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#195 Sheree Atcheson: Monzo, Forbes, Women Who Code & More

Mar 29, 2021

Sheree Atcheson is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Expert from Sri Lanka/County Tyrone currently living in London!

Listed as one of the UK's Most Influential Women in Tech, Sheree (@nirushika) worked for the likes of Deloitte and Monzo before becoming the Global Director Of Diversity and Inclusion at

#194 Local Box: The Start-Up Bringing NI Food To Your Doorstep

Mar 26, 2021

Ever since she was little, Lydia Hodgins has dreamed of working with food (even though the teachers wanted her to study Latin instead).

During the lockdown, this dream became a reality when she and her partner Justin launched Local Box — a digital ‘corner shop’ that delivers high-quality NI food to your...

#193 Circle: Belfast’s First Bicycle Delivery Company

Mar 25, 2021

Ian Richardson has come a long way from cleaning glasses in his parent’s pub. As a Landscape Architect and the founder of multiple start-ups he now spends his days reinventing the way cities work.

Being deeply passionate about the environment, he believes entrepreneurship is the solution to global problems like...

#192 Hearty Growers: The Urban Farmers Growing Mushrooms In Belfast

Mar 24, 2021

10-years ago, Terry from Mumbai proposed to Judy from Budapest at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. From there they travelled all over the world, launched a business and moved to Belfast to start a family.

But when the pandemic hit — causing Terry to lose his job — the couple were put in a tricky...

#191 Aura Digital: The Student Start-Up Shaking Up The Animation Industry

Mar 23, 2021

When Eva, Josh and Donal signed up to go university, they would have laughed if you told them that a few years later they’d be directors in their own Animation Studio.

But when COVID wiped out all of their placement opportunities, they decided to go out and create their own — launching Aura Digital in the...