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Episode 2 ~ Ben ‘Bags’ Simmons
Entrepreneur, Bags Simmons, Bare Arms, Millennial, Endeavour, Film and TV Chris Shirley MA FRGS Entrepreneur, Bags Simmons, Bare Arms, Millennial, Endeavour, Film and TV Chris Shirley MA FRGS

Episode 2 ~ Ben ‘Bags’ Simmons

Benjamin 'Bags' Simmons: co-founder of Bare Arms

Hear how Bags' experiences in the British Army's Royal Tank Regiment - and deployments to Afghanistan - helped shape and inspire him to start his own business; 'Bare Arms' - an innovative and forward-thinking organisation teaching extras to use firearms on film and TV sets, safely and authentically.

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Episode 1 ~ Toby Cronshaw
Mountaineering, Ice climbing, Mantis tools, Entrepreneur, Graphic designer, Perseverance, Toby Cronshaw, Climber, Climbing, Millennial Chris Shirley MA FRGS Mountaineering, Ice climbing, Mantis tools, Entrepreneur, Graphic designer, Perseverance, Toby Cronshaw, Climber, Climbing, Millennial Chris Shirley MA FRGS

Episode 1 ~ Toby Cronshaw

Toby Cronshaw: owner and designer of Mantis Tools; mountaineer; snowboarder; graphic designer; climber and speed-wing enthusiast.

Hear how Toby’s experiences as a youngster helped shape him, his love of graphic design, 80’s adventure sport branding and the influences that inspired him to create an indoor ice climbing tool and how the demand has kept him on his toes (and in the laboratory!)

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