A wee chance for Karen to go over some of her highlights from series 1. Thanks to everyone for listening, for sharing, and for getting in touch.

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The music is Each Uisge by Niteworks. Thanks to Niteworks for permission to use the track.

The artwork for the podcast is by Caitlin at Sona Design

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The episode was recorded and edited by John at Telt Media

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You can find Karen in her day job at Kennedy Accountancy

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In episode 6, Karen is having a blether with Clare Winskill. Clare and her partner Iain run Coruisk House in Elgol on the Isle of Skye. In a previous life she was an intensive care nurse, and also a lawyer specialising in insolvency. They talk about those massive career changes, the decision to take on a small business in Skye, and how she found out some of her former colleagues were involved in a £245 million pound fraud that led to 6 of them going to jail.

In Skye, Clare has taken on quite a few leadership roles – she is the Co-Chair of the Institute of Directors Highlands and Islands, as well as being a member of the Scottish Tourism Alliance. A lot of the blether focuses on that. And on her concerns about the future of tourism in the highlands as we await the introduction of a visitor levy.

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The music is Each Uisge by Niteworks. Thanks to Niteworks for permission to use the track.

The artwork for the podcast is by Caitlin at Sona Design

https://www.sona.scot/

The episode was recorded and edited by John at Telt Media

https://telt.media/

You can find Karen in her day job at Kennedy Accountancy

https://kennedyaccountancy.com/

and here, on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kennedy-ca-3b2a1849?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

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Welcome to Episode 5 of Business Blethers. This one is with Izzy Cunningham. Izzy runs Scribe and Grow, a craft business in the Isle of Skye, specialising in plantable greetings cards and candles with seeds where the container becomes a plant pot. She’s been stocked in John Lewis, as well as being found businesses throughout Scotland.

I know Izzy very well. I am both her accountant and friend. It makes this blether all the more special, and it means we can talk openly and frankly about motherhood, mental health and fulfilment. I’m very grateful to Izzy for speaking to me, and for telling me about the struggles that led her to seek a change in her life. We also talk about scaling a business, letting go of control, employing staff, finding confidence, and leaving behind the unhealthy work culture of a career in fashion in London.

This is actually the first blether I recorded, way back in November 2023 when I had the idea for the podcast, even though you guys are just hearing it now.

You can find Scribe and Grow at https://scribeandgrow.com/

Or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/scribe_and_grow/?hl=en-gb

The music is Each Uisge by Niteworks. Thanks to Niteworks for permission to use the track.

The artwork for the podcast is by Caitlin at Sona Design

https://www.sona.scot/

The episode was recorded and edited by John at Telt Media

https://telt.media/

You can find Karen in her day job at Kennedy Accountancy

https://kennedyaccountancy.com/

and here, on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kennedy-ca-3b2a1849?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

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