Chamber Podcast

With the West Midlands' second mayoral election just around the corner, Henrietta Brealey, chief executive of the Chambers, and Andrew Carter, chief executive of Centre for Cities discuss why businesses should care about the upcoming election. 

Being resilient through unprecedented times can be challenging for many. 

In this episode of the Chamber Podcast, Marc Bell, general manager of Bear Grylls Adventure, discusses how his team has been able to harness resilience during the pandemic with the Chamber's policy and projects manager Emily Stubbs. 

This episode is part of a mini-series for the Chamber's 2021 Growth Through People productivity and leadership campaign.

Many businesses over the last year have asked themselves what they can do to boost equality, diversity and inclusion. 

In this Growth Through People special episode of the Chamber Podcast, chief executive of the Chamber, Paul Faulkner, discusses unlocking potential and the RACE Equality Code with Karl George, managing director of the Governance Forum. 

The Covid crisis has presented a number of challenges for business when attracting and engaging talent. 

In this episode of the Chamber podcast, policy and campaigns manager Emily Stubbs discusses remote employee engagement and attracting talent to the technology sector with Chamber vice-president and chief executive of Forensic Pathways, Deb Leary.

This episode is part of a mini-series for the Chamber's 2021 Growth Through People productivity and leadership campaign. 

With the Covid-19 pandemic bringing about the rapid adoption of flexible and remote working, this podcast assesses whether leaders and managers can trust their teams.

The Chamber's policy and campaigns manager Emily Stubbs is joined by Mark Saunders, Professor of Business Research Methods at University of Birmingham.

This episode is part of a mini-series for the Chamber's 2021 Growth Through People productivity and leadership campaign. 

After picking up a business card at an apprenticeship fair, and an enticing LinkedIn exchange, University College Birmingham (UCB) and Shell Energy have formed a new partnership to boost Shell Energy's apprenticeship offering. 

In a special episode as part of National Apprenticeship Week, David New, business development manager at University College Birmingham (UCB), and Ross McPherson, learning and development consultant at Shell Energy, discuss their apprenticeship partnership with the Chamber's policy and campaigns manager, Emily Stubbs. 

The Chamber's Paul Faulkner and Henrietta Brealey are joined by Professor Simon Collinson from the University of Birmingham/City-REDI to discuss the key themes from this year's Birmingham Economic Review.

Dr Tariq Ali, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships at University of Birmingham and Neil Rawlinson, Strategic Development Director, Manufacturing Technology Centre chat to Chamber Press and PR executive Jess Brookes about the ambitious Speed to Scale Region (SSR) Programme, a bid for funding from Government to harness the innovation and strength of the West Midlands region to develop, manufacture and deliver new products at speed and at scale. 

To find out more about the programme, visit www.ssr-wm.org.uk

With Brexit back on the agenda, the Chamber's Henrietta Brealey gets the latest insights from David Hearne from Birmingham City University's Centre for Brexit Studies, and Clare Francis, head of Brexit advisory at law firm Pinsent Masons. 

Digital Glue's Greta Geoghegan and Chamber press and PR manager Dan Harrison discuss all things PR, digital and branding, ahead of the Digbeth-based agency's upcoming webinar series 'The Power of Messaging'.  For more information visit https://digitalglue.agency/professional-services/