Why Small Business Matters

In this episode of Why Small Business Matter, Dr Kate Harland explores the journey from the security of a large corporation to venturing out on your own as an entrepreneur.

Sam Spoors is founder and Talent & Resourcing Director of Talentheads, a North East based talent and resourcing agency based in Morpeth.

Becoming the boss of your own successful company has obvious benefits , but there are also some large challenges and Sam explains how she has managed these though the early years of her business. 

We also learn about who has inspired her along the way, and a few tips you can use straight away at the end for anyone looking to start their own entrepreneurship journey too.

 

Why Small Business Matters is brought to you by the Help To Grow Management teams at Northumbria University in Newcastle UK. For more info visit northumbria.ac.uk/helptogrow

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Engagement is a word many of us hear in business on a daily basis, but what IS engagement?!  

Formerly a church minister, he literally wrote the book on how people engage with ideas, things, and each other, working with organisations such as the United Nations and Microsoft.

Scott joins Dr Matt Sutherland to talk about creating better engagement, for both employees, brands, customers and your community in general.  Discover the differences between awareness and selling, the power of clarity, simplicity and communication.

In this podcast Scott also shares 3 unlikely things you can do today to improve engagement in your business!

 

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Does being a good person make you a successful one? Why should you act now to avoid regrets later? And why it's ok to say no!

These are some of the topics explored in this episode with Raman Sehgal, author of the best selling book "The Floundering Founder", and founder & Global President of ramarketing, a multi million dollar marketing and content agency with a focus on life sciences.

Starting the company in 2009, Raman is from Newcastle and a graduate of Northumbria University. 

In this episode Sarah Stephenson discusses some his experiences on that journey which have led him to sharing his knowledge in his book. Living by a few key principles he can help you reengineer your business—and your life—for long-term success.

Whether you're a business owner or not, there will be at least 1 thing in this podcast with may just change your outlook on life..!

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In this episode, Dr Matt Sutherland is joined by Joe Marshall, CEO of the National Centre for Universities & Business. An independent organisation focussed on making the UK the best place in the world for businesses and universities to collaborate.

We're also joined by Stuart Wilkinson, acting director in Innovation & Research Service at University of Oxford. The team at Oxford have led many ground breaking projects which have changed our lives, one such example would be Covid vaccine research and their collaboration with Astra Zeneca. 

In this episode find out how businesses of all sizes can benefit from collaboration, and why the work needs to happen now to solve the issues for the next generations.

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Hosted by Dr Matt Sutherland from Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University, this episode explores the topic of mental health and business, and in particular of the business owner.

Natasha McDonough has an impressive CV, working with top entrepreneurs in the US including Seth Godin of Yahoo and the founders of Office Depot. She's also been a nanny to Hollywood celebrities..!

Now though she's swapped Venice Beach for Roker Beach and is based in Sunderland where she is the founder and CEO of MMC Marketing & Research, finding out what customers think of brands & businesses and helping them win with consumers. She has a particular interest in the mental aspect of business and discusses this in more detail, and how helping people have a better mindset can ultimately help the economy!

This podcast is in association with Northumbria University's Help To Grow Management Programme. Find out more at northumbria.ac.uk/helptogrow

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Hosted by Sarah Stephenson, this episode looks at the process of starting a small business, and how the Business School at Northumbria University can help students become entrepreneurs, whilst giving them the safe space to research, test and validate their ideas.

Mark Renney is the founder of Wubbleyou, a scalable software business whose journey began in 2010 at Newcastle Business School when along the way Mark was introduced to our second guest Graham Baty, Head of Student & Graduate Enterprise at Northumbria.

Hear about Mark's own journey from student to thriving business owner, and how Graham and the Incubator project at Northumbria provided Mark with a safe space to test and try out ideas. He also learned the need to bridge the gap between the technical knowhow of his software product, and that of being a successful business operator.

This podcast is in association with Northumbria University's Help To Grow Management Programme. Find out more at northumbria.ac.uk/helptogrow

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On this episode of Why Small Business Matters, we are joined by Natalie, Emily & Corin from fast growing Cornish Ed-tech business KEVRI, 3 female founders who have made their mark in what is traditionally a highly male dominant industry.

They met at Falmouth University while on a business course which pushed them together, and saw them having to launch a business of their own!  Their software allows universities and organisations to capture the social and economic value of Knowledge Exchange. This allows them to maximise their impact, but also unlock valuable public funding too. 

This podcast is in association with Northumbria University's Help To Grow Management Programme. Find out more at northumbria.ac.uk/helptogrow

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We welcome two influential business brains active in the business world who will be sharing their experience and advice on the challenges facing SMEs today.

Charlotte Keenan 

Charlotte leads the Office of Corporate Engagement's international responsibilities and serves as global head of 10,000 Women. She is a member of the EMEA Inclusion and Diversity Committee. 

Charlotte joined Goldman Sachs in 2015 as an executive director in the EMEA Office of Corporate Engagement and was named managing director in 2019. Prior to joining the firm, Charlotte was chief executive of Tony Blair's Foundation. Previously, she worked in Investment Banking at JP Morgan Cazenove in London and Jefferies and Co. in Houston. 

Charlotte represents the firm on the UK Government's Scale Up Taskforce and with the Scale Up Institute, a UK non-profit focused on supporting small business growth. She also serves as chair of the Expert Advisory Council for the UK government’s Help to Grow: Management program for small businesses. Charlotte earned an MA from Oxford University in 2003. She was a Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard University from 2003 to 2004, and earned an MA in International C Affairs from Columbia University.

Michael Hayman MBE DL

Michael is chair and co-founder of the campaigns firm Seven Hills, which works with the mission-driven leaders and organisations realising the positive potential of business. It is the SABRE EMEA Corporate Consultancy of the Year 2022 (PRovoke Media). 

He is also Chair of the Small Business Charter, the award for the UK’s world-class business schools, and is a member of the UK Government’s Help To Grow: Management Advisory Council.

Michael is national Chair of Entrepreneurs at the private bank and wealth manager Coutts.

He is Honorary Professor of the Purpose Economy at the University of London where he also holds an honorary doctorate. He is also an Honorary Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.

Michael hosts the podcast Change Makers, which presents fresh ideas and inspirational life stories from people with a passion – the campaigners, creators, connectors and contrarians – making a difference. He also co-authored Mission: How The Best In Business Break Through for Penguin Random House.

He co-founded the national campaign for early stage enterprise, StartUp Britain, which was launched by then Prime Minister David Cameron and fully supported by HM Government.

Michael is a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a columnist for CityAM, contributing editor for Country & Town House and a former enterprise columnist for the Daily Telegraph.He was awarded an MBE for services to enterprise, is a fellow of the British American Project and a Freeman of both the City of London and the Worshipful Company of Stationers.

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In this episode of Why Small Business Matters, we take a look at how the Covid 19 Pandemic forced one North East business to reevaluate their model, and as a result transform their future!

Mark Philpott is our guest, following a 10 year career as a specialist physiotherapist in the British Army he's become a leading figure in the occupational health field and is now CEO at NPH Ltd.

NPH Ltd are a Newcastle based healthcare provider who offer home and work place based health assessments and education. But the arrival of Covid led them to increase their testing activity, and setting up the testing facility at Newcastle Airport for those travellers requiring Covid tests on arrival or departure.

But what if simple lateral flow testing could be expanded to a wealth of other conditions? Well it can, and this is where NPH are now turning their attention as Mark explains in this episode.

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Why Small Business Matters is brought to you by the Help To Grow Management Programme at Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University. For more info visit Northumbria.ac.uk/helptogrow 

 

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Throughout this series we'll be catching up with a number of Northumbria alumni, to discover what life after Northumbria looks like..!

Robert Lundgren Jones was a Newcastle Business School student, whose passion for travel and performance led to him setting up his own interactive tour company, Lundgren Tours.

Find out how the idea was born, how he overcame the challenges of launching a travel company amidst the pandemic, and how Northumbria University remain on hand to help in his onward journey! 

This episode is hosted by Professor Dawn Whitton, and also features contributions from one of Rob's tutors, Graham Baty.

 

 

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