{"podcast":{"title":"Scale Her Up: Female business stories and expert tips for business growth and success","slug":"scale-her-up-female-business-stories-and-expert-tips-for-business-growth-and-success-1377057","podcast_index_feed_id":1377057,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/scale-her-up/","website_url":"https://Scaleherup.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/689a23c3-c9b8-4cd3-b6f3-1473fffd48f7/BAEoC8z0vwk9fr_1b51vInIP.png","author":"Brenda Hector","episode_count":169,"summary":"If you are a female business owner, self-employed freelancer, or girl boss who wants to build a successful business i.e. work less hours, make more money, and get better results from your staff, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Dr Brenda Hector MBA from ActionCOACH UK, this podcast provides relatable and accessible business advice and inspiration from successful businesswomen who have been there and done it before you. This podcast is where you can • hear female business stories • share business success • learn how to overcome business challenges • get advice for businesswomen aspiring to success • find out what needs to change • discover how we can bring about that business revolution Only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs are female. UK men are 5 times more likely than women to build a business of over £1million turnover If UK women matched UK men in starting and scaling businesses, it would add £250 billion to the UK economy (Alison Rose, The Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship 2018) As a woman in business, a business coach, and a business growth expert, Brenda’s mission is to help business owners grow their companies, achieve their goals and live the lifestyle of their dre…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T14:17:12.082386+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scale-her-up-female-business-stories-and-expert-tips-for-business-growth-and-success-1377057"},"episode":{"title":"From Living Room Startup to PR Group Growth | Nathalie Agnew of Muckle Media","slug":"from-living-room-startup-to-pr-group-growth-nathalie-agnew-of-muckle-media","published_at":"2026-03-16T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scale-her-up-female-business-stories-and-expert-tips-for-business-growth-and-success-1377057/from-living-room-startup-to-pr-group-growth-nathalie-agnew-of-muckle-media","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scale-her-up-female-business-stories-and-expert-tips-for-business-growth-and-success-1377057","url":"https://scaleherup.com/episode/nathalie-agnew-muckle-media-pr-group-growth","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f676422a-dc98-475d-b5da-878fe961275a.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Scale HER Up – The Female Entrepreneur Show, I’m joined by Nathalie Agnew , Managing Director of Muckle Media , a founder-led communications group delivering corporate and consumer PR, social media and influencer engagement, with specialist agencies in drinks and hospitality now part of the wider business. Nathalie started Muckle Media from her living room after leaving London and moving back to Scotland, and has since grown it into a 30-person agency group working with major brands and ambitious clients. Nathalie shares the story behind that journey, from struggling to find the kind of PR role she wanted in the Highlands, to gaining experience on global campaigns in London, to returning home and deciding to build something of her own. What began as freelance work soon became something bigger, driven by a desire for team, structure and a business that could grow beyond one person. We talk about what helps a founder-led agency win against much bigger competitors. Nathalie believes clients are looking for something more personal, more invested and less faceless than the big global networks can sometimes offer. She explains how important it is that clients meet the people who will actually work on their account, not just the senior team who pitch, and why that founder-led energy can still be a real advantage as the business scales. A big focus of this episode is growth by acquisition . Nathalie has acquired three businesses, starting with an early deal that was creatively structured and paid over time from client income rather than upfront capital. She talks candidly about what she learned from that first acquisition, how later deals were different, and the real challenges of bringing together different cultures, teams and systems while keeping momentum…","meta_description":"In this episode of Scale HER Up – The Female Entrepreneur Show, I’m joined by Nathalie Agnew , Managing Director of Muckle Media , a founder-led communica…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1990,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scale-her-up-female-business-stories-and-expert-tips-for-business-growth-and-success-1377057/episodes/from-living-room-startup-to-pr-group-growth-nathalie-agnew-of-muckle-media/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scale-her-up-female-business-stories-and-expert-tips-for-business-growth-and-success-1377057/from-living-room-startup-to-pr-group-growth-nathalie-agnew-of-muckle-media.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}