Rod Gilmour

Feature writer

Rod Gilmour writes the My First Boss and Behind the Brand series for Yahoo Finance. He has written for every UK national newspaper across news and sport.

Yahoo Finance UK
'I lost my mother suddenly and now I'm helping people plan for death'
Sam Grice founded Octopus Legacy after the unexpected death of his mother in a road accident. The UK-based firm is aiming for 1 million customers.
6d ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'All politicians should be forced into space to see Earth's beauty'
Rachel Delacour is founder of climate tech firm Sweep. She sold her first company, BIME Analytics, for $45m in 2015.
6d ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'Leading a company is like trying to master judo'
Bianca Zwart is chief of staff at Amsterdam-based Bunq, the second largest digital bank in Europe, valued at $1.8bn.
13d ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'How our peanut butter brand ManiLife gained a cult following'
Stu Macdonald's fast-growing peanut butter brand is valued close to ￡13m and part of a ￡120m category in the UK.
13d ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'How we launched a kombucha brand from our bedroom'
Josh and Lisa Puddle hope to hit revenues of ￡10m in UK sales by 2026 with their Momo Kombucha brand.
20d ago
Yahoo Finance UK
The inspirational football club coach who set Mentivity founder on path to success
Sayce Holmes-Lewis is founder and CEO of Mentivity, an award-winning mentoring organisation that offers support for young people and schools.
20d ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'We want to have 10,000 EV chargers active in the UK by 2030'
Adrian Keen is the former CEO of InstaVolt, which boasts the largest network of rapid electric vehicle chargers in the UK.
a month ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'We've grown ￡11m pizza delivery sales with no experience'
London pizza delivery outfit Yard Sale launched in 2014 and hopes to grow to 150 sites outside of the capital.
a month ago
Yahoo Finance UK
Meet the 'jokers from London' who sold 100,000 blocks of butter in first 10 weeks
Disruptive dairy brand All Things Butter was created to place butter at the forefront of the digi-food generation.
a month ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'My boss was ex-Army, shunned hierarchy and took ownership to get things done'
Rob Woodstock, ex-HMRC chief commercial officer, was appointed managing director of global technology and business firm Slalom in 2023.
a month ago
Yahoo Finance UK
Meet the vet on a mission to grow vegan pet food
Since its launch in 2022, Omni has sold over 1 million vegan dog food meals, surpassed ￡2.5m in revenue and is on track for ￡4m.
a month ago
Yahoo News UK
Who are Team GB's most successful Olympians of all time?
Team GB has finished the games with a total of 65 medals – beating their total from Tokyo 2020 by one
a month ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'My global mission was to provide mechanical sails for large ships'
Co-founder Tuomas Riski took Finnish cleantech company Norsepower from start-up to vessels equipped with innovative rotor sails.
2 months ago
Yahoo Finance UK
GoTo CEO's eight business rules to be a successful leader
Rich Veldran joined IT solutions firm GoTo in 2020 and has driven the company through COVID and a rebrand.
2 months ago
Yahoo Finance UK
After Olympics nod, squash aims for boost backed by Chelsea FC co-owner
Squash is looking to revamp its glass court to make the sport a stand-out attraction at the LA Olympics in 2028.
2 months ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'No one was googling ‘colourful lockers’ in 2018 – if they are now it's because of us'
Launched in 2018, Mustard Made sells vintage-inspired metal lockers and is in Sunday Times 100 list of fast-growing British companies.
2 months ago
Yahoo Finance UK
Stacking supermarket shelves helped me launch one of world's fastest-growing travel companies
Adam Schwab is co-founder and CEO of Luxury Escapes, growing from start-up to global travel brand that employs over 400 staff across four continents.
2 months ago
Yahoo Finance UK
From figure skating to fermented milk, meet the founder behind UK's No.1 kefir brand
Natasha Bowes came to the UK over 20 years ago and founded Biotiful Gut Health, which now has more than 50% market share in a category worth nearly ￡100m.
2 months ago
Yahoo Finance UK
How my IBM boss taught me to navigate a complex organisation
Liza Landsman is CEO of Stash, the US-based financial platform and investing app dedicated to giving people the confidence to take charge of their money.
2 months ago
Yahoo Finance UK
'I left school at 16 but my online car finance business is making nearly ￡50m'
Jim Wilkinson co-founded Zuto in 2006 to change the way people finance their cars.
3 months ago