What really matters to fund managers? What can smaller companies do to improve their chances of winning investment? And how is the ever-growing influence of retail investors challenging industry norms?

Find out in this episode of the Friday Fix, as Jamie Constable, market strategist at Singer Capital Markets, joins Powerscourt senior director Nick Dibden to talk IPOs, delistings and perceptions of UK capital markets in the year ahead.

Ever wondered what its really like on the ground at the UN Climate Summit?

Powerscourt’s Leighton Barnish, Head of Sustainability and Christie Wanstall, Sustainability Analyst give us the lowdown on the COP28 conference in Dubai, where over 80,000 people gathered from 190 nations in a truly extraordinary display on the international climate stage. 

We also hear from business leaders helping facilitate the move to a better, greener future. What more must be done to drive the innovation needed to achieve our collective climate targets and what challenges face businesses trying to lead the charge? 

Topsoe CEO Roeland Baan, Carbonaires advisory board member Anna-Marie Slot, and Foresight Solar Fund Managing Director Ross Driver join us to discuss the critical importance of ensuring climate commitments translate to tangible action.

Hosted by: Michael Keating
Produced by: Michael Keating, Isabel Ralphs, Io Kidson & Georgia Way
Edited by: Ollie Beckwith
Artwork by: Demi-Marie Barnard

“The push coming from the private sector is very palpable.”

How can governments and industry work together to navigate the green transition? Should there be a proper price on carbon? What will the energy mix look like in a decades time?

In this week’s episode of the FridayFix, Powerscourt’s Peter Ogden sits down with Roeland Baan, President and CEO of Topsoe to get the answers to all of this and more.

With COP28 just around the corner, Roeland explains how Topsoe is leading the charge in developing technological solutions to support the green transition in some of the hardest to crack sectors, and shares his hopes and expectations for this year’s climate forum in Dubai. 

How does the media impact a fight for justice?

In the first episode of our new podcast series, Powerscourt Perspectives, we hear from four individuals who’ve had to face the tricky dynamics of the media in their personal battles for justice.

Former England cricketer Azeem Rafiq, ex-CNN journalist Saima Mohsin and criminal justice campaigners Zainab and Ruki share personal experiences of their fights – and explain the pivotal role that PR can play in supporting their campaigns in this week’s episode.

**Content Warning: This episode contains discriminatory remarks which are offensive; listener discretion is advised.** 

The Friday Fix: Powerscourt Perspectives is our new monthly series exploring the most pressing questions and interesting opportunities of today’s communications landscape. 

Each month, we will draw together interviews from across our network of business, media and political experts, bringing you deeper insights and a wider viewpoint on the issues that really matter.

Hosted by: Michael Keating
Produced by: Michael Keating, Isabel Ralphs, Io Kidson & Georgia Way
Edited by: Ollie Beckwith
Artwork by: Demi-Marie Barnard

Ahead of next week’s DSEI conference at London’s Excel, one of the largest exhibitions of military and security equipment in the world, the latest Friday Fix episode sees Powerscourt’s James White talk to Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS Group, the trade organisation representing the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space industries.

Together, they explore some of the big themes that we’re likely to see at next week’s show, what is next for the UK defence industry and how we might expect warfare to change in the next 20 years.

The Founder & CEO of AI firm Eigen Technologies, Dr Lewis Z. Liu has concerns about the direction of generative AI. As this technology becomes more and more powerful, how do we answer the questions it poses around intellectual property and creation? What lessons can policymakers learn from the struggle to regulate social media? What manner of threat could machine learning pose to society?

Join Dr Liu alongside Jane Glover, from Powerscourt’s Technology practice, for an urgent, timely discussion on this week’s Friday Fix.

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The aviation industry is gaining altitude in its quest for a sustainable future. What steps are being taken towards change? When will we see hydrogen and electric planes? And could the government be doing more to support this agenda?

Russ Lynch, Director at Powerscourt and former Economics Editor at The Daily Telegraph, interviews Oliver Gill, the paper’s Chief Business Correspondent, on the challenges aviation faces on its sustainability journey. Tune in for exclusive insight into an industry that faces scrutiny and pressure to do better.    

Recent months have seen naysayers in the markets and media call London’s position in the global capital markets into question. But what’s the truth behind the headlines: are fears of transatlantic migration overblown? 

Justin Griffiths, Partner at Powerscourt, interviews Bod Buckby, Head of Primary Markets North at the London Stock Exchange to hear how London stacks up against the international competition. Can we expect a rebound in IPOs? And will radical reforms proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority make London more competitive than ever?

Chris Blackhurst, distinguished business journalist, spent decades in the engine room of the British media. In this week’s episode with Victoria Palmer-Moore, Chris conjures the changes wrought on Fleet Street by the death of the 9-to-5 - and the dawn of the information age. 

From journalists to business leaders, corporate affairs directors to newspaper proprietors, Chris describes the seismic influences which shaped an industry previously known for typewriters and long lunches into today’s press powerhouses, battling to make money in an era of free content.

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This week’s Friday Fix delves into the complex world of AI, courtesy of Carolyn Esser from cyber security company Darktrace. Powerscourt’s Elly Williamson, Partner and Head of TMT, quizzes Carolyn on what separates large language models like ChatGPT from Darktrace’s self-learning AI, and how we can build trust in emerging technologies.

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