S8: Solving Societal issues with ‘Good’ Business, with Paul Lindley OBE, founder Ella’s Kitchen
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week Holly speaks to Paul Lindley OBE, founder of Ella’s Kitchen - who is driven by the belief that putting ‘human’ back into business, celebrating ideas and innovation as the key elements to making long term societal change.
Paul’s story started, when as the dad of two young children he felt frustrated by the lack of healthy, tasty and convenient food available for kids. With a growing concern for childhood obesity he set out to build an innovative baby food brand that put purpose at the very core. Holly and Paul discuss what it means to have a mission, how to translate that into a brand, as well as culture, B corps and building a lasting legacy.
Enjoying listening to these unfiltered chats? It's worth following Holly Tucker MBE and Holly & Co on Instagram, and subscribing to our weekly newsletter on our website, where Holly downloads her thoughts, and exclusively shares small business finds and topical, 'ungoogleable' business advice.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It was an absolute honor to speak with Paul Lindley, OBE, founder of Ella's Kitchen this week. |
| 0:06.4 | We were in fact, we were meant to be having this conversation live in Manchester Cathedral. |
| 0:11.8 | The very day we recorded this and even though we couldn't meet in person |
| 0:16.0 | it did not take away the utter pleasure of capturing a remarkable story. I left this interview with such deep respect and admiration for Paul |
| 0:26.6 | and all he's achieved. I honestly stepped away from the computer, took off my headphones |
| 0:32.0 | and genuinely marveled at how much good he's put back into the world and I felt Hurricane Holly fully ignite thanks to his inspiration. |
| 0:42.0 | Paul has had such a fascinating journey both as an entrepreneur |
| 0:46.1 | and as a campaigner and in this episode we cover building a brand which is both innovative and emotional. |
| 0:54.3 | As one of the first B-corps in the UK, |
| 0:56.8 | he is a tireless campaigner for social change |
| 1:00.0 | with this strong belief that business is the key when it comes to fostering long lasting impact in the world. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. I'm the founder of Not on the High Street and Holly and Co. |
| 1:18.0 | And I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative Small Businesses. I believe that having a business doing what you love |
| 1:24.8 | is the key to a happy fulfilled life and my dream is to help everybody start |
| 1:30.3 | theirs. So I've reached out to all my favorite small businesses, acclaimed |
| 1:34.6 | entrepreneurs and those who just simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. |
| 1:39.9 | With thanks to our sponsor NetWest who have helped bring this free podcast to life. |
| 1:46.2 | Here are my conversations of inspiration. |
| 1:48.6 | Bow your head and let your eyelids close on down You won't need to bring your frown. You will find that all |
| 1:58.1 | Hi Paul. I am excited because you have been on my podcast list for so long now and Ella's kitchen is one of those |
| 2:06.2 | brands that I totally truly admire and you're so mission led and I just cannot wait to hear more so welcome to the |
| 2:14.8 | podcast. Thank you so much Holly my goodness. There's only one way to go. I hope I can |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Holly Tucker MBE, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Holly Tucker MBE and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.