at Easter’s EHL.

3 weeks ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

With Beeston breathing down their necks all season and the club well aware of the hundreds of alumni refreshing GMS for final day results, there was a considerable amount of pressure on Durham University women as they bid for Women’s Premier Division status for the first time at the weekend. It was edgy stuff as Durham travelled to Gloucester City and needing to avoid defeat to ensure promotion. They won 4-3, captain Scarlett Spavin scoring in the last minute to seal three points.

3 weeks ago | aol.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

“My two year-old says Crimpit more than mummy,” laughs Mike Harper, co-founder of the viral toastie tool which launched in late 2021 and is now in over 1.5 million households in the UK. Harper, a marketing expert before entering the sandwich sealer market, certainly took on risk with his fellow founder Ian Critchlow after both put life savings of around £25,000 apiece into the business which immediately took off online. The Crimpit gadget turns bread and wraps into sealed toasted food parcels.

3 weeks ago | aol.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

George Hughes-Davies started making juices as soon as he left university in his mum's kitchen using a blender purchased on eBay. Having founded Daily Dose in 2016 as his first job, the business is forecasting £20m revenue this year. I knew that I wanted to start a business and not go down the conventional route after university. But I didn’t have a plan in mind, let alone envisaging it to be juice manufacturing.