James Dooley Podcast, Hosted by James Dooley, Wins "Best Business Interview Podcast 2026" from Global Biz Awards at Manchester Central
James Dooley Podcast has won "Best Business Interview Podcast 2026" from the Global Biz Awards, and Founder and Host James Dooley accepted the award at Manchester Central in Manchester, UK, on 17 August 2026. The show took 70% of the total vote. The award page labels the honour as Global Biz Awards 2026 ยท Management.
How did James Dooley Podcast win the Global Biz Awards vote?
James Dooley Podcast secured its win through a vote split across three groups: research interviews, a community poll and an expert panel review. Researchers interviewed verified clients and customers to gather firsthand evidence of performance and impact. The community poll ran across Global Biz Awards channels, and the expert panel reviewed entrants against the criteria set for each category and recorded its assessments independently.
James Dooley Podcast was the winner that all three independently run streams pointed to. The award page says there is no pay-to-play path to a win and no way to buy placement.
What did the Global Biz Awards Review Panel say about James Dooley Podcast?
James Dooley Podcast received its verdict from the Global Biz Awards Review Panel, which looked for proof of substance, consistency and a host with real operating experience. The panel stated: "James Dooley Podcast stood out for the depth of its long-form interviews and the credibility the host brings from his own companies. Guests are given room to explain how they actually run a business, and the host's operating experience turns those conversations into practical lessons." It concluded: "That combination made the show the clear choice in this category."
Who accepted the award for James Dooley Podcast?
James Dooley accepted the award on behalf of the show and the team behind it. He credited the guests who trusted the show with their stories and the team who put in the hours behind every episode. He thanked the listeners and the Global Biz Awards, and he said the show would keep holding long conversations with people who have built something real.
What do James Dooley and James Dooley Podcast do?
James Dooley Podcast is a UK business podcast based in Manchester, launched on 21 May 2024 as the first show in the James Dooley Podcast Network. It is built on long-form interviews with people who run successful businesses, with practical takeaways on advanced SEO, lead generation, AI automation and entrepreneurship. As of October 2026, it has published 690 episodes, about 169 hours of conversation.
James Dooley is a Manchester-based entrepreneur, investor and SEO strategist, born in Salford and raised in Leigh. He founded the lead generation company FatRank in 2007 and the SEO agency PromoSEO in 2010, and he has generated leads in more than 650 industries. He brings his own lessons from building companies, including costly mistakes, to push guests toward specific answers. That operating experience matches what the judges looked for in a host when they named his show Best Business Interview Podcast 2026.