Andy Fishburn, Managing Director at Virgin StartUp, speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio to discuss why 50% OF UK BUSINESS FOUNDERS FEAR THEY WILL NOT SURVIVE 12 MONTHS Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 99% of businesses in the UK, supporting 27 million jobs across the country and collectively account for £4.5 trillion in annual turnover. Recognising their pivotal role in the UK economy, the former government made 2024 the “Year of the SME” to highlight their plight and tac...
Jul 16, 2024•13 min
Clare Reynolds, Business Psychologist, Pearn Kandola speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio to discuss why URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED TO TACKLE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NEURODIVERSE WORKERS. A new report released today (Tuesday 16th July 2024) reveals workplaces across the UK are experiencing endemic discrimination of neurodiverse workers, with almost half of employees admitting they’ve experienced discriminatory behaviour towards neurodiverse colleagues. It is thought that about 15 to 20 percent...
Jul 16, 2024•10 min
Sara Davies MBE, Entrepreneur & Avon UK's Chief Inspiration Officer speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio to discuss her new role as Avon UK's Chief Inspiration Officer Entrepreneur, founder of Crafter’s Companion and business investor Sara Davies has been appointed as Avon UK’s Chief Inspiration Officer. Avon research reveals nearly a third of British women face barriers when starting their own business including knowing how to access finance, not knowing where to start, as well as lac...
Jul 11, 2024•10 min
Andreas Munk Holm , Co-Founder of EU VC speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss The Rise of European Venture Capital Andreas is one of the co-founders of EUVC where he acts as podcast host and Europe’s LP hypeman. He runs content & marketing for EUVC where he works tirelessly to champion and connect the European VC ecosystem. Andreas started his career in venture right after school, helping build his university’s incubator to then join a local pre-seed fund focusing on...
Jul 11, 2024•32 min
Jonathan Watts-Lay, of WEALTH at work speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss WHY GROWING NUMBERS 'WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO RETIRE'. The number of people in full-time employment who believe they will never be able to afford to retire because of the impact of the rising cost of living is on the rise, with two fifths (39%) of workers claiming they will never be able to afford to stop working, up from one in three (33%) twelve months ago. Those aged 35-44 years old are...
Jun 23, 2024•13 min
John D’Arcy, Director, The Open University in Ireland & Northern Ireland speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss WHY BUSINESSES LACK CONFIDENCE TO INTEGRATE AI & GREEN TECH BECAUSE OF UK SKILLS SHORTAGE. More than three in five (62%) organisations in the UK continue to struggle with skills gaps, resulting in 64% lacking the confidence to integrate either AI or green technologies – crucial to growth and sustainability for businesses and the wider economy. That’s acc...
Jun 23, 2024•14 min
Ryan Etchells, Chief Commercial Officer, Together, UK’s largest specialist lender speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss DOES THE UK FACE A CREDIT CRUNCH? Overly cautious banks and a lack of investment breaks and benefits from local and national government threaten investment and growth goals for SMEs across the country. That’s according to new research from specialist lender Together which has revealed, on average, UK SMEs would like to invest £450,000 in their business ...
Jun 08, 2024•14 min
Kevin Lee-Barker, Senior Finance Strategy & Community Team at Lloyds Banking Group speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss WHY MORE BUSINESSES NEEED TO EMBRACE SKILLS-BASED VOLUNTEERING SCHEMES. Businesses adopting volunteering schemes and programmes for their employees stand to benefit from fostering an engaged and purpose-driven workforce, as well as improving their corporate social responsibility creds. That is according to the Skills Based Volunteering: A Win, Win,...
Jun 08, 2024•10 min
Dilly Carter, entrepreneur and TV presenter speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss Sun, Sea and Switching Off! 97% of small business owners and local entrepreneurs end up working while on holiday. On average entrepreneurs took 5 days actually ‘off work’ last year. 48% so passionate about growing their business that they find it hard to switch off. Running a business, even as a side hustle, takes plenty of blood, sweat and tears, requiring tonnes of passion. But, it seems ...
May 13, 2024•12 min
Dr. Junade Ali, Computer Scientist & Security Expert speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss why Your Password Isn't Strong Enough! We are all guilty of using our favourite holiday destination, a pet’s name or our birth year for a memorable password across multiple sites. But this World Password Day (Thursday 2nd May 2024), a Cyber Security Expert is warning that the importance of strong passwords on our devices and online accounts is more important than ever as hacker...
