B4 Business Podcast

Representatives from B4’s Professional Services Hub talk about the support available for businesses at what continues to be a very challenging time for everyone. This is your opportunity to come and ask the experts their views on specific problems you might have in your business and hear about opportunities which will hopefully provide you with invaluable support. This video features: whitleystimpson.co.uk juliantaylorhr.com penningtonslaw.com grantthornton.co.uk For more videos, podcasts, articles and press releases from the B4 community, please visit www.b4-business.com

Leading Sales and Marketing experts give you their top tip to enable your business to thrive in an economic recession. Join James White and guests in discussing how companies can overcome challenging times and win new business as we move into 2021.

Join B4 in learning about Astroscale, a fascinating and innovative business addressing the issue of space debris and supporting the sustainable utilisation of space. Astroscale Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, is a company with a mission to secure safe and sustainable long-term development of space for the benefit of future generations. Astroscale was founded in 2013 by CEO Nobu Okada and now has offices in Tokyo, Harwell, Singapore, Denver and Tel Aviv. Its founder and employees are passionate about solving this growing environmental concern and want to address the issue with a business mindset. Astroscale has recently completed a series ‘E’ round of funding bringing the total capital raised to $191 US million and now has over 100 staff globally. Astroscale’s vision is to develop innovative technologies, advance the business case, and inform the international policies that lead to a reduction in orbital debris and support long-term, sustainable utilization of space.

We’re joined by Tim Vorley, the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean at Oxford Brookes Business School. As a social science researcher, Tim’s work focuses predominantly on entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development. Tim is currently leading a number of large projects: • The Innovation Caucus is jointly funded by the ESRC and Innovate UK to promote the impact of social science research in shaping innovation policies, programmes and practice. See www.innovationcaucus.co.uk • NextGenPSF is a project funded under the Industrial a Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) focuses on promoting the AI readiness of legal and accountancy firms by focusing on organisational and institutional factors. See www.nextgenpsf.co.uk • The Productivity Insights Network is a flagship investment of the ESRC that has promoted social science wide engagement with the UK Productivity Puzzle as well as working with policymakers and businesses. See www.productivityinsightsnetwork.co.uk

Welcome to the B4 business podcast. I’m Richard Rosser from B4 and today I’m joined by Angus Horner, Director of Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, in South Oxfordshire. Harwell is home to organisations, institutions and businesses shaping the world of today and tomorrow, a campus where world-class people work in world-class facilities to solve global challenges. In 2013 Angus founded what is now the 50% private sector shareholding in the Harwell Campus Partnership, to help UK Government accelerate growth. He is a firm believer in the power of research and innovation to deliver improved health, economic and social wellbeing.

Interview with Dominic Hare About B4 One: Since March, we have all experienced challenges none of us ever expected, in some cases compounding already existing challenges personally and professionally. B4 ONE ‘Workplace Wellbeing’ will address key issues affecting the workplace including mental health and wellbeing at work (which now, for many, clearly includes our homes as an extension of the workplace), the office of the future, workplace wellbeing strategies, increasing productivity by addressing wellbeing, flexible working policies, fitness in the workplace and much more. Join us as we hear from B4 members and invited guests on this hugely important subject… Without a healthy workplace and workspace how can you hope to have a healthy business?

Interview with Gary Bloom About B4 One: Since March, we have all experienced challenges none of us ever expected, in some cases compounding already existing challenges personally and professionally. B4 ONE ‘Workplace Wellbeing’ will address key issues affecting the workplace including mental health and wellbeing at work (which now, for many, clearly includes our homes as an extension of the workplace), the office of the future, workplace wellbeing strategies, increasing productivity by addressing wellbeing, flexible working policies, fitness in the workplace and much more. Join us as we hear from B4 members and invited guests on this hugely important subject… Without a healthy workplace and workspace how can you hope to have a healthy business?

Interview Cllr Ian Hudspeth: Wellbeing of residents and staff in a post COVID world About B4 One: Since March, we have all experienced challenges none of us ever expected, in some cases compounding already existing challenges personally and professionally. B4 ONE ‘Workplace Wellbeing’ will address key issues affecting the workplace including mental health and wellbeing at work (which now, for many, clearly includes our homes as an extension of the workplace), the office of the future, workplace wellbeing strategies, increasing productivity by addressing wellbeing, flexible working policies, fitness in the workplace and much more. Join us as we hear from B4 members and invited guests on this hugely important subject… Without a healthy workplace and workspace how can you hope to have a healthy business?

