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Hosted by Liz & Leila Willingham · 🇺🇸 us · EN-GB · 144 episodes
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Hello! We're Liz & Leila Willingham and welcome to "It Runs In The Family". We're the mother and daughter duo working within the public relations and communications agency, Liz Lean PR. Running a business is hard - really hard. Every business has its challenges and it's own ups and downs - but in a family business, this is often exaggerated by the willingness to speak your mind. But it also has some huge advantages that the corporate cultures just can't compete with. In this podcast, featuring a different family business guest in each episode, we're going to be digging into the stories, values and traditions of other family and multi-generational businesses. We'll explore their history, learnings and how they've developed through the generations and the unique advantages they've had over their competitors. We discover where human relationship migrates into business; the ups, downs, twists, turns and landmark moments that seal the fate of these fascinating organisations. You’ll get t
Liz & Leila Willingham hosts It Runs In The Family, a business show with 144 episodes published.
What does it feel like to grow up thinking your family farm is simply a shared passion, only to realise you’re now stewarding a cheddar recipe beloved in 160 countries? In this episode of ‘It Runs In The Family’, fourth-
What does it take to keep a 100+ year-old family business feeling fresh? The fourth-generation CEO of The Fine Bedding Company, Claire Watkin, uncovers a century-long journey from feathers flying around a Liverpool facto
Cornwall is a corner of the world which imprints itself on all who visit, and few businesses are quite as synonymous with their origins as Fat Willy’s, a perennial presence on the Cornish coastline. In this episode, Liz
Dominion is a three-generation print business which nearly began as the UK’s first McDonald's franchisee - that ‘sliding doors’ moment set the trajectory for a far greater journey for the firm’s family… In this episode,
When your dad tells you that life is a do-it-yourself project, what would you feel empowered to build? A single, overlooked byproduct of coffee roasting has become Tepi Naturals, a family-run skincare brand headed up by
When a late‑night phone call in Bucharest led Anca Tomescu’s mother to rescue 300 dogs in a single day, she had no idea she was founding one of Eastern Europe’s oldest and most remarkable shelters. In this episode of ‘It
When Sophie and Axel Steenberg walked away from corporate life to start an organic spice business, they bet on their values, their patience, and their family. Steenbergs is a business grown from a tiny North Yorkshire un
The Headland Cornwall is an unmistakably iconic hotel overlooking Fistral Beach, and the family in charge have their eyes set on the long term… Veryan Palmer is the hotel’s director, and has wanted to be a hotelier since
The idea that glass can be worked in a small studio, rather than a closed-off factory, was once novel. Thanks to Peter Layton, it’s become an icon of London. He discovered studio glass in the US, and has since built one
Food is more than food for the Founder of Xi Home Dumplings Bay - whether it’s love or an apology, it’s the strongest language shared by this family. Wenjun Xiang launched her career while she was still in school, starti
Velfrey Vineyard began life as a field beside a family magazine business. Reinvention took the Mounsey family to pastures new. Fiona is a Director in the business alongside her son, Ryan, and both of their spouses, makin
Step inside a London salon story 50 years in the making. It begins with Hari Salem’s vision for a salon which cares for its staff like family - a core value that remains today. They’ve expanded their team and their locat
Imagine turning one of the hardest moments in your life into the catalyst for a whole new family business. That’s how the mother–daughter duo of Nikki and Emilia Jeffery, along with sister Olivia, brought The Staging Exp
The Booth family’s farm is a place where the humble fruits have remarkable potential, and the food waste is actually a land of opportunity. Sandy Booth heads up New Forest Fruit Snacks, a business with family values at i
What began as a temporary move to "help dad out" during a global crisis quickly evolved into a high-stakes mission to reinvent women’s health. Lucy Hope’s family journey is rooted in a century-old story, sparked by the l
Sisterhood is a superpower. Once Olivia and Tanyka Davson understood each other as both siblings and as professionals, the foundations were laid for them to finally go all-in with Cubbi. Their business was born out of pe
Just because something’s labelled ‘small’, that doesn’t mean it’s incapable of achieving great things - it’s all about opportunities, not limitations for Small Family Business. Elliot and Eva Harris represent two of the
When they’re not changing lives in their hair clinic, Dr Matee and Dr Kaleem Rajput are changing lives by going out into the community, where it REALLY matters. Family legacy and compassion guide every decision, and as M
What happens when a business becomes inseparable from the family which runs it, and dares to bear its family influence through every strand of its existence? You get Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery… and while Nermin and Ali migh
After the heartbreaking loss of his brother Robin to germ cell cancer at just 24, Toby Freeman and his family turned grief into action, founding a charity that has become the UK’s leading voice for young people’s cancer
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Amrit Dhaliwal
founder and CEO · Woolfinch
1 appearance on this show
Steph Douglas
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Helen O’Neill
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1 appearance on this show
Helen O’Neill
associate professor in reproductive and molecular genetics at UCL · Hertility
1 appearance on this show
Iain Stirling
owner · Arbikie Distillery
1 appearance on this show
Lucie Clothier
Wyke Farms
1 appearance on this show
Claire Watkin
The Fine Bedding Company
1 appearance on this show
Marc Ward
Fat Willy’s
1 appearance on this show
Fiona Mounsey
Velfrey Vineyard
1 appearance on this show
Sandy Booth
New Forest Fruit Snacks
1 appearance on this show
Dr Matee Rajput
Samr Trust
1 appearance on this show
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