Inside Yorkshire

Welcome back to Inside Yorkshire

This is a short trailer with Susan talking about changes in her local area and a brief chat about what she has been doing whilst off air. A large proportion of her time has been taken up with a 100 wild swim challenge, mainly in the Yorkshire dales, raising funds for Wateraid. Moving forwards she is now training to be a mental health swim coach introducing others to this exhilarating sport.

Susan shares with you news about forthcoming events. This coming weekend Richmond Mayfest is being celebrated. It is the town's newest annual event, a festival of historical and traditional music taking place in and around Richmond over the early May Bank Holiday weekend. Concerts, folk sessions, wandering minstrels, maypole and morris dancing, medieval tavern, ceilidh, in venues from The Market Place to The Station and to The Castle, with many points in between. Lots of the events are totally free, and there are reduced prices for local residents at all the ticketed events.

Then from 28th May to 11th June the Swaledale Festival is back celebrating its 50th anniversery with a diverse programme of music, arts and walking events. Tickets are now on sale for this. Check out the interview we did with Malcolm Creese, the festival artistic director, Series 2 episode 7.

Coming soon, episodes will include an interview with  Extreme Wild Swimmer - Stuart Gledhill and Debbie North- Founder of Access the Dales, a charity set up to break down the barriers that prevent people living with disabilities enjoying the great outdoors.

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Valuable Resources:

Website: www.richmondmayfest.org 

Email: [email protected]

Social media: facebook.com/richmondmayfest    @richmondmayfest

Telephone: 07931 357618

Website: www.swalefest.org

Email: [email protected]

Telephone:Office number: 01748 880018
Box office:  01748 880019               

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media, as well as sharing her love of the area where she lives. She moved to the dales over 30 years ago and is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home. Never ceasing to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' Susan shares news and views, interviewing some of the inspirational people who reside there.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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This episode features Topic UK founder and editor Gill Laidler. Susan and Gill talk about the aims of the non profit magazine and how it came into being over 7 years ago. Gill and her business partner were handling PR, marketing accounts and graphic design  when they became aware that there was a lack of affordable platforms upon which local SMEs could share their information. Initially the magazine was just for Wakefield and district, however the demand for further coverage prompted the development of a Yorkshire wide publication. So Topic UK was born as a bimonthly magazine, published on alternate months, informing businesses across the Yorkshire Region, and featuring Yorkshire SMEs. Going from strength to strength the regular print run now is 10,000 copies. 

About the Guest:

When Gill left school she worked in marketing for an advertising agency and by the age of 20 was running the agency and managing ten staff. She then worked producing staff magazines for Morrisons and Yorkshire television before setting up in business as Ghost Communications with her business  partner  handling PR, marketing and graphic design. This company was run in tandem with Topic UK until Topic became so busy that it took over as their main business. Occasionally work will come in for Ghost Communications but they only deal with repeat business for existing clients.

Another project that they have recently launched is the online Yorkshire Business Woman site to provide a platform for women,with the aim of producing another publication for this audience by the end of the year. 

Valuable Resources:

Websites: www.topicuk.co.uk

                www.yorkshirebusinesswoman.co.uk

Email:  [email protected]

Twitter: @gill_laidler or @topic_UK

Telephone number: 07711 539047

Address: TopicUK, Paragon Point, Paragon Business Village, Red Hall Crescent,

Wakefield WF1 2DF

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the inspirational stories that people tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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This episode comes to you from Mozambique. Susan was surprised to discover that the conversations she had been having with Sam Hollis during networking meetings were actually taking place remotely from Mozambique. The story behind Sam's move to relocate, with his wife and two children, as organised a decision and process as that could be, took an unexpected turn when they were warned that South Africa was about to close down its airports due to lockdown. No spoiler alert here...they did make it but not quite in the timescale they anticipated. 

About the Guest:

Sam is a web designer and usually living in Yorkshire. He and his family have moved temporarily to Mozambique where he is still running his business remotely. He did actually confide that internet provision is better in Maputo than it was in his home in Yorkshire and due to the current lockdown situation no one is surprised that he is not working out of an office. Sam provides a pay as you go website design service which helps those in business who cannot afford the upfront cost of having a website designed for them.

Sam has travelled extensively in the past on kayaking expeditions and also talks about some of the trips he has taken following this hobby. Unfortunately, although they have shipped out their kayaks, the Hollis family will have to find somewhere else to paddle once they have settled in...the Zambezi river nearby has hippopotami and crocodiles! 

