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Mar 2023
18m 39s

Business Daily Meets: Sarah Willingham

Bbc World Service
About this episode

The hospitality entrepreneur Sarah Willingham has worked extensively across the UK restaurant and bar industry. She also featured as a Dragon on the BBC TV show, Dragon's Den (the UK equivalent of Shark Tank).

Sarah took a bet at the height of the coronavirus pandemic that cocktail bars would thrive again - and is now CEO of UK-based hospitality group Nightcap, a rapidly expanding drinks-led investment firm which she started with her husband in 2020.

The company has acquired around 20 cocktail and party bars across the country, employing more than 1,000 staff.

Sarah talks to Dougal Shaw about the difficulties of entrepreneurship in lockdown, some of the current challenges facing the hospitality industry and about the imposter syndrome she felt earlier in her career.

Presenter and producer: Dougal Shaw

(Image - Sarah Willingham. Credit: Getty Images)

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