[Previously posted as LinkedIn Live]

Awareness of neurodiversity has increased over the past few years.

But with little research or thought leadership within the planning sphere, the co-founders of Neurodiversity in Planning spotted the need for support and awareness around neurodiversity in the planning world.

Welcome back to the next episode in our Cavendish Talks, Midlands Matters series with our hosts Martha Jennings and Jonny Hodges.

Each of our podcast episodes shines a light on the opportunities within the built environment sector, joined by influential guests whose careers play a vital role in the Midlands.

We were joined by Invest in Nottingham, Business Expansion Specialist and Labour’s Candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire, Nicolle Ndiweni.

Bringing a unique perspective to the table, through her decade of work, life, and campaign experience in the East Midlands. Nicolle is deeply committed to fostering community, driving investment, and championing the people of the region.

Martha Jennings and Jonny Hodges are back for the new season of the Cavendish Talks Midlands Matters series.

Each episode shines a light on the opportunities within the built environment sector, joined by influential guests whose careers have played a vital role in the Midlands.

Kicking off the series, Jonny and Martha talk with the former Leader of Birmingham City Council, Ian Ward. Ian has recently joined Cavendish as a Consultant working across local government and devolution.

With nearly 30 years’ of experience in local government and the public sector, Ian has previously served as both Labour Leader and Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council. 

Martha Jennings and Jonny Hodges are back in our latest podcast episode. We are excited to announce that BECGconversation has rebranded as Cavendish Talks, while still maintaining our focus on the Midlands.

Each episode shines a light on the opportunities within the built environment sector, joined by influential guests whose careers have shaped the infrastructure in the Midlands.  

In this episode, we caught up with Paul Butters, Head of Communications at Midlands Connect. Paul is an advocate of good political practice and stakeholder engagement for large-scale transport projects within the Midlands. 

In our latest Midlands Matters podcast episode, the Midlands team delved into the exciting local elections results and explored the trends and issues relevant to local voters. There has been a great deal of interest in the results, and we turned to our in-house experts for their views.

Our Midlands Podcast hosts Martha Jennings and Jonny Hodges were joined by Rebecca Langton, former Cabinet Member for Skills, Growth, and Economic Development at Nottingham City Council, and Tristan Chatfield, former Cabinet Member for Finance at Birmingham City Council. Between them, they have many years’ of experience at the top of local politics and gave some unique insights into the changing political landscape of the East and West Midlands.

BECG Birmingham are delighted to bring you ‘BECGconversation, Midlands Matters’ podcast in which Jonny Hodges and Martha Jennings, Account Managers, speak with a number of influential guests who all have experience in shaping the built environment offering in the Midlands.

They connect with people across the whole built environment spectrum: from CEOs of prominent local charities to Chairs of business groups in the region as well as prominent local politicians to name but a few.

The series shines a light of the breadth of the built environment sector, and shares an insight into the careers of those who have shaped the infrastructure offering in the Midlands.

In our latest podcast, we caught up with Cabinet Member for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change at Coventry City Council, Jim O’Boyle, on the role of the Coventry Gigafactory and the challenges of retrofitting homes to meet Net Zero.

BECG Birmingham are delighted to bring you ‘BECGconversation, Midlands Matters’ podcast in which Jonny Hodges and Martha Jennings, Account Managers, speak with a number of influential guests who all have experience in shaping the built environment offering in the Midlands.

They connect with people across the whole built environment spectrum: from CEOs of prominent local charities to Chairs of business groups in the region as well as prominent local politicians to name but a few.

The series shines a light of the breadth of the built environment sector, and shares an insight into the careers of those who have shaped the infrastructure offering in the Midlands.

In this episode we speak with Hannah Deverell, Chair of Women in Property West Midlands on creating equal opportunities and fair representation within the property industry.

BECG Birmingham are delighted to bring you ‘BECGconversation, Midlands Matters’ podcast in which Jonny Hodges and Martha Jennings, Account Managers, speak with a number of influential guests who all have experience in shaping the built environment offering in the Midlands.

They connect with people across the whole built environment spectrum: from CEOs of prominent local charities to Chairs of business groups in the region as well as prominent local politicians to name but a few.

The series shines a light of the breadth of the built environment sector, and shares an insight into the careers of those who have shaped the infrastructure offering in the Midlands.

In this episode we speak with Jean Templeton, Chief Executive of St Basils, who outlines the mission and values of St Basils: a charity which supports over 4,000 young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness each year.

BECG Birmingham are delighted to bring to you ‘BECGconversation, Midlands Matters’ podcast in which Jonny and Martha, Account Managers, speak with a number of influential guests who all have experience in shaping the built environment offering in the Midlands.

They connect with people across the whole built environment spectrum: from CEOs of prominent local charities to Chairs of business groups in the region as well as prominent local politicians to name but a few.

The series shines a light on the breadth of the built environment sector, and shares an insight into the careers of those who have shaped the infrastructure offering in the Midlands.

In this episode we chat to Councillor Jack Deakin, who at 23 is one of the youngest councillors in the Midlands, he is also the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the Commonwealth Games.

BECG Birmingham are delighted to bring to you their ‘BECG Conversations, Midlands Matters’ podcast in which Jonny and Martha, Account Managers, speak with a number of influential guests who all have experience in shaping the built environment offering in the Midlands.

They connect with people across the whole built environment spectrum: from CEOs of prominent local charities to Chairs of business groups in the region as well as prominent local politicians to name but a few.

The series shines a light of the breadth of the built environment sector, and shares an insight into the careers of those who have shaped the infrastructure offering in the Midlands.

In this episode we speak with Cllr Sharon Thompson: whose career path has taken her from a homeless teenager in the city to the Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness at Birmingham City Council.