Coffee & Oysters: The London Business Babe Podcast

Meet Meg Hutson, a Human Marketing Strategist for service-based businesses, as she breaks down LinkedIn marketing strategy, personal branding and how to build a business you actually love.
Meg Hutson left school at 16, started a shop with her mum, and built a freelance marketing business the hard way. She breaks down why being too vague cost her early opportunities, how she now helps bold service business owners ditch messy marketing through her framework of purpose, audience, offers, messaging and content, and why making marketing human matters more than ever.
We also dig into how to grow on LinkedIn vs Instagram (including selling via Stories and trial reels), relationship-based funnels through her free monthly session The Monthly, launching her group program Spotlight, and the business tips and success habits that keep her grounded — from daily walks to a lean tech stack of MailerLite, Asana, Motion and Voxer. Plus she explores her London favourites, such as Covent Garden and Pizza Pilgrims, Oliver Bonas style picks, and her favourite glowy beauty basics as a minimal-makeup girlie.
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Meg on LinkedIn: Meg Hutson
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00:00 Intro
05:09 Marketing vs Sales Explained
09:12 Investing in Coaching
12:47 Human Marketing in AI Era
15:01 LinkedIn as Lead Engine
18:22 Instagram Stories Funnel
32:01 Lurkers Are Best Buyers
33:10 Make Weird Content Work
37:16 Grounding Daily Rituals
38:32 Personal Style Uniform
41:13 Beauty Product Staples
44:26 Lean Tech Stack
49:18 Life Outside London
51:26 London Spots And Networking
55:30 Wins, Plugs And Dreams
58:40 Where To Find Meg
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Kamya Marwah is a London-based, top 1% LinkedIn creator, and Marketing & Content Manager at CRM startup Jely. She shares London lifestyle tips, London cafés + food market favourites, plus a super practical LinkedIn personal branding playbook (without the cringe).
In this episode, Kamya breaks down how she moved from Delhi to London at 19 for UCL, the reality of being the first (and only) full-time marketing hire at an early-stage startup (twice!), and what it really takes to build a consistent content engine alongside a 9 to 5.
We also get into networking (including the resilience behind 800+ rejections), how to pitch in a way that actually builds relationships, what trends are shifting on LinkedIn right now (carousels vs video), and the creator tools she uses to stay organised.
You do not want to miss this if you’re trying to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn or figure out how to stay consistent with content while working.
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Kamya on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kamya-marwah
Kamya’s Substack (“Get Things Moving”): https://getthingsmoving.substack.com/
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00:00 Introduction
02:29 From art to marketing + the first six months of zero orders
09:02 Systems, discipline + building creator workflows
11:04 Networking, resilience + rejection
13:56 Pitching, relationship-building + community
15:46 LinkedIn creator playbook
22:16 Content trends + the AI backlash
24:23 LinkedIn cringe takes
32:01 Creator tech stack
35:51 Moving to London + favourite cafés/markets
39:28 Final thoughts
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London/Swiss female founder & luxury beauty entrepreneur Anju Rupal shares lifestyle tips, best London restaurant picks & wellness secrets on Coffee & Oysters: The London Business Babe Podcast. The Abhati Suisse founder blends Indian heritage rituals with Swiss biotech for performance-driven scalp and hair health, charting her path from social work to building a brand. We also hear about turning down LVMH, crowdfunding her first product, and sourcing high-altitude botanicals from the Himalayas and Swiss Alps.