Apr 27, 2024•11 min
Mike Willians Co-Founder & CEO of Flake Bake speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss BAKING THE BIG TIME: PECKHAM BAKERS WIN OVER ALDI BOSSES WITH JAMAICAN FLAKE BAKE PATTIES. An independent, family run wholesale bakery in Peckham, South London, producing authentic Jamaican patties, has landed a life changing contract with supermarket Aldi. The supermarket will stock its Flake Bake Beef patty (99p, 140g) in stores nationwide from today (10th April). Flake Bake produces...
Apr 23, 2024•30 min
Katie Paxton-Fear, lecturer in Cybersecurity at Manchester Metropolitan University speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss FROM DEEPFAKES TO CHATGPT PHISHING, WARNING OVER RISING SCAM THREAT AI POSES. With fraudsters scamming more than £1 billion, 48% of us feel more at risk of scams We are being warned about the growing threat Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses to us as it emerges that fraudsters have already scammed more than £1 billion from our bank accounts since the s...
Apr 23, 2024•14 min
Chris Bavin speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss Aldi's Next Big Thing Supermarket Aldi will consider selling a ‘Stormzy approved’ Short Rib Mac & Cheese in the new series of Aldi’s Next Big Thing . The six-part prime time show, which kicks off again on Tuesday 2nd April with the ‘dinner’ episode, sees artisan suppliers pitch to win a life-changing contract and have their product land on shelves in over 1,000 Aldi stores nationwide. Viewers will see chef to the star...
Apr 01, 2024•11 min
Scott Manson, Director of Cyber Security at CISCO UK & I speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss why 73% OF BUSINESSES EXPECT TO BE AFFECTED BY CYBERATTACK IN NEXT 2 YEARS Last week, Britain’s AI minster urged UK businesses to “step up” their cybersecurity in response to growing challenges and risks,noting the UK is second-most attacked country in Europe behind Ukraine. Today, data from cybersecurity leader Cisco has revealed 54% of UK businesses experienced a cyberatt...
Apr 01, 2024•17 min
Duncan Goose, Founder of One Water & The One Foundation speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss TACKLING THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS About 1.8 billion people are predicted to be facing absolute water scarcity by 2025, according to the United Nations, with two-thirds of the global population expected to be grappling with water “stress” 1. 703 million people in the world lack access to safe, clean drinking water 2. including 115 million who still collect water to drink from ...
Apr 01, 2024•16 min
Wendy McMillan, Partner of Waterland Private Equity speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss BOOSTING FEMALE-FOUNDED BUSINESSES via Private Equity. Wendy McMillan, Partner at Waterland Private Equity, talks about recent initiatives announced by the UK government to unlock and boost private investment in female-founded businesses? Wendy, who herself was a female entrepreneur and CEO, and has experience as a VC and consultant to private equity, joined the European private equ...
Apr 01, 2024•17 min
Luke Broad from Dacia UK speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss HOW TO SOLVE THE UK’S EV AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM Latest figures show EV rollout in the UK is being driven by fleets and firms, with private buyers accounting for less than 1 in 5 EV purchases1. This is largely because of the success of incentives such as the Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (ECSSS) – which uses earnings before tax to fund repayments on an electric car – and has seen usage grow 68% year-on-y...
Mar 14, 2024•16 min
Joanna Zhou, China Commercial Manager of Holland & Barrett speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss why UK EXPORTS TO CHINA ARE ON THE RISE UK exports to China increased by 54% between 2019 and 2022, according to Alibaba data which shows across 27 European countries sales via its platforms soared by a third to about €32.3 billion (£27.57 billion), highlighting demand for the good but also highlighting the growing role of digital platforms in enabling cross-border opport...
Mar 13, 2024•14 min
Simon Press, Senior Portfolio Director of Euro Tech Portfolio of events at Closerstill Media , speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss Tech Show London 2024 Over the past couple of years, Simon Press, the Senior Portfolio Director overseeing the Euro Tech Portfolio of events at Closerstill Media, has been on a mission to amplify the impact of tech events. These events include Tech Show Paris, Tech Show Frankfurt, and Tech Show London, which has firmly established itself as...
Mar 13, 2024•9 min
Riffat Tufail, Customer Vulnerability Expert of Phoenix speaks to Clayton M.Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss THE ‘CUSTOMER VULNERABILITY’ EPIDEMIC ISSUE GROWING IN SCALE THAT URGENTLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED What is customer vulnerability? The Financial Conduct Authority’s definition is someone who, due to their personal circumstances, is especially susceptible to harm, particularly when a business is not acting with appropriate levels of care. The impact of stress and poor mental health ...
