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Mike McLellan, KOcycle: Scaling Purpose and Profit
Jun 23, 2026
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Wes Crawford on Legacy, Leadership and the Future of a Family Business
Jan 28, 2026
22m 53s
Cloud, Culture and Comebacks: Jeff Dewing’s £70M Journey
Dec 11, 2025
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Kelly Bronze: The Essex Brand That Redefined Christmas Dinner
Nov 18, 2025
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Nov 14, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 | Mike McLellan, KOcycle: Scaling Purpose and Profit | Can a business grow quickly, win a King's Award and still stay true to its values? In this episode of Made in Essex, Jill Willis, co-founder of Attract & Engage, sits down with Mike McLellan, Managing Director of KOcycle, the Braintree-based circular technology business helping organisations securely extend the life of their IT assets. Mike shares how a bootstrapped startup became one of the UK's highest-rated tech B Corps, why hiring for attitude beats hiring for experience, and what it takes to scale a purpose-led business without losing sight of people, culture and impact. Hit play for an honest conversation about growth, resilience and building a business designed to do good. | — | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | Wes Crawford on Legacy, Leadership and the Future of a Family Business✨ | family businesssuccession planning+3 | Wes Crawford | Crawford’s GroupAttract & Engage | Writtle | family businesssuccession planning+5 | — | 22m 53s | |
| 12/11/25 | Cloud, Culture and Comebacks: Jeff Dewing’s £70M Journey✨ | business growthentrepreneurship+3 | Jeff Dewing | Cloud | Colchester | CloudJeff Dewing+5 | — | 30m 53s | |
| 11/18/25 | Kelly Bronze: The Essex Brand That Redefined Christmas Dinner✨ | businessresilience+3 | Paul Kelly | KellyBronze Turkeys | Essex | turkeyChristmas+3 | — | 27m 52s | |
| 11/14/25 |  Stories of Essex Limited | Episode 5: Essex Ltd Report Wrap-Up with Doug Bentley & Adam Jones✨ | Essex Ltd Reportbusiness growth+4 | Doug BentleyAdam Jones | Grant Thornton UK LLPBirketts LLP+1 | Essex | Essex Ltd Reportbusiness growth+6 | — | 18m 42s | |
| 10/23/25 | From Mersea Island to North Sea Rigs: Bartech’s Journey of Precision and Pace✨ | engineeringbusiness growth+4 | Paul Bleck | Bartech Marine | Mersea IslandNorth Sea | Bartech MarineMersea Island+4 | — | 36m 30s | |
| 10/22/25 |  Stories of Essex Limited | Episode 4: Darren Locker, Managing Director, BEW Electrical Distributors Ltd✨ | business growthfamily business+4 | Darren Locker | BEW Electrical Distributors Ltd | Essex | EssexBEW Electrical Distributors+6 | Grant Thornton UK LLP | 24m 29s | |
| 9/17/25 | From Call Centre to Channel 4: Colin Horton’s Bold Journey in Property✨ | property industryentrepreneurship+3 | Colin Horton | Channel 4Project & Co | — | Colin Hortonproperty+5 | — | 22m 40s | |
| 8/28/25 | Turning Grapes into Gold: How Pod Crowther Planted the Seeds of Tuffon Hall’s Success✨ | vineyardbusiness success+3 | Pod Crowther | Tuffon Hall Vineyard | Essex | Tuffon HallEssex wine+5 | — | 16m 45s | |
| 7/29/25 | Kindness in Hard Hats: How Rebecca Rickwood Is Changing Construction for Good✨ | constructionkindness+3 | Rebecca Rickwood | Gement | — | constructionkindness+3 | — | 20m 11s | |
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| 6/27/25 |  Stories of Essex Limited | Episode 3: Martin Series, Director of Global Services at Foxway UK✨ | circular techsustainability+3 | Martin Series | Foxway UKGrant Thornton UK LLP+2 | EssexScandinavian | circular economytech business+3 | — | 23m 24s | |
| 6/26/25 | From Garden Shed to Global Success: The VegTrug Journey | Jill Willis speaks to Joe Denham, Co-founder of VegTrug, the business that turned a simple gardening idea into a global success. | — | ||||||
