Staying Afloat

On this episode of Staying Afloat Jon talks about the challenges of being self-employed at a time when work is on hold and future projects are mothballed.

He was joined by Rachel Amanda Jones, a Standby Art Director for Television & Film and Thomas Fripp, guitarist in Big Society and the man responsible for our brilliant music.

Also featured: Alasdair Hutchison from IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed, addressing all those confused by the government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

Staying Afloat is a podcast from Jist Studios

On Staying Afloat: Spotlight we talk to Phil, the founder of Corporate Punk, a management consultancy that ‘puts humans first’ and counts Sony Music and the BBC amongst their clients. Phil also writes a brilliant column on leadership strategy for Forbes

We talked about acting short term but thinking long term and how in the time of coronavirus, creativity and creative people are more important than ever before.

Phil Lewis is the founder of Corporate Punk corporatepunk.com/

Staying Afloat is a podcast from Jist Studios

Furlough. It’s a word most of us had never heard before March 19th and one business’ owners will never want to hear again when this is all over.

On the show we hear from Nico Tréguer, co-owner of four pub-hotels in London and Alex Watson, a lawyer specialising in the leisure and hospitality sector. We discuss the importance of being transparent with your employees, the uncertainty and lack of information around the job retention scheme and the different pronunciations of ‘furlough’ that are out there. Let us know if you’ve heard a great one!

Alex is a Director in the employment team with Fieldfisher, a European law firm www.fieldfisher.com/en

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On Staying Afloat: Spotlight we talk to Tommo, who’s business literally floats, even in a pandemic. He’s the co-owner of Barge East, a bar and restaurant on a barge in London.

We talked about his life on the Thames, how on earth you get a barge from the Netherlands to Hackney and the importance of being a part of your local community. Barge East are cooking and distributing food to local hospitals and foodbanks, using their regular scheduled deliveries.

Tommo Thomson is a co-owner of Barge East www.bargeeast.com

Staying Afloat is a podcast from Jist Studios

When Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister shutdown bars, restaurants and clubs, it became very clear that Coronavirus is going to change everything.

How are businesses going to Staying Afloat?

We want to start a conversation. It’s about sharing ideas, sharing what works and what doesn’t work. Can we see this crisis as an opportunity to build a stronger business?

Lockdown has begun, Jon is struggling to know what to do first. The first week is in his words “a scramble”.

Also on the show, Nikki Scrivener, who leads a PR firm with offices around the world and Tareq Moustafa, owner of Seen, a boutique optician based in Manchester. They talk about the beginning of ‘lockdown’ and how they coped, changing their business on-the-fly to keep going.

We talk about Furloughing staff, closing up premises, getting used to working from home and diversifying business models to maintain some cashflow.

Nikki Scrivener is the co-founder of www.fourthday.co.uk

Staying Afloat is a podcast from Jist Studios