Podcasts about Bruntwood

In this episode of the Glenbrook Podcast, our Development Director Sunny Johal sits down with Rob Valentine, Director of Birmingham for Bruntwood. They discuss Birmingham and its potential for growth, the West Midlands as an economic driver, Rob's early career moves, and all the lessons he has learnt along the way. You won't want to miss this one. The Glenbrook Podcast

Chris Oglesby succeeded his father Michael as chief executive of Bruntwood in 1999. Since then he has grown Bruntwood into one of the biggest and most important businesses in northern England. Bruntwood is responsible for much of the regeneration work in Manchester in recent years and is working on property developments across northern England. The company thinks there is an opportunity to transform the economy in northern England. But the Oglesby family has recently been hit by tragedy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Downtown boss Frank McKenna caught up with Rob Valentine, Region Director - Birmingham & West Midlands for Bruntwood SciTech. Bruntwood SciTech is the country's leading developer of city-wide innovation ecosystems, and the largest dedicated property platform for the UK knowledge economy.  Alongside a 50-year track record in the property industry, Bruntwood SciTech bring a wealth of experience in creating and developing strategic partnerships with UK regional cities, universities and NHS Trusts.   Find out more about Bruntwood SciTech visit their website. bruntwood.co.uk/scitech/

The statistics around domestic violence in the UK and beyond are horrifying – and have been for a long time. When playwright Martha Loader heard about schemes to rehabilitate the perpetrators of abuse, she was inspired to write what became the winner of the 2022 Bruntwood prize for playwriting, Bindweed, which is at London's Arcola Theatre from July 9-13. Jen spoke to Martha about the issues explored in Bindweed, about the onus of solving the endemic problem of domestic abuse being firmly put on the perpetrators, and about the curiosity of nervous laughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, SHP caught up with Rachel Butler, who is Head of Health, Safety and Risk at property development company, Bruntwood, on her current role and how she got into health and safety from early beginnings in the construction industry.Rachel discusses her journey moving up in health and safety, the importance of questioning the way things are ‘always' done, the challenges during the pandemic on construction sites, and calls to advocate health and safety in universities to emphasise how diverse the role can be through graduate schemes.After developing her skills, experience and gaining qualifications in Occupational Health and Safety, Rachel became the youngest chartered female fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in the world in January 2022.She is also a NEBOSH Ambassador, and champions schemes such as Safety4Good.At the end of the podcast, Rachel adds in a few more comments on talent shortage, qualifications and mental health in construction.Employing over 800 people, Bruntwood has over £1.4bn in assets and more than 100 properties across Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham, providing office, coworking, retail and lab spaces.Rachel is also on SHP's Editorial Board which you can read more about here.Have a read here of Rachel's article with us on the change of health and safety role.Additional resources:   Lighthouse Club Construction industry helpline Samaritans Mind  Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) If you've not already subscribed, please do so, to get the latest episodes as soon as they are released. And, if you like what you hear, we'd be grateful if you could rate us, as that will help us get the shows out to a wider audience.   Check out the previous episodes on the Safety & Health Podcast hub.   Please be sure to stay tuned in to SHPonline.co.uk for the very latest health and safety news.   Sign up to the SHP Daily Newsletter, here.  

