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Dave Mason

Dave Mason

MD of Mentor Media Training and Owner/CEO of SPLUTTER; crisis communications expert, CIPR accredited PR practitioner, former BBC/ITV journalist, and author.

Jun 22, 2026

Founded & Grounded

Founded & Grounded

Splutter: Held Hostage in Beirut for 45 Minutes. Later Dave Risked His Pension to Buy the Business He Worked For.

Jun 22 · 2h 19m

Olly Collard
Olly CollardHOST
35:22
time points, really.
Dave Mason
Dave MasonGUEST
35:23
Because in January of 2020, I bought the business and we had three good months.
Dave Mason
Dave MasonGUEST
35:27
And we had three normal months.
Dave Mason
Dave MasonGUEST
35:29
And in the March, it was doing all right.
Dave Mason
Dave MasonGUEST
35:31
And I just had a, I suppose there was between £30,000 and £40,000 in the bank account, which was more than I'd ever seen in my life before.
Dave Mason
Dave MasonGUEST
35:41
in any account, but this was a business account.
Dave Mason
Dave MasonGUEST
35:44
And I thought that's a good quarter.

49 MINS LATER

Olly Collard
Olly CollardHOST
85:14
But can you tell me about the circumstances of getting PTSD and how you were held hostage?

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