Doing the Opposite: How Jeff Dewing Rebuilt from Rock Bottom to a £70m Culture-First Success If you’ve ever walked into a business and felt the energy dip, you’ll get the problem Jeff Dewing set out to fix. In this episode of Made in Essex, Jill Willis meets Jeff Dewing, CEO of Cloud, the Colchester-based…
Kelly Bronze: Building a Premium Brand from the Farm Up “Business is a boxing match… you’re on the ropes, taking punch after punch. But your time will come. Then you’ve just got to come out fighting.” If you’ve ever sat down to a Kelly Bronze turkey on Christmas Day, you’ve tasted a legacy born from…
Resilience, Reinvention and Results: Essex’s Top Firms Show What Growth Really Looks Like In this final episode of Stories of Essex Limited, host Jill Willis sits down with Doug Bentley of Grant Thornton and Adam Jones from Birketts LLP to bring the Essex Limited 2025 report into sharp focus. Together, we explore what lies…
How Bartech Marine Grew from a Garage to a £10m Global Operator It started in a garage on Mersea Island – one engineer, one big idea, and a belief that things could be done better. Today, Bartech Marine is one of the UK’s most respected diesel engine specialists. Headquartered in Colchester, with a second…
From Call Centre to Channel 4: Colin Horton’s Bold Journey in Property What does it take to build a £4 million property business from just £3,000 and a personal brand? According to Colin Horton, it takes grit, visibility, and more than a few sleepless nights. In this episode of Made in Essex, Jill Willis…
