12/08/2026
Running a business can be a lonely job. You make the big calls, and most of the time nobody outside your own four walls ever tells you whether they were right.
Last week we hosted the GOLD Cohort 15 board meeting here at the workshop. Four owner managers round a table with their plans, their numbers and their problems out in the open, and everyone else free to pull them apart.
Round that table: Dave Cook from Bounce Activations, who build live brand experiences. Henry Herbert from Hobbs House Bakery, fifth generation, baking since the 1920s. Geoff Newsome from The ITSA Digital Trust, who refurbish donated computers and have put digital education in front of more than six million people. And QuoLux, who run the whole thing.
Claire and I have run this business together for years, and my grandfather started the garage in 1962. None of that means we've got all the answers. Sitting in a room with people who'll be straight with you is one of the better things we do for the business.
Thanks to everyone who came, and to QuoLux for putting it together.
Hobbs Bakery
The ITSA Digital Trust
QuoLux