{"podcast":{"title":"Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly","slug":"everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217","podcast_index_feed_id":6381217,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5107213.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5107213","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43489915.jpg","author":"Davy","episode_count":78,"summary":"In this podcast, Aidan Donnelly is in discussion with numerous guests to get insights into their journey, their highs and lows, their management styles, and the lessons they have learned along the way. Most of Aidan’s time has been spent focusing on the financials of these companies but what is more fascinating to him is how companies operate, how the entrepreneurs started them, and the business people/managements who run them. But as with most things, a work/life balance is essential, so it won’t just be about the professional developments they have made through the years, but also the personal ones. Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy, has been working in, analysing, and investing in companies for decades. He has 27 years’ investment management experience. He joined Davy in 2005 and has worked as an analyst/fund manager for a range of global equity funds and is now responsible for the direct equity offering at Davy. There will be a new episode released every two weeks, so please like, share and subscribe if you like what you hear!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217"},"episode":{"title":"73: Neil Skeffington, CEO and Founder at Novelplast","slug":"73-neil-skeffington-ceo-and-founder-at-novelplast","published_at":"2026-03-19T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217/73-neil-skeffington-ceo-and-founder-at-novelplast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8875473","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8875473.mp3?modified=1773833945&sid=5107213&source=rss","summary":"Neil Skeffington is the CEO and founder of Meath based Novelplast, an innovative PET plastic recycling company. Beginning operations in late 2019, Neil’s passion for sustainability in plastics and developing the circular economy has grown the company sales into a diverse range of industries, employing 60 people and becoming the largest PET recycling plant in Ireland by some distance. Neil has spent his career in the PET manufacturing industry both in Ireland and abroad, before setting his sights on developing recycling solutions for some of the world’s problem plastic materials. Novelplast’s vision is to be a world leader in improving the sustainability of plastics by developing technologies that add value and create a better environment for future generations. Their process is leading the change in how polyester material is recycled and repurposed. They save 1000’s of tons of post-industrial and post - consumer pet materials from landfill per year. The materials are cleaned and pelletised and a unique blend of additives is used to improve the mechanical and aesthetic properties of the end product, resulting in a viable alternative to using virgin PET material.Neil was an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in 2023. This is the 73rd episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Neil Skeffington, CEO and Founder at Novelplast.","meta_description":"Neil Skeffington is the CEO and founder of Meath based Novelplast, an innovative PET plastic recycling company. Beginning operations in late 2019, Neil’s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3551,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217/episodes/73-neil-skeffington-ceo-and-founder-at-novelplast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217/73-neil-skeffington-ceo-and-founder-at-novelplast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}