The importance of wellbeing for employees in this climate About B4 One: Since March, we have all experienced challenges none of us ever expected, in some cases compounding already existing challenges personally and professionally. B4 ONE ‘Workplace Wellbeing’ will address key issues affecting the workplace including mental health and wellbeing at work (which now, for many, clearly includes our homes as an extension of the workplace), the office of the future, workplace wellbeing strategies, increasing productivity by addressing wellbeing, flexible working policies, fitness in the workplace and much more. Join us as we hear from B4 members and invited guests on this hugely important subject… Without a healthy workplace and workspace how can you hope to have a healthy business?

How to achieve workplace wellbeing with a disparate workforce. About B4 One: Since March, we have all experienced challenges none of us ever expected, in some cases compounding already existing challenges personally and professionally. B4 ONE ‘Workplace Wellbeing’ will address key issues affecting the workplace including mental health and wellbeing at work (which now, for many, clearly includes our homes as an extension of the workplace), the office of the future, workplace wellbeing strategies, increasing productivity by addressing wellbeing, flexible working policies, fitness in the workplace and much more. Join us as we hear from B4 members and invited guests on this hugely important subject… Without a healthy workplace and workspace how can you hope to have a healthy business?

About this Event Adjusting your business plan to meet changing market conditions, sometimes called right sizing the business, is not just about cutting costs. It is about adapting your business so that it remains efficient and keeps to its target key performance indicators (KPIs) regardless of what is going on in the wider economy. To do this effectively means taking your business plan, with its KPIs, and looking at what needs to happen when sales and or margins are not in line with your budgets. So, how do you do this? Tony Hobbs of Chapman Robinson & Moore will discuss.

About Mike Mike is an internationally recognised social entrepreneur and founder of Alison.com. He is a key figure within the education industry and believes that free, accessible learning is the answer to many of the world’s problems and the solution lies within education. He started the business as an avenue to increase employability for all and this is something he feels very passionately about. About this session Mike discusses his journey as a social entrepreneur, and some of the key learnings he has picked up along the way. He can discuss how to build a financially successful business focused on meeting a huge global social need. He will also discuss the different ways that free education can be used within a business environment, as well as the importance and benefits of using psychometric testing within your business to learn more about yourself, your employees and potential new hires. In addition to this, he will talk about whether employers should value university degrees today. Summary: Mike's key learnings from his entrepreneurial journey. How free education can be used to benefit and evolve your business. How psychometrics can be used to gain valuable insights about yourself and your staff. Suitable for: Business owners, Entrepreneurs, start-ups, small enterprises, large enterprises, education, recruitment.

Emma Gascoigne talks with Richard Rosser of b4 magazine. In the episode Emma finds out how Richard turned the Business in Oxford event virtual this year and much more.

Emma Gascoigne speaks with Phil Southall of Oxford Bus Company

Richard Rosser of B4 talks to Jarl Severn, Managing Director at Owen Mumford

In this episode B4's Emma Gasgoine talks to Helen Joy of ANPR Consulting about the current situation with coronavirus.

It’s apprenticeships week and we’re joined by: Mel Ringer of Oxlep, Paddy Patterson of the Apprenticeship Intermediary Service and Megan Carter of Blenheim Palace. #Lookbeyond

Can a business thrive if it's not challenging itself to be more responsible? This episode of the B4 Business Podcast comes live from Blenheim Palace and discusses whether a business can thrive if it’s not challenging itself to be more responsible. The podcast features: Dominic Hare, Chief Executive Officer at Blenheim Palace. He took over as CEO in 2017 and has recently set 10 ambitious goals to help Blenheim connect with the local community, reduce its environmental impact and develop a number of other key aspects of its business model. Grant Hayward, Founder and Director of Collaborent, which helps businesses become more purposeful with positive social and environmental impact. Grant also wears many other hats supporting including support and promotion for Social Enterprise, B Corps and enterprising charities.

Welcome to the first ever B4 Podcast. Every month we'll be bringing you new inspiring topics for our guests to debate!