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This episode we are joined by Hugh Stevens, UK MD of data collaboration platform LiveRamp. We discussed how retail media has developed over the years and how he has seen Liveramp create relationships with major UK retailers such as Boots and Ocado, what are the first steps a business should take when launching its own retail media network? And where he sees the biggest growth opportunities in the space over the next few years.

In the first part of our epic two part interview, we sit down with Kelly Sumner, former Managing Director of Commodore UK, to hear the highs and lows of his 15-year journey at the legendary company. From starting as a trainee engineer in 1979 to marketing the iconic Amiga and C64, Kelly shares never-before-heard stories about selling the Amiga 1000, the infamous C64GS flop, CDTV's retail struggles, and his surprising appearance on GamesMaster!  Recreational Music: https://reactionalmusic.com/ Kelly Sumner on GamesMaster: https://youtu.be/oZ4XbkJ2sIA Contents: 00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories  43:35 - Kelly Sumner Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books - https://www.bitmapbooks.com Take your business to the next level today and enjoy 3 months of Shopify for £1/month: https://shopify.co.uk/retrohour The Retro Hour Book: https://retrohour.myshopify.com/ We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ X: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes Dreamcast cloud save support: https://tinyurl.com/stk3vu65 1 in 4 Gen Z Brits owns a retro gaming console: https://tinyurl.com/2emuu7cv Flesh Made Fear: https://youtu.be/_n55OCtkM4U E-Reader handheld console: https://inkconsole.com/ The new Shinobi: https://tinyurl.com/46xpav7u

This is the podcast for you if you're at Highways UK and want to hear a bit of behind the scenes chat about what you might have missed, or if you're unable to make it to Birmingham's NEC but want to feel like you're here.Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum are your trusted guides to the event where you'll hear from National Highways CEO Nick Harris about RIS3, funding and planning and how he's coped with some disappointment this year.These programmes are brought to you thanks to the support of AGD and Traffic Group Signals, Q Point, SRL, Westcotec and SWARCO.Paul and Adrian give their take on the new Future of Roads Minister Lillian Greenwood as she updated us on her role, and then about some must-attend sessions on Thursday at the show.There's also a birthday party with Clearview Intelligence, the latest on collaboration with the Traffic Group and a fascinating chat with SWARCO's UK MD on what the industry wants during this time of uncertainty.Oh, and Paul gets a beer.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!

John Harrison, UK Managing Director and Global VP of Marketing at Schaffner, a global company specialising in providing solutions for EMC and power quality, joins the latest episode of the Marketing B2B Technology podcast. In the episode, John discusses the challenges and benefits of balancing two job roles and emphasises the importance of aligning sales and marketing to strengthen the brand and drive sales. He believes in leading with a forward thinking approach, understanding customer needs, and staying ahead of industry trends, particularly in the niche area of EMC.   About Schaffner Schaffner plays a vital role in building a sustainable future in the new era of electrification. Headquartered in Switzerland and with subsidiaries around the world, Schaffner is a global leader in electromagnetic solutions that ensure the efficient and reliable operation of electronic systems. The Schaffner Group are experts in EMC filter solutions, harmonic filters, electromagnetic components and electromagnetic solutions. Our passionate and knowledgeable employees empower our customers to develop reliable electronic devices and systems that meet compliance standards and deliver increased energy efficiency. This is how we deliver… MORE POWER TO YOU.   About John Harrison John Harrison joined Schaffner in April 2022.  He is the UK MD and Global VP Marketing.  He has spent 25 years in the electronics industry primarily within the connector space for Molex.  John has extensive international experience having lived and worked across Europe and the US, covering a range of markets from Industrial to transportation.  His most recent experience prior to Schaffner was within the IOT space for Ramtech heading up their Global Marketing and Sales activities. John is passionate about EV and increasing speed of adoption across the globe.    Time Stamps [00:43:0] – John provides some background to his career. [03:30.8] – John discusses how he manages the demands of both the UK Managing Director role and Global VP of Marketing role. [05:04:7] – John shares his views on whether he thinks marketing and sales should be closer together or not. [06:05:2] – John talks about what he's looking for from marketing to make the role of MD more successful. [13:38:9] – John shares his approach of trying to get salespeople, marketing people and engineers working more closely. [19:31:0] – John talks about how he sees his role changing with technology over the next five years. [20:49:1] – John shares some advice to those looking to get into marketing.   Quotes “Marketing and sales need to be closer together. The ultimate aim for both is to drive more customers and value for the brand. We need to focus on the customer's needs, whether it's through direct interaction or brand messaging.” John Harrison, UK Managing Director and Global VP of Marketing at Schaffner. “From a sales perspective, it's not just about leads. It's about ensuring the brand is seen as a partner and thought leader, especially in specialised areas like EMC.” John Harrison, UK Managing Director and Global VP of Marketing at Schaffner. “It's crucial to put yourself in the customer's shoes. If a piece of marketing material doesn't resonate with the customer, it's not effective. Marketing should be about creating content that truly addresses the customer's needs.” John Harrison, UK Managing Director and Global VP of Marketing at Schaffner   Follow John: John Harrison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-harrison-3552ba14/ Schaffner website: https://www.schaffner.com/ Schaffner on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schaffner-gruppe/   Follow Mike: Mike Maynard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaynard/ Napier website: https://www.napierb2b.com/ Napier LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/napier-partnership-limited/   If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to our podcast for more discussions about the latest in Marketing B2B Tech and connect with us on social media to stay updated on upcoming episodes. We'd also appreciate it if you could leave us a review on your favourite podcast platform. Want more? Check out Napier's other podcast - The Marketing Automation Moment: https://podcasts.apple.com/ua/podcast/the-marketing-automation-moment-podcast/id1659211547          

Elliott Clayton, managing director, international sales, at Epsilon, joins Omar Oakes to discuss how the data-led marketing business has fared since being acquired by Publicis Groupe five years ago and what's next.Clayton also has strong views on what marketers should do now that Google has decided not to get rid of third-party advertising cookies on its platforms.---Thanks to our production partners Trisonic for editing this episode.--> Discover how Trisonic can elevate your brand and expand your business by connecting with your ideal audienceVisit The Media Leader for the most authoritative news analysis and comment on what's happening in commercial media. LinkedIn: The Media LeaderYouTube: The Media Leader

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This episode is recorded in a data centre in Slough with Bruce Owen, UK MD of Equinix. Bruce talks through his background and Equinix's role as a leading data centre provider. The discussion covers the essential function of data centres in housing critical IT infrastructure, their importance to national economies, and their connection to various digital services. The conversation also delves into the differentiation between data centres and cloud providers, including the types and services provided. The episode highlights sustainability issues, including Equinix's efforts to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency, innovations like liquid cooling, and potential future uses of quantum computing. Bruce discusses the historical and logistical reasons for Slough's (famous mainly for the UK Office) becoming a significant data centre hub. They also discuss the potential for data centres to contribute to community heating projects and the importance of security and resilience in data centre operations. ** Bruce with the Equinix Cycle Fundraiser team is cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats from 22nd - 30th of June, raising funds for the Alzheimer's Society and Cancer Research. Amazing causes. If you would like to donate, you can here -> https://www.justgiving.com/team/equinix-lejog2024?utm_medium=team&utm_content=team%2Fequinix-lejog2024&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

Where has the joy gone in digital advertising? And how can we get it back? James Chandler, chief marketing officer at the IAB, thinks that while the start of the digital scene was "an incredibly exciting space", the feeling of "joy and magic dissipated" somewhere along the way.In a study with advertisers, the IAB found that this came down to two things: "unease" about the pace of change and a feeling of "futility mainly around creativity", where advertisers do not feel "they have got much agency" in a world of algorithms and AI.Indeed, as Chandler acknowledges, in a seven-year career at the IAB, there have been "big moments" including brand safety, fraud and ad-blocking – all of which have had "advertisers questioning the integrity of the performance of digital".So the focus should be on getting people to "rediscover" joy, fun and creativity in digital advertising.Chandler joins Ella Sagar to discuss joy in digital advertising and highlights sessions from the recent Engage conference, including talks from former UK MD for Twitter Dara Nasr and EssenceMediacom's Geoff de Burca and Lindsey Jordan. Highlights03:32: Why joy in advertising is so important and where it has gone 07:15: What would a two-tier dystopian internet look like?11.56: A rallying cry for creativity from EssenceMediacom strategy chief Geoff de Burca 12.38: Former Twitter UK MD Dara Nasr on making the internet fun 15:58: Holding a mirror up to society 19.47: Key takeaways from IAB Engage

Mazda is bucking trends! Check out my exclusive podcast with Jeremy Thomson, Managing Director of Mazda UK. In this interview Jeremy gives us the inside line on Mazda's bold two-pronged strategy, balancing the advancement of electric vehicles (EVs) with a continued commitment to the internal combustion engine (ICE). He explains the challenge of the ZEV Mandate (Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order) in the UK, requiring 22% of new cars sold to be EVs, and how Mazda will meet the demands despite only having one EV on sale for now. Turns out there's more flexibility in the ruling that we initially thought - but only for a short period! From the anticipation around new EVs, potentially including a sporty model, to continued investment and development of ICE vehicles for improved efficiency and emissions, as well as the potential of alternative fuels, this is a conversation you won't want to miss! What We Cover: - Mazda's Vision for the Future: How Mazda is innovating to embrace electric vehicles while keeping the internal combustion engine alive. - Exciting New Models: Jeremy hints at what's next for Mazda, including a potential new EV sports car - as 'Mazda will always want to be in the space occupied by the world's best-selling roadster, the MX-5'. - How AI might help to reconnect us with our cars About Jeremy Thomson: With 35 years in the automotive industry, Jeremy Thomson has been at the helm of Mazda UK as the Managing Director, steering the brand through innovative waters. His insights into the future of car manufacturing and Mazda's unique position in the industry offer a rare glimpse into the automotive world's next chapter. #Mazda #ElectricVehicles #AutomotiveInnovation #JeremyThomson #CarIndustry #EVsVsICE #MazdaEV #InternalCombustionEngine #AutoTrends #FutureCars #MazdaSportsCar #CarTechnology #SustainableDriving #AutomotiveFuture #DrivingInnovation Get my debut novel (perfect for petrolhead bookworms) 'The ULEZ Files' here https://amzn.eu/d/jhADkOt Please subscribe/follow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/browncarguy?sub_confirmation=1 And follow all my channels https://linktr.ee/browncarguy If you enjoy my content, there are really easy ways to show your support Channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/browncarguy/join Buy me a Coffee! https://ko-fi.com/browncarguy Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BrownCarGuy

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On today's show, I'm chatting with Charlotte West, executive director of corporate communications at Lenovo, and Jo Patterson, UK MD at Zeno.Today, we're discussing the findings of the Global Women in PR Annual Index, a research programme that aims to measure the status of women working in PR and communications worldwide.Before we start, we should pay tribute to GWPR co-founder Angela Oakes. Angela sadly passed away after a brief illness last year but her legacy of helping to change the landscape for women working in our industry will go on.Here are some topline findings from the report:Flexible working has become an accepted normLevels of flexible working have been maintained since this time last year and are anticipated to stay.Women continue to see progression and promotions slower than men, and boardrooms continue to be male-dominated.According to the report, half of female PR professionals globally have experienced harassment or inappropriate behaviour at work. But before we start, a quick plug for our latest webinar launch. The topic is “How to track the success of an earned media campaign." Tickets are free, and we're putting this one on in partnership with our good friends at Carma. TAlso a quick mention about the relaunch of PRmoment. If you take a look at PRmoment.com, you'll see a brand new design with lots of new features, hopefully easier navigation and also the launch of our new subscription training service for senior folks within agencies' PRmoment Leaders. Do take a look and let us know if you like it. Thanks also so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.Here is a summary of what Charlotte, Jo and PRmoment founder Ben Smith discussed:3 mins The report reckons PR professionals expect to be working remotely for an average of 2.5 days a week, a slight drop in comparison to 2022 (3 days.)What remote working policies have Charlotte and Jo established at Lenovo and Zeno, respectively?“At Lenovo, the corporate guide is in the office three days a week.”6 mins A discussion of how remote working changes the culture of work - for better and for worse.“At the moment, the 2-day working week in the office is working well for us (Zeno).”9 mins Jo talks about the impact of flexible working for women working in PR.11 mins How has flexible working changed the culture at Zeno?20 mins “Most people in PR don't have a work-life balance. What we can't lose is work-life flexibility.”Some stats from the Global Women in PR Annual Index“The benefits of working flexibly continue to be regarded positively amongst PR professionals. With regard to well-being, seven in ten (75%) feel it helps employees maintain their mental well-being and four-fifths (82%) feel it helps maintain a healthy work-life balance, up from 77% in 2022.“75% believe flexible working allows women to have a family or take on caring responsibilities and still progress in their careers; up slightly from 71% last year. Whilst 74% agree that it helps retain female talent (increasing from 68% in 2022).A third (32%) believe that flexible working helps women progress into the boardroom.”23 mins Does flexible working slow down or speed up the PR careers of women?27 mins What does the next generation want from work? Is the generational divide amongst work-based teams becoming more pronounced?

It's hot. There's rosé. A helicopter just landed on a catamaran. It can only be all the media leaders of the world gathering at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for its 70th year.PMW are covering the festival by delving into the relationship between advertising creativity and data led performance marketing. The Cannes Versus Machine series features a 3-part podcast series interviewing some of the most influential brands and agencies in performance marketing, and getting their view on Cannes Lions and what it all means for performance marketing.This, the first episode, sits down with Phil Christer, UK MD at Amazon Ads to get behind the alchemy of media and creativity in advertising and how it engages with customers. We also hear from frog's Chief Design Officer Chiara Diana and JP Morgan and Chase's CMO of Payments Dustin Sedgwick on creativity in the machine era, the skills marketers need and the important difference between innovation and invention.Follow PMW's coverage all week at performancemarketingworld.com and keep an eye out for the next two Performance Marketing Unlocked podcast episodes to come! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Independent Publishers' Guild annual Spring Conference is one of the highlights of the year for the book industry. I seized the opportunity to speak to six movers and shakers in the world of books to put to them the questions that you'd have asked if you'd only had the chance.  You're welcome.  Discover:  How to find out EVERYTHING you could possibly want to know about getting published with Alysoun Owen, editor of the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook;  A better way to buy books online if you care about independent bookshops with Nicole Vanderbilt, Bookshop.org's UK MD;  Why TikTok is moving into the book-selling space and what you can do to promote your book there with Matthew Perry, Head of Books on the TikTok Shop;  How you can think ahead to make the most of translation opportunities as an author with Clare Hodder, rights consultant and Rights Manager for Practical Inspiration Publishing; and Things to keep in mind if you're planning to start a podcast, with Small Wardour's Carla Herbertson and Danni Haghan, formerly at Apple podcasts.       

This week Deborah Meaden and Felicity Hannah have been finding out how getting more of us onto buses is key to cutting transport emissions and giving us cleaner air. And if you're a car driver, here's a question. What would tempt you to use a bus instead? Deborah and Fliss talk through the options with the UK managing director of bus giant Stagecoach.And what do Deborah and Fliss make of the electrician who refuses to drive a van? Instead he travels to all his customers using an electric cargo bike.Presented by Deborah Meaden and Felicity Hannah and if you'd like to contact the team, email GreenMoney@bbc.co.uk or use the hashtag #GreenMoneyShow on Twitter.Produced by Lexy O'Connor and Kath Paddison Studio Mananger: Hal Haines Executive Producer: Natasha Johannsson Series Producer: Justin Bones

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.Today we're chatting with 3 Monkeys Zeno UK managing director Jo Patterson about the encouraging trend of female leaders occupying more of the big PR agency roles in the UK.When Jo and I talked about this in our pre-show chat it got us thinking and here is a non-exhaustive list of top female PR agency leaders in the UK:We've got Jo at 3 Monkeys Zeno, Jo-ann Robertson at Ketchum, Jo Carr at Hope&Glory, Nicola Todd at Ogilvy PR, Pippa Arlow at Smarts, Ruth Kieran at Cirkle, Ruth Allcurch at WE, Sian Morgan at Cow, Sharon Bange at Kindred, Rebecca Grant at BCW, Ali Maynard at Manifest, Cath Taylor at Taylor Herring, Angie Moxham at The Fourth Angel, Kate Stevens at Axicom, Georgina Blizzard and Nicky Regonzonni at The PR Network, Mandy Sharp at Tin Man and Emma Kane at SEC Newgate, Fenella Gray at Porter Novelli and Bibi Hilton at Creative Access.And to be clear there are loads more I could mention - but you get the point. There seem to be more female leaders in top agency positions than there have been in recent memory - perhaps than there has ever been before. And one of the things Jo and I will talk about on the show today is the potential reasons for that.For those of you that are not aware 3 Monkeys Zeno has a fee income of £9m in the UK and 80 employees. Zeno started out as Edelman's conflict shop but has grown into a global agency with a fee income of about $150 m. About 70% of Zeno's revenues are in the US.Jo became the UK MD of 3Monkeys Zeno in October 2020. Previously she was UK MD at Porter Novelli and a board director at Red.Zeno bought 3 Monkeys in 2016. I always think of Zeno as a fairly new agency but for any PR agency history buffs out there, it was founded in 1998.Before we start do check out our latest free-to-attend webinar “The State of Social 2023: Channel Disruption, Influencer Growth and The Great Data Integration Challenge.”Thanks as ever to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors The PRCA. Here is a summary of what Jo and I discussed:3 mins Jo talks about why we're seeing more women PR agency CEOs.“We're (women) still only tracking at about 40% for leadership roles.”7 mins Jo talks about the benefits of female leadership traits in a progressive working environment.“It's the people you surround yourself with… charismatic leaders who are prepared to stand up and shape their organisations…and having the freedom to do that.”10 mins We've probably seen a rise of misogyny in society. There seems to be an upward trend of obnoxious macho culture.13 mins How do we make sure that in PR we don't lose those gains that we've made?“Greater protection for the challenging life stages that people go through”“Enshrining policies into governance”“Openness and confidence go hand in hand”17 mins Jo talks about the role models that have helped her in her career - Lesley Brend at Red, Fenella Gray at Porter Novelli and Barby Siegel at Zeno.“I like working with good people regardless of gender”20 mins How is the Zeno business doing both globally and in the UK?“About 50% of our work now is global”21 mins In the UK 3 Monkeys was known for its consumer work, how has that evolved since the acquisition?23 mins You are the first leader of the business in London who wasn't part of the original 3 Monkeys team. Has that been an advantage or disadvantage for you do you think?25 mins When an agency like Zeno buys an agency li

How do you find enough qualified people to deliver on the revenue opportunities that your business comes across? This is a problem that might be familiar to many professional services organisations, particularly within the cloud space. Our guest this week Neil Marley, came across that challenge whilst he was working at New Signature. Neil is the Managing Director at Qualyfi. He's also former UK MD and EMEA lead at New Signature, an IT Services Management company that grew from 8 to 300 people in the UK and twice won the prestigious Microsoft UK Partner of the Year award (2014, 2019), before being acquired by Cognizant in 2020. We know Neil since 2017 when New Signature started coaching with us. During the course of our time working together, they grew from about ten people to 350. From a revenue perspective that's around 48% compound annual growth rate.  There are two things that Neil is excited about. The first is helping people build an exciting new technology career, regardless of their background or previous opportunities; the second is building long-term partnerships with growth organisations, offering services to help fuel their growth. He has now taken his experience doing that to make Qualyfi a positive force for the world. In this episode, he shares his journey working in public cloud technologies with Microsoft, moving from working in a big organisation to a small team, and he and his small team managed to become one of the leading partners for Microsoft. He also talked about the challenges the business faced along the way, the secrets to New Signature's success and the impact coaching had on the team dynamics. Download and listen to learn more. On today's podcast: A journey of growth in MicrosoftLeading a successful partnership with MicrosoftNew Signature and Winning Microsoft UK Partner of the YearThe importance of business coachingQualyfi and placing new cloud tech talent Follow Neil MarleyQualify websiteLinkedIn Book recommendations: Radical Candor by Kim ScottWhat got you here won't get you there by Marshall GoldsmithCEO Excellence by Scott KellerAwaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins Enjoyed the show? Leave a Review

How can we tell which campaign creative will land with different audiences? How do we measure something as intangible as creative? Especially without the noise of execution tactics or brand health? And how do we ensure we keep optimising the creative itself and delivering return on investment? In this episode, we dive into all this and more, with special guests Camille Bernard, Marketing Science Partner at Meta, and Ekimetrics' own Monica Brondholt Sorensen. They're joined by host Matt Andrew, UK MD and Partner at Ekimetrics. Together they're discussing the progress of creative measurement and a methodology brands can use for themselves to grow their MMM capabilities.

This time, we're taking a wide view on the in-housing topic. Whether companies are searching for that all-important single source of truth, wanting to answer business-critical questions, or looking to be agile and reactive in the marketing landscape, in-housing MMO is on the rise like we've never seen. We're joined by Sona Abaryan and Susan Lahey, two of Ekimetrics' Senior Managers to answer all your big questions on the topic. Hosted by Matt Andrew, UK MD and Partner at Ekimetrics you'll discover the value these programmes can offer and get no-nonsense advice to help you with your own in-housing journey.

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Every one loves an award right? There is very little better than having your hard work recognised by and in front of your industry peers and now, with the Audio Production Awards 2022 just around the corner, this could be your chance! On this episode of Voiceworks: Sound Business; Jim Salveson speaks to Chloe Straw (MD of Audio UK) and Lady Unchained (A previous winner of an Audio Production Award for her work with the Prison Radio Association) to find out exactly what it takes to win a gong and get some top tips on how to go about creating your entry. For more information on the Audio Production Awards sponsored by Audible: https://www.audiouk.org.uk/apas/ To find out more about Audio Train: https://www.audiouk.org.uk/audiotrain/ To find more from Lady Unchained and hear her work: https://www.unchainedpoetry.com/ Listen to "Bars" via the Prison Radio Association Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/nationalprisonradio/ Follow Voiceworks on Twitter @Voiceworks.ai and find us on LinkedIN at https://www.linkedin.com/company/voiceworks-ai For help with your audio strategy, you can contact the Voiceworks team via voicecworks.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast.This week we're chatting to Ruth Allchurch, UK MD WE. We're going to talk about Ruth's career to date including her time at Diageo, her experience at Cirkle and most recently at WE where she has took the UK income of the firm to close to £7m, from about £3m when she joined as the UK MD 4 years ago.Currently, 60 people work in London for WE and current clients include Capgemini, Intel, Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Boehringer Ingelheim and Google Waves.Before we start - if you haven't seen them already - take a look at the categories for The ESG Awards - the early entry deadline is 16th September.And do check out the home page of PRmoment for our latest webinars, including PR Analytics, LinkedIn as a B2B Marketing Channel, The Most Popular KPIs in PR and The intersection of Data, Insight and PR Planning.Finally, thanks to our PRmoment Podcast sponsors, The PRCA.Here's a summary of what Ruth and PRmoment founder Ben Smith discussed:2 mins Ruth talks us through how a PR firm with a fee income of £3m turned itself into a PR firm with a fee income of over £6.5m inside 4 years. “There is no scope for ambiguity when you're looking to grow a business”“We were overservicing on low fee accounts…it's not about more clients its about having healthier partnerships with the ones we choose wot work with”9 mins Ruth was on Weber Shandwick's first-ever graduate training programme. In PR it seems unfashionable to be a graduate at the moment - would Ruth go to Uni again?11 mins Are graduate PR schemes still a good idea?13  mins Ruth started her career agency side at Weber Shandwick and then went to Cohn & Wolfe before she went in-house at Diageo. How important was that period in-house in the story of her career?15 mins Why did Ruth leave a nice in-house role to go back agency side when she joined Cirkle?17 mins Ruth talks us through her time at Cirkle. “It was probably the steepest learning curve I've ever had in my career”19 mins Why did Ruth leave BCW to move to WE?22 mins How has the type of work changed that WE UK does in the last 4 years?“We do much more employee engagement work than we've ever done before”24 mins Has the culture of WE changed in the last 4 years?26 mins What do you need to do to change the culture of a PR firm?28 mins Ruth talks us through why she's not a great fan of the pitching process, and how she'd change it.31 mins Why Ruth doesn't believe PR prices itself correctly.32 mins As a female leader of perhaps the only female-founded international PR network - what mark out of 10 does  Ruth give PR on its gender equality progress?33.30 mins Ruth talks us through her experience of having a Ukrainian family stay for 4 months.

Neil Wilkins talks to UK MD of Marketing at Hays Group, Clare Kemsley, to find out what is keeping marketers and employers awake in 2022. Clare explains the findings of recent research studies that Hays have conducted and we hear about the importance in 2022 of people management skills and the ability to negotiate with all stakeholders. This conversation is also available on video at Neil Wilkins Online (Audio quality is poor in this episode of The Neil Wilkins Podcast, but the advice and guidance is gold standard)

Jim Irving started his career selling office equipment door to door in Scotland, where soon after his career rapidly developed into senior selling and sales leadership roles, then ultimately to senior executive positions at major multinationals (including becoming the UK MD of Information Builders – a leading US-based enterprise software company). Jim now runs his own consulting business helping start-ups to improve their B2B strategy and selling results. He has advised and helped many start-ups to better execute and grow their businesses. Jim has spent over 43 years in B2B selling with a number of industry-leading technology organizations including Amdahl, Sequent, Silicon Graphics, and Information Builders. Join us as we discuss Jim's journey in professional sales as well as different tips he has for you that can help you out in your professional career. Highlights The fundamentals of B2B selling How he moved from the corporate world to training, coaching, and mentoring The best practices for sales he swears by What discovery is and its importance What does it take to get a sales qualified lead What his recent clients have to say after undergoing his training and mentoring The key to the whole discovery process Episode Resources Connect with Mark Cox https://www.inthefunnel.com/ https://ca.linkedin.com/in/markandrewcox https://www.facebook.com/inthefunnel Connect with Jim Irving https://b2bsellingguidebook.com/index.html https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimirving 

The UK will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in 2030. So Dragon's Den star Deborah Meaden is on a mission to find out if we're ready.Deborah and co-star Felicity Hannah talk to the boss of Vauxhall about the company's plans to turn its production lines all-electric. Plus they answer your questions (and there were a lot of them) on all things EV, from cost, to chargers to range. And they hear about plans to build a huge new gigafactory producing batteries in Northumberland.Got a question? Ask Deborah and Fliss using the hashtag #GreenMoneyShow on Twitter or email the show at Greenmoney@bbc.co.ukProducer: Lexy O'Connor Studio manager: Joe Leates Digital videos: Samhar Gowhar Executive producer Natasha Johansson Series editor: Justin Bones

With ad tracking deprecation now firmly on the horizon, time is running out for marketers to act. But, with a whole industry of digital campaign micromanagement that hinges on cookies, it's easier said than done. What can marketers do to ensure they continue to deliver targeted campaigns and measure effectiveness in this new landscape? Is this a golden opportunity to rethink how we do marketing? Our host, Matt Andrew, UK MD of Ekimetrics is joined by former Gameloft MD, turned gaming and media consultant, John-Paul Burke of Seika Media to discuss ways of driving and measuring incrementality, as they look ahead to a potential new dawn for the industry.

Growing your recruitment business is never easy, but doing it during a pandemic and fundamentally changing the culture at the same time is even harder. This week's guest is Marcus Davies Bateman, UK MD at Cobalt recruitment Marcus talks us through the challenges of growing Cobalt over the past few years, how important it's to have the right team around you and the importance of an inclusive company culture. #MarketingRules Support for this podcast comes from Staffing Future For a free review of your current website visit www.staffingfuture.com/Rules and Liquid Palladium: https://liquidpalladium.com/ To connect with Marcus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusdaviesbateman/ Learn more about James and ThinkinCircles: https://thinkincircles.com/ https://www.themarketingrules.com/

In the latest in the occasional series of Small Data Forum podcast interviews with industry mavens and thought leaders, SDF co-host Sam Knowles caught up with Christian Polman, UK MD of brand communications and publishing house Looping Group. To this content and creative-driven role, Christian brings a consultant's mindset (with years at Bain and an MBA) as well as digital marketing smarts (from Digitas and Google) and marketing analytics expertise (his role before Looping was with Ebiquity). Sam starts by asking Christian where the smart money is going in digital marketing. Christian's view is that digital marketing must rest on the twin levers of marketing optimisation and effectiveness, and that on this foundation brands need to build holistic customer experience. We are going through a period of renaissance, currently, for both research AND creativity and content. Continue reading -> https://www.smalldataforum.com 

Public sector organisations have a reputation for being somewhat behind the times when it comes to IT transformation, frequently hampered by tight budgets and Byzantine bureaucratic procurement procedures. However, while this reputation isn't entirely unwarranted, the reasons behind it aren't as straightforward as they might appear. In this week's episode, we're looking at why public sector technology tends to lag behind the cutting edge, as well as what steps might be taken to give public sector technologists more room to innovate, and we're joined by HPE's senior vice president and UK MD, Marc Waters.Head over to https://bit.ly/ITPP-gov to find out more about all of the topics we've spoken about in this week's episode.

One thing that 2020 taught us was that it is absolutely possible to throw out the old, and bring in the new, almost overnight. But as brands once again look to the future, how can the recent experience of being ultra-responsive help create a better future? The answer lies in multi-scenario planning to determine where to focus. Multi-scenario planning has the ability to make the annual plan is a relic of the past. Join our host Matt Andrew, UK MD of Ekimetrics, who spoke with Bobi Carley, Head of Media and Diversity & Inclusion Lead at ISBA and Jack Collier, CMO of Mettle.

This week, Bitstamp CEO Julian Sawyer comes back to Searching for Mana to join Lloyd for an enlightening chat about fintech, crypto, altcoins and so much more! A financial veteran with over 20 years' experience, who previously co-founded Starling Bank in 2015, or later served as UK MD at Gemini, Julian offers incredible insight into both blockchain and financial services in general.Bitstamp is the world's longest-standing crypto exchange, continuously supporting the Bitcoin economy since 2011. With a proven track record and mature approach to the industry, it provides a secure and transparent venue to over four million customers and enables partners to access emerging crypto markets through time-proven infrastructure. The platform allows companies and individuals from all around the world to buy and sell over 30 available cryptos.

UC Today's David Dungay hosts Dave Reynolds, UK MD, Xelion.

Tim Luscombe is a strategic thinker who helps business leaders and owners become more successful. He is an executive coach, chairman and non-exec director focused on improving business performance. Tim also helps business owners and leaders buy and sell businesses successfully and is the author of Deal Finance which is available on Amazon He is the past National President and past Chairman of the Professional Speaking Association He's an accredited coach with The Core Asset helping smaller businesses with their marketing and business growth His background is in financial management and career highlights include Madge Networks which grew from 50 to more than 2000 employees and went public on NASDAQ with a 76% compound annual growth rate. Tim was responsible for Madge's business across Asia Pacific opening 11 sales offices across the region. Tim was later the UK MD of Black Box, an IT distribution & networking business. “The best advice I could give to any entrepreneur would be to work with the right people. Find the right customer, find the right partner, find right supplier and do something you love to do. Do it with the right people”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-lO3

Ben Greensmith is the UK MD of chocolate company Tony's Chocolonely. Tony's is on a mission to make 100% slave free the norm for chocolate, they want to prove that companies can make profit and have a transparent and fair supply chain, which is why Ben is telling us about ‘the importance of staying true to your mission'. Ninetwentynine is a Fiverr.com podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode, we had Marc Waters, UK MD at HPE on the Channel Chat podcast. HPE is a global, edge-to-cloud Platform-as-a-Service company built to transform your business. How? By helping you connect, protect, analyse and act on all your data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so you can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Marc Sumner discussed with Marc his journey to becoming the MD in UK & Ireland for HPE, how he has kept the culture alive but also how we can increase diversity in the channel and if you weren't inspired already, Marc gives us his advice to get to the top! You won't want to miss it. Streaming on all platforms, follow Channel Chat Media for the latest podcasts and news! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...​ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6pTjEZS...​

Another bumper episode for you! This week we host not one but two guests for your delight. Nicole Vanderbilt, the UK MD of Bookshop.org, and Peter Donaldson, from the award-winning Red Lion Books in Colchester, join us to speak about the recent (and hugely successful) launch of Bookshop.org in the UK. We speak about how the pandemic has changed our expectations of the high street and what more we can do to shop ethically and we also let you know how you can win our first ever end of series grand prize! The Newgen Pubcast is presented by Phil and Clare with help behind the scenes from producer Eleri. The music was composed by Scott James. You can chat to us about anything discussed in the episode on newgenpubcast@newgenpublishing.co.uk.

Create a Better Work Environment as an Authentic Leader with Clare Clough It's International Women's Day! What better way to commemorate this day than by celebrating our true and authentic selves? As leaders, it can be challenging to be completely authentic in the workplace — that applies for all of us, not just women. We fear that revealing too much of ourselves might invalidate us. However, showing your authenticity and vulnerability can be good for others and your business! So how exactly can we be a more authentic leader?  In this episode, Clare Clough joins us to talk about improving your work environment by bringing your authentic self. We discuss how you can look after yourself and others. Clare also shares the lessons that made her a stronger leader and her absolute secret to success. If you want to learn more about the key to creating better work environments, then tune in to this episode. Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: Discover how being an authentic leader can improve your work environment and grow your business.  Learn how to maintain energy and resilience for yourself and others. Find out Clare's absolute secret to success.  Resources Visit Pret A Manger's website for freshly prepared food and organic coffee! Check out Clare's favourite Pret coffee, Oat Flat White.  Try out Angela's favourite Pret coffee, Coconut Flat White. Coaching with Angela Episode Highlights [03:02] Clare's Top 3 Proudest Moments First, Clare is proud of going to university and having a clear path by pursuing a Food Technology course. Second, she's proud of being appointed UK Managing Director at Pret A Manger despite not coming from an operations background. Lastly, Clare is proud that their business could bounce back from the pandemic's challenges.  [13:41] How to Be an Authentic Leader Listen to your co-workers. The only way to learn about people is to listen. Create an environment where people are comfortable with being authentic and vulnerable. Connect and empathise with people to be a more effective leader. [19:03] Maintaining Energy for Yourself and Others Your reserves of resilience can only take you so far. Find that balance of conserving energy and putting it in the right places. Looking after yourself enables you to look after others.  Be thoughtful and sensitive to what people need, but also recognise when to apply pressure or expectations. Cultivate a culture of openness in your work environment to allow positive peer-to-peer support. [24:25] Being a Stronger Leader and a Better Human For Clare, being in a job that she loves allows her to perform well. She enjoys the job she's currently in before thinking about the next opportunity. Ask for feedback and learn from mistakes.  Do not wallow on your mistakes: this can be counterproductive and detrimental to your well-being.  Conversely, accept that mistakes are going to happen to make it easier to bounce back from them.  When faced with adversity, finding a way to go forward is the best thing you can do. [30:38] What Traits to Look for in Other People Look for people who can challenge your thinking. Clare likes people who are different from her and can fill her blind spots. She also looks for people who are similar to her and can play more of a cheerleader role. [32:29] Keeping Your Mental Health in a Good Place Working at home can blur work-life boundaries, so Clare doesn't bring her phone in the bedroom. Be kind to yourself by listening to yourself. Forgive yourself if you weren't able to follow your plans for the day.  [34:06] The Best Coffee Clare's favourite coffee is Pret's Oat Flat White. Angela is a decaffeinated Coconut Flat White drinker.  [36:43] The Absolute Secret to Success For Clare, authenticity is the absolute secret to success in different avenues of life. Being yourself brings better results more quickly in whatever situation.  5 Powerful Quotes [09:40] 'It was also hugely significant because I was really the first person who hadn't come from a pure operations background that had held that role previously. So I felt really proud when people sort of talk to me about what you've broken a bit of new ground here as well.' [10:49] 'The most important thing was to just get close to the people in our shop. [14:07] 'I wanted to create an environment for everyone in practice, to authentically be able to ask for help and stuff that they didn't know to know that it was possible to grow your career.' [21:33] 'So one of the values that I've always held dear to me, is always to treat people how you would like to be treated. And I think I've pulled on that a lot during the last year and, and tried to be thoughtful and sympathetic to people's circumstances or where they are. . . we've all been through the curve at different times at different speeds for different reasons' [26:56] 'I still do that I still sometimes have that sort of plunge to a depth of despair of I'll probably need to beat myself up for a week before I come up for it. But. . .you have to wonder what value that adds to you. And actually, it's detrimental, isn't it?' About Clare  Clare Clough is Pret A Manger's UK Managing Director. She oversees over 400 shops and is responsible for leading Pret in its ambition to turn into a multi-channel business.  In 2017, Clare led the development of Pret's new brand concept, Veggie Pret. She also oversaw the incorporation of full ingredient labelling into Pret's allergy plan. Clare has almost 20 years of experience in the Food & Beverage industry and is passionate about developing well-knit teams.   Want to know more about Clare's work? You may connect with her through LinkedIn. If you want to learn more about Pret, visit their website.   Enjoy this Podcast? Maintaining a good work environment became more challenging because of the pandemic. But with Clare's tips, you, too, can make yourself better to establish a harmonious workplace. If you enjoyed today's episode of The Mindset Mentor Meets..., then hit subscribe and share it with your friends! Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast episode, then don't hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your family and friends so they can feel empowered to be their authentic selves! Have any questions? You can contact me through LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. Thanks for listening!  For more updates and episodes, visit my website. You can also tune in on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Podbean.  To meeting inspiration, Angela  

On this week's podcast I'm chatting to Ondine Whittington, group managing director of Golin UK and Virgo Health.Ondine has worked for Virgo since 2006 and stayed with the firm when it was bought by Golin in 2014. She became the UK MD of Golin Virgo in March 2020.Golin employs about 70 people in London and Virgo about 60. Golin is well known for its consumer work but it also operates across the tech and healthcare verticals.Before we start, thanks so much as ever to the podcast sponsors, the PRCA.And if you haven't taken a look yet, all the categories for the PRmoment Awards 2021 are on the awards microsite PRmomentawards.com Ondine - welcome to the PRmoment podcast.01.30 mins How Ondine started at Virgo 2006 and now 15 years later she’s the MD of Golin and Virgo in the UK.03.30 mins How Ondine didn’t plan to leave Virgo but at the same time she never planned to stay.04.00 mins Do you think people tend to change jobs too often in PR?07.00 mins How has Ondine found moving from client facing roles to becoming the Golin UK MD?08.00 mins How it was finding herself “in the middle of a pandemic within two weeks of taking the role.”10.00 mins and 11.30 mins Why PR has had a good lockdown.11.00 mins How building trust with your teams is more difficult in a virtual environment.14.00 mins Why “the focus on internal teams and their welfare has never been so important” for agency CEOs. 16.00 mins “The role of the employer has changed (during lockdown.) There are days when you feel like a councillor”.17.00 mins In a virtual environment, as an agency leader, the time invested in keeping in touch with your team “could be a full time job right now.”18.00 mins Why Ondine decided she didn’t want to be a doctor anymore but wanted to work in PR!21.00 mins In hindsight Odine looks back at the Golin/Virgo merger.What worked and what didn’t?28.00 mins PR firms have relied on training by osmosis - and in a virtual environment that just doesn't work does it?29.00 mins Why trying to create an environment for better staff training and development in a virtual environment is “the top issue” of PR agency leaders at the moment.30.00 mins The great PR lockdown creativity challenge.33.00 mins Ondine talks about the “sinister underbelly of flexible working.”

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, this is episode 14 of Season Two and your host as always is Andy DaviesWe've got a great line-up for you today with, and I'm sure they won't mind us using this term, a couple of industry veterans. Between them they've clocked up decades of experience but they're still moving forward and keeping themselves at the front of the sector.First up, continuing our retailer round-up from the last episode, we have the triumphant return of Trevor Scott from Midlands retailer RFK, he's filling us in on how 2021 is treating him so far.And then we have Alan Dodds, the UK MD for bathroom giant Roca. They've just made a major acquisition in Spain so we talk about the importance of investing and growth and, of course, we get his insight into what might be next for the industry.Don't forget, entries for the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards are open now with a closing date of February 18th! It's totally free to enter and any kitchen and bathroom retailers and designers in the UK and Ireland can enter.All the info is at kbbreview.com/awards 

What really is SAP landscape transformation, what is it's value and why does its focus vary from country to country? In this episode I speak to Ben McGrail who recently left SNP and UK MD to explore his career and his view on landscape transformation. The views published are purely our own and do not represent those of our employer of anyone else.

In this 120th episode of their Brexit podcast, the team welcomes guest Steve Taklalsingh the UK MD of the financial app, Amaiz.com which has recently published a survey of SMEs and their Brexit readiness. Listen to see if you agree with his findings. Malcolm Gallagher in call To Action brings you his 3Vs to think […] The post GBF120: UK MD of Amaiz.com talks SME Brexit survey plus Hugh’s News & View appeared first on BizVision Hub.

Maneesh Subherwal spent time working at ThoughtWorks as UK MD, also with McKinsey & Co. as a leader within the Agile Practice, and now at the Commercial Bank at JPMorgan Chase Bank, moving towards a customer-centric product and journey orientation. Check out the full show notes at TheAgileWire.com

In this podcast version of the filmed interview (available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7NP_t_7qOo).   Shane talks to UK MD of Lineage Logistics and President of the Cold Chain Federation about Lineage's expansion, the changing structure of the UK market and Lineage's global mission to eliminate waste. 

My guest this week is the former MD of Google’s $5Bn UK business.   He spent the dot.com crash in Silicon Valley, the financial crisis leading Google UK, and the past 6 years building some of Europe's top fintech start-ups.  He has learnt a lot about how to drive success and even more about how to fail. While he was MD at Google, he came across pretotyping a novel approach to validating ideas for new products or services quickly, objectively and accurately, often by failing efficiently. And now he brings this thinking to all the start-ups he works with. And today he is going to share it with us. Please give a warm Speaking Business welcome to digital innovator Dan Cobley. Bio Dan Cobley is an entrepreneur and investor in innovative tech startup businesses, focusing on financial services.  He leads the FinTech portfolio for Blenheim Chalcot, a long-established London venture builder. Through this role he has co-founded a number of fast-growth fintech companies including; Salary Finance, Koodoo Mortgages, OpenWrks and ClearScore, and he is on the boards of Liberis, Modulr and Tully. Beyond fintech he is an investor / advisor to a number of companies including Brompton Bicycle, Personal Boardroom, Onfido, Qubit, Fospha and Hive Learning. Until late 2014, Dan Cobley spent over 8 years at Google. For the last three years he was Managing Director, UK & Ireland – the biggest market for Google outside the US and the most advanced major country in terms of e-commerce and online advertising spending. Dan was promoted to the UK MD role after five years in Google marketing, first as Marketing Director, UK, Ireland and Benelux and then as VP Marketing, EMEA. Previously, Dan was VP of Brand and Marketing for Capital One Europe, Marketing Director for Ask Jeeves, and Marketing Director at Pepsi/Walkers. Dan Cobley is a regular keynote speaker at conferences; speaking on the disruptive power of FinTech, technology, innovation, and Google’s unique approach to business. He is also an accomplished moderator, interviewer and after-dinner speaker. Dan has shared his thoughts on Physics and Marketing at the TED conference and with over 1.4 million people online. He was named as number 3 in Wired UK top 100 list 2012 and among the Maserati 100 Innovators of the Year in 2018. He appeared on BBC’s Tomorrow’s World as a technology commentator and helped Alan Sugar choose his 2014 Apprentice. He has a first degree in physics from Oxford and a master’s in management from Cambridge. He is a trustee of the charity Technology Trust. Recorded on: 27th May 2020 Links: More about Dan Cobley More about Maria Franzoni Ltd Connect with Maria on Linkedin Connect with Maria on FaceBook To book any of the speakers featured on the Speaking Business podcast, click here Listen here: Libsyn Itunes Stitcher Spotify

Maneesh Subherwal spent time working at ThoughtWorks as UK MD, also with McKinsey & Co. as a leader within the Agile Practice, and now at the Commercial Bank at JPMorgan Chase Bank, moving towards a customer-centric product and journey orientation. Check out the full show notes at TheAgileWire.com YouTube: https://youtu.be/9-3kXfMFlpI Twitter: @AgileWire

In this Channel Insider podcast David Dungay is joined by UK MD of Xelion, Dave Reynolds. In this episode Reynolds discusses how the pandemic is accelerating the demise of voice in the contact centre and also why a Microsoft Teams proposition is a must for all partners.

When it comes to recruitment technologies, websites can sometimes be an afterthought, playing catch up to social media and other sales tools. So are recruitment websites a waste of time or an undervalued resource? James talks to John JB Russell, UK MD for Staffing Future about what a modern recruitment website can do now and in the future. #MarketingRules Support for this podcast comes from Staffing Future For free review of your current website visit www.staffingfuture.com/Rules To connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjbrussell/ Learn more about James and ThinkinCircles: https://thinkincircles.com/

Throughout the Covid 19 lockdown process RED C has been running an online community, talking to families in the UK, France and Italy, looking through the eyes of kids and an their parents at how they are coping.  In this short podcast Charlotte Butterworth, UK MD, explains the human impact of Covid 19 and the changes in behaviour that families are making, which will be valuable for brands to understand. 

On this episode is Chris Maples, former UK MD of Spotify, a friend of Matt's and someone who's been off booze for two years. This is a great chance to find out what my future non-drinking self COULD look like. It's a fascinating chat, and Chris is a BRILLIANT guest. Excitingly this COULD be the last of our remotely recorded podcasts! Sort of... we won't be meeting guests anytime soon, but as of 24 hours ago we CAN meet up in the park and record our chat at opposite ends of a park bench. Never have I been so excited about daytime (non)drinking on a park bench. ​Enjoy... and remember to stay alert! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After conducting extensive studies into the effects of workers returning after long absences, executive coach Lisa Carver has become one of the foremost authorities on managing returners effectively. This Episode: Managing Returners Masterclass – with Lisa Carver In this week's show, Lisa joins Lucinda to deliver a masterclass on how to best reintegrate workers who have been away from business for some time. They discuss the effects on both worker and company. Furthermore, it is a conversation that'll ensure you'll be better equipped to deal with the return of furloughed workers in the wake of the COVID-19 quarantine period. Indeed, managing returners for any period of absence.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Studies have shown that over 50% of workers who leave a company within two years of taking maternity leave. Interestingly they did so because of the lack of support they were shown during their leave. Certainly, the psychological implications of going on leave are very rarely considered. We go from spending half our lives in a working environment, and then having that social factor removed entirely for a length of time. Identity is a crucial factor in re-integrating staff. Often, the roles we once considered vital can become redundant when left empty for a time. We need to ensure we separate the person from the role. Without a doubt, communication is key through prolonged absence. Furthermore, we need to make sure we do not create a void where the sense of routine and the feeling of an open channel slowly disintegrates. The quarantine has highlighted many areas in which our companies have failed, but also how they can operate more efficiently. Certainly, flexible working will be widely adopted, going forwards.   BEST MOMENTS ‘It's like suddenly transitioning to a long-distance relationship' ‘Absence can lead to a loss of identity' ‘Communication gives them something to hold on to' ‘Be mindful of what your employees are going through'   VALUABLE RESOURCES The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher   The HR Uprising LinkedIn Group How to Prioritise Self-Care (The HR Uprising) How To Be A Change Superhero - by Lucinda Carney HR Uprising Mastermind - https://hruprising.com/mastermind/   Lisa Carver LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-carver/?originalSubdomain=uk Carver Coaching - www.carvercoaching.co.uk Carver Resources - https://www.carvercoaching.co.uk/resources   ABOUT THE GUEST   Lisa Carver is a leadership coach who supports people to excel at work, whilst they navigate change and turbulence. Skilled in coaching individuals and teams, Lisa has a passion for people. Indeed, she has a talent for understanding what motivates and drives them to be happy and successful. Certainly, Lisa is driven to help organisations to support employees through personal or professional change. Whether that might be supporting returners, or those in highly pressured leadership roles during organisational change. Furthermore, she conducted research to establish ‘best practice for maternity returners' between 2018 and 2020. This helps organisations' develop their support, ensuring success and retainment of staff. Her last ‘employed' role was the UK MD of a Bertlesmann company (Gruner & Jahr UK). Prior to this she was at H.Bauer, BBC Worldwide and Dennis Publishing. She launched Carver Coaching in 2017. Lisa has 3 children and lives in West Byfleet, Surrey. She splits her time between her clients in Surrey and the rest of the UK.     ABOUT THE HOST   Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CMO of logistics firm Wincanton Nick Eades has been judging the account-based marketing awards for B2B Marketing magazine.  Business Marketing Club Chair Dave Stevens asks Nick what the criteria should be today for great account-based marketing. Head of Growth at PWC Nick Masters shares some great B2B marketing examples and what he's learned from them. Susie Clark shares a key lesson she took on the journey to being UK MD of marketing agency Omobono. And Dave Stevens explains how to take advantage of the Business Marketing Club's mentoring programme.

In today's episode, we bring you an interview with Des McDaid, UK MD at Marcus by Goldman Sachs. Sarah Kocianski caught up with Des at Fintech Connect 2019 and the pair discuss Marcus' first year in the UK, its newest product offerings and the future of the Goldman Sachs online bank. Tune in for industry insights, a wealth of experience and much much more! Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates, Leda Glyptis and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive in subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guest: Des McDaid.

This week Sue and ASD talk to Satin Reid about the move from planning to management, what we need to do to go to the next level and her love for a certain North London Football Club.

The Blue Plaster Podcast by Young Foodies sets out to be the voice of young F&B businesses in the UK. Using a blend of industry news, feature interviews, brand spotlights and maybe the occasional ranty moment, we're looking to provide a positive, energetic but always realistic view on the life of food entrepreneurs and those people bonkers/brave enough to join them on the journey.  In this lite episode, we interview Julian Warowioff, UK MD of Lemonaid Beverages, to talk about the power of using business as a force for good. If you're just getting started or scaling up in the world of food & drink, head over to www.youngfoodies.co.uk and we'd love to help you out!

This week on the PRmoment podcast, in the latest of our life stories series, I'm pleased to welcome Sarah Scholefield, CEO, UK and Ireland, Grayling.Sarah has worked at Grayling for five years, having previously held senior roles in Singapore with Fleishman Hillard, Ruder Finn and EdelmanGrayling has nine offices in the UK, 70 globally and 130 employees. Sarah can’t comment on these numbers because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but Grayling was reported to have a fee income of circa $55m globally in 2018.Here’s a flavour of what Sarah and I discussed:[00:01:22] How Sarah has restructured and changed Grayling UK since she became UK MD in 2015. [00:02:29] Why you have to take a long-term view when you're trying to turn a business around.[00:02:43] How Sarah had to get rid of the parts of the business that weren’t working as they should be. [00:02:58] Why when changing a business you've got to be quite brave and you've got to take some risks. [00:03:12] How Sarah and Paul Taaffe joining the business at the same time, having not know each other beforehand, created an appetite for change at Grayling.[00:03:44] Why Sarah believes PR agencies have to evolve constantly. [00:04:17] Why, in an agency, if you get the people right everything else falls into place. [00:04:50] How a massive talent audit was critical to the turning around of Grayling.[00:07:24] How Sarah simplified Grayling's structure.[00:08:06] How Sarah attempted to restructure Grayling while keeping the client offer as good in a competitive market. [00:10:11] What does Grayling look like today compared to three years ago? [00:10:40] Why Sarah believes work needs to give “people an opportunity to realiz=se their own potential.”[00:13:44] Why Sarah believes PR is a service industry, so PR firms need to produce a product or service that clients want and we should not try to overcomplicate things by defining the way they are structured.[00:15:00] Why you need a combination of people who know the business and new talent when you’re trying to turn a firm around.[00:15:37] How Sarah persuaded some high-profile senior people to leave established firms to join the turnaround at Grayling. [00:18:07] How has Sarah attempted to bring more quality and consistency to Grayling’s work? [00:21:12] Why Sarah made the move to Singapore for a period of her career. [00:22:14] Why the Asia PR market has, in some territories, leapfrogged European and US PR techniques.[00:24:13] Why there is often a different mindset for PR and marketing professionals working in Asia with much higher GDP and market growth rates. [00:27:54] How Sarah made the step from client lead to Grayling UK MD. [00:29:08] How Sarah's career story has taken her from a receptionist at a PR firm to the MD of Grayling.[00:32:19] Why it was her time at Freud's that made Sarah as a PR person.

The first Google employee hired outside of the US.  She went on to be Google's UK MD before running AOL, Bebo, DailyMotion and BuzzFeed in Europe.  Today she is a VC partner at Hambro Perks.   We talked about her early days selling online classified adverts at The Sun and blinking banner ads for AltaVista.  How Google changed online advertising forever and became the cash cow behemoth it is today. We discussed the rapid growth of Google and it's 'don't be evil' culture and how Kate fought for diversity against the bros-culture found in the US.  And finally, we discussed some of the major challenges facing Google today from EU regulation over copyright and threats to break it up for being anti-competitive, through to the higher tax levy proposed for online giants like Google in Europe, as well as the opportunity and threat of voice search.     As the web turns 30 this week, Kate can safely say she has been there, seen it, done it and even has the many t-shirts!!!

Today we’re chatting to the MD of the innovations company IDEO, Sue Siddall to hear how they bring the power of telling stories to life in their organisation. In addition we’ve got a legend of workplace study today. William Kahn was responsible for creating two of the big concepts of positive workplaces. He coined the concepts of both psychological safety and employee engagement. William Kahn is Professor of Organisational Behavior at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. He received his BA in Psychology from Clark University and his doctorate in Psychology from Yale University. Sue Siddall tells us about 'Story Night' at IDEO. Sue is the UK MD of IDEO - a company who often provide inspiration to other organisations when they are thinking of fixing their culture.If you like this, sign up for the New Work Now mailer here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What are the biggest issues going into the NFL off-season, and what's the future of the sport in the UK? We spoke with some of the NFL's top brass to find out just that!Troy Vincent (20:34), former Eagles Corner, post football went from leading the NFLPA to now the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the NFL - and so gives us the inside track on what it takes to put on a Super Bowl, what he expects from the next CBA, what are the big hurdles for a team coming to London full-time and what will the competition committee be discussing this off-season.And Managing Direction for NFL UK Alistair Kirkwood (38:54) gives us half an hour of his time to discuss ticketing, stadiums, the process of getting teams over, will we see the Packers any time soon and much much more about the future of the NFL in the UK.Plus Will & Olly discuss the latest head coaching hires and Alistair reveals the next big project for the UK. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Today we tackle a subject some people might view as controversial. We’re interviewing JUUL Labs UK MD Dan Thomson. JUUL’s mission is to improve the lives of the world’s one billion adult smokers by driving innovation to eliminate cigarettes. Why might that be controversial? Because vaping is new, growing, and not well understood. Hopefully today’s podcast helps you form your own opinion. This week’s topical chat provokes a question for listeners! How much is the average (UK citizens) data worth? Answers on Twitter please: @tech___talks Finally - the day is here! Our LIVE podcast is tonight.. Don’t forget to come along: https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Talks-Live/events/256650598/

This week on The PRmoment podcast I’m catching up with Rebecca Blinston-Jones, UK managing director of MWWPR.MWWPR is a US-owned, mid-sized PR firm with revenues of $40-50m that employs around 250 people.In the UK it has revenues of £1.7m and employs around 20 people.Here is a taster of what Rebecca and I discussed: How her formative years at Text 100 played a huge part in Rebecca’s career 1.05 minsHow Rebecca met her husband at Text 100 1.40 minsHow Rebecca used to sign clients on the back of napkins during her time at Mantra PR How Mantra survived the dot.com crash and was then sold to Lowry Group and merged into Speed Communications. 4.30 minsHow Rebecca met and worked for Patrick Herridge at Mantra Communication, then they worked together at Parys Communications and then at MWWPR 6 minsHow Rebecca had equity in both Mantra and Parys - and why the trend of owners offering equity in exchange for fees is less popular than in the past 7 minsWhy Rebecca likes working for businesses when they are “early stage” 8.15 minsThe current “micro” acquisition trend in the UK PR market 10 minsHow PR firms are purchasing non-PR businesses 10.40 minsThe rise of independent mid-sized PR firms in London 11.40 minsHow in the US agencies have started setting up in tier 2 and tier 3 cities to address the cost of living in US big cities 13 minsWhy many mid-sized firms from the US have a “small” brand in London but big ambitions 14 minsRebecca talks about MWWPR acquisition plans 14.30 minsThe challenges of finding the right people for a senior team in London 20 minsThe risk of senior recruits going wrong 21.30 minsWhy Rebecca decided she wanted to become UK MD of MWWPR 25 minsWhy there needs to be equal childcare responsibility between a husband and wife 27 minsRebecca tells us about MWWPR’s growth plans for the UK business 30.30 mins

This week on the PRmoment podcast I caught up with Mark Flanagan, the UK MD of Portland. The Omnicom owned agency is a rare example of an PR firm owned by a holding group that has a recent track record of double digit growth. What is it that has enabled Portland to grow much faster than almost all other PR firms owned by a holding company owned? Mark has had an interesting career; he has had big jobs outside of PR and communications before make the move into public relations, first of all within government and now agency side. Here is a flavour of what Mark and I discuss: Why did Mark make the move from MD at LBC radio to a role in PR? Why Mark used to be a radio DJ? Mark compares working in government to working in the corporate world Whether Mark enjoyed working for UK government communications, firstly for Tony Blair and then Gordon Brown… How Mark replaced the Foreign Secretary with Eddie Izzard at a European Council meeting! How Mark loved the camaraderie of working in government communications Why the transition into agency world was harder than Mark thought it was going to be Why when Oliver Pauley, the previous UK MD left Portland, a pretty corporate agency, they appointed Mark (its digital guy) to the top job How the Omnicom owned PR firm has sustainably grown at double digit growth, when most of  its holding company peer agencies have not been able to grow and anything like that rate (my words not Mark’s) Why Portland attempts to constantly re-invent itself The dangers of commoditised, lower margin work for an agencies survival How can an agency of Portland’s size create an entrepreneurial culture How Portland’s bonus scheme is critical to its growth and entrepreneurial approach Why Portland has taken a flexible and pragmatic approach to its international expansion What is the Portland model – is London the epicentre of the strategy and content with the regional offices doing the execution? The importance of language capabilities in modern public relations How Portland has built a design and content central function of 20 people Why design and content people sitting next to the account teams creates a more integrated, faster solution Why becoming a more integrated firm has changed Portland’s culture and increased the firms diversity Why Mark believes PR, comms and reputation consultancies should continue to thrive How Mark believes the likes of Portland must help clients measure the ROI of its strategic advice Why procurement hasn’t impacted corporate PR Why Mark believes the financial PR sector is ripe for disruption

CBRE's UK managing director is passionate about all things diversity. He spoke to EG deputy editor Samantha McClary about how CBRE is tackling the gender imbalance issue facing the real estate industry.  

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Featuring Dan Lyons (realDanLyons) - author of Disrupted - and Dara Nasr (@daranasr, UK MD of Twitter) Dan Lyons - Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-up Bubble is available now. We're all busy, so I enjoyed the audiobook version. You can revisit the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs here: http://www.fakesteve.net/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Man behind the international series Alistair Kirkwood joins the show to answer your concerns about the lack of dates/times on the announcement - but also to celebrate the achievement of having 4 GAMES in the UK! Plus more from Jeff Reinebold & Neil Reynolds on the growth of the game in the UK. And Will & Olly discuss Jeff Fisher's firing, some highlights of the weekend & preview Thursday Night Football. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy