Getting to know you: Alastair Mackie, founder and MD, WasteSync
WasteSync founder Alastair Mackie on digital waste tracking, DEFRA approval ahead of the October deadline and leaving private banking to back himself
Friday 13 November 2026
The people behind the headlines: Business Matters profiles the founders, executives and investors shaping UK business – how they built what they built, what they’re worth, and what they’re doing next. Start with our most-read: Steven Bartlett’s ventures and valuation, and our running coverage of Getting to Know You profiles. For first-person conversations with founders, see our Interviews section.
WasteSync founder Alastair Mackie on digital waste tracking, DEFRA approval ahead of the October deadline and leaving private banking to back himself
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Aaron & Partners senior partner Helen Watson on employment law, staying independent as the legal sector consolidates and why lawyers must drop…
Rem3dy Health founder Melissa Snover on personalised nutrition, the spilled vitamins that started it and a £14m round to take Birmingham tech…
UK Commercial Group CEO Tony Earnshaw on building a national facilities management business from £300 and why standards have to be earned,…
Crowd Connected founder James Cobb on location intelligence, counting cars in a hi-vis jacket at a licensing hearing and why he keeps…
YardLink founder Neeral Shah on digitising construction procurement, the $17.5m Series A behind it and why the industry still distrusts new technology
Solve founder Lawrence Harmer on running a B Corp digital agency in Cornwall, the 14-year travel blog behind its name and why…
deltaH founder James Vyse on inventing the self-cooling can, the Brains partnership and unveiling the first commercial Cool>Can at London Packaging Week
Capital Business Media founder Richard Alvin on launching the food title Nourish, the companies upcoming travel awards and backing Race Against Dementia
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Greg McNally, Managing Partner of VITA, shares how he built one of the UK’s leading VAT advisory firms by challenging traditional accountancy…