Business Without BS

Continuing our conversation with Neil Parker, FX Market Strategist at Natwest and all-round economy expert where we hear more about how he got to where he is today, his views on Brexit, his perspective on FX Markets and what he thinks is "Business" and "Not Business" in our Business vs. Bullshit quick fire round! BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Meet Neil Parker, Director and FX Market Strategist at NatWest who joins us for a very special extended episode to discuss all things global economy, financial markets, inflation, interest rates and the Bank of England. An absolute must-listen for anyone wanting insight into what's really going on economically and clarity on how to navigate through such financially tumultuous times. Are the world'...

Welcome to part 4 of our New York Sessions! Recorded on location at the Beekham Hotel in Lower Manhattan, we spoke to Eric Smith, CEO of one of the longest standing reggae music labels, Easy Star Records about all things music, industry, British routes and New York Martinis ;) Check out Eric Smith's recommendations: "The Clash - London Calling" "The Rumour Podcast" "Cloudsplitter" with Russell Ban...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with James Berg, Founder of Picaroons where we break it down and talk about what led James to starting the company as well as hearing about the origins of James's mindset which gave birth to the Picaroons ideology, company culture and realities of running his ship the way he does. BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Joining us this week is James Berg, founder of Picaroons, a content creation agency. His experience as a digital insights expert and content strategist led him to working with the likes of Facebook, IBM, Philips, Samsung, SEAT, Booking.com, GSK, ESPN, Bupa and P&G. James is also a qualified business coach and published author. His book ‘104 Social Media Content Ideas To Increase Sales’ has hel...

Welcome to part 3 of our New York Sessions! Recorded on location at the Beekham Hotel in Lower Manhattan, we spoke to Brand Developing experts Sandi Burrows and Ed Burstell about their career journeys and how they came to join forces and start their brand consultancy Burburs LLC. Sandi has guided brands like MAC Cosmetics, Aesop, L’Artisan Parfumeur, Serge Lutens, T. LeClerc, Byredo, Vilhelm Parfu...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Guy Haydon and Darren Gardner, Directors at Zaptec UK where we speak about all things Electric Vehicles as well as how Guy and Darren are approaching their recruitment process. They're building a new company culture with the aim of creating a fully modernised workplace where their employee's wellbeing is prioritised just as much as profit margi...

Joining us this week are Guy Haydon, Managing Director and Darren Gardner, Commercial Director of Zaptec UK - an innovative Norwegian manufacturer of world-leading EV charging systems. We speak about all things from electric cars to recruitment practices to company culture to why you should NEVER mix business with pleasure ;) A very colourful conversation to say the least! Check out Guy & Darr...

Welcome to part 2 of our New York Sessions! Recorded on location at the Beekham Hotel in Lower Manhattan, we spoke to Poet, Producer and Professor Nathan Oglesby, also known as Nathanology about his work as conscious rapper and all things education reform, philanthropy right through to his first proper job and how he would fix capitalism. An epic conversation to say the least. Strap in a press pla...

This week's episode of BWB Extra continues our conversation with Courtney Fingar, Editor-In-Chief of Investment Monitor who opens up to talk about all things FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) and globalisation, the very personal topic of Russia's Ukraine invasion and the effect it's having both economically and personally as well as discussing the links between social media's manipulated disinformat...

Our returning guest this week is Courtney Fingar, Editor-In-Chief of Investment Monitor, a digital publication focused on foreign direct investment which launched in September 2020 and is part of GlobalData plc. Before joining the group in 2020, Ms Fingar spent 15 years with the Financial Times where she was editor-in-chief of fDi Magazine and the head of content for its data division, fDi Intelli...

Welcome to part 1 of our New York Sessions series! Recorded live at the New York Stock Exchange, we managed to bag some time with Vincent Keaveny, the 693rd Lord Mayor of London while on tour in the USA and Canada as the UK's ambassador for financial services and tech sector. A big thank you to City of London Corporation and London & Partners for making this happen. No...

