Each week we shine the spotlight on a member of Dorset’s business community and ask him, or her, for answers to our part fun/part serious questionnaire. This time…

He’d ensure all public sector orders go to UK registered and tax paying organisations if he was PM, chooses Have I Got News For You as his favourite TV show, selects Roy Castle as his childhood hero and would like to be remembered for being a source of encouragement and support in every situation.

Mike Bradley, Group Strategy Officer with business growth and funding specialist RHF Group, and who lives and works from Christchurch, takes the 20 Questions’ hot seat. 

Question: What is your favourite TV show?

Answer: Have I Got News For You.

Q: Who would you like to share a car with?

A: Depends on the destination.

Q: The best bit of my job is…?

A: Helping company founders/owners optimise their growth potential.

Q: And the worst…?

A: Red tape.

Q: Who was your childhood hero?

A: Roy Castle.

Q: What’s your favourite smell?

A: Coffee brewing just before breakfast.

Q: Where’s your favourite place in Dorset?

A: St Aldhelm’s Head & Creech.

Q: What advice would you give to anyone starting out on a career?

A: Don’t let anyone destroy your confidence or self-esteem.

Q: What was your first record/CD?

A: Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Q: What gets you angry?

A: Injustice.

Q: Do you have a favourite piece of music?

A: Anything atmospheric and in-the-moment; e.g. Land of Hope & Glory at the Last Night of the Proms.

Q: What are the qualities you look for in a new employee?

A: Apart from applicable skills and expertise; desire to please.

Q: What’s your favourite food or dish?

A: Curry, barbeque-cooked steak and roast dinner.

Q: Steamed sponge pudding and custard or a plate of melon?

A: Apple pie (the Dorset way) with custard & cream!

Q: Name the best thing about living/working in Dorset?

A: Apart from the weather, the scenery, the sea, the beach and decent people; riding over the Jurassic Coast on my Triumph!

Q: If you were Prime Minister for the day what would be the first thing you do?

A: Ensure all public sector orders go to UK registered and tax paying organisations.

Q: What’s your biggest frustration?

A: Seeing large multinationals awarded contracts and promoted by the UK public sector over local SMEs who pay their taxes and in some cases even have their ideas cribbed or undermined by them! For example, the sub-postmaster fiasco.

Q:  Where’s your favourite holiday location?

A: Wengen, Switzerland.

Q: Where do you see yourself in ten years’ time?

A: Living exactly where I am but working a maximum of five days a month.

Q: What would you like to be remembered for?

A: Being a source of encouragement and support in every situation.