    James Nash has founded 3 companies. The first was Bike Dock Solutions in 2008 which started life as a university project. Much of his focus currently is on ActiveScore which helps building owners and developers improve their cycling and active travel facilities. They have helped design and certify 350+ developments in Europe, US, Asia, Middle East and Australia-including 22 Bishopsgate in London, which is the largest office building in Europe.   Clients include Blackstone, Brookfield, Lendlease, Invesco, Vornado Realty Trust, BentallGreenOak, GID, JLL, CBRE, Savills, Knight Frank, Colliers, Perial, AXA IM, PATRIZIA, Bruntwood, and EcoWorld. ActiveScore is recognized by GRESB as a design and/or construction green building certification scheme.   He has also been an advisor to WELL Certification on all things Cycling and active travel related. For real estate sustainability/mobility consultants and architects they have an extremely popular free AP Programme with over 500 AP's from over 40 countries. Show Highlights The proactive part of wellness in and around buildings and communities you need to consider for healthier buildings. The movement towards bike connective travel and bike share systems.  James shares his entrepreneurial journey and start-up tips that transformed his business. The evolution of bike storage on ESG, various rating systems, tools and services provided for people who are occupants of a building. Active Score tools, advisory rolls and educational supports AP program that brings these best practices forward. Global expansion  and global standard  within buildings An emissions calculator that also includes scope free emissions The electrification of bikes and all things on wheels. An incredible opportunity and an area that currently isn't really getting much attention. “The main driver for this is the mindset change. I think building owners have realized the importance of these services from a sustainability point of view, but now also from a business case point of view. I think they realize that their tenants actually want much better cycle facilities or active travel facilities. It can actually help them attract tenants, whether it's a commercial office or whether it's a residential building.” -James Nash Get the episode transcript here!! Show Resource and Information James Nash on LinkedIn ActiveScore Certification The Chimp Paradox    Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram   GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community!   If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes.  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast!   Copyright © 2023 GBES

    As commuting trends evolve, influenced by global events and the rising cost of fuel, the built environment needs to reflect and support these changes. Updates to planning policies and urban design can take years, resulting in old solutions for new problems. Green certifications like ActiveScore allow new standards to be implemented quickly and in sync with industry trends.   What You Will Learn: You will understand what Active Travel is. You will understand what ActiveScore does. You will learn about the relationship between Active Travel and ESG. Learn how well-designed Active Travel facilities in buildings can positively impact tenant experience. You will learn about ActiveScore's free AP Program.   This webinar can be self-reported for one half-hour of LEED or WELL continuing education.   James Nash has founded 3 companies. The first was Bike Dock Solutions in 2008 which started life as a university project.   Much of his focus currently is on ActiveScore which helps building owners and developers improve their cycling and active travel facilities. They have helped design and certify 350+ developments in Europe, US, Asia, Middle East and Australia-including 22 Bishopsgate in London, which is the largest office building in Europe. Clients include Blackstone, Brookfield, Lendlease, Invesco, Vornado Realty Trust, BentallGreenOak, GID, JLL, CBRE, Savills, Knight Frank, Colliers, Perial, AXA IM, PATRIZIA, Bruntwood, and EcoWorld. ActiveScore is recognised by GRESB as a design and/or construction green building certification scheme. He has also been an advisor to WELL Certification on all things Cycling and active travel related. For real estate sustainability/mobility consultants and architects they have an extremely popular free AP Programme with over 500 AP's from over 40 countries. Alex Georgiadis is the Head of Consultancy at ActiveScore. He oversees all of the certification and design projects ActiveScore works on. Alex has a design background and his passion is cycling. So much so, he spent some time working as a mobile bike mechanic, servicing commercial office buildings around London. This gave him great insight into the issues cyclists regularly face when commuting. He now regularly uses this knowledge to educate building owners and improve the active travel facilities within buildings across the world. David Reed is an entrepreneur who is passionate about solving problems with sustainable solutions. A leader in sustainable mobility, he has 13+ years of experience generating new revenue and building partnerships with and for municipalities, universities, startups, corporations, and real estate companies. He is a coalition builder and problem solver, deeply invested in colleague and client shared success. David's clients and partners have included the public, private, and non-profit sectors.     Show Highlights Active Score is this intersection of transportation, sustainability and the built environment.  Components and benefits of Active Travel Assess and certify buildings being active travel friendly. Help organizations and developments become future-proof by creating sustainable infrastructures and services.  Only globally recognized accreditation for active travel amenities in real estate.  Provide engagement services that set up active travel user groups within buildings.  Employer retention Active Score can help identify commuting trends within a region or group, connect with rating systems and ESG with their clean air calculator.  LEED benchmarks and credits Active Score blends with to determine which is the best standard and certification to align.  Active Score design benefits Creating a more efficient and streamlined design process for both the client and the design team. Build understanding of what makes a good active travel facility. Design consultation and the design lab services. Active Score certification can be applied to both existing and new developments.   “In terms of other benefits of Active Travel, health and wellbeing. I'm sure you are all familiar with how Active Travel can help an individual's health and wellbeing. The stat from this report that is very interesting is how 82% of people that were surveyed said they felt less stressed when they arrived in the office after cycling to work. So health and wellbeing. Active travel can have a huge impact on health and wellbeing” -James Nash   Get the episode transcript here!!   Show Resource and Information ActiveScore  James Nash-Linkedin David Reed-Linkedin Alex Georgiadis- Linkedin All About ActiveScore on Vimeo  Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram   GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community!   If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes.  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast!   Copyright © 2023 GBES