Valuable Resources:

Website:  www.samhollis.co.uk

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone number: 01482 426427

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the inspirational stories that people tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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An interesting episode going behind the scenes discussing the challenges of editing a local monthly magazine. In this episode we talk with Mike Barden who has taken on the role of editor for the Reeth and District Gazette. This is a challenging role and Susan and Mike discuss his individual take on it. The conversation ranges from mental health issues, homeworking and Fujitsu, to Monty Python and UFOs. Never a dull moment behind the scenes in the production of the Gazette.

About the Guest:

Mike moved to Reeth with his family in March 2019, after holidaying in Yorkshire for many years and chose to relocate to the dales where they are now involved in the dales community. They couldn't anticipate the challenges of two local floods and now a pandemic to contend with, all within their first year here. Mike has a disability passport and discusses the extra difficulties he lives with on a daily basis. Editing the Gazette has proven to be a challenge that he finds helps to keep his active mind and predisposition to anxiety at bay. As a team leader for Fujitsu he has a high powered and demanding job and yet he also manages to fit in his volunteer editorial role on the Gazette.A busy man indeed.

Valuable Resources:

Editor: Mike Barden, King's Cottage, Reeth, Richmond DL11 6SX

Tel: 01748 884737

Email: [email protected]

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the inspirational stories that people tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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In this episode Susan interviews Johnny Pawlick from Mantra Media in Sheffield, an ethically driven digital marketing firm. The company is headquartered in both the UK and Japan and they have had the privilege to work with over 400 organisations across the globe.In today's episode Johnny discusses the relevant benefits of different social media platforms and the changes he has witnessed whilst working in the industry. He is very concerned about the current global situation we are experiencing and talks about the routines he and his team are endeavouring to follow in order to keep morale high.

About the Guest:

Johnny is enthusiastic about his work and talking to him is like a breath of fresh air. He  studied at Oxford University, holding a 1st Class Honours degree in communication, media and culture, with a post grad qualification in Political Philosophy. Over 18 years of experience in online marketing set him on the path to found his own digital media company. He created Mantra media over 5 years ago and also co founded the Japanese luxury heritage brand, Atelier Japan.

Valuable Resources:

Website: www.mantrahq.com

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 0114 299 9213

Address: Mantra Media, Ikigai House, 113, Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NT

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the inspirational stories that people tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Fairhursts catering has, like many other businesses,been hit by the current lockdown. They have been in the business of providing delicious food since the 80's and specialise in catering for events and weddings. Working out from their kitchen in Swinithwaite, in Wensleydale, they would usually be busy serving teas and catering for weddings at Bolton Castle as well as running their popular farmshop and cafe at Berrys. This year was projected to be one of their best so far with over 30 weddings and most weekends booked, however no one could have predicted the situation we all currently find ourselves in.

So what to do? They began providing locals in isolation with free delivery of their delicious ready cooked meals, not realising how popular this service would become. They have had to totally change the way they are operating and now, what began as a small venture, has blossomed into a busy service with around 400 scrumptious meals wending their way weekly to grateful recipients. The dales are quiet at the moment, restaurants,cafes and pubs are closed. So, for any of you fancying a night off cooking and top quality food, Guy talks about their plans for the future, expansion to further afield and what his company is doing to keep the business operating.

Website: www.fairhursts.co.uk

Telephone: 01969 624668

Address: Berry's Farm Shop, Swinithwaite, Leyburn, DL8 4UH

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the inspirational stories that people tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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This episode is all about the wonderful support network being run by Herriot Hospice Homecare, Saint Michael's Hospice and the Just 'B' Here to Help lines. Tony Collins is the CEO overseeing all this activity with a team of 200 staff members and 6-700 willing volunteers. They provide 40-60 hours per day of support in the homes. Tony talks today about the range of services available, in Harrogate district as well as Hambleton and Richmondshire. These are expanding to meet the current and foreseeable future requirements due to extra pressure we are all under at this current time.

A newly set up helpline "Here to Help" offers nationwide support for children and adults, in short for anyone affected by Covid 19 who needs additional help. They provide emotional wellbeing advice, as well as bereavement and anxiety support. They are also involved in providing NHS staff with the anticipated additional bereavement and trauma support necessary due to the pandemic.

