Why Your Business Feels Broken, and How to Fix It
This week, I caught up with Harv Nagra, Head of Brand Communications at Scoro and host of The Handbook, the Ops Podcast, to explore the intersection of operations, finance, and business growth. Some of my favourite moments from the chat: ✅ Why founders and smaller agencies often underestimate the value of investing in operations and […]
Cost Optimisation for Sustainable Growth
This week, I sat down with Alistair Roman, Founder and Managing Partner of Cost Optimisation Consultancy, to explore cost optimisation for sustainable growth in small businesses and discuss how you can reduce costs in your business sustainably. We discuss the model that Alistair has developed – the cost transformation maturity map – why most businesses […]
From Finance to Strategy: Supporting Small Businesses with Big Ambitions
On this one I was delighted to be joined by Erika Robinson, the UK General Manager of Constant Contact, a leading platform for small business marketing solutions to discuss From Finance to Strategy: Supporting Small Businesses with Big Ambitions. This was a cracking conversation with Erika where we had a wide ranging chat discussing AI tools, career […]
The Power of Networking for Financial Success with Lizzie Phillips
On this one I was delighted to be joined by Lizzie Allen Phillips, the founder of IWant2Network, who is on a mission to become London’s number one premium business networking organization with her networking group, IWant2Network. This was a fascinating conversation with Lizzie where we discussed the power of networking for financial success. 🌟 Some of the […]
Smarter Growth with Design Thinking
On this one I was very pleased to be joined by Jon Reay and Tim Seddon, the Co-Founders OF Room 42, a start-up that facilitates effective change and innovation through the use of Design Thinking based programmes, to help businesses tackle the most challenging of live business problems. I really enjoyed this conversation with Jon […]
The Art of Finance
The Art of Finance. On this one I was very pleased to be joined by Emilia De Stasio, CFA, the Founder & COO at Artscapy, the wealth management platform dedicated to art collecting. I really enjoyed this conversation with Emilia where we explored , her background in Finance, her love of Art and her journey over […]
Navigating Change – Strategies For Small Businesses
I was delighted to be joined by Alice Olins, Career Expert, Coach and Trainer, and the Founder of the Step Up Club, an organisation that works with individuals and teams to help them fulfil potential, navigate and embrace change. This was an impactful conversation with Alice where we explored change and how small businesses can […]
Optimising Payments for SMEs
In this first episode of the new season, I’m thrilled to be joined by Lewis Turek, the General Manager of North America at GoCardless, a payment company that allows a simple, secure way for Optimising Payments to get paid, without the chasing stress or expensive fees. In this conversation, Lewis and I discuss his journey from IBM […]
Finance for Founders
In this episode, I’m thrilled to be joined by Richard Hadler, an Angel Investor, experienced executive and Co-Founder of Founders Capital, an investment community dedicated to helping founders raise investment from other founders and start up experts. In this conversation, Rich and I explore the world of finance for founders – and understand what investors are looking […]
Finance and the CEO
In our premiere episode, I was joined by Richard Carpenter, CEO of Bladonmore, the specialist stakeholder communications agency. In our wide ranging conversation, Richard and I dive into the dynamic relationship between the Finance team and the CEO. Some of my favourite parts were: ✅ How job profitability is a team sport; ✅ The financial metrics Richard […]