Manchester and Leeds are two Northern cities known for their drive and ambition. But just how sustainable are both cities? In this episode, broadcast from the Great Northern Conference, we take a deep dive into how Manchester and Leeds performed in the latest edition of Arcadis' Sustainable Cities Index. Our research ranks 100 global cities on environmental, economic and social factors. Both cities score in the top 40 – but how can they boost up the rankings? Hear from Nick Kealey, Local Government Account Lead at Arcadis, Jessica Bowles, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Impact at Bruntwood, and Brian Ford, Head of Capital Development at University of Leeds. This is the first in a series of episodes on Arcadis' Sustainable Cities Index. Look out for episodes on the story of Birmingham, London and more!

Julie Hesmondhalgh, who played Hayley Cropper on Coronation Street, on writing a survival guide for new actors- An Actor's Alphabet. What happens when football is taken from the pitch and put on the canvas? Nick Ahad is joined by the curators of three football-inspired exhibitions: Art of the Terraces at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, plus The Art of the Football Scarf and It's The Hope That Keeps Us Here at OOF Gallery in Tottenham Hotspur's stadium. Chornoblydorf, a new opera that looks at a post-apocalyptic world, opens this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Co-composer Illia Razumeiko joins Front Row to talk about the optimism behind this dark production. The Bruntwood Playwriting Prize winner, Nathan Queeley-Dennis, on getting the top prize with his debut play, Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz, about a young Black man on a journey of self-discovery with the help of his barber and Beyoncé's lyrics. Presenter: Nick Ahad Producer: Ekene Akalawu Image: Square Gogh by Ross Muir, on display in the exhibition Art of the Terraces at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool

Since 2005, Manchester-based property company Bruntwood has worked with the Royal Exchange Theatre to present the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The 2022 ceremony was held at the Royal Exchange on 14 November. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the three of the winners—International Award winner Rochelle Fong, North West Original New Voice winner Patrick Hughes and Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting winner Nathan Queeley-Dennis—immediately after the ceremony about their work and how they felt about their awards.