Mar 13, 2024•9 min
Andy Caddy, Group Chief Information Officer at PureGym speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss Change at the speed of Gen-AI Andy joined PureGym as Group Chief Information Officer in June 2022 taking on responsibility for Digital Strategy, Digital Product and Technology across the group. Andy had spent time in technology leadership positions at a number of companies including Group CTO at Whitbread (Premier Inn and Costa Coffee), Group CIO for Virgin Active and various rol...
Mar 13, 2024•12 min
Delphine Helin (International Retail Services & Beauty Tech Director) & Juleah Love (Global Head of Brand Corporate Engagement) from YSL Beauty speak to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss Tech Innovation at YSL beauty & why Abuse Is Not Love Delphine Helin held various positions such as Business Development Director for Ralph Lauren fragrances, Lancôme Retail Education Director and Lancôme Brand Director for Latin America. She has developed an ability to work in mul...
Mar 13, 2024•15 min
Flavilla Fongang, Founder of Global Tech Advocates, Black Women in Tech and Black Rise speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss Leveraging Diversity, Creating Networks & empowering Growth Flavilla Fongang is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur who started her career in oil & gas, then fashion and she influenced the technology sector. She is now an international and multilingual keynote speaker (English & French). Computer Weekly named her the number 1, mos...
Mar 13, 2024•12 min
Piers Linney, Executive Chairman & Co‑Founder of Implement AI speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss AI & the future of Tech in SME Businesses Piers Linney, Executive Chairman & Co‑Founder of Implement AI, is an entrepreneur, investor, and former Dragon on the prime-time BBC show Dragons’ Den. With a background in law and investment banking, Piers has established himself as a leading figure inthe UK business world, particularly in the technology sector. He has...
Mar 13, 2024•11 min
Anthony Hamer-Hodges, Principal at the London College of Contemporary Music speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss Are Independent Artists Taking Over The Brits? Ahead of Raye’s incredible success at the Brit Awards, which this year saw her receive a record-breaking seven nominations & win an amazing six awards, it’s important to take note of how being an independent artist has changed in recent years. In fact, according to data from Spotify, independent artists have ...
Mar 13, 2024•27 min
Dr Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive, EngineeringUK speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss ‘ENGINEERING’ SUCCESS IN UK ECONOMY This National Careers Week (4th-8th March 2024) young people are being encouraged to consider engineering as a career path, as a new report finds almost 7 in 10 (68%) engineering and technology graduates are in paid work in the engineering sector, earning more on average than those in other occupations. The report from EngineeringUK also shows an en...
Mar 13, 2024•14 min
Professor Pragya Agarwal, Behavioral Scientist & Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss MORE THAN JUST A NAME: Why Nearly A Third Of Adults Have Felt Judged By Their Name You’ve likely heard of bias. It’s a phase often used to describe unfair or judgement for an external factor like skin colour, race, gender and religion. But shocking new research reveals its not only these that people are making pr...
Feb 08, 2024•14 min
Grant Bates, London real estate expert speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss why RENOVATION, RENOVATION, RENOVATION: WHY LONDONERS ARE RENOVATING OVER RELOCATING Last month, ONS data revealed London saw the largest fall in average house prices in October, down 3.6%1. Updated figures, out today (Wednesday 17th January), will reveal whether this trend continued for another month. Therefore, it may come as no surprise that homeowners are choosing to renovate over relocate, ...
Feb 07, 2024•10 min
Claire Neal, Head of Workplace Mental Health, at Mental Health UK speaks to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss BURNOUT IN THE WORKFORCE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN - 1 IN 5 IN THE UK TOOK TIME OFF LAST YEAR DUE TO WORKPLACE PRESSURE One in five workers have been forced to take time off work because of poor mental health caused by pressure or stress in the workplace, according to Mental Health UK with the charity also finding that 35% have experienced high or extreme levels of stress in...
Feb 07, 2024•10 min
Sean Wilson of Artisan Farm & at Anthony Clarke of AAT speak to Clayton M. Coke of Podcast Radio Business to discuss CRACKING THE CAREER CODE IN 2024: ACTOR SEAN WILSON ON THE FORMULA TO SWITCHING GEARS TO A NEW CAREER This year marks 15 years since actor Sean Wilson founded the Saddleworth Cheese Company (now known as Artisan Farm), after leaving Weatherfield, the fictional home of the soap opera Cornation Street, to pursue his passion as an artisanal cheese maker. His first lesson in this ...
Feb 07, 2024•14 min
