All Things Business - The Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The first episode of All Things Business - The Podcast 2023 is here! 🎙
Frazer Arnott ventured out to host our first episode of the year at the spectacular Stadium MK, home of MK Dons Football Club, where he was joined by Head Coach Mark Jackson.
For the last time in 2022, Ben and Frazer are back. In this episode of All Things Business The Podcast they celebrate and recognise the very best of Northamptonshire from the recent NBEA and NEA awards.
Guess who has done another Podcast!!!
Yes, that's right, Ben Thomas and Frazer Arnott sat down and discussed literally everything All Things Business UK and GIANT.
In this episode of All Things Business - The Podcast, ATB Sales Director Frazer Arnott is joined by the founder of #UKBF and #BDGroup, Richard Osborne, to discuss maintaining resilience as a business owner.
Richard talks us through how he’s grown not only as a person but as a businessman and an entrepreneur throughout his career. He shares his advice for anyone looking to start a business and explains why he thinks it's important to accurately paint a picture of how hard running a business can be.
He talks us through his own business, Business Data Group and his reclaimed ‘baby’ UK Business Forums, an online business community with around 500,000 members. He guides us through the moment in February 2003 that led him to found UK Business Forums.
He emotionally shares his ‘Why’ in his life and briefly touches on his childhood and the ways his early life experiences drove him in his entrepreneurial journey.
Both honest, and insightful, this episode is one not to miss.
In this episode of All Things Business - The Podcast, ATB Sales Director Frazer Arnott is joined by the founder of #UKBF and #BDGroup, Richard Osborne, to discuss maintaining resilience as a business owner.
Richard talks us through how he’s grown not only as a person but as a businessman and an entrepreneur throughout his career. He shares his advice for anyone looking to start a business and explains why he thinks it's important to accurately paint a picture of how hard running a business can be.
He talks us through his own business, Business Data Group and his reclaimed ‘baby’ UK Business Forums, an online business community with around 500,000 members. He guides us through the moment in February 2003 that led him to found UK Business Forums.
He emotionally shares his ‘Why’ in his life and briefly touches on his childhood and the ways his early life experiences drove him in his entrepreneurial journey.
Both honest, and insightful, this episode is one not to miss.
All Things Business Managing Director Ben Thomas and Sales Director Frazer Arnott reflect on the last eight months across Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and London.
Join us as a fly on the wall for a conversation between two close friends and colleagues as they trade their highlights of the year so far, their favourite parts about coming to work and discuss the upcoming Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards and Northamptonshire Education Awards.
Ben and Frazer end by looking forward to what the rest of the year holds, including the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.
In this episode of All Things Business - The Podcast, we are joined by two guests Martin Carmody, Managing Director of Stratos Creative and Rebecca Covington, Marketing Manager at Woodfines Solicitors.
We talk with Martin and Rebecca about the art of branding and what sort of timeline you should be working to for your marketing including mastering the balance between proactive and reactive marketing. Our guests also share what they learned from the biggest mistakes they have made in their careers so far as well as cover some of their favourite campaigns and brands they have come across throughout their lives.
We finish with some advice from our guests for anyone who finds themselves embarking on their own creative marketing journey.
In this episode, Kelly Smith MBE joins All Things Business Managing Director Ben Thomas for an in-depth look back over her life and career thus far.
Kelly played a pivotal role internationally in four European Championships, and two World Cups, playing for Arsenal, England and in the USA.
She talks to Ben about what it was like being a young girl growing up in England wanting to play football, her career highlights, what she considers her best ever goal and her reasons for leaving England to play in America.
Kelly also gives her thoughts on the current female talent in the sport as well as her expectations for the UEFA Women's Euros this summer. Ben and Kelly finish up with a selection of fun quick-fire questions.
All this and more
In this special episode of All Things Business - The Podcast, guest host and Managing Director of All Things Business Ben Thomas is joined by England Rugby and Northampton Saints legend Steve Thompson MBE for a hard-hitting and honest conversation between two friends.
Steve talks to Ben about what Northampton means to him, with personal anecdotes of his childhood in the town.
How his brain injury, the result of head injuries during his successful rugby career, has affected his life, including his mental health struggles and his inability to remember some of the most special times in his life.
Steve also talks about his new partnership with occupational health service provider Medigold Health, the release of his new autobiography and what he hopes to achieve moving forward.
All this and more.
In April's episode of All Things Business - The Podcast we are joined by;
Ed Caswell Associate Director MHA Caves Wealth James Robinson Corporate Services Manager at Hawsons Chartered Accountants Andrew Chubb Director, at Pilot Fish Finance In this month's episode, following the start of the new financial year we are talking all things finance. You'll hear our guests talking to us about what you should expect from your accountant, investment advice, as well as what they expect for 2022 in the industry. All this and more!
