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Apr 2025
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£15k/Month Doughnut Shop - Hard Work, Lo...

James Sinclair
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This week, James and JB dive into the story of a £15k/month doughnut shop owner working non-stop but struggling to pay himself properly. They’ll explore pricing, operations, and what needs to change to make the hard work actually pay off.

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Welcome to the Business Broadcast Podcast! Each week James brings on the show an entrepreneur who shares their biggest challenges and struggles in business.James coaches the business owner through these challenges by asking those hard hitting questions in order to get to the bottom of these problems and help the business owner soar to success.


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Who am I?

My name is James Sinclair and I'm the founder and CEO of The Fabadousa Group of Companies. I started building my business when I was just 16 as a family entertainer after that I built up an entertainment agency, then moved into building a leisure and day nursery businesses. Today we operate a £40 million business which includes leisure, childcare, outdoor attractions, commercial property, arts and crafts manufacturing as well as one of the UK’s oldest Ice cream companies; The Rossi Ice Cream Company.

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