Manc 81: Jennie Johnson MBE - The Entrepreneur Getting Better By The Day

We Built This City: Greater Manchester

“I started listing what I needed from a childcare provider”

When Jennie Johnson’s childcare plans fell through on a work trip to London, she had a lightbulb moment that led her to create a hugely successful business. Jennie founded the children’s nursery chain Kids Allowed. By the time she sold that business, 20 years later, Kids Allowed was providing childcare services for over 2000 kids a week.

Jennie is now the co-founder of My First Five years. It’s an app that gives parents the information they need - and takes some of the stress out of parenting.

Hear about Jennie’s drive, her ideas and how her network supports her with the ups and downs of being a business owner. Lisa and Jennie also discuss the challenges of balancing work and family life as female entrepreneurs.

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Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.

To celebrate the 26 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family’ and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world.

Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield:

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Connect with My First Five Years:

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