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🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year Awards, in partnership with Rathbones, celebrate the passion and creativity of British entrepreneurs. From hundreds of entries we have narrowed down to some 50 finalists across the United Kingdom. In this episode, the judges discuss the innovators within the Business Services and Logistics category – the companies that help other innovators and companies operate day to day.

The judges in this episode are mechanical engineer and venture capitalist Adrian de Ferranti; Caroline Theobald CBE, managing director of Bridge Club Ltd which helps connect entrepreneurs with investors, expertise and skills; Michelle White, Head of Private Office for Rathbones; and Martin Vander Weyer, The Spectator's business editor.

The awards and this podcast series are sponsored by Rathbones, a leading provider of individual wealth management.

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Spectator and welcome to this podcast, one of a series of five podcasts in which we discussed the finalists for the 2024 Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year awards,
0:25.6	which celebrate entrepreneur-led high-growth UK businesses in every sector of business
0:33.9	and from every corner of the UK.
0:43.3	Today we're looking particularly at that sector of business and from every corner of the UK. Today we're looking particularly at that sector of business services and logistics. That is to say, entrepreneur-led companies that are offering services to other businesses.
0:50.3	Even within that category, as you'll hear, there's a very wide variety of activity.
0:57.3	Now, these awards are made possible by the sponsorship of Rathbones, incorporating InvestTech, Wealth and Investment UK.
1:07.3	And I'm delighted to be joined by my friend Michelle White from Rathbones who will introduce
1:13.5	herself and the sponsor. Thanks Martin. Yes my name is Michelle White and I head up the private
1:18.8	office business for Rathbones. This is our business that focuses on delivering strategic
1:25.1	wealth advisory solutions to high and ultra high net worth clients
1:29.3	across the planning investments and banking and lending pillars.
1:34.8	We also offer our clients, particularly in the entrepreneurial space and in private equity,
1:40.6	access to Investec corporate and investment bank.
1:44.4	We're very much still part of the Investec family group of companies.
1:49.1	And so we're proud to be sponsoring these awards for the third year in a row now.
1:54.2	And as always, it's been fascinating to tour up and down the country
1:58.2	and be inspired by our businesses and entrepreneurs that we've named
2:03.2	as finalists this year.
2:04.6	Thank you, Michelle.
2:05.6	We're also joined today by two of our guest judges.
2:09.4	We have a wide panel of guest judges across the regions.
2:14.2	The two who are with me today are both in their own right, entrepreneurs, deeply involved in
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