Podcasts about Matalan

This week on The School Runway, Cara and Bronagh are back from a very stylish night out—and running on very little sleep. Recorded the morning after their press trip to Clueless the Musical, expect tired giggles and a serious love letter to 90s fashion.They also share their latest fashion finds, including leopard print jackets, embroidered dungarees, and the perfect metallic Gazelles for spring. Expect rave reviews of Matalan and Marks & Spencer press days, plus a big wardrobe prep for the Easter hols.And how to style a denim jacket without looking like you've tried too hardSponsored by Disko KidsWe're obsessed with their feel-good fashion—from slogan tees to sparkly accessories, all inspired by the joy of music and movement. From dancing in the kitchen to the fields of Glasto, Disko kids transcends your love of music into your fashion.Also, a portion of profits goes to Winston's Wish, supporting bereaved children and families across the UK. Style with soul. Shop now at diskokids.co.uk Connect with The School Runway Podcast:Instagram: @schoolrunwaypodLeave us a voice note: https://sayhi.chat/TSRDon't forget to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode of Inspired Voices, Cath and Adam welcome John and Donna Connett to the studio where they discuss their family's inspiring story and the incredible fundraising efforts they have achieved over the past decade.John and Donna's son Lewis was born with Apert syndrome, a rare genetic disorder which affects around 1 in every 65,000 newborns. The condition fuses bones together and is characterised by malformations of the skull, face, hands and feet. After noticing issues after Lewis' birth, he was referred to Alder Hey, with the family travelling from their home in Yorkshire. Over the past 11 years, Lewis has bravely faced 20 operations and numerous appointments and procedures, becoming a much-loved member of the Alder Hey family. He, along with his family has appeared in Alder Hey Children's Charity's annual Matalan pyjama campaign, and Lewis was even chosen to present Queen Elizabeth II with a bouquet of flowers when she officially opened Alder Hey in 2016.Over the past ten years, John, Donna, Lewis, and Lewis' elder brother Hayden have formed ‘Team Lewis Challenges', and alongside their wider family and friends have taken on numerous challenges and fundraising events, raising an astonishing sum that currently stands at over £67,000. In this podcast, John and Donna speak openly about what inspires them to fundraise for Alder Hey and why others should get involved in fundraising.Listen now!*Episodes of Inspired Voices may feature references to medical proceduresSupport the show

In this episode of the Inspired Voices podcast, Cath and Adam speak to The Batt family, as Karen and Phil share their incredible journey through daughter Betty's early and challenging life. Born over four months premature and weighing just 650 grams, Betty faced numerous life-threatening obstacles, including multiple surgeries, infections, and the need for a tracheostomy. Despite these overwhelming challenges, Betty's resilience and the unwavering support of her family and the dedicated medical team at Alder Hey have been nothing short of extraordinary. After 13 months in hospital, Betty finally went home to her siblings, Stanley and Martha.Phil and Karen discuss the emotional and practical aspects of their journey, including the importance of family-integrated care in neonatal units, and their support of Alder Hey Children's Charity's Surgical Neonatal Appeal which helped to fund Family Integrated Care Rooms in Alder Hey's upcoming Surgical Neonatal Unit, ensuring other families can stay together in a private and supportive environment. Having taken part in Alder Hey's annual Matalan campaign and also featured as the honorary 41st runner at the Grand National over the years, Karen and Phil also highlight Betty's remarkable spirit and the joy she brings to those around her. Through this podcast, they offer a deeply moving and hopeful perspective on the power of family, medical care, and community support in the face of adversity.Episodes on Inspired Voices may contain brief details of medical procedures.Support the show

To help answer these questions and more, Trade Finance Global (TFG) spoke with Sarah Green at the Law Commission, Susan Ashworth, Senior Trade Finance Specialist at Matalan, and Surath Sengupta, Head of Trade And Working Capital Product at Lloyds.   Read here: https://www.tradefinanceglobal.com/posts/podcast-unpacking-the-impact-of-the-etda/

Join host ⁠⁠Kellie Kwarteng⁠ ⁠and guest ⁠Natasha Barker⁠, Domain Architect at Matalan and Drapers 30 Under 30 honoree, for an inspiring conversation about building confidence, breaking barriers, and thriving in tech leadership. From graduating as a junior infrastructure architect to becoming a influential domain architect, Natasha shares her journey of transformation and the power of saying "yes" to opportunities. Key highlights: Breaking through imposter syndrome and owning your space in male-dominated environments How to transition from being "the only woman in the room" to confidently leading technical discussions The importance of being less modest and showcasing your achievements Leveraging professional recognition to accelerate your tech career Why expanding your comfort zone is crucial for career growth The vast range of roles available in tech beyond coding and project management Practical tips for mentoring and supporting the next generation of tech talent Natasha offers candid insights about her transformation from an unconfident graduate to a respected technical leader, sharing practical strategies for career advancement and the importance of building professional networks. Whether you're starting your tech career, looking to step into leadership, or wanting to boost your professional confidence, this episode provides actionable advice for breaking through barriers and achieving your goals.

Join the waitlist for Anatomy of a Leader events: https://form.typeform.com/to/eDtmkFff Nick Beighton - former CEO of ASOS and Matches Fashion. He is here to show you what it takes for a CEO to grow a company from 200 million to 4 billion. If you're a CEO looking for tips on hiring well, growing your company's success, or are wondering if you've got what it takes to pivot into a new leadership role, then tune in.Timestamps:00:00 - Trailer and Introduction02:17 - Learning to Take Care of Your Brain10:59 - Losing His Father and Being Shaped by the Experience13:01 - Jumping On New Opportunities17:11 - Becoming a Finance Controller at Matalan20:21 - How Did You End Up at ASOS?23:13 - How Did You Make the Transition From CFO to CEO?24:57 - The Advantages of a Finance Background27:25 - When a Phrase Becomes a Part of ASOS's Core Values29:42 - How a Chameleon Phone Helped ASOS Avoid a Cash Flow Crisis31:58 - What Is the Main Reason for ASOS's Success?34:46 - What Has Been Your Biggest Failure?35:36 - It's Not Failure; It's a Learning Experience37:05 - Pivoting From CFO to CEO39:32 - How Do You Create Followership?42:23 - Starting a Role at Matches44:16 - What Went Wrong at Matches? 48:36 - What Do People Need to Know About E-Commerce?51:43 - The Future of E-Commerce53:36 - Advice for Aspiring CEOs01:03:03 - Have You Hired Someone and it Went Wrong?01:08:24 - Advice to Your Younger Self01:11:45 - The Importance of Resilience01:18:41 - What's in Store For the Future?Nick Beighton is the former CEO of Matches Fashion, a leading global online luxury retailer. In 2015, Nick became CEO of ASOS. During his time as CEO, ASOS grew twenty-fold, both in the UK and around the world. Previous to ASOS, Nick was Head of Finance at Matalan in 1999.Before Nick moved into the fashion sector, however, he qualified as a chartered accountant, and worked at KPMG for ten years.Currently, he's the Chairman of Secret Sales and Non-Executive Director at Raging Bull.Nick Beighton:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nick-beighton-3867023X: https://x.com/asos_nickb Maria Hvorostovsky:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariahvo/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maria_hvoX: https://twitter.com/mhvorostovskyHVO Search: https://www.hvosearch.comPodcast filmed, edited and produced by:https://www.londonbeautyphotographer.comNeed help HIRING – http://www.hirewithmaria.com LEAVE A REVIEW: If you're listening on Apple Podcasts make sure to Follow, Rate, and leave a REVIEW.

Katja kertoo kokemuksiaan erilaisista kohtaamisista Suomen terveydenhuollossa. Mukaan mahtuu monenlaisia kokemuksia joista harmillisen moni olivat negatiivisia. (00:00) Jakso alkaa (00:10) Aiheen pohjustus (00:29) Vieraan esittely (02:17) Mitä kohtaamisista tulee mieleen (03:21) Kohtaamisia erikoissairaanhoidon piirissä (08:17) Kiireen vaikutus käyttäytymiseen (09:17) Toiveet hoidon suhteen (14:50) Keskustelu voi auttaa enemmän kuin lääke (17:43) Yksilöllinen hoito (20:08) Apua hakevan uskottavuus (21:36) Työnohjaus (23:14) Ahdistuksen hallinta (26:21) Mistä kiireentunne voi johtua (31:43) Tilanteet, joissa tunne saa tulla (35:26) Matalan kynnyksen kohtaamispaikat (38:29) Kehollisuuden merkitys (41:33) Neuvo ihmisille, jotka ovat hankalassa tilanteessa (43:30) Katjan runo (49:07) Loppusanat

Perheen perustamisen kulttuuri on muuttunut ja se näkyy syntyvyyden laskuna. Edessä häämöttää tulevaisuudenkuva, jossa maasta puuttuvat työikäiset eläkkeiden maksajat ja vanhat ikäpolvet harmaantuvat perheettöminä. Pienten kuntien on suunniteltava koulutuspalveluja tilanteessa, joissa lasten määrä voi puolittua vuosikymmenen aikana.  Suomalainen perhepolitiikka on ollut menestystarina, jossa naiset ovat pystyneet yhdistämään uran ja lastensaannin. Syntyvyyden laskuun ei 2000-luvulla ole kuitenkaan juuri reagoitu. Kasvaako Suomen väestö vai alkaako se supistua? Nyt on viimeinen aika käydä aiheesta keskustelua: pääekonomisti Timo Vesalan vieraana syntyvyyttä pohtivat Väestöliiton johtava tutkija Venla Berg ja väestönkehityksen asiantuntija Rasmus Aro MDI:stä.

In this episode, Molly and Sassie are joined by young people Alex and Sharmin, as well as Sanctuary Cafe staff Zahra and Betty, to discuss what the Young Person Sanctuaries are and what to expect as a young person visiting for the first time. It's a great resource in the community for young people (14-17 yrs) to have a safe space to go to, have someone to talk to, or just be in the space for some time. The different locations are listed below: Luton Young Person's Sanctuary: Young Persons Hub, ResoLUTiONs, 89 Castle Street, Luton LU1 3AJ: Monday – Sunday 4pm – 10pm Please note: ResoLUTiONS has two buildings, one located in Victoria Street and one location in Castle Street. We are based in Castle Street, opposite Matalan. Bedford Young Person's Sanctuary: CAMHS, 5-7 Rush Court, Bedford MK40 3JT: (7 days a week)  The Bedford Young Person's Sanctuary is open on Monday – Friday from 5.00pm -10.00pm, Saturday – Sunday 4pm – 10pm. Central Bedfordshire Young Person's Sanctuary: Leighton Buzzard; Meadow Way Community Centre, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3FS  Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 4pm – 10pm Houghton Regis; Houghton Regis Children's Centre, Tithe Farm Neighbourhood Centre, Tithe Farm Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5JB Monday and Tuesday 4pm – 10pm Sandy; Sandy Children's Centre, Laburnum Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 1HQ Opening Saturday 30th September Saturday and Sunday 4pm – 10pm If you would like further information about the Young Person's Sanctuary, please email on: YPS@mind-blmk.org.uk

This week the Promoter Mouths discuss nonces who are dead, alive, or merely alleged. Pablo, who dresses mainly in clobber bought from Matalan, audaciously calls out youngster's fashion fails whilst Kai gets high and mighty about top shelf publications now being beneath him. All this and a Tik Tok superstar champions an epic night out in Loddon's Kings Head. "Toupees flying everywhere!"Co-Produced & Presented by Kai Barron & Paul 'Pablo' DunnPost Production and Artwork by Kai Barron of Shaft Of Wit ComedyLinks THE PROMOTER MOUTHS WEBPAGE www.shaftofwit.com/podcastTHE PROMOTER MOUTHS FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com/promotermouthsSHAFT OF WIT COMEDY (Kai's Website) www.shaftofwit.comWCB COMEDY (Pablo's Website) www.wcbcomedy.comPATREON Link www.patreon.com/promotermouths Support Kai & Pablo for less than the price of a pint. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-promoter-mouths.

- Samuelille tuli ystävä yökylään, mutta kenen kanssa hän syö aamiaisen? - Matalan kynnyksen pornosivusto porskuttaa edelleen. Mikä se mahtaa olla? - Pojat soittivat Tanskaan. Jere yritti kommunikoida tanskaksi. Tulikohan tästä yhtään mitään? - Minkä lajin suomalainen huippu loukkaantui ja oliko alkoholilla osuutta tapahtumien kulkuun?

Lahden 4H-yhdistyksen toiminnanjohtaja Petra Kerkkä kävi Ossi Arvelan vieraana kertomassa lisää pian alkavasta 4H Klubi Farm4U -toiminnasta.

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the #credit lifecycle. This week's podcast includes discussion of: - Primary highlights for the week; - The post restructuring recovery prospects of U.K. retailer Matalan; - The ongoing restructuring of German elevator parts maker Wittur. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey A link to a webinar on Matalan's post restructuring recovery prospects recorded earlier this week can be found here: https://app.reorg.com/v3#/media-event?item_id=714 #leveragedfinance #highyieldbonds #restructuring #debtrestructuring #distresseddebt #performingcredit #leveragedloans #highyield

The UK retail industry is having a difficult time of it. And when it comes to some high street brands, that's an understatement. Similar to the US and Europe, retailers across Britain are dealing with soaring borrowing costs, shrinking savings accounts and a cost-of-living crisis that's limiting consumer spending. This means more retailers may soon be on the brink of insolvency.In this week's episode of In the City, hosts David Merritt and Francine Lacqua are joined by reporters Katie Linsell and Giulia Morpurgo, who discuss big names that have already gone bust—like Matalan and Paperchase—and others that may be at risk.  Plus, reporter Leigh-Ann Gerrans gives a tour of the retail scene around the City. Get The Brink newsletter, chronicling corporate distress and turnaround stories. Sign up now: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/the-brink See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following his interview with boss of Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor, Sean Farrington finds out what campaigners have to say about Anders Opedal's claim a greener future means bills staying where they are. Meanwhile, the world awaits China's GDP results, and we hear from a small business owner still affected by the cyber attack on Royal Mail. Plus: how could the new owners of value retailer Matalan turn around its fortunes?

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week's podcast includes discussion of: #Primarymarket highlights this week; U.K. value retailer Matalan's new #recapitalization agreement; and German real estate Adler Group's #restructuring. Reorg is always looking for feedback to help us improve the podcast experience! Please take a moment to complete this short survey and let us know how we're doing. #highyieldbonds #leveragedloans #leveragedfinance #distresseddebt #performingcredit

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week's podcast includes discussions of: - French care home operator Orpea, which is currently undergoing its second conciliation procedure and the Spanish pizza franchise Food Delivery Brands, which has appointed financial advisors; - U.K. value retailer Matalan's ongoing sale process, as it looks increasingly likely that the senior secured bondholders will take over the business; and - U.K. and Germany focused real estate group Vivion, following the publication of a report by short seller Muddy Waters alleging the group inflated the values of its real estate portfolios. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey #highyieldbonds #leveragedloans

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing Vanessa Hehir. We chat about the thought of giving up acting, joining Coronation Street, lucky cats, being a covid back up, playing Mary twice, our issues with Drama School, bad agents, playing Jimmy Saville, killing family members off, orgasming over clothes, working on Waterloo Road, bribing producers with cake, bullying and formal complaints at Waterloo Road, nearly killing dogs, falling over on the Coronation Street cobbles, working on Heartbeat, being on the Four Screenwriting Programme and writing TV scripts. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jared Garfield Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Vanessa's Instagram: @vanessahehir81 Get This Is Where We Get Off Tickets: https://webstersglasgow.com/whats-on/event/this-is-where-we-get-off/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week's podcast includes discussion of: - Analysis of German headquartered consumer electronics retailer; - Ceconomy and British supermarket chain Iceland; - Latest developments of Luxembourg-headquartered metals and mining group Metalcorp; - Matalan undergoes an M&A process; and - Highlights in the primary market this week. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey.

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week's podcast includes discussion of: - The ongoing M&A process of U.K. retailer Matalan; - The first European installment of our Expert Views series of on how some direct lenders are avoiding losses in times of volatility; - Global resin-based consumer goods producer Keter's A&E request, and; - An overview of the primary market. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey.

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week's podcast includes discussion of: - U.K.-based casual dining chain Pizza Express' waterfall model; - U.K. value retail group Matalan, its strategic sales process, the terms of its debt recapitalization; - Luxembourg-headquartered metals and mining group Metalcorp facing default; and - A roundup of the latest from the European primary market. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial. We're looking for feedback to improve the podcast experience! Please share your thoughts here: www.research.net/r/Reorg_podcast_survey.

Historic events have taken place in Kent over the weekend following the death last week of Queen Elizabeth II. Hundreds of people have gathered in town centres to hear proclamations for the new King, Charles III. Kent's MPs have also been paying tribute to the late monarch in the Commons. You can also hear from a veteran who is an ambassador for the Royal British Legion Industries in Aylesford and has spoken of his pride in serving Queen and country. Also in today's podcast, there's anger in Kent after it was announced a ban on fracking for shale gas has been lifted. New Prime Minister Liz Truss made the decision last week in a bid to boost the amount of energy produced in the UK - rather than imported from elsewhere. Businesses near Dartford are calling for urgent action to tackle flytipping after a series of huge fires. On the hottest day of the year this summer, crews spent seven hours tackling a blaze and two commercial warehouses were destroyed when a fire broke out near to the Darent Industrial Estate. Hear from the MD of a company based there. You can also hear from our reporter who's been to a shopping centre in Maidstone as questions are asked about its future. Lidl is following in the footsteps of Matalan and leaving the Broadway centre not far from St Peter's Street in the town. And in sport, we have news on a victory for England's cricketers thanks to a good knock from Kent's Zak Crawley.

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Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week's podcast includes discussion of: - The near-term challenges facing German tissue paper manufacturer Wepa; - Russia's eurobond Default - U.K. bricks and mortar retailer Matalan's new financing; - An overview of the primary market. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial.

In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Toyota's rather incredible recall and Matalan as a potential takeover target because of its debt situation…

Each episode of Reorg's weekly EMEA Core Credit podcast series features detailed discussion on issues and companies across the credit lifecycle. This week, we speak about: - French care home operator Orpea and the new financing agreement with its core banking pool under the French amicable conciliation procedure. - Supermarket chain WM Morrison's €545 million senior secured notes, which priced this morning, Swedish distribution services provider OptiGroup's €515 million term loan B and private education operator Inspired Education's €250 million term loan B add-on. - Refinancing options and possible restructuring for U.K. fashion and homeware retailer Matalan. If you are not a Reorg subscriber, request access here: go.reorg-research.com/Podcast-Trial.

In this episode, President of IFSPT, Luciana de Michelis Mendonça, talks about her research and the upcoming World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy. Today, Luciana talks about the importance of the WCSPT and the results from her research. Why are organisations like IFSPT important? Hear about why sports PTs are important in injury prevention and reduction programs, pre-season assessments, implementing prevention programs, and get Luciana's advice to her younger self, all on today's episode of The Healthy, Wealthy & Smart Podcast.   Key Takeaways “We should assess our athletes to make the most amazing tailored prevention program.” “Injuries happen, but if you can decrease the time that the athlete is spent outside the game, then that is a win for the team.” “Warm-up sessions with the physical therapist were the methods used to prevent injuries.” “Be lighter, less stress, [put] less pressure on yourself.” “I am where I am because I'm good at what I do.”   More about Luciana de Michelis Mendonça Luciana is a professor in a federal university in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and develops research in the field of sports physical therapy. She has participated in the last four IOC world conferences on injury and illness in sport with poster and workshop presentations. She was involved in organisation of physical therapy services for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games. She was the first female president of the Brazilian Society of Sports Physical Therapy (SONAFE), in a country with many restrictions to women's participation in sport and politics. Since 2017, she has been an executive director of the World Physiotherapy subgroup International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy (IFSPT) and is now IFSPT's president. She is committed to enhancing the dissemination of sports physiotherapy good practice and knowledge globally and to increase equity in sports physiotherapy.   Suggested Keywords Healthy, Wealthy, Smart, Healthcare, Physiotherapy, Sports, Research, Injury Prevention, Prevention Programs, Exercise,   Recommended Reading How injury registration and preseason assessment are being delivered: An international survey of sports physical therapists How injury prevention programs are being structured and implemented worldwide: An international survey of sports physical therapists Sign up for the Fourth World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy To learn more, follow Luciana at: Website:          https://ifspt.org Twitter:            @luludemichelis Instagram:       @lucianademichelis   Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart: Website:                      https://podcast.healthywealthysmart.com Apple Podcasts:          https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-wealthy-smart/id532717264 Spotify:                        https://open.spotify.com/show/6ELmKwE4mSZXBB8TiQvp73 SoundCloud:               https://soundcloud.com/healthywealthysmart Stitcher:                       https://www.stitcher.com/show/healthy-wealthy-smart iHeart Radio:               https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-healthy-wealthy-smart-27628927   Read the Full Transcript Here: 00:07 Welcome to the healthy, wealthy and smart podcast. Each week we interview the best and brightest in physical therapy, wellness and entrepreneurship. We give you cutting edge information you need to live your best life healthy, wealthy and smart. The information in this podcast is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as personalized medical advice. And now, here's your host, Dr. Karen Litzy.   00:35 Hey everybody, welcome back to the podcast. I am your host Karen Litzy. And today I'm very honored and excited to have on the program Dr. Luciana de mckaela Mendoza. She is a professor in a Federal University in Belo Horizonte in Brazil and develops research in the field of sports physical therapy. She has participated in the last four IOC world conferences on injury and illness in sport with poster and workshop presentations. She was involved in organization of physical therapy services for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games. She was the first female president of the Brazilian society of Sports Physical Therapy in a country with many restrictions to women's participation in sports and politics. Since 2017, she has been the executive director of the world physiotherapy subgroup, International Federation of sports, physical therapy or ifs PT, and is now IFSP T's president. She is committed to enhancing the dissemination of sports physiotherapy, good practice and knowledge globally, and to increase equity in sports physiotherapy. And in today's podcast, we will talk about some of her research into injury prevention and the role of sports physiotherapist in those programs. And of course, we will also talk a lot more about the fourth World Congress is Sports Physical Therapy, which is happening in Denmark this August 26, and 27th. That's 2022. So if you want to find more information about that, you can click on the link at podcast at healthy, wealthy smart.com. To find out more about the fourth World Congress is sports physiotherapy, again, taking place in Denmark. So we will talk a lot about that. And we will also get a sneak peek of some of Luciana has talks there. She's speaking and she is moderating. So she's got her hands full for sure. So I want to thank her for coming on the podcast and everyone enjoyed today's episode. Hi, Luciana. Welcome to the podcast. I'm excited to have a conversation with you today. Hi, Carrie. Thank you very much for having me. Yeah, it is my pleasure. And now before we get into the meat of our interview, can you tell the listeners a little bit more about you about your history in sports, physical therapy. And as I mentioned, you are the current president of ifs pts. You can talk a little bit about that as well. So I will hand the mic over to you.   03:06 Okay, Karen, so I'm from Brazil. I'm a sports physiotherapist and I graduated in 2003. So I'm 20 years as a physiotherapist. And I'm also a professor in diversity here in Brazil. I'm based in Belo Horizonte. And   03:28 I started to work. Since the as a students and sports team, I wanted to do physical therapy because of sports. I am passionate about it. And I, I started in this political scenario in the Brazilian society of sports, physical therapy. And I started it was in 2016, it was the year of real to tastic significant part Paralympic Games. So it was a really big challenge. I also work in the physical therapy services during the Olympics and Paralympic game here. And I started being part of the Executive Board of the IFSP CI in 2017. So I learned a lot during the presidency of Anthony Schneider's in Christian torborg. And now I have this big challenge to be IFSEC. President so I'm balancing this actions related to if activity and also with teaching and also research about sports, physical therapy. And my research is mainly directed to injury prevention, and also injury risk profile. So I think that's perfect. And can you talk a little bit more about IFSP T and kind of the importance of having these organizations and what they what they do, what are they there for   05:00 Yes, so the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy is a subgroup of the word physiotherapy. That's our main our mother organization. So as a subgroup, we have to engage countries all around the world that have specific group related to sports, physical therapy to join the IFSP team. So nowadays, we have 34 member organizations in the SSP T. And our main mission is related to disseminate good practices, support research on sports, physical therapy, of course, and also promote actions to support our members, the whole community. So improve the practices around the world. And also it's a good it's an important way to connect with people. So I think the most amazing gifts that I had, being in IFSP T board is to network with people around the world. So it's a really   06:18 important way to have our professional, our profession, organize it. And so I probably will be in the presidency for the next four years. That's the plan. Yeah, that's, that's amazing. And one of the things that, like you said, as part of the organization is networking, and we'll say this will probably repeat this a couple of times, but the Fourth World Congress is sports, physical therapy is coming up August 26 27th, of 2022 in Denmark, and obviously, you will be there and you are a part of several presentations.   06:57 But like you said, your research is around injury prevention and assessment in sports, in sports. So can you talk about why the sports physical therapist is an important component of these injury prevention programs or injury reduction programs?   07:19 Yes, I just want to stress that, yes, the Congress of sports, physical therapy, it's important action that IFSP t also have, we are one of the main organizations, the main sub groups of world physiotherapy that deliver International Congress. So we have the first one in Bern, the second one Belfast, the third in Vancouver, and now illegal in Denmark. So I, I went to Belfast to Vancouver, and now I will be enabled for sure. So   07:55 I'm sorry, Carrie, I forgot your question. Oh, yeah. No, so my, my question, like I said, you're doing you're doing a ton. You'll be doing a ton in Nyberg. But one of the things that I know you are talking about is about your research that centers around injury prevention, and something that you're passionate about as if the sports physical therapist should really be involved. So why is that?   08:19 Yes. So I always thought that the main action as a sports physical therapy in a sports team, of course, I should be aware that, for me, I need support all athletes available to the coach to the head coach to train. So for me, it's, it was always a good time to have like the physical therapy department, empty without athletes there, because all athletes should be on the fields playing and training.   08:56 So for me, prevention was always important action that we as therapists should be aware of. So I, when I finished my PhD and start to be a teacher in university in Brazil, I started to wander, especially after I started to work in the IFSP. Board, I started to wonder if the prevention, the role that the Sports Physical Therapy had in prevention, and I know that how this works in Brazil because I was sports physical therapist and the volleyball team and soccer team. I was wondering if it was like the same, or I was wondering if it should be the same. Or if we are here in Brazil, we're doing like similar things that other professionals data around the world. So I have a sabbatical year in 2020 and I went to Belgium to work with Eric FitPro.   10:00 I was there in Uganda, the University of Ghana, as a visiting professor. And we started to develop a surveying to understand what role the sports physical therapists had in injury prevention. So I will talk about some of our results, we have two papers about this survey that were that are published in physical therapy in sports. And this helped me to have   10:33 sort of idea about the role. And we have really interesting information about this, that, of course, I will share here in this podcast, and also in the World Congress of sports, physical therapy. And also we develop a Delphi design to establish a consensus on sports injury prevention programs. So this is also an interesting   11:01 study that we could deliver an IFSP participated to, with this Delphi study linking   11:09 people from different countries. So I'm really excited to talk to you about this caring and say something that should make people a little bit curious and participate in the Congress. In Denmark. Yes. So when can can you give us a little bit of info, you don't have to give it all away? Of course, people can go and read the the   11:36 published papers, but in this   11:40 in this study, you had, how many people? What did you find? How did you do it?   11:50 So yes, for sure, I can share some of the data that we had the papers are published. And also you can indicate for your audience, I can send you the links. It's important, I totally understand caring that sports injury prevention area, we need to move forward related to research, we need to understand a lot of things. But I think it's interesting to understand what the professionals what the sports physical therapists are doing, because this can bring up some questions for future research. So   12:29 on the survey, we   12:32 we had 414, sports, physical therapists participating around the world. So I think we had like, people from 32 countries. So I know that the amount is not so high, we could have more people participating, but it was delivered in 2020, during the pandemic. So this is one thing that I should stress because, yes, we had 32 countries participating, but I, for sure, I expected to have more people there. But we had questions in this online survey that was related, link it to the synchronous sequence of prevention that were Matalan delivered, and maybe it's the the most use it, model or to make decisions about prevention. So we ask it if this sports physical therapists participated on injury prevention, sorry, injury registration. It's common here, Brazil, but I didn't know if my colleagues in other countries participating in the injury registration. We also asked if they assess it, the athletes to build the prevention program. So if they did, for example, preseason assessment, that's the more common way at least in Brazil. So I was curious about that. And also, I we asked about their prevention program. So if the pieces participated in this action or not. So about equal registration, the first thing this I think this is an amazing result, because we had more than then 80% of the sports physical therapists that participate in this study, were responsible for me to reverse the situation. So we can now say that maybe the sports physio are the are the person like more important more responsible to properly register injury in their sports team? So this brings brings up a lot of other questions. So for example, maybe we should IFSP T should deliver some actions to maybe   15:00 increase the knowledge and maybe the competence on this matter on our community. Because of course, if we are responsible for this, we want to do an amazing job. So it's, it's interesting. And it's good also to exchange some experience and learn from good examples. So this is really good. And we also ask about the main barriers.   15:29 So for sure now register the injuries. So more than a half of this physios said that lack of time in their routine was the main factor to not properly register injuries. So maybe we need to discuss also about the sports physio routine, inside the sports team. I think we talk we should talk more about this, especially in conferences that we can get together a lot of professionals from different countries, and we can learn from their experience.   16:08 So can I move forward? You have a comment about registration? Nope, I think I think that's good. And I do like that. You said, Hey, maybe this is a chance for us to get together learn from each other. Because perhaps there are ways to streamline this that people just haven't thought of that other people are doing. So you're right. It's a great opportunity for sports organizations, like if SPT to bring sports physical therapist together and say, Well, wait a second, some of you are doing this with some of you aren't. And if it's a lack of time, what can we do to give you a structure that can streamline your process? Yes, exactly. And it's one thing that here needs to be done. We just We can't like, Okay, I'm not going to register injuries, because how can I be sure if I'm going to prevent the injuries if I'm not registering? So if you're not registering, is it like they didn't happen?   17:09 Yes. And another another thing that is really interesting, what is the injury definition? That is sports, physical therapists are using my understanding, we can select different definitions, because this maybe rely on the sports modality.   17:32 But we need to talk more about this, I think we should   17:37 exchange and learned and maybe from this, maybe if aspartate can deliver some guidelines, I don't know, because it's one of our missions. Also to make the FSB T is the main resource for the Sports Physical Therapy community. So I think we will maybe in the future, we are going to have more actions based on the findings of so I'm really excited about this. Okay, so let's move on to preseason assessment. So how many are performing? And what are the barriers? I know that this is this, topics of little bit controversial, I know that we have a group that thinks that we should assess, and another group of sports physio, or research thinks that we, we don't need to. But our survey shows that 77% of the participants perform preseason assessments in their athletes.   18:45 So 222 sports fields, said that they do. This is amazing information. And I didn't expect for this high percentage.   18:59 And I was happy because I believe that we should assess our athletes to make the most tailored, most amazing tailored prevention program for our athletes. I know that this is a challenge. I totally understand this. But if I think about myself as a sports, physical therapy, if I'm working in a sports team, I will like I will do my best to assess the athletes and try to deliver   19:30 into an individualized prevention programs. So but we have like, opposite side here because only 30% of these sports physical therapists that do preseason assessment, customize the provincial program bases in the results of the assessment.   19:54 So this is a point that we need to understand better. We need to understand what is happening. Why   20:00 They sports fees you give energy to assess the athletes, but they don't apply the results to build the prevention program.   20:11 So we didn't   20:14 ask it like specific questions about this. To understand this, we only asked about the barrier. So the main barrier   20:23 that was indicated to not before assessment, it was lack of structure and organization of the sports team.   20:33 So about half of the participants indicated this barrier.   20:38 I understand makes sense, but I'm not sure if this barrier explain 100% of the reasons to not perform the precision assessment. And I think maybe this is also relied on the evidence that we have related to these. We have big discussions about injury prediction probability. So maybe we need to make some advance in research about this topic. And maybe we need to talk more about this to make more like have this issue more clear to everyone, specially the clinician.   21:22 Because I think so now, it's my opinion. Okay. I think we need to assess our athletes, and maybe maybe even the process of assessment should be discussed. Because if we, if we are here in a roundtable with sports, physical therapists, and we ask how you assess your athletes, which tests do you select, probably carrying, we are going to have different answers. So I don't I'm not sure what this means. It means that we don't have standards. We don't have like a protocol. Should we have a protocol? I don't know. But what I know is that we need to talk more about this. Yeah, I mean, oh, go ahead. Sorry. No, no, I just like, I just want to say that I was really happy with the the results that sports fields with a majority is performing a preseason assessment. But on contrary, I was I get a little sad to see that not like 1/3 of them are really applying the Results to Build provincial programs. And yeah, and so I brings up a couple of questions for me, and that is, have you seen preseason assessments? Decrease injury, are they and again, this goes on? I think what you just said that sort of prediction and probability. So if you do a preseason assessment, does that predict less injuries? I don't know. Have you seen? What are your thoughts on that?   23:06 Thank you for asking this caring, I think   23:10 preseason assessment. The main propose is not to predict injury, they may propose is to identify those athletes with more susceptibility or probability to get the injury and then we can act before this happened. I'm not saying that if we perform a preseason assessment and beta prevention program on the results, our athletes not going to get into I'm not saying that injury, always going to happen sports, but we can, for example, decrease the severity.   23:52 So if I have one athlete that I can, for example, I apply the stars question balance test, and I see that this athlete have a really low stability, functional stability in the lower league. So I can include in their provincial program, exercise to improve the stability, and maybe he will, he will, like have the ankle sprain, but I can decrease the severity.   24:26 So I will decrease the time loss. I will make this athlete more available to the head coach at the end. That's my reasoning on preseason assessment. And I think there is a misconception about this issue also. Right? Because I think, you know, if we're playing devil's advocate, some people may say, well, the preseason assessment isn't going to eliminate injuries. Why am I why am I doing it? Right? But like you said, injuries happen. But if you can decrease the severity if you can decrease the time that the athlete is spent out of the game   25:00 Yeah, then that's a win for the team. And it's a win for the coach in the organization. But if only 30% If if you have all of these sport physiotherapist doing a preseason assessment, then only 30% customize the program. Now we have to come up with some incentives for that physiotherapist to customize   25:19 the program for the athlete. And again, that may be like you said resources available to them, if it's one person and 50 players,   25:30 that it's difficult, you know that that's that that's quite difficult. But   25:37 I can understand how this can be a very frustrating part of research, because there's a lot of moving parts. And it's not just the sport physiotherapist, who has all best intentions and at at the heart of, of of their work. But there's a lot of external factors that need to come into play. But   26:03 I do I also like your that idea of being on a round table with sport physiotherapist and saying, Well, what do you do? What do you do? And maybe like you said, I don't know if a protocol is right, but maybe some sort of a roadmap where you have some basic assessments, and then you have the freedom and the ability to get creative, but to have certain certain things in there that makes sense for that sport?   26:31 Yes, I totally agree with you. Here in Brazil, I have a lot of colleagues and friends that came from the Brazilian society of sports, physical therapy. So we talked a lot in exchange a lot. So I, I myself, I have my challenges related to really delivering the prevention program that I i understand that would be like the best thing to do. But of course, this also relies on the relationship with the head coach, district parenting coach. So it's a lot of factors variables that we need to understand. And that's, that's really individual. It depends on the context of each sports team. So that's what I when I say that maybe we don't, we will not have like a protocol, because it depends on the sports team reality. But I agree with you that we can give maybe some roadmap to help everyone to organize better, considering the context, right? Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Oh, that's yeah, that's that really opens up a can of worms for people. That being said, let's move on to prevention programs. So what did you find with that?   27:53 Yes, so about the prevention program, we see that warm up.   27:59 sessions with the physical therapists were the methods more use it to prevent injury. And I think about warm up this was already expected because it was one roadmap that FIFA 11 Plus gave to everyone, not only for soccer, we have evidence on basketball, handball players. So FIFA 11 Plus really helped in this maybe this   28:31 basic organization, and how to deliver some preventive action in a more easy and accessible way. So I think it's really interesting that this survey, like confirm that one map, it's a really good strategy to include the provincial probe on athletes routine, because the athlete will need to warm up. So we have this moment, and why not. So instead of make the athlete do like,   29:06 whatever exercise or just running on the field, why not to be more specific and includes exercise that the athletes really need to do based on the sport modality.   29:20 Epidemiology. So for example, we know that in soccer, we have a lot of famous hamstring strain, we have a lot of ankle sprain, knee sprain. So why not to include some melodic at the size it some balance exercise? I think this is a really   29:38 important action that every old sports physical therapist needs, so be engaged and participate and about the individual sessions with the sports physical therapists. It's important to us and then I really expected some information around this   30:00 because we know that we have some time zone athletes that need a specific exercise that needs to be delivered by the physical therapist. So I was happy to say this because this was the methods more use it more indicated by our participants. And above the barrier, we saw that lack of time in athletes routine was the main barrier to perform the provision. This was indicated by 66% of the participants.   30:34 Of course, I expected results. And that's why warm up, it's important action because this is already in adults routine, we don't need to change the routine to include one more time and period to do   30:51 the exercise related related to prevention. So again, carry I don't know if this only this area only about athletes routine, we can understand why we can't perform major prevention. And as I said, Before, I understand the challenges. I think it's not easy. But I think it's a wonderful, it's a wonderful action that sports physical therapists participate. And it's really, of course, important for our athletes health, not only performance, because we have evidence that provincial programs also increased performance. But also I'm concerned about athlete's health, we need to, of course, help the athlete because no one wants to get into it. So this is really, it was really important.   31:49 For information that is the also indicated and these information helped us. So sort of build the questions related to the consensus, that was our second step during my experience in Ghent University with Eric.   32:11 Right. And so at W CSPG. You're going to show some data about the Delphi consensus, so you don't have to give all that away, people can go to the conference to hear more about that. But if you want to give a little preview, now's your time. So you what are the main topics investigated?   32:31 So about our Delphi, we organized the consensus in three parts. So the first part was related to how the thesis should plan the provincial programs. So this planning was about the information or the reasoning to develop the injury prevention program. So this is interesting, because we have information that, for example, sports, physio, use the reasoning related to biomechanics, or the base decision only on evidence and injury, Epidemiology, or athletes, injury history. So we have this kind of information and result and this is really brings up some discussions. So I hope that on the conference, I can, we can have this moment to discuss about our information, our data. The second part was about the organization. So how work environments before the implementation, how this affects the delivering the injury prevention programs. And the third one is about the implementation phase that I know that there is a lot of discussion and research, we have a specific we have specific groups of research that really go deep in this matter of implementation. So in this third phase, we identify barriers and facilitators to implement the injury prevention programs, and also related to compliance, if visibility. So this is how we organize the Delphi. It was a huge amount of work from all the core authors that participated in this study, and really happy that we can now say that this is accepted in physical therapy in sports generally, we can now really disseminate   34:39 this information, and I'm really happy to be part of this. Yeah, well, congratulations because that is a ton of work. And again, if people want to learn more about this, then you can come to Nyberg August 26 27th The Fourth World Congress is Sports Physical Therapy in Denmark.   35:00 And I mean, who doesn't want to be in Denmark in the summer? Right? I mean, amazing. Yeah, this will be my first time in Denmark. So my I am excited. So of course, no Denmark, but also to meet my friends from Sports Physical Therapy community, specifically before this, sorry, after this pandemic. Yeah. So I really miss my friends. And I really excited to talk more about injury prevention. And so our consensus results, and exchange and networking with everyone there. Yeah. And where can people find you? If they have questions? If they you know, we'll have the links to the studies that you mentioned in the show notes. So if people read that, and they have questions, where can they find you?   35:53 Yes, Carrie, so I am on social media. So I have my Facebook profile, Instagram, it's with my name, no change at all. And also in Twitter, is Lulu the chalice so you can find me there. And we can keep talking about information. IFSEC. I invite everyone for be like in the World Congress of sports, physical therapy, it's in August. So I'm really excited to be there. And I hope to see you there all for caring. Yeah, I will be there. I'm looking forward to it. And now final question that I asked everyone knowing where you are now in your life and in your career, what advice would you give to your younger self? Good question. Okay. So maybe, first, I would say to my own self, congratulations, you are an amazing woman in you accomplished a lot.   36:52 For sure, I never thought that I would be where I am now. As IFSP President working in federal, probably the most important federal university here in Brazil. So I'm really happy. If I could give her some advice should be be more lighter, less stress, less pressure on yourself, Luciana.   37:23 But at the end, we don't don't care if this increased pressure or stress, help in a way.   37:31 me to be here where I am. Or if I could go through this path. Be more.   37:41 I don't know light. I think the word is like, Yeah, I think so. And, and I love the fact that you said you know, you would congratulate yourself. And I think celebrating wins and celebrating what we do are things that women don't often do. Right? We're always sort of congratulating others and putting others up, but we never sort of congratulate ourselves and celebrate our wins. And, and I think if I were to go back and tell my younger self, something that would be it, like stop making yourself smaller so that other people can be bigger. It's a constant exercise. I didn't accomplished my winnings, my victories so often, but now I can see clearly that I am where I am, because I'm good in what I do. So perfect. What a way to end the podcast. I think that's great. So again, people can see you live in Nyberg, August 26 and 27th. At the fourth world, Congress is sports, physical therapy, you again will have the link on the conference and how to sign up. And we certainly encourage everyone to do that. Like you said, What a great way to meet up with colleagues to get some really great information and be in a beautiful place while you do it. Yeah, exactly. And on August 25, five, we are going to have a network session delivered by FFTT. So we are going to have also this moment to get together and exchange. Perfect. Is there anything else? You know, you're the president? So is there anything else that we missed? Talking about the conference that you want to let people know is is also happening? We are going to have an interesting conference because it's going to be I think the first World Congress of sports, physical therapy that we're going to have specific moments to do sports in the program. So we are going to have this more serious moments to talk more about our practices and research but also light moments to practice sports and be more friendly there. Yeah, so basically bring your workout clothes is what you're saying. Yeah,   40:00 Oh, yeah, that's exactly perfect. Perfect. And I don't think I mentioned that when I spoke to Katie so I'll be mentioning that moving forward that bring your sneakers bring your workout clothes, that traditional   40:13 well here in the US for whatever reason, people like always wear suits to these things.   40:20 So don't don't worry about the suits, but definitely bring your workout gear. Yes. Perfect. Perfect. Well, Luciana, thank you so much for taking the time out today and coming on to the podcast to talk about all the great stuff you're doing. Thank you so much. My pleasure, Kara. Thank you so much, and everyone thanks so much for tuning in. Have a great couple of days and stay healthy, wealthy and smart.   40:43 Thank you for listening and please subscribe to the podcast at podcast dot healthy, wealthy smart.com. And don't forget to follow us on social media.    

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Our lives, how we spend our money and the decisions we make, are often guided by the advertisements we see - whether that's on the streets we walk around or on our screens. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women from Brazil and the UK who are in the business of influencing our choices. Ana Balarin is co-executive creative director at Wieden & Kennedy Portland, US. She works with her husband, Hermeti. After training as a physiotherapist and moving to the UK from Brazil, she switched to a career in advertising. As executive creative director she oversaw work for clients such as Ikea, KFC and Stella Artois - and ran projects like #FreeTheFeed, confronting taboos around breastfeeding in public. Imogen Tazzyman is one of only 3% of female executive creative directors in the UK. An ECD at McCann Manchester she's overseeing adverts for high street retailers like Aldi and Matalan. She's passionate about encouraging more women into the industry and supporting them to rise to the top: working on the first ever creative apprenticeship scheme, to open up the industry to those without a degree, and Represent Creative - an initiative using social media help those without experience or family links get a look-in. Produced by Jane Thurlow (Image: (L) Imogen Tazzyman, credit Craft, Manchester. (R) Ana Balarin credit Sofija Vujanic.)

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#neuvottelija -kanavan kehittäminen katsoja ja kuulijapalautteen mukaan jatkuu! Nyt kokeillaan ROASTAUSTA, tässä tapauksessa Ville Tolvanen, saakin kääntää pöydän toisinpäin ja kysellä Sami Miettiseltä mitä *hän* haluaa! Ville valitsi roastauksen aiheeksi oman yhteisönsä eli omistajuuden. Hän mm. grillaa Samia hänen työpaikkansa Translink Corporate Financen palveluista kulmalla ”Omistajalla töissä”, sekä puristaa kanavaisännästä faktoja suomalaisista omistajina. Näitä on mm. se, että suomalaiset keräävät bruttoansiotuloina noin 130 miljardia vuodessa, mutta saavat pääomatuloina 10 miljardia euroa. Jopa eläkemaksut ovat noin kolminkertaiset yksityisen pääoman bruttotuloihin. Fiskaalikertymä eli suomalaisen pääoman tuoton verot ovat varsin mitättömiä, luokkaa 5% julkisista kulutusmenoista. Pientä kotimaista omistusta kompensoi ulkomaalaisomistus, joka onkin noin 60% suomalaisista pörssiyhtiöistä. Suomalaisten yksityinen pääoma, noin 700 miljardia euroa, on noin vain 3x bkt, kun Thomas Pikettyn mukaan kehittyneissä länsimaissa suhde on 5x. Ylivoimaisesti suurin suomalaisten omistusluokka on oma asunto ja muut kiinteistöt, ja vasta viime aikoina on mm. osakesäästötilin kautta saatu kansankapitalismia liikkeelle. Matalan finanssivarallisuuden johdosta suomalaiset ovat myös riskinkarttajia. Olemme pitkälti menettäneet keskuspankkisosialismin luoman löysän rahan arvonnousuvaikutuksen osakkeisiin ja jopa reaalitappiota tuovat talletukset ovat yliedustettuja. Suomalaiset jättävätkin omistajina ruotsalaisia herkemmin yrityksen kasvun tukemisen kesken, koska osittainen omistuksen myynti tai leveämmät sijoitushartiat ovat vaihtoehtoina ja toteutuksena vaikeita kotimarkkinoilla. Yritykset myydään usein liian aikaisin ja saadut tulot vaihdetaan kiinteistöomistukseen. Kierre voidaan katkaista, mutta se vaatisi suomalaisen yksityisomistuksen renessanssia ja määrätietoisia ponnistuksia saada kansalaiset laajamittaisemmin omistajiksi. Tero Luoma ja Lari Raitavuo ovat ansiokkaasti tuoneet omistamisen akateemiselle jalustalle kun Aalto-yliopisto perustaa lahjoitusvaroin professuurin Kauppakorkeakouluun. Se liittää omistajuuden kiinteäksi osaksi akateemista tutkimusta ja opetusta, vahvistaa suomalaista omistajaosaamista ja omistajuuden kulttuuria. Lisäksi se tuottaa tutkimustietoa yhteiskunnallisen keskustelun ja päätösten tueksi. Omistajuus on kiinteä osa markkinataloutta ja sen ymmärtämisen merkitys korostuu pääomien kansainvälisen liikkuvuuden myötä. Kiitokset Ville Tolvaselle ammattimaisesta juonnosta! #sijoittajat #yritykset #neuvottelijat #ihminen #politiikka #myynti #neuvottelijat-yhteisö neuvottelun tukena

Our first interview of 2021 is with the amazingly brilliant: -Anna Morley - Style Editor at Real Homes MagazineAnna was a photographer realising her passion for publishing following a spell at photo agency ZUMA Press in LA, and Weber Shandwick in Scotland, and then 'procured', shall we say, a role as Picture Editor at Thomson Reuters, before moving on to Hubert Burda Media and Centaur Media Plc, (fitting in some freelance in between) before settling at Future's Real Homes magazine as Style Editor.This interview has some great tips and tricks for Interiors PRs who want to gain coverage, and we go a bit more into Anna than we have done with other Editors previously.Definitely a must for PRs, probably even for people wanting to become Editors - thanks Anna for agreeing to give us this great interview!Kudos to John Lewis & Partners, Matalan, George at Asda Home, Wilko, Dunelm, Argos Home, Habitat and MADE.COM mentioned for their great content.

CW: Strong language throughout the second play, Safety First.Hosted by Natalie Winter Ragged Scratch Podcast Theme music by Alyx Jones S3 Production Assistants: Natalie Chisolm, Natalie Beran, Victoria Taylor Roberts, Molly Sweeney, Ellie Gill, Rosemary LippardDEAD BIRDS, by Chris JohnMoses isn't coping. Alone with his fears in a monolithic London. Fever dreams, unfulfilled desires and ghostly grandparents. Only the hushed streets hear his voice.Directed by Andrew James SpoonerEdit and Sound Design by Kevin DaveyMoses - David MonteithSAFETY FIRST, by Rhiannon OwensFinally, a solution for how to stay safe at work! Only it's not voluntary and don't ask questions. Directed by Alix CazaletEdit and Sound Design by Alix Cazalet and Nick ForshawEve - Katy MawUNAA - Natalie ChisholmSHOUTOUTS: David Monteith and his family star in Matalan's 2020 Christmas advert Andrew James Spooner appears in new Big Finish audio drama titles Doctor Who - Genetics Of The Daleks and Doctor Who - Colony Of Fear, recent Audible titles 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and The Sandman and video games Assassins Creed: Valhalla, Baldur's Gate III and Watch Dogs: Legion. He's also released his first full audiobook for Games Workshop, Warcry Catacombs: Blood Of The Everchosen by Richard Strachan, available on Audible. More info on all of the above available on Andrew's website Rhiannon Owen's new story ‘Baby It's Cold Inside' features in Uncanny Collective's Christmas Ghost Story Festival, which runs online 16th-20th December. Performed by Natalie Winter, other festival performances feature Ragged Scratch performer Sara Lynam. Tickets start at £6, full lineup and details here: https://uncannycollective.co.uk/warnings-to-the-curious/ Natalie Winter is appearing in Jack and the Beanstalk, a semi-improvised RPG-based pantomime this Friday and Saturday evening at 8pm on www.twitch.tv/rollflipstream. Audience interaction via emotes and suggestions encouraged!Actions: The Actor's Thesaurus available from Nick Hern Books and most bookshopsFIND US ON: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Please consider supporting us on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/raggedfoils

Ben Pechey is a fashion stylist, writer, award winning content creator and a huge LGBTQ activist Ben identifies as non- binary- not exclusive male or female- ‘They/them’ are their preferred pronouns. Ben's mission is to live in a world where kindness educates. Ben was relentlessly bullied growing up in a quiet rural Yorkshire town. Ben says It’s very common for LGBTQ people to miss out on their teenage years. It wasn’t until Ben went to university they could fully step into Ben's true self. Ben was lucky enough to become a fashion editor whilst still studying at university, which of course meant Ben could hit the London fashion catwalk running. Of course, like many, 2020 meant everything got cancelled and cuts were made. This could of broke Ben. Going back to a tiny rural village in York meant Ben hasn’t been out mixing at all since March, Bens mental health of course suffered deeply, but what did Ben do with this? Well they started talking about it all! Fully, no pussy footing. What did this mean for Ben? Well Ben’s never been busier! Appearing for brands such as high streets Matalan, writing for cosmopolitan, Women’s Health’ plus Minus magazine restless magazine, The Guardian, Goldie magazine to name a few. Plus, Bens just announced that Ben is writing a book! Oh, and have I mentioned Bens amazing podcast ‘the happy place?! ‘Ben covers some of the tricky aspects of being human We chat about all of this, but more importantly I wanted Ben to talk to me like I was his grandma as I’m fully  aware many people don’t know what to say or fully understand the terminology for LGBTQ so I asked for Ben to explain it all to me for you guys too! Bens Takeaways 1.Respect and value each business opportunity. Remember how you conduct yourself throughout is important. As they will come back again with a bigger budget. 2.If you don’t know the correct terminology or are nervous, don’t want to offend, just say that, address it straight away, they will be pleased it’s talked about rather than avoided. 3.If you’re finding your community to be toxic, speak out, you’ll find it isn’t just you who's thinking that. 4.As long as you’re coming from a calm genuine place people won’t feel offended. Your views are always valid! 5.Don’t forget to remind people, Fashion has power, don’t be told otherwise. Think how women felt wearing trousers in the 20’s now thinks how liberated people feel expressing themselves in makeup, dresses or heels. 6.You can love fashion right now in this climate, being more of a conscious buyer is actually quite fun, it makes us think more and actually experiment more. 7.Remember, it’s common for many LGBTQ people to miss out on their teenage years. So, the 20’s are so important! Give them room to explore and express at any age.  8.The best teachers and counsellors in life have been through struggle too, empathy is truly a super power. If you use your struggle and pain to help others it might help you heal, and switch hurt into purpose. 9.If you’re feeling like Ben with not wanting to go out into the world since the beginning of lock down, go easy on yourself and know you’re not alone. Remember how brains and bodies have muscle memory, if you take small steps each day and slowly increase it you will gain confidence. Do reach out to others though as this is not necessary you don’t need to be alone. There’s Millions feeling like you right now. 10.If you’re a writer a creator or I. The public eye and you’re wanting to change your voice to be more in line with who you really are, try one or two articles out of 7 and see how you feel. Send it to a close trusted friend first if that helps. As you’ll know what you hate the minute you hit send to them first. 11.Your bravery and strength will not come without pain and setbacks. But the other side is worth it! You can find all of Bens stunning work at Www. Benpechey.com and on Instagram at Ben Pechey and be sure to listen to Bens amazing podcast ‘The Happy Place!’ Books & Podcasts Fattily Ever After by Stephanie Yeboah Podcast - Queer Talk, Finding your Fabulous   

WARNING: this episode may contain spoilers for later episodes of The Umbrella Academy Season 2! We’re releasing this episode in two parts, so you lucky listeners get double the fun for Season 2 Episode 7 of The Umbrella Academy, ‘Öga for Öga’. There’s a lot to cover, like Swedish pronunciation, the origin of the polka, and Matalan jeans… is it all relevant? Not necessarily! But don’t worry, we also talk a lot about Five, The Handler, why Ben is like a weeping angel, and we have a special guest appearance from Olga Foroga. Oh, and Carl gets a new alliterative nickname… Fancy featuring on the podcast? Head to https://anchor.fm/brolly-buddies/message to record a message and send it our way! And as ever you can find us @BrollyBuddies on Twitter here or Instagram here where we run polls, keep you up to date with our latest episodes, and post the occasional Umbrella Academy meme. Come say hi! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brolly-buddies/message

It's still Pride month except not really because now it's July but hell, what is time anyway? It's part 2 of our Pride special with our glorious guest Spencer Cooper from Queer Talk!! We're chatting about what's been keeping him sane during lockdown, his work with Queer Talk and For The Love of Queers and how Shane Dawson can please just go away forever. Oh, and once again, apologies to Matalan.

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”- Maya AngelouIn the past few weeks, one issue is shaking up the whole world - racism. The murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020, an African-American man, by a white police officer triggered a strong rise in the #blacklivesmatter movement with hundreds of thousands of protesters against police brutality and systematic racism across the world.In the context of that, and due to the so many ways in which racism is embedded in the fashion system as well, there was simply no was not to talk about it.In this episode, we address 4 questions:Why #blacklivesmatter is the right phrase?Why now?What does this have to do with the fashion industry?What can I do to help?Sources used:US prisons statisticsLocked-In Profits: The U.S. Prison Industry, By the NumbersRacism is at the heart of fast fashion – it's time for changePrimark and Matalan among retailers allegedly cancelling £2.4bn orders in ‘catastrophic' move for BangladeshDoes fashion have a cultural appropriation problem?Reformation founder apologises for workplace racismOn Racism, Fashion Must Do More Than Speak Uphttps://www.instagram.com/tv/CBF8XgFoalS/?igshid=1dx5pt3xnrxmfA few ideas on what to do:SupportPayUp movementThe Fashion RevolutionFair Wear FoundationBlack Lives MatterAmadeu Antonio StiftungSign petitions and donate to causes that are making a difference:Make White Privilege and Systemic Racism a Compulsory Part of the British Education CourseThe 15% PledgeReadHow to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X KendiWhy I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race, Reni Eddo-LodgeWhite Fragility, Robin DiAngeloWhite Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color, Ruby HamadAnd moreListenDismantling White Fragility on SpotifyEXIT RACISM, Tupoka Ougette on Spotify“Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race” — a Guardian podcast episodePod Save The People, a podcastWatch13th on NetflixWhen They Say US on NetflixTime: The Kalief Browder Story on NetflixDear White People on Netflix and Amazon Prime

Beverly Hopwood was head of print design for George (Wallmart UK) for along time, before creating a life of freelance designing from her beautiful home studio. Bev designs directly with the retailer rather than selling her own work through online shop’s or agents. Bev’s designs range across homeware, fashion and greetings so her 25 years experience is invaluable. Her designs can be found in Waitrose, Marks & Spencer’s, Tesco’s, George, Sainsbury’s, Matalan, Peacocks, lilly & Sid, Card Factory, Hallmark, Paperchase.  So here are Bev’s takeaways - 1. Appreciate the beauty around you in where you are right now. 2.Have an ‘It will be alright attitude!’ this might need practice for some of us so keep trying.  3.Don’t let on to clients you don’t know how to do the thing, you learn as you go. That’s not fake it tell you make it. It’s confidence! And a can do attitude. 4. Be proactive and consistent, Send a newsletter out to studios, and customers 5.End product is surplus to some extent so, concentrate on your ranges, and looks rather than the end product. Scale and colour tweaks can be made later. Illustrations can be put on to anything! 6. Learn to be flexible. It’s a muscle so keep trying! 7. Adapt and set yourself new styles 8. Frankenstein it! I won’t forget that term ha! 9. If you love variety in briefs, then strive to work for different markets, tailor designs for those companies to keep you inspired. You can find Bev’s stunning work www.beverleyhopwoodillustration.com www.instagram.com/beverlyhopwoodillustration

Steven and Ray are back with another episode of Soccer FM! Ray is going to be a dad, been on The One Show and hasn't grown any hair since then, and Steven has discovered Denise Van Outen on Matalan ads. Plus all the usual SPFL chat! Listen on soundcloud or on iTunes or lots of other podcast applications- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/soccer-fm/id1144475017

David Fraser, Paul Finney and Chris Charles chew over the FA Cup draw at Portsmouth and chat to former Ranger Richard Pacquette. Find us online at www.qprpod.co.uk on twitter twitter.com/QPRPod and facebook www.facebook.com/qprpod

Essential Retail travels to Matalan HQ in Knowsley to meet eCommerce director, Paul Hornby, and UX research manager Laura Keenan. The two join our editor, Caroline Baldwin, on this episode of the Retail Ramble podcast to discuss why the retailer has decided to open a UX Lab. Got something you want to tell us about the Podcast? Want to join us? You can get in touch on Twitter via twitter.com/essretail, or directly with Caroline at twitter.com/cl_baldwin

Patients and parents were our VIP's at this years Alder Hey Matalan PJ Party, hear all about it from them now.Support the show (https://donate.alderheycharity.org/public/)

Andrew Banks has a TON of eCommerce experience. In 2014 he launched Earth Bathrooms and within 3 months made it the 8th largest bathroom retailer in the UK. 18 months in, Earth Bathrooms was acquired by Matalan, which led to Andrew becoming their Head of eCommerce during which time he increased turnover by £24m in just 12 months. Today he runs Venture Forge, an eCommerce incubator that advises, builds and invests in high growth eCommerce businesses. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Coming up in this week's episode of the GDPR Weekly Show: Aaron Banks/Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance receive an ICO Fine  The ICO begins imposing GDPR audits on UK companies A survey by Fellows finds 1 in 5 employees have no GDPR training Matalan/Pathe UK Twitter Hack Why your data breach procedures should be Customer Centric

Danielle looks after global infosec and compliance, covering over 1000 stores and business 15K+ employees globally, cross many brands we would not realise are part of the JD Sports group. Before that, she worked at Matalan, as the Commercial Risk and Compliance Manager. Prior to the retail industry, she held various roles in Barclays Bank.  Listen as she recounts her route into infosec, via her own identity theft, how she has encountered cultural differences in her current role, encourages women to enter the industry and be bold.  Eeny Meeny: DI Helen Grace (Book One) Danielle Ashcroft on LinkedIn - Danielle Ashcroft  Thank you to Dr Dresner for hosting this episode.  Dr Daniel Dresner on LinkedIn - Dr Daniel Dresner Dr Daniel Dresner on Twitter - Dr Daniel Dresner Don't forget, to get in touch with me either try the contact page of the site or follow me on Twitter, where I can be found at @Jenny_Radcliffe    

It is all about England right now and things are really heating up with the weather, the World Cup and Wimbledon. Nicole gets the low-down on the English flag vs. the Union Jack (this is a no judgement zone!) and we're talking all things summer fashion and how to survive in the heat while commuting. We're also chatting Wimbledon and our thoughts on Serena Williams now that she's a working mother, and don't hold back giving our opinions on how we thought the media handled her playing and winning tournaments while newly pregnant. All the Wimbledon talk has us saying it's Pimm's o'clock! We will be sipping our cocktails in the garden watching England play Croatia. Let's go England! Mentioned in this episode: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Marks & Spencer Half Sleeve Bardot Dress lululemon athletica Sweaty Betty London Asos ZARA UNIQLO Matalan UK Wimbledon Town & Country Magazine | Pimm's Cup Recipe for Wimbledon 2018 Check out our latest blog post | Pond Between Friends Blog Follow us: Instagram | @PondBetweenFriends Facebook | Pond Between Friends FB Subscribe, Rate Us and Review: iTunes | Pond Between Friends on iTunes

Melanie Brooks has an impressive career spanning back years in fashion buying for large retailers such as bohoo, Matalan and TJ Huges. Things shifted for Melanie when her children came into the world and she found herself unhappy working so much even though her job was fulfilling.  Having launched her product based focussed coaching business a few years ago Melaine now works with female entrepreneurs to create hugely successful businesses!  Melanie has some AMAZING tips and techniques for us all to learn, so grab a pen and paper and get some notes down!  You can find out more from Melanie here https://www.melaniejbrooks.com Get your free 30 day audible trail with HST here: www.hersuccesstribe.com/audible

RHLSTP #151: Ellie Taylor - Catching Clouds. RHLSTP is back and the sky has changed colour and the first of the gang has died, so Richard is a bit unsettled and sad. But on we plough until our own inevitable deaths. The guest today previously worked for Isis, it's Ellie Taylor, who claims to have grown up in Brentwood, but she doesn't know much about it or trampolining. Like you'd expect. They talk about the faces you pull when you're modelling for Matalan, being apparated in a box, the great Josh paedo postman betrayal, why cats are better than babies, having a heart made of diamonds, and much too much about genitals, but then some stuff about the cute things kids say to make up for the rudeness. Richard is so tired that his brain either says everything he is thinking or can't formulate basic words (so no real change there), but luckily Ellie is eloquent as he bumbles around the questions of body image and perceived attractiveness. Plus he gets to ask questions from the brand new EQ app! See all of Ellie's tour dates here: http://socomedy.co.uk/artist/ellie-taylor/SUPPORT THE SHOW!Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.ukSee details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigsBuy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tässä jaksossa kerron täydellisestä päivästäni, jollainen harvoin osuu kohdalle. Analysoin ja eriytän tekijöitä, joita tuossa päivässä oli ja valitsen niistä tärkeimmät. Kannustan tarkastelemaan omaa päivää energian näkökulmasta, ja etsimään + löytämään asioita, joista oma huippupäiväsi koostuu. Matalan ja korkean positiivisen energian vaihtelu on avain energian kannalta hyvään päivään; matalan ja korkean negatiivisen energian vaihtelu korreloi huonon päivän kanssa.  Mitkä ovat sinun energiasi kannalta viisi tärkeintä tekijää?  *** LATAA ILMAINEN VALMENNUSKURSSI STRESSINHALLINNASTA: https://stressivapaajohtaja.com/videovalmennus/ © Zeno Integral Coaching® 2017    

Kevät, valoisat illat, linnunlaulu ja putsatut tiet houkuttelevat vetämään lenkkarit jalkaan ja suuntaamaan lenkille. Pitäisikö harjoittelulle asettaa tavoitteita? Millaisia lenkkejä kannattaa juosta? Ja miten juoksusta saisi elämäntavan? Huoltamolla vieraana ovat Runner’s High -juoksukoulun Carita Riutta ja mm. Helsinki Core Trainersissa valmentava Joonas Laurila. Omat vinkkinsä kertoo myös Candy on the Run -blogin Karoliina Alanne. Joonas Laurila kehoittaa antamaan juoksulle aikaa: - Tee päätös, että nyt juoksen kaksi vuotta. Jos liian nopeasti tai hätiköidysti halutaan tuloksia niin - oli harrastus mikä tahansa - se loppuu äkkiä. Samoilla linjoilla on Carita Riutta. Alkusysäyksen voi saada yhteistreeneistä tai juoksukoulusta. Tavoitteita voi lisätä pikkuhiljaa yhdestä viikkoharjoituksesta eteenpäin - eikä tarvitse olla heti maraton tavoitteena. - Matalan kynnyksen juoksutapahtuma voi olla hyvä tavoite. Harjoittelun ei tarvitse olla tiukkapipoista mutta pienikin tavoite pakottaa lenkille, hän vinkkaa.

Stories this week include: All female Slayer tribute band denies link to Croydon (and surrounding area) Cat Killer. Matalan defends range of luxury gifts made by 'highest category of UK-based prisoners'. Shopper tries to locate mystery woman following basket banter. Police detain poaching gang following unpheasant discovery.     Also revealed: Rob makes a cash offer...

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support We're accustomed to seeing a variety of logos on our products. Pick up any item and along with the brand name and variety you'll also be bombarded with other information: What is it made of? Where was it made? How much does it weigh? What size is it? What's the nutritional content like? Any potential allergies? How do I dispose of it? How do I store it? How do I wash it? Can I tumble dry it? and so on, and so forth. There are already logos out there to help consumers distinguish so-called ‘good products' from bad ones. The Fairtrade Mark is perhaps the most globally recognisable of them all but there's also the Soil Association's ‘organic' certification, the Rainforest Alliance seal to look out for on tea and coffee, and the Forest Stewardship Council's certification. If you're in the UK, you might also be familiar with the Red Tractor logo which you can look for on animal, dairy, and fresh produce. The Leaping Bunny logo is the only internationally recognised symbol proudly showing that no new animal tests were used in the development of any product displaying it, and that funny kite-looking symbol on your helmet or smoke alarm is a quality assurance mark given out by the British Standards Institute. There are hundreds of these things and all of these logos mean something. They're simple, graphical signifiers that help consumers make better, safer, and more ethical choices, from ensuring fair-pay for workers to supporting better environmental standards, consumers pay attention to these symbols when looking to buy. Despite all of these symbols – spanning food to window-fittings – I can't seem to find anything that marks clothes as ‘sweatshop-free'. By that, I mean no money anywhere along the supply chain, from cotton-picking to sewing to screen-printing to shelf-stacking, should go in to the hands of sweatshop owners. I can't find any symbol that tells me the product I am about to buy has never touched a sweatshop in its creation. While individual companies proudly tout some of their range as ‘Sweatshop Free', these companies have differing definitions of what a ‘sweatshop' is and their criteria for checking and certifying themselves (which is never a good sign anyway) varies wildly. This isn't even a new idea. In 1999 Naomi Klein wrote a book called No Logo, in which she expressed the same concerns. Already, a common imperative is emerging from the disparate movements taking on multinational corporations: the people's right to know. If multinationals have become larger and more powerful than governments, the argument goes, then why shouldn't they be subject to the same accountability controls and transparency that we demand of our public institutions? So anti-sweatshop activists have been demanding that Wal-Mart hand over lists of all the factories around the world that supply the chain with finished products. Klein, however, fears a ‘No Sweat' logo will become ‘just another logo for the conscientious consumer'. I agree, but consumers, conscientious or not, are people. People who need to eat and buy clothes and as people who need to buy products, buying better and publicising the ways in which to do so is one of our most powerful forms of protest. Yes, that pretty dress is only be £4. Yes, technically speaking, it has already been made so you wouldn't be forcing a child to make it for you… but that isn't how this works. Don't fuel the need for bad companies to make bad products by buying it. Don't line their pockets with your hard-earned cash, while your pockets were stitched by people working for as little as 60p per day. Even with the absence of a centralised and independently certified ‘No Sweat' logo, we know the companies to avoid. Primark links to an entire page about their ethics, front-and-centre on their website and yet has been littered with plenty of allegations in the past. If you think sweatshops were just a thing of the nineties, think again. In 2013, disaster struck in Bangladesh. Rana Plaza, a garment factory creating clothes for the likes of Matalan, Primark, Walmart, and Bonmarché, collapsed. 1,135 people died, around 2,500 were injured. The Bangladesh Fire Service said the upper four floors had been built without a permit. The architect, Massood Reza, said the building was planned for shops and offices but not factories. Primark claim they don't own the factories, but that doesn't mean they can wash their hands of the affair. While Primark did compensate families (to the measly sum of $200 USD[*], and only if they could provide DNA evidence that they had lost a relative), prevention is always better than cure. Lush – the UK-based cosmetics company – has the right stance. They don't buy products from suppliers who test on animals. Even if they're buying a totally different product; if the company tests on animals, the company is a no-go. They don't want to see customer money pouring in to the hands of practices they do not believe in. I think that's a respectable decision taken by a heavily respected company. All of the certifications I've listed have strict criteria, controls, and checks in place to ensure the company or product is worthy of bearing their mark. I am no expert on sweatshops but allow me to hypothesise the criteria for what a ‘No Sweat' logo might look like: Nowhere along the supply chain, from cotton-picking to screen-printing, designing to distribution, is anyone paid less than living wage in the country they are working in. By rule of thumb, people making the garments should be able to afford the garments. The minimum working age should not be lower than the age for completing compulsory education in the country they are working in. The supply-chain should be audited and tested regularly, independently of the company and its shareholders. It would be good practice to demonstrate traceability to consumers. The factories should be built to the standards of the stores, with sensible and adequate health and safety regulations, and facilities for employees. Employees should be entitled to the same staff benefits as others: holidays, paid sick-leave, maternity and paternity leave, regular breaks, and paid-overtime. Employees should feel safe in their environment, free to raise concerns, protest and unionise. There could, of course, be many, many more criteria to measure. For employers, higher pay means heightened efficiency, a better and more consistent quality of work, stronger employee morale, and, ultimately, retention rates of skilled workers. For employees, higher pay is often a path to the ‘American Dream' for their families: education, stable employment, and home ownership. So, the next time you walk in to a high-street store, gander at the price-tag and catch yourself in surprise, ask yourself this: How can cotton picked in Brazil be packed, shipped and processed in China, stitched in Vietnam, get shipped to Europe for screen-printing, before being shelved in the UK ready for you to buy? [*] $200USD is about three months wages for a garment worker in Bangladesh. My point is: to multimillion dollar companies like the ones listed, $200 USD is just a nice staff lunch.