The BiG Podcast

Joining us on the Equality in Trade Podcast today is Anna Hernandez, co-founder of TaskHer, the only online booking platform that connects and empowers homeowners to skilled tradeswomen.

Suzy May aka Princess Spark joins us this week on the Equality in Trade Podcast. Hear all about how Suzy started her journey in trade at just 14 years old and stories from her time working within a male-dominated industry.

Join us in the fifth instalment of our Equality in Trade podcast. In this episode, we speak to the super-inspiring Anne Okafor about her current work in construction planning in Glasgow, how she got into the industry and how she's inspiring people daily with her volunteering work!

Gas Engineer, Amy Beale, joins us on this week's episode of Equality in Trade to chat about her route into the industry and why she thinks there’s a lack of women in trade. It was great to learn about Amy's positive experience in the gas servicing world, despite being one of the few females!

Next up on our Equality in Trade podcast, we speak with Ben Downton, a Consultant in Education for Construction. Ben shares his experiences as a former tradesman along with how he's raising awareness about mental health in the industry.

On this week's episode, we spoke to Amy Barratt-Singh aka Amy the Sparky about her experiences within trade. It was great to learn about Amy's own electrical business and how she's smashing it on social media by sharing videos of her working on the tools, as well as hosting her own podcast.

Welcome to a new season of The BiG Podcast in partnership with Design and Build's Women in Construction Awards. This season we're celebrating women in trade and to kick things off we sit down with businesswoman and Women in Construction advocate, Michaela Wain, to learn all about her experiences in the construction industry and what's next for the former BBC Apprentice finalist.

On this weeks episode we spoke to Roger Mortlock, CEO of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. We talked all things nature, all things charity and how businesses and the general public have supported their great work throughout the pandemic.

On this weeks episode we spoke to Greg Brown, founder of Balloon market and party supplies and a longstanding customer of BiGDUG. We spoke about his unique business, how he got started selling balloons and how YouTube was an integral part of his growth strategy.

On this weeks episode we spoke to Michaela Wain. A former Apprentice star, business woman and advocate for Women in Construction. An amazing conversation around the incredible work she's doing to help drive more equality into the construction sector.