Northern Business Podcast

Welcome to the first episode of Northern Business Podcast, formerly Business Unmuted) sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at Vertu Motors .com Our host is Graham Robb, owner of Recognition PR, one of longest established PR firms in the North of England. Each week we’ll be talking to people in business and economic experts about the big issues a...

Welcome to Business Unmuted – the Northern Business Podcast, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at Vertu Motors .com Your usual host Graham Robb is away today and has asked Nicky Jolley to step in for him. Nicky's business, HR2DAY works with a huge range of clients in all kinds of sectors, so she's gained some amazing insights over the years i...

Welcome to Business Unmuted – the Northern Business Podcast, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at Vertu Motors .comOur host is Graham Robb, owner of Recognition PR. The 70 plus clients we represent have a turnover of approximately £6billion and around 30,000 staff, so we’re perfectly ato discuss the economic climate. Make sure you never miss...

Welcome to Business Unmuted – the Northern Business Podcast, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at Vertu Motors .comOur host is Graham Robb, owner of Recognition PR. The 70 plus clients we represent have a turnover of approximately £6billion and around 30,000 staff, so we’re perfectly placed to discuss the economic climate. Make sure you never...

Welcome to Business Unmuted – the Northern Business Podcast, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at Vertu Motors .comOur host is Graham Robb and he has owned Recognition PR for nearly 35 years. We have 75 clients based across the UK, who between them have a turnover of approximately £6billion and around 30,000 staff. We’re at the front line of...

Welcome to Business Unmuted, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailersCheck out its website at Vertu Motors .comOur host is Graham Robb and he's owned Recognition PR for nearly 35 years. We have 75 clients in multiple sectors based across the UK, who between them have a turnover of approximately £6billion and who employ around 30,000 staff. We’re at the front line of the b...

Welcome to Business Unmuted, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers Check out its website at Vertu Motors .com Our host is Graham Robb and he's owned Recognition PR for nearly 35 years. We have 75 clients in multiple sectors based across the UK, who between them have a turnover of approximately £6billion and who employ around 30,000 staff. We’re at the front line of the...

Welcome to Business Unmuted, which today is coming live from Vertu BMW in Teesside. Thanks to our sponsor Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at VertuMotors .com Our host is Graham Robb and he's owned Recognition PR for nearly 35 years. Recognition has 75 clients in multiple sectors based across the UK, who between them have a turnover of approximately £6bi...

Welcome to Business Unmuted, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at Vertu Motors .com Your host is Graham Robb, who has owned Recognition PR for nearly 35 years. Recognition has 75 clients in multiple sectors based across the UK, who between them have a turnover of approximately £6billion and who employ around 30,000 staff. We’re at the front l...

Welcome to Business Unmuted, the business podcast for the North of England, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Check out its website at VertuMotors.com Your usual host Graham Robb is busy chairing a panel for the Entrepreneur’s Forum today and has asked Nicky Jolley to step in. Nicky's business, HR2day, works with a huge range of clients in all kinds of sectors. So...

Welcome to Business Unmuted, sponsored by Vertu Motors, one of the UK’s largest motor retailers. Our host is Graham Robb, who has owned Recognition PR for nearly 35 years. With 75 successful private sector clients across the UK, we’re at the front line of the business community, and perfectly placed to discuss the economic climate. In the studio, we have Fraser Brown, managing director of MotorVis...

Today's Business Unmuted is an energy special! The price of electricity and gas has been a sticking point for many businesses during the energy crisis, with many having to innovate to stay afloat. Today we'll talk about the government's new scheme to help businesses with their bills, hear some accounts of how businesses are faring, and discuss how, through battery technology, businesses could star...

At Business Unmuted, we know that community engagement is incredibly important, and on this episode our guests include a business leader who is passionate for businesses to engage with the world outside their walls and two charity leaders. The discussion this week centres around why corporate social responsibility is so important, and how it can help businesses who commit to it. Taking us through...

Following a report from the IMF that said the UK would be going alone into a recession soon, Graham Robb asks our guests this week, do they think the IMF is right? Independent economist Julian Jessop gives us his take on what he thinks lies in store for the country, especially when compared to its peers. Andy Crawford, director at Business Moves Group, tells us how he is seeing the landscape of wo...

On this week’s Business Unmuted we take a look at the IPPR’s report on the state of Levelling Up, how to improve the skills mix of the nation, and consider the state of Britain’s economy. Joining Graham for this episode is Nicky Jolley, founder of HR2day; Darren Winter, company director at Duco Digital and media commentator and former head of media at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Emily Carve...

We are well and truly back in the swing on things for 2023 on Business unmuted. As ever, our host Graham Robb is joined by a panel of expert business people to get an insight into the issues of the week in the business world. This week we take a close look at the property market, touch on the labour market, and discuss how businesses can make use of not just big data, but "small" data too. On the...

Business Unmuted is back and we're starting off 2023 in good spirits! In this episode we're taking a look forward at the coming year and taking stock of what might come down the line. There's a lot of doom and gloom in the media, but how are people in business actually feeling? We'll find out with our expert panel: Margaret Bradshaw from Red Button Media and Training, Simon Hartley from Be World C...

It's our final episode of 2022 and we're going out with a look back at the figures that shaped this year, and also taking a look forward to what 2023 will bring the world of business in the UK. As ever, our host Graham Robb is joined by an expert panel to discuss the big data points. They cover inflation, interest rates, the employment rates and GDP. the panel this week is Karl Pemberton, managing...

We are back in the studio this week with a big question. As the Competition and Markets Authority says there is some evidence of "rocket and feather" pricing in the fuel markets, we ask: is fuel too expensive? Also in the spotlight are the growing number of strikes due to take place through the rest of December, and the new workers' right to request flexible working from day one. Helping us naviga...

This week's episode is a special one as it was recorded at one of the dealerships of our sponsor Vertu Motors plc. The wonderful Jaguar and Land Rover dealership in Leeds is where we invited our expert panel to join Graham Robb for our discussion this week. Today we have Robert Forrester, the Chief Executive of Vertu Motors plc, Poonam Kaur, Managing Director of FDS Director Services and Chair of...

We have a guest host this week! Graham is away on business in London so Nicky Jolley, founder and owner of HR2day, is leading our discussion today. The main topic of discussion this week is the Chancellor's Autumn Statement and what the impacts will be on businesses and individuals. We also take a look at what issues charities are facing this winter, as well as evaluating how effective the levelli...

This week we have a special edition of Business Unmuted. Deloitte recently released the 2022 State of the State report, its annual report on government and public services, based on extensive survey results and consultation with public sector leaders. The report details the public's attitude towards government services, levels of taxation and spending, and what people think our government's priori...

Business Unmuted is back again with our usual round up of the big topics from the past week in the world of business. This week, Graham Robb and the expert panel will be delving into the upcoming fiscal announcement from the government, taking a look at the funding situation for care homes and the challenges they are facing, as well as considering how business owners and entrepreneurs are handling...

Graham Robb is back on the sofa again this week to take a look at some of the hot topics in the business world from the past week. On the agenda in this week's episode is general business confidence, both in the North East and across the country, rising interest rates, the UK's first Asian Prime Minister, and the challenges of cyber security facing businesses. Helping to navigate these topics is o...

We are back again to take a look at the latest points of discussion in the world of business. Our host Graham Robb is joined by Cllr Mieka Smiles, Deputy Mayor of Middlesbrough, and Andrew Lane, Managing Director of Union Industries. