Merry Christmas from all of us at the Aspen Waite team!

This is a special episode, where Paul recounts the highlights of Aspen Waite as a company in 2018, the personal career highs and prospects for the future.

Paul and Mr. Armstrong are avid music enthusiasts and the episode is broken up by five Christmas themed songs of Paul's choosing, with a little background on why they were chosen. We also perform a special live version of 'With a little help from my friends' - Mr. Armstrong on Acoustic and Paul Singing.

We've also produced a special '12 Days of Christmas' series of videos about Aspen Waite that Mr Armstrong created - we'd love your feedback.

https://www.aspenwaite.co.uk/12-days-of-christmas

Links to songs played in this episode:

Little Drummer Boy - The Dandy Warhols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPylmr5V0M

I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCEdrnaFlY

Ring Out Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ShwcA8KkkM

Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rDA2Czz0E

The Holy and the Ivy - Choir of Kings College Cambridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhPQA4eYwp8

In this episode, in the run up to Christmas Mr Waite and Armstrong have a general discussion on what have been Paul's motivators, and ideas on being unique in business. 

We hope you enjoy, please get in contact if there is any business topic you would like to hear us discuss.

This weeks track:
Icehouse - Man of Colours (live acoustic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaBRPn40Szw 

Join Mr Waite and Mr Armstrong this week as they travel up to Bristol Pavilion where Paul was a keynote speaker for the Midlands Business Expo. 

Paul sheds insight into his experience of public speaking, with tips and guidance as we delve into the vast subject of communication. 

The podcast was recorded in the car as they travelled, so expect something a little different this week and we a pologise for any background noise. 

This weeks song: Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr6Ty3C3aMs 

Join us this week as Paul delves into his latest adventure in London, a High Court case where he was acting as an expert whiteness. 

In this episode we also go in depth into business valuation. Why would you potentially need to value your business? The considerations you need to take when valuing a company and key insights into what Paul's experiences have been. 

Also some key advice on the things you can do when trying to grow the value of your business. 

Quotes from the episode: 

in this week, Mr Armstrong has left us to go on a spiritual journey in Ireland, leaving you in the hands of Mr Waite and Ross Curry, Marketing Manager at Aspen Waite to educate and hopefully entertain you with some top tips on marketing, rebranding, and a little of our own experiences.

Show Notes, Takeaway Quotes and Paul’s Most Commendable Jokes

"This morning I'm feeling a bit like a Pathia - spicy"

"Your marketing strategy as a start-up no longer applies to a mature business"

"The thing that's very important with marketing is important to recognise who your natural customers are - and who they might be."

Johno's Insight - and Tune of the Week
Good music,  just like good advice,  is timeless.   At Aspen Waite we have been providing sound business advice for over 25 years and this week we’d like to introduce an extraordinary innovator and musical genius.  Dick Dale and his Del-tones.

Dick Dale invented Surf Music in the 1950’s,  he was given the title “King of the Surf Guitar” by his fellow surfers with whom he surfed with from Sun-up to Sun-down.

He met Leo Fender ,  the Guitar and Amplifier guru and Leo asked Dale to play his new creation,  the Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar.

The minute Dale picked up the guitar,  Leo Fender broke into uncontrolled laughter and disbelief - - he was watching Dale play a right handed guitar upside down and backwards...Dale was playing a right handed guitar left handed, and changing the chords in his head and transposing the chords to his hands to create a sound never heard before.

This is Dick Dale and his Del-Tones with Miserlou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y3h9p_c5-M 

Welcome to another episode of the Aspen Waite CBGS Podcast.

In this special, we honour the fallen as Paul delves into the history surrounding WW1. It has been 100 years on from the Great War and this historical event cannot and should not be forgotten.

We would like to thank our Aspen Waite colleagues who submitted their personal stories of families in the war. An article will be linked with these in full soon. 

The songs played on the podcast are:

Somewhere a voice is calling - John McCormack, release 1914
Roses of Picardy - John McCormack, released 1919

We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it!

We have news, a poem and key insights into the budget. It's been a great week for Aspen Waite and we happy to be with you here again.

Show Notes, Takeaway Quotes and Paul’s Most Commendable Jokes

'We're not the sort of people that go home at 5 o'clock and forget about our clients needs.' 

'The Budget was very lopsided for a Tory government. The conservatives are renowned for things like tax cuts, reduced spending; they are probably less socially focused than say the labour party, but this budget was really all about spend, spend, spend.'

'I don't know of many budgets in my lifetime where literally every single tax payer is now probably better off.'

'When you consider small and medium enterprises go up to 50 million turnover, one million pounds of capital expenditure is neither here nor there really.'

'I think it could be argued that our train and road network is increasingly third world.'

'I did want to be a historian but i couldn't see any future in it, I then set up a gentleman's hairdressers but i just couldn't cut it. Finally I went into banking but after short while I lost interest!'

A lovely poem was written by Jenny Lewis about Paul:

You seek him here, you seek him there
You seek someone like Paul Waite everywhere.
In his sights he will bring that light, when all around is gloom
And out from all those murky clouds when heralding that's true
He'll wrap his wings around you lest you ever think you loose
With honesty and pride he'd say
Be strong, be proud, your voice be loud, when all around is gloom 
Because you'll always have Paul Waite standing by for you.

We would like to hear from you! Any feedback or subjects you would like covered drop us an email: [email protected]

Join Paul this week as he gives a rundown on what are the key things you need to think about when starting a business. It all starts with an idea. 

Show Notes, Takeaway Quotes and Paul’s Most Commendable Jokes

‘Creating unique selling points; what makes you special?’

‘One of the key attributes of being an entrepreneur is actually grasping opportunities when they are there.’

One thing you should never underestimate is hard work. Having your own business is incredibly hard work and you need to be committed to a lifetime of 24/7

‘It's better to have 12 £40,000 people than 20 £24,000 people.’

‘Monika Stukova: She has a name like a jet and a talent like a roaring comet!’

‘What is the difference in a solicitor and an accountant? An accountant knows he is boring’ 

http://heybridgeswiftsfc.com/ 

We would like to hear from you! Any feedback or subjects you would like covered drop us an email: [email protected]

Hello, and welcome to the CBGS Podcast, where Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Waite will be bringing you insight, top tips and actionable business advice free every week.

Paul is Chief Executive of Aspen Waite and, in this introductory episode, we go into a little history of the company, its values and a few key points about our Complete Business Growth Service.

Each episode will end with a groovy tune chosen by Johno – our resident Group Business Development Director.

Show Notes, Takeaway Quotes and Paul’s Most Amendable Jokes

"Know your client. Every single person is different, different in a special way. In any number of ways; the person is different, the business is different, the circumstances are always different. One cannot apply a formulaic approach to business"

"Our mission is unashamedly to bring the best of business advice to everyone in the United Kingdom"

"Trust is a very, very important word"

"What's grey on the inside and red on the outside? It’s an inside-out accountant!"