Tessa Clarke is the co-founder of Olio, a neighbourhood sharing app where you get to share unwanted food and household items, so you can declutter, help the planet and support your local community all at the same time. To date, Olio has a community of over 7 million people who have enabled 35 million neighbour pick-ups, which has led to over 155 million portions of food being shared and many friendships being formed.  In this episode Chris Davies CEO of Uncommon sits down with Tessa to discuss the origins of Olio and founding the business with a best friend, the community she created and her passion for the sharing economy. They talk about Tessa’s personal journey of growing up on a farm in North Yorkshire and how it helped her to become “insanely curious, where she takes her learnings from and her ambitions of making a real change whilst leaving strong legacy behind.  You can find out more about Olio by visiting: https://olioapp.com/ Uncommon create exceptional spaces for work.  Explore more at: https://uncommon.co.uk/  LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncommon_space/IG: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon_space/

On creating UK’s largest independent plant food business, her life journey from tackling a health problem to publishing UK’s best-selling debut cookbook and how you can’t always have it all. Ella Mills is an entrepreneur, author and founder of Deliciously Ella. Deliciously Ella started as a platform to help people eat real food, following her own experience of ill health in 2011 she learnt to cook natural, plant-based foods to feed herself back to good health. Since its launch Ella, alongside her husband, Matthew have published 6 bestselling books, opened a restaurant, created a wellness app and launched plant based products with one product sold every second. In this episode, Chris Davies CEO of Uncommon visits the Deliciously Ella offices to sit down with Ella and talk about her personal and business journey, the evolution of her brand and the future of the food industry. They dive into the challenges of keeping the brand independent against much larger competitors and running the business with her husband, balancing the company’s ambitious plans whilst raising two daughters. To discover more about Deliciously Ella visit here: https://www.deliciouslyella.com/ Uncommon create exceptional spaces for work.  Explore more at: https://uncommon.co.uk/   LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncommon_space/IG: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon_space/

Welcome to Alive with Possibilities. A new podcast from Uncommon, where host and CEO Chris Davies sits down with founders, leaders and changemakers to discuss their businesses and their outlook upon life. What inspired them to create their businesses? What chances did they take? What legacy do they want to leave upon the world?  With a new episode every month, expect to hear from leading figures in wellness, sustainability and business all talking how they are directly affecting change for you.