Moorcrofts Means Business

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast, sees our Employment Law Partner, Matt Jenkin, talk with with Derek Rodgers, Managing Partner at Gardner Leader on their unlimited leave policy.  

Matt and Derek discuss:

•  How the leave policy works in Derek's firm
• The reason for introducing the policy
• The benefits of the policy
• How staff reacted to the new policy; and 
• Tips for organisations that may want to introduce a similar policy.

For more information about Moorcrofts, visit: moorcrofts.com moorcrofts.com

For more information about Gardner Leader, visit: gardner-leader.co.uk gardner-leader.co.uk

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast, sees our Employment Law Partner, Matt Jenkin, talk with Val King from BFG associates on the benefits of the employee ownership model for business owners, who are looking to exit.  

Prior to BFG, Val led the Rooflight Company which was sold to its employees in March 2019.   

Matt and Val discuss: 

• The basics of the employee ownership model
• The advantages for business owners looking to sell
• Val's own employee ownership journey; and 
• tips for business owners looking at the employee ownership model.

For more information about Moorcrofts, visit moorcrofts.com moorcrofts.com

For more information about BFG associates, visit bfg-associates.co.uk  https://www.bfg-associates.co.uk/about 

This episode sees Moorcrofts Employment Partner Matt Jenkin and Guest Speaker, Steve Herbert, Head of Benefits Strategy of Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing discuss employee benefits through the coronavirus pandemic, considering:

• Home working and working arrangements
• Financial wellbeing
• Pension contributions
• The furlough scheme
• Redundancies
• Terms and Conditions
• Employment Assistant Programmes (EAP)
• The economic outlook.

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast sees our Employment Partner, Matt Jenkin, talk with Duncan Bye, Director at Wilson Partners on how businesses can not only survive as lockdown measures continue, but also thrive.  

Matt and Duncan discuss:  

• The challenges that business have faced over the last few months 
• What are the continued risk for SME's
• Cash is still king and managing cashflow 
• Reducing overheads; and 
• Tips for business owners to survive and thrive in the current economic climate.

More info about Matt Jenkin can be viewed on Moorcrofts website..  https://moorcrofts.com/team/matt-jenkin/

More info about Duncan Bye can be viewed on Wilson Partners website. https://www.wilson-partners.co.uk/about/the-team/accounting-and-audit/duncan-bye/.

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast sees our Employment Partner, Matt Jenkin, talk with Jonathan Bowring on removing bias in recruitment.  

Matt and Jonathan cover issues such as:  

• what is the starting point to deal with bias in recruitment
• how is automatic thinking developed and how can it help us
• what is unconscious bias
• how can unconscious bias impact on the recruitment decision; and 
• how can organisations reduce bias at the recruitment stage.

 Jonathan is a leadership and organisational coach. He's passionate about unlocking potential and helping people think. He speaks and leads workshops on thinking, bias and decision making.

Jonathan was trained at Canon as a mentor, coach and facilitator, and by Henley Business School in executive coaching.

linkedin.com/in/jonathanbowring linkedin.com/in/jonathanbowring

www.riversight.uk www.riversight.uk

Jonathan's article on making hiring decision resistant to bias can be accessed here:
Making hiring decisions resistant to bias https://www.2to3days.com/blog/2020/11/making-hiring-decisions-resistant-to-bias

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast sees our Joint Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Andrew Katz, talk with Shane Coughlan, Manager of the OpenChain Project.  

Andrew and Shane discuss OpenChain: the international standard for opensource compliance, including:  

• What is OpenChain and the OpenChain Project?
• The OpenChain community.
• Becoming OpenChain conformant.
• The drivers behind OpenChain conformance.
• The benefits of being OpenChain conformant.
• OpenChain as an official ISO standard and certification.

Further details about OpenChain can be found on the following websites:

Orcro Ltd https://orcro.co.uk/
Openchain Project https://www.openchainproject.org/
OpenChain UK Working Group https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/uk-wg 

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast sees our Employment Partner, Matt Jenkin, talk with James Nathan, an international keynote speaker on customer service and experience on how to truly delight clients.  

Matt and James discuss all things client service, including:  

• What does great client service look like
• What is the ROI of great client service
• The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the approach to client service
• Satisfactory service v jaw droppingly awesome
• What can Disney teach us about client service; and 
• 3 tips for organisations that want to take client service seriously.  

Further details on James' client service training can be found on his website:  www.jamesnathan.com. https://www.jamesnathan.com/
https://www.jamesnathan.com/

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast sees our Employment Partner, Matt Jenkin talk with Carrie Stockton and Deni Francis from the people management consultancy, Change Gear, about diversity and inclusion in the workplace.  

Matt, Deni and Carrie cover a range of topics, including:  

• What should diversity and inclusion mean for employers
• What advice would you give to an organisation who says they already have this covered?
• The impact that the Black Lives matters campaign is having on how employers approach this issues
• What is allyship and how can it lead to meaningful change in the workplace: and Deni shares her ABC of tips for employers that want to start to make a meaningful change

For those who are interested in further discussion on the topic, Change Gear are hosting a roundtable discussion  "Excuse my casual racism" on 4 November, details of which can be accessed here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/excuse-my-casual-racism-tickets-125504050995?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmai

This episode of the Moorcrofts Means Business podcast sees our Employment Partner, Matt Jenkin talk business development during Covid 19 and the lockdown with Bernard Savage.  

Bernard is a director of 10 ½ boots who specialise in business development support for professional services. Matt and Bernard chat about how businesses simply can’t afford to do business development the way they have always done.  

Topics covered include: 

• The challenges to developing business
• Tips for overcoming the challenges and; 
• Bernard’s thoughts on the most relevant social media platforms (as well as Bernard’s Spotify play list!).

Matt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjenkin/

Bernard's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardsavage/

Bernard's Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fDOqHxsk4JaRrsBv0838d?si=gYNmvIMfTKWplyUOWah2qw