Valuable Resources:

Websites: www.herriothh.org.uk

                www.saintmichaelshospice.org

"Here to Help" anxiety Helpline is 01423-856799

Just 'B' bereavement support

Tel: 01423-814480 (adults)

      01423-856790 (children)

Email: [email protected]

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the inspirational stories that people tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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In this episode Susan is in conversation with Stewart Leahy, the founder of Yorkshire Powerhouse and Powerhouse Networking. If you are curious about what drove Stewart to set up the not for profit company, then listen in. He talks about his business journey and what drove him to set up Powerhouse after selling his design and marketing company. He is in semi retirement now but you wouldn't guess that when you hear what he gets up to.

You'll be amazed at the quantity of information and support available through Yorkshire Powerhouse to assist SMEs both during start up and whilst running Yorkshire businesses. Here you can be assured of quality information, genuine independently written and blunt, typically Yorkshire, advice!

Also, during our current situation, zoom calls are becoming a necessary business skill and Stewart has written one of the many guides available on the Powerhouse website giving great advice about getting started with this. The website has pages of valuable information, so do check it out. 

About the Guest:

Stewart hails from Wakefield initially and now lives and works in Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield. He has been in sales and marketing all his working life and now, after selling his design and marketing company, in semi retirement, has set up Yorkshire Powerhouse. He aims to help small and medium sized companies during start up and whilst growing, to create a thriving business culture in his home county.

Valuable Resources:

Website: www.yorkshirepowerhouse.com

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 0113-8921229

Address: 40 Gordon St, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5LH

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Have you ever wanted to own an English pub but couldn't afford the investment? Well 167 investors have bought shares in a pub in the Yorkshire dales and can now say that they part own the King's Head pub in Swaledale. Gunnerside's popular pub has had a chequered history and in this episode Susan talks with Tracey Westgarth about the process the local community went through to turn their village pub into a community owned one.

The King's head is now tenant run and community owned but faces the challenges all public houses face at this present time during lockdown. The purchase process began last September and the community support has been tremendous. Shares were released in February 2020 and within 5 days the share offer was oversubscribed, and now has a waiting list in reserve. At a time when all pubs are closed the enthusiasm of the committee has ensured that the purchase still went ahead in order to secure the deal. 

Advice and support was enlisted from the Plunkett Foundation who were involved from the start of the project. Also the team from The George and Dragon in Hudswell, a hugely successful local community owned pub, were happy to share their experience and advise the commitee on how to proceed with managing their membership. The next step forward is to proceed with repairs whilst awaiting government permission to reopen,  and we look forward to a big party when that happens.

Valuable Resources:

Pub website: www.kingsheadgunnerside.com

Foundation website: www.plunkett.co.uk

Address: Plunkett Foundation,
The Quadrangle,
Woodstock,
Oxfordshire,
OX20 1LH,
United Kingdom.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01993-810730

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire'.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Susan talks to Julian Norton who is one of the vets featured in The Yorkshire Vet television programme on Channel five. This popular series is currently into its tenth series airing weekly on Tuesday evenings. The filming of series eleven has unfortunately been halted temporarily due to the coronovirus pandemic.

In this episode Julian talks about his new book A Yorkshire Vet - The Next Chapter, which documents his move from his old practice in Thirsk to his present employment in Boroughbridge. The move made him feel like a graduate again, having to familiarise himself with not only the workings of a new practice but also having to learn the whereabouts of farms and clients. This challenge was sometimes in the dead of night, with the often unreliable satellite navigation suffered in areas of the dales. 

About the Guest:

Julian Norton is a mixed practice veterinary surgeon, currently working in Boroughbridge at Rae, Bean and Partners. He previously worked in Thirsk as a partner in the practice that was once the surgery from which Alf Wight worked (famous as the vet who wrote the James Herriot books). Julian has recently opened a new independent small animal practice- Sandbeck Veterinary Centre, in Wetherby.

He has his own podcast "The Naked Vet"  which he performs with Kate Fox, a comedian and stand up poet.

Valuable Resources: 

Website: www.thenakedvet.co.uk

Books currently published are:

• Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet. Michael O'Mara. 2016. ISBN 978-1782436836.
• A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons. Michael O'Mara. 2017. ISBN 978-1782438434.
• The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet. Great Northern Books Ltd. 2018. ISBN 978-1912101801.
• On Call with a Yorkshire Vet. Great Northern Books, 2019. ISBN 978-1912101207
• A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter. Hodder and Stoughton, 2020.ISBN 978-1529378337 

About the Host:

Susan is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media. She has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire'.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.