Joining us this week is Dan Ipsen, Managing Director of Pincvision, a trade compliance company focusing on providing RegTech solutions for Multi Nationals. Dan grew up in Denmark, has lived and worked in Sierra Leone, Netherlands, Canada, worked at Uber, studied at Harvard and has recently moved to the UK to expand Pincvision. Check out Dan Ipsen's recommendations: "We're Doing Well Here" Podcast...

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Gideon Hoffman who gives us the lowdown on what's keeping him busy at the moment: Attribute 360, Gideon's improved take on providing bespoke, value-for-money advertising strategies by combining digital and traditional media specific to the client's needs and outcomes, and the second is Gideon's work as a Trustee at the Royal National Institute...

Meet the man who's part-responsible for setting up HMRC (for you lovely non-UK listeners, that's Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) and was at the centre of what became a giant media storm surrounding the Gambling Act with his emails debated at Prime Minister's Questions. Gideon Hoffman is a decorated businessman who works across media, technology and finance. A trustee at the Royal Nati...

Welcome to this week's episode of BWB Extra where we continue our conversation with Danny Lopez, CEO of Glasswall, a cyber security company specialising in protection against file-based threats. Danny opens up to tell us about the current state of cyber security. From the types of attacks seen today to the methods of protection needed and the importance of a company's public transparency about inc...

Our guest this week is Danny Lopez, CEO of award-winning cyber security firm Glasswall which delivers unique protection against sophisticated threats through its ground-breaking technology. Danny has also enjoyed a successful career in banking, marketing and diplomacy which has included being British Consul General to New York, Director General for Trade and Investment across North America, CEO of...

Welcome to this week's episode of BWB Extra where we continue our conversation with Tanya Kolding Stenz, Director of Strategy & Development at the European Sperm Bank. Tanya opens up to give us the full download on the inner workings of the Sperm Donor trade, an industry riddled with myths, assumptions and confusion. From discussing the origins of the European Sperm bank to the reality of recr...

*You'll have to excuse the drilling noise in the background. Our neighbours are renovating!* Our guest this week is Tanya Kolding Stenz , Director of Strategy and Development at the European Sperm Bank, one of the leading sperm banks in the world. Established in 2004 with a load of entrepreneurial spirit and a strong focus on daily activities, ESB was bought by AXCEL, a private equity firm, in 201...

Welcome to part 2 our TechWeek Special with our good friends at London & Partners. Last week we teleported you on our Eurostar carriage from London to Paris where we held what can only be described as the world's fastest networking event for Tech startups .. on a train .. at 180 miles per hour .. en route to the VivaTech Conference. And this week we're taking you to the heart of the conference...

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of BWB Extra where we continue our conversation with David B Horne, Founder of Funding Focus. David opens up to tell us about the unfair reality he's discovered in venture capital funding between genders and ethnicities, an inequality so unjustifiably skewed towards white middle-class men that he felt compelled enough to do something about it which gave bir...

Our guest this week is David B Horne, the Founder of Funding Focus, an educational business which aims to raise awareness and give support to women and racial minorities who face a very uneven playing field when trying to raise capital for their businesses. David trained as a Chartered Accountant with PWC and went on to be CFO of two companies listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market where...

In light of TechWeek, we had the pleasure of partnering with our good friends at London & Partners to part take in what can only be described as the world's fastest networking event - we took over a whole Eurostar carriage on a trip from London to Paris en route to the VIVaTech Conference and invited some of the most exciting and innovative Tech startups to join us and network, kind of like Sp...

Welcome to this week's BWB Extra where we continue our conversation with Sophie Epstone, Founder & CEO of Trekstock. We discuss Trekstock's journey so far with providing support for young adult cancer patients and her learnings about the reality for people who suffer from the disease both physically and mentally. Born out of the realisation that there was a huge lack in support services for yo...

Our guest this week is Sophie Epstone, Founder of Trekstock, the only UK charity that specifically focuses on supporting young adults through cancer. Sophie became aware of a huge gap in tailored support services for cancer patients in their 20s or 30s after a family friend had treatment for lymphoma and found himself in hospital surrounded by people much older than him whose needs were the opposi...