Helen Pankhurst is a celebrated women's right's activist and author – a Special Advisor on Gender Equality to the leading global aid organisation CARE International, and has served as a fellow of the London School of Economics, a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan and as Chancellor of the University of Suffolk.She is also of course the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, leaders of the British suffragette movement. She has continued their legacy with a number of initiatives including Olympic Suffragettes and GM4Women 2028, and we recently spent some time with her at a special In Conversation talk at Manchester's Circle Square, powered by our friends at Bruntwood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As part of bluedot's partnership with our friends at Bruntwood, we're curating a series of special In Conversation talks at Bruntwood venues across the country, hosted by me – Chris Hawkins. The first of these recently took place featuring Tom Heap, the author and writer behind 39 Ways To Save The Planet and a regular fixture on Countryfile. We spoke with Tom to a live audience at Bruntwood's Bright Building at Manchester Science Park, and you can now enjoy the live recording of that talk in full here on the bluedot podcast. For more information about bluedot In Conversation, powered by Bruntwood, visit discoverthebluedot.com/inconversation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Scale-Up Forum is a peer-to-peer network for ambitious scaling up businesses in Greater Manchester. It gives businesses at all stages of the scale up journey the opportunity to share experiences, challenges and lessons learnt for mutual business benefit. After two years of online-only events we are hosting the first Forum event of 2022 in-person and bigger than ever, all welcome. At our annual review of 2021 in December the most popular theme proposed for an event theme in the 2022 series was workplace wellbeing, particularly how this relates to productivity. Professor Sir Cary Cooper is an internationally renowned author and speaker on the subject and we are delighted to have him deliver a keynote talk as we launch the 2022 Forum event series. Cary is joined by Alexia Roberts, Head of People, Bruntwood, Zak Fenton, Founder of Bloom AI, and Maria Mander , Health & Wellbeing Specialist – Skills For Growth Programme , The Growth Company. Speakers Professor Sir Cary Cooper Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at Alliance Manchester Business School, Cary is a world leading expert on workers' health and well-being. He is President of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development in the UK and Co-founder of Robertson Cooper. He co-founded The National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work in 2015, which is focussed on improving workplace wellbeing in the UK and globally Alexia Roberts Bruntwood is a property company specialising in workspace, retail, and leisure destinations in both the commercial and life science/tech/digital sectors across the UK. With over fifteen years of experience, Alexia leads People Services that span across Strategy & Culture, Wellbeing & Engagement, People Operations, People Partnering, Talent Development & Talent Attraction. Zak Fenton Zak has an MSc in Workplace Health & Wellbeing from the University of Nottingham's School of Medicine and specialises in empowering organisations to make smart, data-driven, and evidence-based employee wellbeing and benefits decisions. Maria Mander Maria is a Health & Wellbeing Specialist at The Growth Company. She is a renowned expert and leader in employee wellbeing and provides specialist advice on the Skills For Growth Programme supporting SME's across Greater Manchester to develop a healthy, thriving and productive workforce for business success. For the last 3 years, Maria operated her own company providing Wellbeing Consultancy providing strategic direction to SME's and corporate companies (both private and public sectors) across the UK and globally. Business Engagement & Knowledge Exchange (BEKE) at The University of Manchester The BEKE team supporting business innovation by facilitating collaboration between academic researcher and non-academic partners, finding ways for our academic expertise to address business and societal challenges through co-produced research, consultancy, facilities sharing and knowledge exchange programmes. The Scale Up Forum was launched in 2018 to provide a platform for businesses to share experiences and learn from each other and to gain insights from our experts across a range of academic disciplines. Seed-Funding competition We recognise that early stage work is often the most challenging when trying to establish effective partnerships for research and development, as such we're launching a competition to kick-start projects that could address your business needs. Find out more about the Scale-Up Forum here.

Bruntwood Works is aiming to create the first carbon neutral commercial building in the country. In this latest episode of Place North West's Cop26 podcast series, we ask how it can be done and, more importantly, if it can be replicated at scale. The UK Green Building Council is pushing for all buildings to be net-zero by 2050. If the development community is going to achieve that, a blueprint on how to create truly sustainable new-build offices needs to be worked up. As one of the country's largest landlord/developers, Bruntwood is hoping to play a key role in creating that blueprint, and sharing its knowledge. In this episode, Aisling McNulty, development director at Bruntwood Works, and Sophie West, policy and strategic project manager at Bruntwood, discuss assembling the right project team, selecting the correct materials, and what it is like to play a leading role in the pursuit of net-zero. Visit bruntwood.co.uk/works to find out more

This evening I am sat with Ciara Keeling, CEO for Bruntwood Works the North West and Midlands commercial developer and investor. Ciara has spent her 16 years career with Bruntwood, developing skills in leadership and asset management through chapters featuring the GFC, Northern Power House and recently the pandemic to become the CEO in 2018 for this regional goliath of commercial property. Linkedin Group:https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9054319Contact detailsNcarman@macdonaldandcompany.comULIThe Accelerating Careers Podcast is in Partnership with Urban Land Institute. We want everyone to benefit from our combined communities and as such if you wish to find out more about the ULI and its benefits visit: www.uli.org/join remembering to use the promo code ACRE. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the latest episode of our BossCast series, Bruntwood's chief executive Chris Oglesby goes into detail about his company's values and strategy, particularly how collaboration and partnerships lie at the heart of the organisation. Oglesby speaks about regenerating town centres, building innovation districts, his thoughts on the future of the office sector, and much more.

