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Metro
01-08-2025
- Business
- Metro
The No Comment YouTube series by Anna Money blends business with banter
With so many of us now owning our own businesses, or running a side hustle alongside our 9-5, amplifying the voices of entrepreneurs is more important than ever before. However, interest in classic long-form founder videos is declining among Gen Z and millennial audiences, with a 2023 study by Growthcurve revealing that the average YouTube watch time per video is just 2.5 minutes. The solution? This bold and anti-corporate 'No Comment' YouTube series, launched by Growthcurve, and the fintech disruptor, ANNA Money — an app designed specifically for small businesses, freelancers, and side hustlers. Swapping inspirational quotes and choreographed success stories for honest chats and laughs over pints, 'No Comment' throws out the rulebook on traditional business interviews. Blending business with banter, expect guests to be caught off-guard by TikTok star host, Elliott Cass, with awkward truths, and even a hilarious lie detector test. 'So much of the video interview content online focuses on founders of multimillion pound venture funded companies — but there are millions of small business owners up and down our country who have amazing stories to tell,' says Ghazal Jangani, Head of Production at Growthcurve. Guests so far include a beautician in episode one, and a pub landlord in episode two — and new episodes air weekly on ANNA Money's YouTube channel, combining founder-focused essence, unscripted humour and the kind of pressure-cooker format we love in other famous podcasts and series. It's tailored perfectly to modern viewing habits. Jangani adds: 'In each episode of No Comment, we'll get to know the people behind the businesses we all use everyday — learning how they started up, and having a huge old laugh along the way.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Share your views in the comments below View More » Your free newsletter guide to the best London has on offer, from drinks deals to restaurant reviews.
Business News Wales
01-05-2025
- Business
- Business News Wales
Cardiff Fintech Named One of UK's 100 Fastest-Growing Businesses
ANNA Money co-CEOs Boris Diakonov and Eduard Panteleev The ORESA Growth Index Top 100 has named Cardiff-based fintech ANNA Money as fastest-growing in Wales. ANNA Money (short for Absolutely No Nonsense Admin) is an AI-powered accounting app with integrated tax and accounting functions aimed at small businesses. The company has a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 113.06 per cent. Nationally, anti-tout ticketing app DICE ranked number one overall in the annual snapshot of the UK's most dynamic businesses, with a compound annual growth of 412.16 per cent. Now in its fourth year, ORESA Growth Index is an independent league table of the UK companies with the fastest growing sales, created to celebrate the companies that have supercharged growth and the leaders that have inspired and driven it. Companies are ranked by compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in sales over their last two financial accounting years (including filings up to February 2025). The ranking aims to shine a spotlight on the most successful sectors and companies in the UK, championing good growth and the equitable democratisation of business opportunity in the UK. Andy Higginson, Advisory Chair, Growth Index, and Chair, JD Sports, said: 'The last year or so has been a time of change. There were nearly 50 general elections around the world – a sign democracy is still going strong despite its detractors – and much macroeconomic turbulence, intensifying early in 2025. But despite all the challenges UK plc has faced, it has delivered the fastest-growing cohort of high-growth companies to date.' Orlando Martins, Founder and CEO of Growth Index, praises the ingenuity but also the mindset of the entrepreneurs and growth leaders on the list, saying: 'Here's to the optimists who made such extraordinary things happen. Their combination of ambition and a just-get-on-with-things mentality breeds resilience, which saw many of them through the convulsions of the early 2020s. There is great potential to be found around the country, proven by the businesses that have reached this top 100 from every corner of the UK.'
