Podcast appearances and mentions of Bishop Auckland

In this episode of The UK Flooring Podcast, Tom sits down with Paul McMaster from Carpets & Flooring 2 You in Bishop Auckland for an honest conversation about retail, ambition, service, mistakes, family, and why bigger is not always better.Paul has spent 27 years in the flooring trade, working across retail, wholesale and sales before joining forces with his long-time friend and business partner Richard. Together, they have built a flooring business that works for their lives, not the other way round.This episode digs into the reality of running a flooring shop in a local market, learning what products suit your customers, dealing with mistakes properly, and the value of repeat business built through service rather than constant advertising.Paul also shares why he stepped away from the “golden handcuffs”, how Covid shifted his thinking, what he learnt from years on the road as a rep, and why being time rich matters just as much as making money.What You'll Learn in This EpisodeHow Paul went from wholesale and sales into running a retail flooring business.Why having the right business partner can give you more freedom, balance and peace of mind.Why opening more shops is not always the right move, even when growth looks tempting.The lessons Paul learnt from trying higher-end products that did not suit his local market.Why service, repeat business and word of mouth are still some of the strongest tools in flooring retail.The difference between selling and telling when customers walk into your showroom.Why flooring retailers need to ask better questions instead of leaving customers to “just have a look around”.How mistakes can actually strengthen customer relationships when you respond quickly and take responsibility.Why floor preparation matters so much with laminate, click LVT and stick-down products.The story behind the Northern Flooring Alliance and why relaxed, face-to-face networking still matters.Memorable Quote“Reining in your ambition isn't a bad thing.”Speaker InformationGuest: Paul McMasterBusiness: Carpets & Flooring 2 YouLocation: Bishop AucklandWebsite: https://www.carpets2youltd.co.uk/Carpets & Flooring 2 You is based at 5a St Helens Way, St Helens, Bishop Auckland, and offers carpets, vinyl, laminates and LVT.Paul runs the business with his business partner Richard. Their approach is built around service, honesty, repeat business and creating a working life that still leaves room for family.Where to Find The UK Flooring PodcastListen to more episodes of The UK Flooring Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.Follow along for more honest conversations with flooring retailers, fitters, suppliers and industry leaders across the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ps Tim Davis brings an inspirational message unpacking how we are free from condemnation because of the cross.

Ps Kojo Botsio brings a powerful message unpacking the importance of living a life which is glorifying God and not just satisfying selfish desires.

Ps Gale Dowding brings an important message about how we need to let God take control of our lives and realise it's not on us.

Ps Ed Winbow brings a powerful message unpacking the incredible importance of forgiveness within our lives.

Ps Nick Reynolds brings an important message unpacking the dangers of having a fear of man.

Ps Ben Dowding brings an inspiring message looking into how we can live freely in our new identity in Christ.

Nathan Thorpe brings an important message about how we need to respond as believers after we have received God's love.

Special guest Ps Aaron Foster brings a powerful message unpacking Joseph and his interpretive dreams.

Ps Richard McGuinness brings an important message about being intentional with our Bible reading and not just doing it as routine.

Ps Colleen Wind brings a important message unpacking how we need to trust God even when life keeps throwing things at us.

Ps Ben Dowding brings a powerful message on Easter Sunday unpacking the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ps Jonny Foster brings an important message unpacking the historical application of the Bible and how the word of God brings life.

Ps Gale Dowding brings a powerful message unpacking the importance of reading scripture and how we can use it in our lives.

Ps Ben Dowding brings a inspirational message unpacking the benefits that the Bible brings into our lives, when we choose to not just read it, but receive it.

Ps Eddie Rich brings a powerful message unpacking the incredible things that you can find within the Bible.

Ps Ed Winbow leads a conversation with Ps Dave and Patricia Rivers about the importance of the Bible for us as Christians.

Ps Ed Winbow brings a powerful message unpacking what worship is and how we need to live our lives as worship to God.

Ps Alan Mayer brings an important message unpacking how worship needs to not just be something we do on a Sunday but instead should be treated as a lifestyle.

Emily Bainbridge brings an important message about how worship needs to be an act of surrender to God.

Ps Nick Reynolds brings a powerful message unpacking how we are called to worship God with everything we do in our lives.

Ps Ben Dowding brings a powerful message to start the second month of 'Deeper Discipleship' by discovering why worship is a worthy response to God's mercy.

Ps Richard McGuinness brings an impactful message about how we need to be bold in our prayer.

Kojo Botsio brings a powerful message looking into how as disciples of Jesus we are to look to Him as our teacher.

Ps Gale Dowding brings an important message unpacking the power of prayer and looking into what Paul says about it in Thessalonians.

Ps Ben Dowding brings a powerful message to start our new series 'Deeper Discipleship'.

Ps Richard McGuinness brings a powerful message looking into how God is our heavenly Father.

Ps Ben Dowding brings an impactful message looking into the gift that only comes from the Prince of Peace.

Ps Judy Reynolds brings a powerful message looking into how God can help us grow in our faith during times of trail.

Ps Ed Winbow brings an important message looking into what our identity is in Christ.

Sharon Davis brings a powerful message unpacking what God being our father means to us as believers.

Ps Gale Dowding brings an important message looking into how we need to look at what God's perpective is of situations in our lives instead of our own.

Ps Peter Heslop brings an inspirational message about the importance of contentment and how we can have it through Christ.

Ps Jonny Foster brings a powerful message looking into how we can trust in the Lord and cast our cares to Him.

Ps Gale Dowding brings a powerful message looking into when Jesus healed the men with leprosy and how we can believe for miracles today as well.

Ps Ben Dowding brings an important message unpacking Apostle Pauls teaching in Philippians Chapter 3 about finding joy through rejoicing in the Lord.

Ps Richard McGuinness brings a powerful message unpacking how we can find joy in perseverance.

Ps Nick Reynolds brings an important message unpacking how we can cultivate humility in our lives and how it is important we do so.

In this episode of The Financial Wellbeing Podcast, the guys explore how wealth, when used with purpose, can create extraordinary change. They're joined by philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, who shares the remarkable story of how he has devoted his resources to revitalising the town of Bishop Auckland. Along the way, we reflect on the dangers of money without meaning, the importance of community, and how finding purpose can enrich every stage of life - especially when approaching retirement.

This week, young Food Ambassador Dev Sharma hosts a very special panel discussion to celebrate the Government's announcement that free school meal eligibility will be expanded to all children in households on Universal Credit, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty, and giving access to a hot, healthy school lunch to around 500,000 more pupils.Dev is joined on the panel Rushda, a 16-year-old Food Ambassador from Halifax, Dr Sam Rushworth, the MP for Bishop Auckland, and Reema Reid, Headteacher of Holydale Primary School in London.Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto, here for the Broken Plate report, and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Bishop Auckland mother among 28 poisoned by fake Botox Dismal month for supermarkets pushes down retail sales Bolton familys dream Mexico holiday ruined by hotel shoot out BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use Liverpool schoolgirl Ava Whites killer is named as Harry Gilbertson Woman, 66, charged with murder in Camden missing Rolex case Pro Palestinian activists break into RAF Brize Norton to daub planes Tesco apologises for Lionesses Euro 2025 promotion in Cardiff store Chris Brown arrives in court to answer assault charges UK weather Temperatures to hit 33C for hottest two days in a row

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Chris Brown arrives in court to answer assault charges Bolton familys dream Mexico holiday ruined by hotel shoot out Dismal month for supermarkets pushes down retail sales Bishop Auckland mother among 28 poisoned by fake Botox Tesco apologises for Lionesses Euro 2025 promotion in Cardiff store Woman, 66, charged with murder in Camden missing Rolex case Pro Palestinian activists break into RAF Brize Norton to daub planes UK weather Temperatures to hit 33C for hottest two days in a row BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use Liverpool schoolgirl Ava Whites killer is named as Harry Gilbertson

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use Bolton familys dream Mexico holiday ruined by hotel shoot out UK weather Temperatures to hit 33C for hottest two days in a row Chris Brown arrives in court to answer assault charges Dismal month for supermarkets pushes down retail sales Liverpool schoolgirl Ava Whites killer is named as Harry Gilbertson Woman, 66, charged with murder in Camden missing Rolex case Tesco apologises for Lionesses Euro 2025 promotion in Cardiff store Pro Palestinian activists break into RAF Brize Norton to daub planes Bishop Auckland mother among 28 poisoned by fake Botox

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Dismal month for supermarkets pushes down retail sales Woman, 66, charged with murder in Camden missing Rolex case UK weather Temperatures to hit 33C for hottest two days in a row Bishop Auckland mother among 28 poisoned by fake Botox BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use Chris Brown arrives in court to answer assault charges Pro Palestinian activists break into RAF Brize Norton to daub planes Bolton familys dream Mexico holiday ruined by hotel shoot out Tesco apologises for Lionesses Euro 2025 promotion in Cardiff store Liverpool schoolgirl Ava Whites killer is named as Harry Gilbertson

Over the Easter weekend, Christians around the world celebrated the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For this episode we decided to choose a country house that has also been somewhat 'resurrected' in recent years! For 800 years, Auckland Castle in County Durham was the seat of the 'Prince Bishop' of Durham. In 2012, following years of decline, it was sold by the Church in a very sad state. However, far from disappearing into history, the house and estate have instead been brought back to life... and have brought life and hope to the surrounding countryside, the town of Bishop Auckland and the whole of County Durham!

Pippa Crerar, political editor of The Guardian, assesses the latest developments at Westminster.To discuss the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Pippa is joined by Sir Simon Fraser who was Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office during the Arab Spring and now chairs the foreign affairs think tank Chatham House, and Sarah Champion, Labour MP and chair of Parliament's International Development Select Committee.Labour MP Dan Tomlinson and Conservative MP Greg Smith debate the government's reforms to the planning system which it hopes will help deliver 1.5 million more homes over the course of this Parliament.As the House of Lords debates the government's Hereditary Peers Bill for the first time, Pippa speaks to Charles Hay, Earl of Kinnoull, convener of the independent crossbenchers and a hereditary peer himself, about his ideas for reforming the upper chamber.And, to discuss the 5 year anniversary of the 2019 election, Pippa brings together former Conservative MP, Dehenna Davison, who won the seat of Bishop Auckland in that election, and Jane Green, professor of politics at Oxford University and co-director of the British Election Study.

Today we speak to Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, former presidential adviser to George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump and Labour's new defence adviser.Fiona Hill was born in Bishop Auckland in County Durham before studying Russian at university and moving to the US. She testified during Trump's first impeachment trial and is now advising the Labour government on their Strategic Defence Review.You can submit evidence to the Strategic Defence Review here: https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/strategic-defence-review-2024-call-for-evidence. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhereNewscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: What is the situation in Gaza and the West Bank? What is the context we need to understand from a Palestinian viewpoint? What is the outlook for the future for the Palestinians? There are more perspectives than the Hamas and IDF view. Like my former Israeli-german guest Nirit Sommerfeld Mohammed Barakat has a lot of experience in explaining Palestine and the situation of the Palestinians to foreigners. He is a a second generation Palestinian living in Jerusalem. He was an eyewitness of the six day war in 1967 before he graduated from high school, married and became father of 5 children. Later on he was a member of the executive committee of the trade union in the West Bank and the general federation of trade unions before he started to work for "Green Olive Tours“, explaining and discussing the cultural and political situation of the Palestinians to foreign tourists. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Mads Palsvig is the leader of the Prosperity Party in Denmark.  GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Andrew Allison is the Chief Executive of @tfa4freedom. Andrew describes himself as Pro-Brexit. a Classical liberal. Cricket fan. Andrew is originally from Bishop Auckland and all views are his own.  

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Andrew Allison is the Chief Executive of @tfa4freedom. Andrew describes himself as Pro-Brexit. a Classical liberal. Cricket fan. Andrew is originally from Bishop Auckland and all views are his own. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, award-winning keynote speaker, author, and the CEO of Fast Future. His prime expertise lies in helping clients understand and shape the emerging future. He has a particular interest in how we can create a very human future by putting people at the center of the agenda. Rohit is the co-author of Designing Your Future, lead editor and a contributing author for The Future of Business, Beyond Genuine Stupidity—Ensuring AI Serves Humanity, The Future Reinvented—Reimagining Life, Society, and Business, A Very Human Future—Enriching Humanity in a Digitized World, editor of Technology vs. Humanity, and co-editor and contributor for two forthcoming books: Unleashing Human Potential—The Future of AI in Business and 50:50—Scenarios for the Next 50 Years. GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Jim Ferguson is a former Parliamentary candidate with The Brexit Party Barnsley. Businessman entrepreneur. Founder of Freedom Train International. 

For the Tudors, tapestries not only brought warmth and colour to a room, but they were magnificent demonstrations of artistic skill and of moral messages. A campaign is now under way to save a vast golden tapestry – Saint Paul Directing the Burning of the Heathen Books - personally commissioned by Henry VIII around 1535, at the time he broke with Rome. If the campaign is successful, the tapestry will go on display to the public in the Faith Museum, Bishop Auckland in County Durham, in Spring 2024. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Sutherland Forsyth and Claire Barron from the Auckland Project, who are spearheading the campaign to try and save this precious, glorious tapestry for the nation. This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.Sign up to History Hit at historyhit.com/subscribe using code BLACKFRIDAYPOD at checkout, for £1 per month for 4 months and you'll get nearly £30 off our normal monthly price over your first 4 months.You can take part in our listener survey here >