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Jonny Gould is a broadcaster turned podcaster producing niche podcasts in a range of subjects including Aston Villa FC, Jewish and Israeli issues and small business.
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6 JAN 2021 · Kate Hardcastle MBE, a.k.a. “The Customer Whisperer” is one of the UK’s leading ‘go-to’ business experts.
You’ve seen her on TV & radio anticipating changing habits, consumer trends and how business both small, medium and large should adapt.
All in all, she’s been at the heart of commercial trends for 25 years.
I’ve worked with Kate on Sky News, talkRADIO and on an initiative called Indie Business Live where leading UK performers, lifestyle stars and businesses came together in the summer of 2020 for an online festival of performances and talks to showcase SMEs through the most challenging of times.
And we keep hearing that word “pivoting” in the year just passed. How you’ve got to pivot or amend your product or service to navigate new Covid realities.
Kate is a pivoter herself, starting life as a singer with Martha Reeves and the Vandelas.
Listen 🎧 for some unique data-driven and experiential insights you can take for your business into 2021 with Kate Hardcastle MBE.
16 DEC 2020 · This is the second part of a two-part episode focusing on Birmingham's famous old metal manufacturing industries.
In part one, Rowan Crozier, CEO of Brandauer explained how his state-of-the-art business, started way back in 1862, has thrived despite these straitened times.
And now we hear from the President of the Confederation of British Metalforming, Stephen Morley with his summary of 2020 and his forecast for the industry once Brexit has been signed and sealed between the UK and the European Union.
Jonny Gould's SME Walkabout is sponsored by BOOST&Co.
9 DEC 2020 · Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter is our destination for this fascinating episode on metal manufacturing.

We take our appliances for granted. We press buttons, switch on the power and expect our laboursaving devices to do the rest.
But the industrial processes behind the manufacture of this equipment carries thousands of hidden parts made of metal and plastic, built by different companies across multiple borders.
This episode focuses on C. Brandauer & Co Limited, a state-of-the-art metal-stamping components business, which despite its ultramodern systems has been in existence since 1862!
It’s a tradition which harks back to the Midlands’ earliest industrial heritage.
But what are the challenges facing the company now? How are they navigating the pandemic? Are they making more of something and less of something else since Covid began? And in exporting to 22 countries, what effect does Brexit have on them?
LISTEN to a compelling conversation with CEO Rowan Crozier.
Jonny Gould’s SME Walkabout is brought to you in association with BOOST&Co.
25 NOV 2020 · Here’s part 2 of episode 8 as I review a highly valuable discussion in our previous episode about finding funding during these Covid times with four SME experts, who added optimism to the obvious opportunities which straitened times make.
PLUS: next month #jonnywalks to my ancestral home, Birmingham. Heavy metal music out of my city and heavy-metal is a major manufacturing industry in it! we take a look at a fascinating industry which is both high-tech and Victorian in span. Honestly, it’s so interesting!
Jonny Gould’s SME Walkabout is proudly sponsored by BOOST&Co.
Jonny Gould is a broadcaster turned podcaster producing niche podcasts in a range of subjects including Aston Villa FC, Jewish and Israeli issues and small business.
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