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In March's episode of All Things Business - The Podcast we are joined by;
Rachel Adams, Partner at DFA Law Jasmine Mybe, Founder of The Like Me CIC Samantha Bradford, Founder of Simplicity Financial Planning In this month's episode, in conjunction with International Women's Day 2022 we are celebrating women in business. You'll hear the ladies talking to us about the highs and lows of their own careers, how they would like the world to look by the time their own daughters are adults, as well as their advice to young women starting out their careers.
All this and more!
Following on from National Apprenticeship Week we are joined by four guests:
Yvette Witcombe - Business Development Executive at Northampton College Jon Goodman - Head of Academy at MK Dons Caroline Indge - Head of Partnerships and innovation at Milton Keynes college Kirsty Lancaster - Projects and Continuous Improvement Coordinator at Travis Perkins plc
You'll hear us talking about the emerging problem that employers are facing with the skills gap and whether apprenticeships can be the answer for this, how many people are taking up later life apprenticeships due to the pandemic, and the benefits an apprenticeship can bring to your business. All this and much more.
In January's episode of All Things Business - The Podcast we are joined by; Mhairi Richardson, Director of Tomrom Team Coaching Claire Williams, UK Creative Director of OCEE Design Katherine White, Director of People at Wyboston Lakes Resort.
In this month's episode, we talk about "The Big Quit", the importance of up-skilling and the training that is needed to reflect the evolution of the working world. The acceleration of hybrid working and whether embracing this is key to getting the best from your employees. Adapting your working environment to best benefit the needs of your employees and how innovative office furniture can play a part in this. The part technology plays in collaboration in the new working world.
All this and more!
In this special episode of All Things Business - The Podcast, we invite you to join us at the Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards.
Host of the awards, Sir Trevor McDonald OBE and Head Judge, Nick Hewer, sit down with John Griff as they talk about the evolution of journalism in modern society, the influence of social media in a digital age and how the Business Community is thriving in Northamptonshire!
The two media legends are also joined by some of Northamptonshire’s inspiring business leaders, including;
Jon Thorpe - Managing Director at ACS Julie Walker - Managing Director at BHIB Insurance Brokers Corrie Harris - Principal/Chief Executive at Moulton College Matt Coleman - Director of school improvement for the Nene Education Trust Samuel Squires Executive Chef of fine dining restaurant Hibiscus Clara Buckingham - Chief People Officer at James and James Fulfilment John and Leo Lashley co-owners of Brooklyn Brownie Caroline Lucy - Commercial Director of Northampton Town Football Club
Not one to be missed!
In this month’s edition of the podcast, John Griff talks to three businesspeople whose work is truly topical.
Rachel Nutt is a partner in MHA MacIntyre Hudson – specializing in sustainability and climate change, she says that there’s a huge opportunity for businesses here to profit.
Paul Thompson from SEMLEP explains that with so many jobs now available in the region, it’s education and skills training that is needed to get the economy firing on all cylinders
and the chief executive of Delapre Abbey – Richard Clinton – talks to John not only about tourism in the region but also judging excellence in education – and its contribution to the wider economy
real business insight from real business people – all in November’s edition of All Things Business – The Podcast!
In this episode of All Things Business - The Podcast, John joins the All Things Business team as they launch in London at the iconic Langham Hotel.
Join us as John interviews guests live at the event. Talking to: The man behind the business of our first front cover edition, Julian Wheatland, CEO of Cornerstone. Alan Powell, Director of Elite Wealth Management. Adjoa Anim, Director at HGF Limited. Tony Robson, Director of Day True. Jescel Lomboy-Ciurar, Sales Manager – Corporate and Groups at The Langham.
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In this month’s edition of 'All Things Business - The Podcast' John talks to three businesspeople whose work is truly geared towards helping their clients take the next step:
Annie Thompson from Cornerstone FD explains how relationship management through a strategic financial partnership really can help not only to develop a business – but possibly save it.
Simon Pickering from dbfb talks about how his company has fared under the pandemic and how it's ramping up it's profile and penetration of the regional I.T. Market.
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DFA Law partner David Davies says that if you’re looking to sell up and realise the asset value of your business – now might not be bad time to do it.
Real business insight from real business people – all in the latest edition of All Things Business – The Podcast!
If you read last month’s All Things Business magazine, you’d have read about the first of two charity golfing days which took place supporting the work of the charity ‘We Mind – and Kelly Matters’.
The first Big Tee-Off as it is known took place at Overstone Park in Northamptonshire in June – followed a short while later by a second event at Pavenham Golf Club in Bedfordshire.
Teams of like-minded golfers from the area came together to support the charity and enjoy a day’s networking and friendly sport.
'All Things Business – The Podcast' was there too, racing around in a golf buggy rigged with microphones to record the golfers as they went from tee to green – sometimes via the bunker rather than the fairway!
