Hiring is an art in itself and it is incredibly important that businesses get their processes in place as soon as possible to that they can attract the best people into their businesses and work as efficiently as possible.

Jonathan has a wealth of experience in recruitment and talent acquisition and helps businesses get where they need to be in terms of hiring.

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Contact Jonathan here - Jonathan Durnford-Smith

Andy has done a fantastic job with his teams, transforming skillsets, capabilities and cultures. In this chat, he shares exactly how.

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Contact Andy here - Andrew Macharg

Supporting the wellness of the people in your business, who, by the way, is your most important commodity, is crucial for any business.

Contact Kel here - Kel Hartman

Hiring the right people can make or break your business. Charles found out the hard way what happens if you don’t get the right people in and has since used that experience to help him get the right people through the door.

Charles is the Founder & CEO of Legislate, a legal tech company he started in April 2020 in Oxford to make contracts machine readable using patented knowledge graph technology. Before founding Legislate, he brought Machine Learning solutions to market for three years at Mind Foundry, a spin-out from the University of Oxford.

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Contact Charles here - Charles Brecque

Rich Chapple is the CEO of The Growth Foundation. As former Head of Marketing at play.com, Founder & CEO at THG Ingenuity and CMO at Gymshark, he helped grow all three into unicorn companies. With 20 years of experience in DTC eCommerce, he is an expert at unlocking huge, profitable and sustainable growth for start-ups, scale-ups and established businesses.

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Emma is one of the most inspirational guests we have had on Talent & Growth. She is the Founder of Radical Recruit, a not-for-profit recruitment consultancy that exists to excite, agitate and shake things up in the recruitment industry. They represent the UK’s most diverse ‘hidden’ talent, help employers do recruitment better and create real and lasting social change.

Emma helps us to diversify our definition of diversity. She gives some great advice on what we can do to open up our minds and talent pools and support some of the most underrepresented people in the UK.

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Contact Emma here -  Emma Freivogel

Garry is a People / HR leader with 15 years + of experience leading teams across multiple disciplines, including Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Internal Communications and HR Central Operations; however now entirely focused on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity.

In this episode, we talk around the how’s and why’s of building an inclusive culture, and Garry shares some of the challenges he has faced, as well as the solutions he has implemented, including some recent examples from working at Greene King and the ambitious journey they are on.

Contact Garry here -  Garry Clarke-Strange

Alia leads the Sales recruitment team in EMEA for ServiceNow, the defining Enterprise Software of the 21st century. Her team’s mission is to fuel ServiceNow's growth by building diverse & high-performing teams. Her leadership philosophy fosters a sense of belonging for all so they can do their best work.

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Contact Alia here - Alia Khattab | LinkedIn

Charlie is the Founder of Ok Positive, a business-to-business Mental Health application designed to reduce the effects of Mental Health issues in the workplace (anxiety, stress, depression) and support end-users with their day-to-day Mental Health, creating a happier, loyal and more productive workforce. Mental Health costs £35 billion a year to the UK economy. While there is awareness, there is no action to support those affected. We provide the tool for people to acknowledge, monitor and maintain a positive daily impact on their Mental Health.

Charlie is an inspirational Founder & Leader, and in this episode, we talk about the importance of taking your workforce on the company journey with you and how to do it.

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Contact Charlie here - Charlie Winton

Tash is the Founder of Slip, an award-winning start-up looking to humanise how we do digital receipts and customer information. Their innovative technology provides a robust solution for consumers and retailers to transform transactions and receipt waste into meaningful interactions.

As well as an excellent product, Tash is passionate about building a diverse business. In this episode, we will focus on her plans to attract more females into her tech teams.

Contact Tash here - Tash Grossman