The Profit Margin, with Jamie Delargy and Naomi McMullan

The Profit Margin, with Jamie Delargy and Naomi McMullan


Latest Episodes

Turning a business around
March 17, 2016

Like him or loathe him, there’s no ignoring Michael O’Leary. He's helped turn Ryanair into one of the busiest airlines in Europe. So how has Ryanair managed to scale in a very competitive industry with established players,

“The balance between big firms and SMEs could shift”
March 10, 2016

This week we caught up with the first female president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Naomi Climer is also the former head of cloud services at Sony. She has strong opinions on how technology and engineering is going to impact on ALL...

We’re aiming to double turnover by 2018
March 04, 2016

4 Beauty Group is growing quickly. Their sales in the GB market have grown 37% in the last two years. The Carryduff company now employs 30 people. - You may not be familiar with the company, but you’ll know some of their brands. He-Shi,

“Everyone thought we were mad when we started this business”
February 25, 2016

"A mixture of sewing the seeds for luck and really hard work" that's what Rory O'Connor attributes to the success of Rory's Story cubes. The game has now sold more than 5 million units worldwide and is available in over 52 countries. -

What separates winners and losers?
February 19, 2016

This week we’re talking to Ashley Merryman, a New-York Times best selling writer who has co-authored a book called “Top-Dog” all about the science of winning and losing. - She believes she can help everyone get mentally tough enough to compete in a w...

How to handle a crisis
February 12, 2016

"Tackle a problem when you encounter it. The sooner you do it, the more options you have; the more options you have, the more likely you are to come up with the right option. Speed is key." - Willie Walsh, IAG -

Why innovating could be cheaper than you think
February 05, 2016

Have you paid much attention to R & D tax credits? It's a HMRC scheme to encourage more firms to innovate - the logic being that will create more jobs and growth. In a nutshell it enables firms that incur costs in developing new products,

Unleashing the entrepreneurial spark
January 29, 2016

Anyone can be an entrepreneur and it seems that message is catching on. Even in the professions, where money is still often a dirty word. Today we meet some individuals who are breaking free of their industry stereotypes and willing to teach the rest ...

The entrepreneurial life cycle
January 22, 2016

Nothing like a bit of sales growth to put a smile on an entrepreneurs face.  Except, perhaps the more important measure - profit.  Sales are vanity.  Profit is reality as one business person put it to me recently.  So how do you grow that bottom line?

The beauty business
January 15, 2016

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s also in their pocket. The industry in the UK alone is estimated to be worth around 17 billion pounds. That buys a lot of botox. And it employs an estimated one million people.

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