In this next part of our series on Hubs of Innovation, we return to the question of how innovation happens in a place. What is it about a district, a neighbourhood, or a corridor that makes it possible for innovation to flourish? And how can a deeper understanding of the innovation economy inform our thinking about how to create better connections within and between places across the UK? In this episode Prof. Greg Clark speaks to Chris Oglesby, CEO of Bruntwood, a property company that employs over 800 people and owns over £1.4 billion of commercial assets and 100 properties across the city regions of Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham and Cambridge. Bruntwood provides everything from coworking spaces and meeting rooms, through to serviced and managed offices for all sorts of innovation labs, hubs, and tech spaces. We ask how the buildings which host the innovation economy can shape a successful innovation location in how they're designed and serviced. Do you have to be a smart company yourself if you're a property company that's hosting innovators? And given Chris' strong involvement in shaping the innovation economy of Greater Manchester, we explore the link between the city regions across the North West of England and the UK government's ambitious plans to level up the national economy. As well as running Bruntwood, Chris is involved in a number of public and private partnerships, including the Manchester Climate Change Forum, the Manchester Oxford Road Corridor, the Greater Manchester Enterprise Partnership and the North Powerhouse Partnership. He is Interim Chair of Innovation Greater Manchester which brings together business, science academia and government. Music on this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions and Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com) Show notes: If you would like to learn more about Bruntwood and the buildings, workspaces, innovation and science facilities that they own, let and manage, click here. Our Hubs of Innovation series comes out of two reports that the Catapult recently published, 1) Hubs of Innovation which looks at the role of innovation hubs in the COVID-adjusted economy, and 2) the accompanying Playbook for Place Leaders, a practical guide for how to establish or grow an innovation hub. Both reports are free to download on our website. If you're interested the often tricky question of how to procure innovation, come along to the next event in our Challenging Procurement Series: Co-creating Innovation which is being held on 14th June. You'll get a chance to hear case studies and best practices in procurement, and learn why citizen-led projects are often cited as a powerful tool by innovative public sector organisations. To register, click here. To register for our next Virtual Connections Café on 9th June, click here. These SME innovation support webinars explore developments and opportunities in the built environment and mobility sectors, as well as offering support and guidance to growing businesses. Follow the show! Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Please also take a moment to write a review and rate us so that more people can hear about the podcast and what we do at Connected Places Catapult. 

So is the city centre office dead? is Working from Home the way, the truth and the light for the post-covid era? Not according to our guests today. John Ogden, MD of CBRE, Sam Booth, the Chief Exec of pro-Manchester and Andrew Cooke, Strategic Director of Bruntwood, discuss what's happening in office-land. How many people are coming back, what's changing in office design, and what's still holding the sector back.

Felicity Tulloch, head of licensing at award-winning law firm, Kuits, and Chris Middleton, commercial manager at Bruntwood, join Place North West editor, Sarah Townsend, to discuss all things licences in principle.

PlaceTech editor, Paul Unger, is joined by Andrew Cooke of Bruntwood Works and Ed Vickery of studiotech to talk about Bruntwood's new tech-enabled building in the heart of Manchester city centre, 111 Piccadilly.

Bruntwood boss Chris Oglesby joined DIB chief executive Frank McKenna in the Downtown Den to discuss life in the new world we are living in and how companies like his need to respond to the crisis to secure a strong recovery moving forward. He also gave an update on initiatives that Bruntwood are involved in across the country, including projects in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham. Having been involved in Manchester's Commonwealth Games, Chris offered his opinion on what Birmingham can achieve and what legacy may look like for the city.

He built this city. Chris Oglesby is the CEO of Bruntwood with a £1billion investment portfolio across the UK. He tells Lisa Morton of the values, passion and drive it takes to building thriving cities - including his home one: Manchester. We Built This City is a series of conversations with some of the amazing Mancunians - born, bred or adopted – who put the heart into modern Manchester. A celebration of the human grit, determination and love found throughout the city, these episodes will lift you up, make you laugh and inspire you to leave our city in a better place. _ _ _ _ _   Michael Oglesby, Chris’ father, set up Bruntwood in 1976. His first ever acquisition was a gas meter factory in Farnworth. Never did he think his business would achieve the successes it’s celebrated for today.   Four decades on, and Chris and the Bruntwood team are managing £1bn worth of assets across the UK, including Circle Square, Manchester Science Park and Alderley Park, but he’s never forgotten the values that his dad instilled in him from a young age – values of hard work, integrity and respect.    Chris’ mission is to create thriving cities, and his ethos has never failed him: “Culture beats strategy every time.”   _ _ _ _ _   Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.    To celebrate the 24 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Mancunian ‘family’ and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best city in the world. Connect with Lisa and Roland Dransfield: Via Phone: 01612361122 Via their website (http://www.rdpr.co.uk/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/roland_dransfield/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/RDPRtweets)   On Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0YW3lVDOWrE0QZlV6XjEtF?si=nEuISHWcRfCF8l3kHKRNSw)     Connect with Chris: Via their website (https://bruntwood.co.uk/) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-oglesby-90522070/?originalSubdomain=uk)

With ambitions to be a carbon neutral city region by 2038, Greater Manchester wants to be known for its flourishing environment as well as its economic success.James Banks is joined by Greater Manchester’s first Cycling and Walking Commissioner and Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman, Director of Environment for Manchester based property group Bruntwood, Bev Taylor and AECOM’s Rachel O’Donnell, Business Unit Director of Environmental Liability Solutions in the UK and Ireland.They discuss how we can deliver a more liveable city, that gives back to its people and nature? And what can we take from Coronavirus Pandemic lockdown to drive the agenda on greening our infrastructure and changing our behaviours to support a lower carbon economy and way of working?

Episode 8 is a great little talk with one of the main partners for the festival. bruntwood are our L20 Creative Hub Introduction: Simon Fogal Martin Dickson leads the chat with Craig Burrow and Genta Haxhija from bruntwood

Emma catches up with Mario Costanzo, Director of Simmtronic, and his daughter Jess as they reflect on growing a business that's retained its family feel.  Mario set up Simmtronic, a specialist lighting control business, after finding a gap in the market 29 years ago. From small beginnings, Simmtronic now employs 109 people over 4 offices and worked on some of the UK's most famous buildings.  Their growing team are based over at Bruntwood Work’s Lowry House in Manchester city centre. Don’t forget to give us your feedback by tweeting us at @Bruntwood_UK or email contactus@bruntwood.co.uk Bruntwood https://bruntwood.co.uk Enterprise Nation https://www.enterprisenation.com

Emma catches up with Gary Jenkins, co-founder of No-Brainer as he reflects on his journey of starting up a PR, online and digital agency.  During his career in PR, Gary struggled to find an agency that combined all three disciplines, so he set out to provide this service himself. Together with his business partner, Lee Cullen, they have developed an approach which focuses on understanding the client’s business in order to develop stories which resonate with target audiences and deliver results. Their growing team are based over at Bruntwood Work’s Wilderspool Park in Stockton Heath, Warrington. Don’t forget to give us your feedback by tweeting us at @Bruntwood_UK or email contactus@bruntwood.co.uk Bruntwood https://bruntwood.co.uk Enterprise Nation https://www.enterprisenation.com No Brainer PR http://www.nobraineragency.co.uk/

In this episode, young people from HideOut Youth Zone meet with Kate Vokes, Director of Social Impact at Bruntwood. Kate discusses the importance of supporting local youth charities and what inspired Bruntwood to support the second OnSide Youth Zone in the City - HideOut.

Why are more people and businesses currently choosing to move to Manchester than ever before? With so much opportunity to collaborate, find partnerships and attract talent it's no coincidence that so many startups and scaleups succeed here. On this podcast Manchester speak with Bruntwood, NorthCoders F-Lex to hear about what inspired their decision to open a second business home in Manchester and why they love what the city has to offer.

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At the award-winning Centre for Entrepreneurship, we support Liverpool John Moores University students & graduates to develop their ideas into viable start-up businesses, whether is a freelance consultancy, tech start-up or business set up alongside your studies. One of the biggest challenges when first starting up is knowing who your ideal customer or audience is going to be. Its a vital piece of having a thriving business that takes time & effort. This month's episode aims to help you break down some simple, practical steps to have a tribe of loyal fans. Amy Collins had already started her enamel pin badge creative indie business, Pinhead, as a side hustle before embarking on a Marketing Degree. With well over 11,000 followers her Instagram she certainly knows how to build a tribe. You can follow Amy via Instagram @p.i.n.h.e.a.d https://pinheaduk.com She kindly offered to be interviewed by Anna B. Sexton, Enterprise Training Manager in a makeshift, impromptu recording studio in our offices at Aldham Robarts Library 4th Septemeber 2019. The two events mentioned at the start of the episode are; 9th October 2019 NatWest Pre Accelerator 1/2 day workshop followed by exclusive access to the NatWest digital e-learning platform http://bit.ly/NatwestLJMU091019 22nd October 2019 Digital Skills training with The Extraordinary Club hosted by Bruntwood http://bit.ly/DigitalSkillsLJMU221019 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ljmu-starting-up-podcast/message

In this episode, Emma meets co-founders of Pixelbeard, Will Roberts and Adam Davies. Pixelbeard design and engineer bespoke mobile app experiences and call Bruntwood Works’ Cotton Exchange building in Liverpool their home. They discuss the growth of e-sports, talent acquisition, as well as how to build trust and wow clients from across the pond. Curious about the name? All is revealed in this entertaining episode.   Don't forget to give us your feedback by tweeting us at @Bruntwood_UK or email contactus@bruntwood.co.uk.   Pixel Beard https://twitter.com/PixelBeardCo https://pixelbeard.co/    Bruntwood  https://bruntwood.co.uk/   Enterprise Nation  https://www.enterprisenation.com/ 

In this episode, Emma speaks to the founder of Love Raw, Rimi Dabhia. They talk about the cottage industry, funding, product development, and exporting. Oh and three-month-old Rui tags along - the real life of a working mother! Baby gurgles provided for free:-)   Don't forget to give us your feedback by tweeting us at @Bruntwood_UK or email contactus@bruntwood.co.uk.   Love Raw https://twitter.com/eatloveraw https://eatloveraw.com/    Bruntwood  https://bruntwood.co.uk/   Enterprise Nation  https://www.enterprisenation.com/ 

In this episode, Emma catches up with Bruntwood Works’ customer, John Gyngell, co-founder of legendary Leeds craft beer venue, North Bar, and the award-winning brewery and taproom, North Brewing Company. Discussing crowdfunding, culture and constantly evolving to innovate.    Don't forget to give us your feedback by tweeting us at @Bruntwood_UK or email contactus@bruntwood.co.uk.   North Bar  https://twitter.com/johnnorthbar https://www.northbrewing.com/   Bruntwood  https://bruntwood.co.uk/

Chief Executive Officer Jordan Appleson is again joined by Bruntwood's Energy Manager Bev Taylor. This time they discuss our energy infrastructure and how the whole system is complicated and not geared towards the consumer. We also learn more about how Bruntwood are utilising their Tesla battery pack and how Bev aims to make the Bright Building, their flagship building in Manchester, carbon positive and even turn that area of MSP into its own virtual power plant! Special Guest: Bev Taylor.

Chief Executive Officer Jordan Appleson and Bev Taylor, Energy Manager at Bruntwood, sit down together in the Bright Building where they delve into smart buildings and the available options to increase sustainability in the future. Special Guest: Bev Taylor.

