Lawford
A podcast by Lawford Parish Council. Our podcast, is all about the parish of Lawford & surrounding area. Lawford is a village in the Tendring district of northeast Essex with a population of circa 5000. Lawford is a very vibrant community with two primary schools, a secondary school, a church, a football club, lots of community groups etc etc In Lawford the podcast, we will look to keep those in the community and beyond up to speed with the local goings-on. The podcast will also shine a light on some of the amazing & interesting characters in our community.
Lawford
Serial Entrepreneur Tom West - from serving pints to Silicone Stour start ups
Tom West is a serial entrepreneur & champion of our local community in the Stour Valley. Tom is the proprietor of several popular local pubs including The Red Lion in Manningtree & the Marlborough in Dedham while Tom is also the founder of an exciting start up called RentMy.com, in this episode we chat with Tom about
- What was & what might have been when it came to his highly promising sporting career in both Football & Basketball
- We chat about his move into the pub trade and how he has built a chain of hugely popular, community focused pubs
- We pivot to his new internet business, RentMy.com - which is best described as an Airbnb of everything - a platform where you can rent anything, from anyone, anywhere!
- Tom gives some insights on the local & international start up communities he is involved in and coins the fabulous term Silicone Stour
- We close with some passionate comments from Tom about the joy he takes from living in this beautiful part of the world and his passion for making the greater Manningtree area a brilliant community to live in and to do business in
