Welcome to our blog section. Check out our post for the latest news and happenings at Charles Alexander Distribution and the promotional products industry as a whole. We’ll be looking at the newest promotional products and the freshest marketing techniques.
22nd July 2020
Self-made millionaire who was kicked out of school at 15 pledges to help a Year 11 boy start his own business after spending six weeks undercover in the classroom Paul Rowlett, 37, from Leicester, turns over £28M a year with brands company He poses undercover as support worker at a secondary school in Hertfordshire The […]
#022 Interview with Paul Rowlett, Founder and Director of branded and promotional goods business, Everything Branded. Welcome to the Mennie Talks Podcast. In this podcast series we talk all things business, entrepreneurship, property development, finance and investment. In this latest episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Paul Rowlett, who shares his true rags to riches story from […]
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY With the summer exam results only just behind us, Paul Rowlett, business tycoon and star of Channel 4’s recent ‘Secret Teacher’ series, expresses his passionate view that schools should be teaching more than just the three R’s. Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Rowlett suggested that enabling students to think for themselves and develop […]
21st July 2020
From Leicester to Las Vegas – Paul Rowlett shares his story of success Added by Love Business East Midlands | 1 December 2019 UPDATED: 2 January 2020 What does it take to be a top entrepreneur? How do you overcome the odds to build a multinational, multimillion-pound turnover business from scratch? We talk to one of […]
Paul Rowlett – Building a £24 Million Promotional Brand James Sinclair’s Business Broadcast is the weekly podcast from the award-winning entrepreneurial CEO of the Partyman Group; home of 7 much-loved family-based brands which welcome one million customers through the doors of their attractions every year. In today’s episode James speaks to Paul Rowlett who is the CEO of EverythingBranded a […]
Paul Rowlett, who featured on Channel 4 show ‘Secret Teachers’, talks to Leicester College students Paul Rowlett, owner of EverythingBranded, visited Leicester College on Tuesday 11 January 2020 to talk to students about his entrepreneurial journey. He met with students from the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy as well as computing to share his ‘From Benefits to Boardroom’ story, talking about going […]
I think most business leaders would agree that we’re currently facing the most challenging trading period in a generation. Consumers are in lockdown and, with mass layoffs and furloughing of staff happening across the country, many people simply aren’t in a position to make purchases at the moment. And, when you consider all the staff […]
With the uncertainty and tragedy brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, spirits are low around the globe. But in times of adversity, companies are uniquely positioned to bring relief to people in despair. Paul Rowlett, CEO of printed product specialists EverythingBranded, takes a look at how positive marketing in these troubled times can do some good and benefit […]
By Paul Rowlett, CEO of promotional printing company EverythingBranded. This is a trying time for all of us: people are worried about their loved ones, many are struggling with the lack of social contact, and a lot of us have been hit financially by the coronavirus crisis. And, because this is such an unprecedented situation, we’re […]
EverythingBranded founder and CEO Paul Rowlett has put his business’s anniversary celebrations on hold but found his near decade of experience more valuable than ever amid the coronavirus crisis. The promotional products supplier, which has offices in Leicester and Las Vegas, has just entered its tenth year of trading, but the party has been put on […]
In today’s Podcast Marc Ford MBA talks about the importance of brand and pivoting, both for small business and small charities. It’s been tough for everyone but I’ve grabbed a quick chat with Jon Woodcock, Businessman and Trainer at on the the largest charitable hubs in the East Midlands as well as East Midlands success […]
20th July 2020
A Leicester-based promotional products specialist has urged company bosses to have a ‘Plan B’ in case other cities also end up back in lockdown. Paul Rowlett is the founder and CEO of EverythingBranded, which as the name implies supplies a wide range of promotional merchandise. The firm is based in the south-east of the […]