Topics covered: slow-growth brand building, hospitality partnerships, favourite London spots (Liberty, Dishoom), fashion trends & style inspiration, European tech alternatives, entrepreneurship tips, health and wellness routines, and community support through the Entrepreneur Organization (EO).---
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Explore Abhati Suisse with 20% off with code “FRANCES20”: https://abhatisuisse.com/shop
Anju on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjurupal/
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00:00 Introduction
01:58 Swiss Alps and Bad Bunny
05:47 Social Work to Luxury Beauty
11:26 Origin Story and Ingredients
22:18 Lifestyle Brand and Hospitality
26:32 Retail Dreams and Future Trends
31:18 Slow Growth Values
32:37 Packaging Storytelling
34:47 Lifestyle Music Boost
37:58 Quiet Luxury Style
39:31 Hair Loss To Haircare
48:59 London Arts And Food
51:42 Conclusion
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Meet Dami Lawal, award-winning interior designer and founder of NateBel Interiors, who shares her pivot from 16+ years in IT project management (agile/scrum) into interior design after discovering a design app, training at KLC, and being pushed full-time into her business during 2020 lockdowns.
She explains how her project management structure builds client trust, why she expanded into transformation mentoring (including her book “Design Your Interiors”), and how she helps people overcome fear and pursue purpose. Dami breaks down how interior designers charge fees separate from furniture budgets, her “ridiculous price” tactic to uncover client budgets, and the realities of sales/marketing as a business owner.
She discusses designing timeless spaces over trends, standout projects (Airbnb and an “Instagrammable” home), mentoring students at University of Westminster, and shares lifestyle picks like time-blocking, bargain-shopping, skincare/makeup favourites, and London recommendations.
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Dami on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damilawal/
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00:00 Introduction
02:53 From IT to Interiors
08:39 Life Transformation Work
15:53 Visibility and Sales
21:30 Pricing and Getting Paid
31:52 Timeless Design Trends
33:56 Mentoring Next Gen
41:05 Personal Style On A Budget
46:08 Skincare And Makeup Staples
48:58 Tech Tools For Productivity
56:52 Communities And Networking
01:04:37 Conclusion
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What happens when the first Black female commissioner of BBC Comedy walks away from a 20-year career in TV and bets on herself?
Meet Sarah Asante: creative consultant, former TV exec and founder of Asante Space, the scripted consultancy for “outsiders and underdogs.” In this episode, Sarah unpacks how she went from advertising to commissioning hit shows at the BBC, BAFTA and UKTV, and why she left it all behind to become “the commissioner you see before your commissioner meeting.”
Sarah reveals exactly how she built The Script Advantage Network on Skool, her DIY marketing stack (Canva, Claude, Substack, Buffer, ManyChat) and the jaw-dropping growth that followed: Instagram from ~50 to 1,500+ followers, a YouTube video hitting 95k views, and 90+ community sign-ups in a single week. She also breaks down a tiered business model that any creative consultant can learn from: paid consulting for production companies, discounted 1:1s for individuals, and a free community layer.
Plus: why “palatable” is the dirtiest word in TV right now, what commissioners actually want to see in your pitch, London life in SW London, favourite workspaces (the British Library gets a big shout), a lifestyle rapid-fire on music, sneakers and beauty — and the unforgettable story of producing the Shonda Rhimes fellowship at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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Sarah on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-asante-275a1480
Asante Space: https://asantespace.org/
The Script Advantage Network: https://www.skool.com/scripted-and-seen-4121/about
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00:00 Introduction and Personal Insights
06:08 The Pivot: Leaving TV Leadership & Becoming a Consultant
10:30 How Sarah Became a Commissioner (The Zigzag Career Path)
22:05 Commissioning for the Underdogs: Who’s Missing From TV?
27:40 Stop Trying to Be ‘Palatable’: Authenticity, Originals & AI
33:24 Going Self-Employed: Building the Brand, Website & Tech Stack
48:42 Rapid-fire lifestyle: hype music, concerts & mood-based playlists
51:32 Style & beauty routine: high-street fits, sneaker obsession, minimal makeup
58:14 London life in SW: parks, transport hacks & why the city wins
01:02:48 Workspaces & writing spots: members clubs, British Library, and getting out the house
01:05:14 Where to eat: Asian food adventures, Brixton finds & staying curious
01:19:06 Conclusion
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