| 5/29/25 |  Stories of Essex Limited | Episode 2: Sam Malins, CEO of Dunmow Group | In this episode of Stories of Essex Limited, we sit down with Sam Malins, CEO of Dunmow Group, to explore the mindset, decisions, and values behind one of the South East’s fastest-growing waste management businesses. From doubling turnover year after year to navigating the pressures of rapid growth, Sam shares an honest account of what it takes to scale — and stay grounded.This episode is part of a collaborative mini-series created by Grant Thornton UK LLP, Birketts LLP, and Attract & Engage Ltd to amplify the voices of Essex’s privately owned businesses. | — | ||||||
| 5/11/25 |  Stories of Essex Limited | Episode 1: Stefan Payne, CFO of Titan Airways | Welcome to Stories of Essex – the podcast series that gives a voice to Essex’s most inspiring privately owned businesses.In this premiere episode, we sit down with Stefan Payne, CFO of Titan Airways, to explore the mindset, decisions and values that have helped him build one of the UK’s most respected charter airlines.This episode is part of a collaborative mini-series created by Grant Thornton UK LLP, Birketts LLP and Attract & Engage Ltd to amplify the voices of Essex’s privately owned businesses. | — | ||||||
| 4/22/25 | The Future of Concrete: Milbank’s Mission to Decarbonise by 2030 | Jill Willis speaks to Lee Cowen, Managing Director of Milbank Concrete, the UK's leading manufacturer of precast concrete products. | — | ||||||
| 3/4/25 | How to Win the King's Award: Expert Advice from Graham Broughton | Jill Willis speaks to Graham Broughton, A.K.A Mr King's Award who's been helping winning businesses for the past 8 years. | — | ||||||
| 1/20/25 | Rebels in Shipping: Andy Thorne on Disruption, Leadership, and Longevity | Jill is back with Andy Thorne, CEO of Stansted HQ'd Kestrel Group, the King's favourite international shipping agency! | — | ||||||
| 12/6/24 | Nicola Thorn: Taking Over a Family Tech Business: Dr. Nicola Thorne’s Journey to Success | Jill Willis talks to Dr Nicola Thorn, CEO of AND Technology, a world renowned business for creating pioneering tech for the medical and agriculture sectors. | — | ||||||
| 11/22/24 | Ryan Bell: How Tech Balance Is Tackling the Student Mental Health Crisis | Jill Willis talks to Ryan Bell, CEO of Tech Balance, the world's most student-centric wellbeing app. | — | ||||||
| 10/14/24 | Miles Adcock: From 1985 to Today: Reinventing a High-Tech Business for Modern Markets | Jill Willis talks to Miles Adcock, CEO of Concurrent Technologies, a leading tech firm that designs and manufactures computing products for some of the world’s most rugged environments. | — | ||||||
| 9/10/24 | Will Polston: Breaking Limiting Beliefs and Building Habits: Insights from Will Polston | Jill talks to Will Polston, one of the UK's leading business performance coaches and author of the remarkable book North Star Thinking - Master Your Mindset and Live A Life You Love. | — | ||||||
| 7/30/24 | Andy Thorne: How Kestrel Became the King’s Favourite Shipping Agency | Jill talks to Andy Thorne, CEO of Stansted HQ'd Kestrel Group, the King's favourite international shipping agency! | — | ||||||
| 7/13/24 | John Gladman: The Essex Tech Startup Redefining Training for High-Stakes Scenarios | Jill Willis talks to John Gladman, Managing Director of AVRT Training, a tech business that’s making the way emergency services and military personnel train for difficult scenarios safer and more realistic. | — | ||||||
| 6/26/24 | Marc Jones: From Ford to Farming: Marc Jones on Leading the Agritech Revolution | Jill Willis talks to Marc Jones, Business Director of Antobot which is an award-winning start-up providing affordable robotics for sustainable agriculture. | — | ||||||
| 3/27/24 | Joe Tighe: Building a Cleaner World: Joe Tighe on KleanDrive’s B Corp Mission | Jill Willis talks to Joe Tighe, CEO of KleanDrive which is repowering buses, light commercial and heavy-duty vehicles, and marine vessels across the globe, by switching out internal combustion engines for its clean powertrain solution. | — | ||||||
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