In this first episode, Dougie Vipond discusses food production and the challenge of carbon emissions for Scots and UK farmers. His guests are Steven Thomson, Senior Agricultural Economist at SRUC, Scotland’s Rural College; Sally Williams, former Chair of the Oxford Farming Conference; and Dave Reay, Professor of Carbon Management and Education at Edinburgh University.

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Tune into Ade Adepitan’s new podcast. This week he’s speaking to leaders from Pavegen and WPP on the future of people power.

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Tune into Ade Adepitan’s new podcast. This week he’s speaking to leaders from Mere Soeur, My Green Pod and Pekoetea on creating a greener supply chain.

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Want to know how to reduce, reuse and rethink waste? Find out how in this week's podcast episode, where Ade Adepitan is joined by guests Frances Beer and Jamie Crummie.

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Tune into Ade Adepitan's new podcast. This week he's speaking to leaders from Openreach, Coutts and Green Tomato Cars on how they’re driving sustainable change.

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In this the final episode of the series Steph has both Ross Williams of Venntro Media Group and Clare Harris of Talking Tables on the show. They talk about the question that is still affecting every business since lockdown: “Is Working from home the future?” They discuss the pros and cons of working from home and whether it should be considered the ‘new normal’. Ross and Clare have differing perspectives on what working from home means for the future of business.

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In this episode, Steph McGovern speaks to Tamara Littleton, founder and CEO of The Social Element, a digital firm that helps brands deliver their message on social media. When lockdown occurred, The Social Element was in the fortunate position of being able to maintain a remote team, and Tamara quickly realised there was demand from pandemic-panicked firms for a crisis-management solution to their social media offering. Tamara discusses how The Social Element could study what consumers were saying about a particular brand across all the social channels, so that the brand could then respond, adjust its strategy and keep its customers happy during a time of great uncertainty.

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As business owners tried to deal with a downturn in trade during lockdown, they were forced to have some difficult conversations with all their stakeholders, from suppliers and employees to customers new and old. In this episode, Steph McGovern talks to Sam Clark, co-founder and director of Experience Travel Group, and Hootan Ahmada, former plastic surgeon and football agent, who now runs an innovative footwear restoration company, Shoe Lab. Sam discusses the tough conversations with holidaymakers whose trips he had to postpone as travel restrictions came in, and how openness and frankness has ultimately worked for the firm, while Hootan describes having to furlough staff and come up with a recovery plan for a business that is now thriving as more people make do and mend.

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In the launch episode of the new series, Steph talks to businesses that changed strategy during the coronavirus lockdown, and adapted their offering to the new climate. Samantha Jameson, founder of luxury bath and body brand Soapsmith, and business partner Ella McKay reveal how they took the decision to pivot and launch a philanthropic initiative to gift soaps to the NHS that ultimately led to an increase in online sales. Meanwhile, Jenny Kitchen, CEO of design agency Yoyo, explains how furlough gave her staff the opportunity to learn new skills that are now helping clients bring their own products to market.

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In this episode of Adapting to the New Now, Steph McGovern is joined by Ally Maughan, founder of HR consultancy People Puzzles. Steph and Ally discuss ideas and strategies for getting your business confidence back post lockdown. Ally is a member of The Supper Club, a members club for Founders and CEOs with a difference.

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