In this first episode of series six of our long running podcast series, How I Grew My Brand, Mary Nightingale speaks to Shamil Thakrar, founder of Dishoom, the Indian restaurant brand that has changed the way the UK thinks about curry houses. As always, Mary discusses with founders the growth challenges they’ve experienced as
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Welcome to a special bonus episode of our Piper podcast series, How I Grew My Brand. It’s a bit different from our usual podcast. We recorded an in-house conversation between our Head of Brand, Yasha Estraikh, and Piper’s co-founder and founder of numerous brands, Crispin Tweddell. They discuss how the lessons he learnt in being
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Happy new year and welcome to the final episode of series 5 of How I Grew My Brand. For this last full interview of the series, Mary Nightingale speaks to the truly inspirational Clare Hornby, Founder & CEO of women’s contemporary luxury fashion brand, ME+EM. We’ll be back in a couple of weeks with a
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There are some people that are born to be founders, seeking out ventures from childhood and thriving in the fast-paced start-up world. Our latest podcast guest, James Mishreki, founder of Skin & Me (personalised dermatological treatments) and Life Supplies (refillable bathroom essentials), is that person. From his early teens, his dream was to be ‘a
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Welcome to episode three in the latest season of How I Grew My Brand, the Piper podcast that digs in to the stories behind some of the UK’s most loved and successful brands, or as we call them at Piper, brand legends. In this episode, we’re speaking to founders from one of our partner brands
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For the second episode in season five of our Piper Podcast, How I Grew My Brand, we interviewed a founder at a different stage of their journey. Kate Berski, co-founder of the inclusive haircare brand Curlsmith, sold her brand in 2022 and offers the invaluable perspective of hindsight. Kate and her husband, Michal, co-founded Curlsmith
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We are delighted to be launching season five of the Piper podcast, How I Grew My Brand Legend. Since 2019, our host ITV news anchor Mary Nightingale has dug deep into the founder stories of the UK’s best loved brands. This season is no exception with the incredible founders of Little Moons, Curlsmith, Skin &
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We’re hope you’re all having a wonderful summer, despite the slighty damp weather. At Piper, we’re preparing season five of our Piper podcast, How I Grew My Brand Legend for launch next month. We won’t yet reveal which inspirational founders we’ve had as guests, so while you wait why not explore our incredible back catalogue.