Rebecca Callard is an actress and writer, best known for her roles in Detectorists, The Grand and The Borrowers. Rebecca's first play A Bit of Light won a commendation award from The Bruntwood prize in 2017 and is currently being adapted into a screenplay.Rebecca kindly invited us to her home in South London for a good natter about going BLANK. We chatted at length about Rebecca's impressive and slightly dated VHS collection and her obsession with Horror films. Giles and Rebecca look into each other's struggles with insomnia and how that has at times affected Rebecca's acting for good and bad, and also those times when BLANK moments have occurred during auditions.Our wonderful pod music is by the amazing Paul Pilot and you can hear more from him here: http://paulpilot.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe interviews Joshua Val Martin, a young playwright living in Manchester. Finalist for the 2017 Bruntwood prize, the biggest playwrighting prize in Europe, Joshua is represented by United Agents. His plays include 'This Is Not America' (Bruntwood 2017 finalist) and 'Backseat Betty' (Best Play at the LOST One-Act Theatre Festival & Best Drama at the Great Manchester Fringe Festival 2015). He can be found on twitter @thesecondshelf.

Alright alright alright. How's it going? It's episode 22 time and it's a chat with Andy Sheridan! We visited Andy in Manchester where he was acting in the play People, Places and Things alongside previous TSP guest Michael Balogun. Craig first worked with Andy in the feature film Control - That was ten years ago. When Andy wasn't acting and being a father he never stopped learning and feeding his creativity. As a writer, his first play Winterlong won the Bruntwood prize. This Two Shot Podcast is a great little episode where the intersetion of acting and writing comes to the fore. We hope you enjoy listening in.Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on 13 November 2017, the winners were announced of the sixth biennial Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. The winners of three Judges’ Prizes of £8,000 each were announced as Tim Foley for his play Electric Rosary, Laurie Nunn for King Brown and Sharon Clark for Plow. The £16,000 top prize went to the play Heartworm by Tim X Atack, who had just worked at the Royal Exchange as sound designer for a production of Jubilee based on the Derek Jarman film. In this episode, you can hear the moment when Tim was announced as the winner followed by our interview with him about the play, his work in general and what winning the prize will mean to him. For more information about the Bruntwood Prize including advice for playwrights, see writeaplay.co.uk. Tim Atack’s company Sleepdogs can be found at sleepdogs.org.

In episode nine, we're talking about energy and the environment. Joining the discussion, we had MFT facilities manager Jan Maiden, Bruntwood's head of energy and environment Bev Taylor, and SPICA founder Paul Collins. Needless to say, such a broad topic made for some ranging conversation. As well as how technology is being used to ensure water cleanliness in Manchester's hospitals (vital work being undertaken as part of the CityVerve project), we discussed how energy efficiency is about more than just saving money and the planet - it can be key to keeping people happy and healthy too. We've got all of our usual features too, including a news update and Satsafe's Stuart Millward jumping into the 'Meet the Partners' hotseat.

In association with Nick Hern Books. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Presenter Tim Bano follows the progress of scripts from submission to shortlisting by speaking to judges, readers and writers. Featuring interviews with: Michael Oglesby, Anna Jordan, Sarah Frankcom, Suzanne … Continue reading Pursued by a Bear: The Bruntwood Story See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Global Reach 2013 Welcome with Colin Sinclair, Marketing Director, Bruntwood speaking exclusively at Global Reach Conference 2013. The panellists at the event included: Welcome - Colin Sinclair, Marketing Director, Bruntwood Overview of Research - Nick Jaspan, Publisher, Prolific North Graham Bryce, MD, Bauer Place Rob Shaw, CEO, Epiphany Dominic Allon, Director, Google UK Ian Haythornthwaite, CFO, BBC North Margaret Hicks, Head of Operations, Press Association Rob Morrice, SEO SteinIAS Alex Connock, MD, Shine North Global Reach 2013 Conference Promo

The winners of the £16,000 first prize and three judges prizes of £8,000 in the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting were announced at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on 22 November 2013. We present some highlights of the ceremony itself, followed by a chat with winning playwright Anna Jordan and three members of the judging panel: broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray, Bruntwood chairman Michael Oglesby and Royal Exchange artistic director Sarah Frankcom.