In this month’s edition of the podcast we follow on from June's look at staff recruitment and retention: Serena Bower from Bower HR Consultancy Limited agrees that in human resources matters it’s not just the money which gets the right people into the right roles.
Miriam Drahman from Bedfordshire based BCM Agency delivers a masterclass in marketing.
And after a professional career in public relations, star of ‘The Apprentice’ and ‘Countdown’ Nick Hewer tells John Griff about entrepreneurship away from the camera – and where the business superstars of the future may already be developing.
Real business insight from real business people – all in July’s edition of All Things Business – The Podcast!
In this month’s episode, - Richard Adams from Sharpstone Consulting explains why internal corporate communications are at least as important as getting the message to the outside world. - Chris Wright from ACS Recruitment in Northampton offers a real world insight into why employers need to look beyond wage rates alone when it comes to employee retention. - And we profile one of All Thing Managements own superstars - bringing his experience of professional sport to the team and it’s clients.
Richard Adams 2min 35 Start Chris Wright 11:15 Start Tommy Jaszczun 23:10 start
As progress continues along the routemap out of pandemic lockdown, this month’s edition of ‘All Things Business – The Podcast’ focuses on the retail side of the domestic economy.
Presenter John Griff has been talking to business people who know retail, help others in retail or advise in retail areas across Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes.
For this episode John speaks to Elaine Harries from Angel Electronics, Natasha Heron – a stamp duty expert with Hillier Hopkins Accountants, Mark Mullen – who manages northampton town centre’s Business Improvement District and Richard Adams who is now sharing his expertise, by turning himself into an emerging startup consultancy business.
In this second All Things Business podcast to concentrate exclusively on the Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards, host John Griff talks to more of the winners about business, the present marketplace and how they feel the future is shaping up, affected as it is by so many exterior influences like Brexit and the Coronavirus pandemic. There's conversation with Ben Thomas too about why the awards are important and what they say about the state of business in the county right now.
In this, the first of 2 podcast episodes dedicated solely to the recently announced Northamptonshire Business Awards, Host John Griff talks to some of the category winners about their businesses and how they've coped with the pressures of the past 12 months. And one of the judges - Richard Osborne from Business Data Group - tells John what business excellence means to him.
In February's edition of ‘All Things Business - The Podcast’, host John Griff talks to Louise Barth about her particular expertise which could possibly save time, money – and maybe an HMRC investigation if you’re thinking about getting into any kind of commercial construction.
Gavin O’Brien explains why Luton based Clearhead is helping to drive content production for businesses seeking to reach wider audiences.
Sunny Singh from the Northamptonshire Chamber has news of not one but three new initiatives to help build the local economy.
And as careers and enterprise leader at Thornton College, Jo Scott explains her philosophy about the needs of education when steering young students in the direction of the world of work.
2021 has arrived under the most difficult of conditions for the economy. Coronavirus, Brexit and a deep recession have all conspired to make trade exceptionally difficult at exactly the time when Britain is looking to drive itself forward on the world’s stage.
All Things Business podcast host John Griff finds out how a new group support programme for SMEs works - from its deliverers, Vicky Hlomuka of SEMLEP and Sabrina Sommer of Cranfield University.
Centuries ago Delapre Abbey in Northampton had a very different existence to the one that it now enjoys. Last year, new chief executive Richard Clinton arrived at the the Abbey. Richard tells John about the state of the business and his plans for it in 2021 and beyond.
In this month's edition: there’s the Northamptonshire business enjoying not double but triple digit expansion in its client base – and with more to come.
There’s the conference, leisure and training complex giving its delegates a unique way to wind down – at the same time as to skill up.
We call in on SEMLEP for a snapshot of the present and a forecast of the future post-Brexit - and there’s the former World Cup winning sports star who’s now bringing his team-working skills to a new enterprise.
In this month’s episode we look at one of Northamptonshire’s most successful law firms – plus profile the chairman of Wilson Browne Solicitors, Kevin Rogers.
We look at the Luton based personal assistance business Wizpa – founded by Vanessa Eke and anticipating big changes in the way businesses will operate post Covid-19.
With Brexit now just weeks away, Matt Cannon says that the Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce is well placed to support member businesses getting ready for the raft of changes heading their way.
And manager of the MK Dons Russel Martin will be making the case for getting the fans back into the stadium MK, for the wellbeing of all.
A new monthly podcast for the Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes & Bedfordshire areas, All Thing Business - The Podcast brings business voices to the microphone and connects them to like minded business people for topical chat and friendly conversation!
In Episode 1 - host John Griff talks to:
Ben Thomas from All Things Management Paul Thompson from SEMLEP Katie Goodall from Starting Off Lucy Gallois from Boxx Communications and Gareth Wilshere from Northampton Town Football Club
Be sure to join us each month for more voices and more news from the heart of the shires - we could be talking about you!