Shoosmiths Podcasts

Simon Needle, Principal Arboriculturist and Ecologist, City Design Team, Birmingham City Council

General overview of Birmingham’s City of Nature plan, bringing more elements of the environment into the city centre and explaining the incorporation of the Future Parks accelerator

Exploring how the plan will be delivered and the pilot currently in place, discussing ESG factors and the matrix of green space

Environmental justice

Exploring the pilot’s progression over its 5-year length, which started mid-2022 and biodiversity net gain

Identifying engagement with the local community and appointing green champions, consultation taking place

Exploring the no-go area idea and responsible use of the park spaces

Mark Gamble, Head of East Birmingham Development, Birmingham City Council

Exploring the council's route to net zero, becoming a key consideration to the strategy of the East Birmingham Programme

Exploring development in sustainability

Explaining how sustainable transport is being provided as part of the plan and behaviour change of its users.

Exploring impact investment

East Birmingham Rapid Policy Unit and how they want to establish the area as a centre for best practice

Road to Zero programme developing the retrofitting agenda and bringing in the private partnerships to get that done

Birmingham, describing change over 20 years

Mark Gamble, Head of East Birmingham Development, Birmingham City Council

An overview of East Birmingham Inclusive Growth Agenda strategy and what it does

An overview of East Birmingham Board & the East Birmingham Programme

Looking at involvement from the private sector and its potential impact

Exploring how access to green spaces and other environmental aspects been factored into these Birmingham plans

Explaining the Future Parks Accelerator and the City of Nature initiative

Overview of a 15-minute neighbourhood within the Future City Plan, including community engagement and pushback experienced

Focusing on Tyseley energy park and its presence being used to assist with the development of East Birmingham

Explaining Tyseley’s clean energy masterplan

Sylvia Broadley, Air Quality Manager - Energy & Transport, Planning & Regeneration, Birmingham City Council

Developing the second-hand EV car market supply, linked to battery storage and how you extend the life of the battery and have a new supply chain around that element. Costs of EV vehicles currently

Looking at the return on investment for charge points

Looking how ensuring public accessibility - hub approach between location and destination

Exploring current actions roll out plan - substantial growth rate

Identifying current phase 1 funding and how investors can get involved – new housing developments

Identifying city centre funding and office workplace grants

Identifying domestic funding for charge points

Exploring the change of user attitude and modal shift

Sylvia Broadley, Air Quality Manager - Energy & Transport, Planning & Regeneration, Birmingham City Council

Overview of the transport and connectivity inclusive growth team and the team does

Their Electric vehicle 12-year strategy roll out, aiming for 2032- overview and what is involved

Location of EV charging sites - deciding which areas are the priority for the road and how sites are picked

Difficulties faced in finding the right sites in the right public areas

Discussing Western Power Distribution providing the connections to be able to create sites

Exploring the buy-in from private owners and private companies

Looking at the use of electric vehicles as a balancing point within the grid

Exploring electric vehicle stock currently and moving forward

Episode 15 of our Journey Through a Contract sees Michael Lam and Ellie Wood consider Insurance provisions within commercial contracts.

Michael and Ellie discuss some of the key considerations to be given to insurance provisions, the type of insurance which may be required, and the main requirements related to insurance.

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The Journey Through a Contract series is brought to you by the Commercial and Projects team at Shoosmiths, aimed at explaining the basic terms of a commercial contract.

In episode 6 of Shoosmiths on TAP, Kim Muddimer is joined by the Shoosmiths pensions team to discuss their thoughts and predictions on hot topics in the pensions industry come 2023.

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Andy Graham, Amy Anderson and Amy Leech bring some joy with a Christmas themed podcast episode.

We talk about who to invite to the Christmas party, sending gifts and cards to employee’s home addresses and holly jolly holidays at Christmas time!

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The Shoospeak HR podcast is brought to you by the national employment team at UK law firm Shoosmiths. Tune in for your fix of the latest legal views, thought provoking discussions and opinions about all things employee relations and human resources.

Blockchain litigation lead, Matt Green will be hosting our latest podcast series, 'In Early - The Crypto Podcast' - Listen to episode 5.

During this five-part series, Matt will be speaking to special guests at the forefront of the digital asset space, telling real life stories, discussing the growth and growing pains of the industry, and exploring how blockchain technology has made an impact on people’s lives.

This week Matt is joined by Dhivyan Kandia, co-founder and COO of The Hot Doa; he explains what doa's are and how they operate, talks us through his actual experience of running one (benefits and stumbling blocks) and we explore his contributions to the law commission. 

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Welcome to our new bitesize podcast series.

Jennifer Clarke, Principal Associate in our Commercial team is joined by colleagues Aimee Cook and Joel Murphie from our Public Procurement team in this podcast series, “Public Procurement Post Brexit".

During this series, the team will discuss the key parts of the procurement Bill, highlighting key changes from the existing to the new Bill and the direction of procurement law.

In this episode:

We look at the changes to the contract award notice process, the impact of a change to the standstill period and the role of the new Procurement Review Unit. 

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