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Alison Walker has spent her broadcasting career interviewing and talking - mostly about sport. Now she uses that extensive knowledge and experience to put guests at ease in her Miked Up Podcast. The chat is relaxed, there are revelations, shared recollections and laughter. It’s all done face to face, sometimes over a coffee, sometimes over a glass of wine. A right good old chat and a right good listen!
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Evelyn McDonald is CEO of Scottish EDGE. Previously run by Scottish Enterprise for four rounds, Evelyn oversaw the spin-out of the competition in Autumn 2014 to the private sector-led Scottish EDGE C.I.C. The introduction of lending to the winners in Round 5 has created a revolving loan fund to support future applicants. Prior to joining Scottish E…
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Victoria set up My Language Connection in 2017 after the translation agency she was working for went into liquidation. Realising there was a gap in the UK serving specialised services, Vicotria targeted Technical sectors, working with logistics, life sciences and industrial manufacturing. The Aviation Logistics Network is one of MLC’s main clients,…
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Lisa started her company Dear Green Coffee in December 2011 after learning how to roast coffee in Australia while working as a backpacker packing coffee beans. It was here that she discovered coffee is grown around the Equator and every origin has a different flavour and aroma. Lisa came back to Scotland and following several bad employment experie…
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Having worked for over 15 years in the skills arena for Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Enterprise and Careers Scotland, Alison came up with the idea for Skillfluence during a sabbatical in Silicon Valley. Whilst there, she studied at 3 different institutions and attended numerous events. The universities were so well connected with start-up …
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In 2015, Tammy Koslowski turned her passion for nail art, technical cutting, fashion, and creativity into a full-time business venture. Now, House of NAF!, home to the multi-award-winning NAF! Salon, is a premier destination for clients seeking top-quality beauty services, products and education. Under Tammy's leadership, NAF! has grown to occupy a…
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Jacine Rutasikwa and her husband Paul launched their Matugga brand at the London Rum Festival in 2015. At that time, there were very few UK-produced rum brands. However, Matugga quickly silenced the doubters with a taste that rivalled the best on the market. A trade deal followed shortly after and the Rutasikwas gave up their jobs to follow their '…
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The purchase of a Social Stories Club corporate gift helps communities and the environment, every transaction results in a social impact. Social Stories gift boxes are packed full of products from social ventures, each with a fascinating story of social impact that you can read about in an accompanying story booklet. Co-founder, Karis Gill, believe…
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Dr Antoinette Fionda-Douglas co-founded Beira to create ethical and sustainable luxury fashion by repurposing discarded materials. As a UN-accredited expert on sustainability, Antoinette's dedication to reducing fabric waste and embracing the circular economy is fundamental to her brand and has resulted in an 85% reduction in carbon impact compared…
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When one of her children became lactose intolerant, Karen quickly became disappointed with the limited choices of oat milk options on the market. Tired of having to compromise on taste, nutrition or performance when selecting dairy alternatives for her three boys, Karen founded Three Robins - an oat milk brand that fills the gap in the market for v…
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Season 2 of Miked-up returns with "Our Women Entrepreneurs" - featuring the start-up journeys of some of the incredible female founders putting Scotland on the map for business innovation. Debuting in 2017, Molke is the brainchild of Kirsty Lunn and Ros Marshall, shaking up the way things are done in the underwear industry, and boldly carving their…
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This week Alison sits down to chat with Anita Manning - the first female auctioneer in Scotland and star of Flog it, Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road trip.
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On this episode of Miked up, Alison is joined by the fantastic Yvette Hopkins. Yvette is a Scottish-American former army intelligence officer who was part of the team that set up the Space Port in Shetland.
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This week on #MikedUp Alison sits down to chat with journalist and trailblazer Kirsty Wark. They talk about Kirsty's experience on Celebrity Bake off, her long career as a journalist and her most memorable interviews, both the good and the bad!
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A truly inspirational and fantastic woman sums up podcast guest Eilish McColgan. In this episode - We talk about how nothing will ever beat that Summer's day at Birmingham in 2022, her passion for their charity "Giving back to the Track" – the importance of helping young female athletes understand their bodies standing up to online trolls.…
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Embracing how now women are allowed to be funny and how she wishes she’d been braver in the old days, her time at drama school and teaching, the elitist nature of theatre, the feeling when she takes off the fatsuit, people she admires, meeting the Lisbon Lions and Henrik Larsson and other Celtic greats, her terror at being the first woman to speak …
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Behind the scenes of award-winning comedy Two Doors Down and its impact, nuances of acting and developing a character. Her passion for singing and how she first registered the effect of her singing on a room. She reveals her Karaoke song, the difficulties working as a woman in comedy, advice to younger actresses, her love of Panto and where she is …
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Alison met up with Judy Murray at Cromlix Hotel near Dunblane for their Miked Up chat in which they covered a bit of Strictly and her Mums shortbread. Judy gives her thoughts on what Andy and Jamie might do next and the latest on their legacy and the building of the tennis centre. The challenge to bring tennis to everyone in Scotland continues. Oh.…
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Alison chats with former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson about the joys of motherhood, the difficulties of IVF, her love of sport, what attracted her to politics after life at the BBC and about not being too hard on yourself.
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In this first episode Alison chats with Olympic champion curler Eve Muirhead. Her reflections on that gold medal success, how she nearly quit the sport, what she might do next following her retirement at the grand old age of 32 and growing up on a farm with two brothers. If you enjoyed this episode leave a review and subscribe so you can be notifie…
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Alison Walker has spent her broadcasting career interviewing and talking - mostly about sport. Now she uses that extensive knowledge and experience to put guests at ease in her Miked Up Podcast. The chat is relaxed, its informal, there are revelations, shared recollections and laughter. It’s all done face to face, sometimes over a coffee, sometimes…
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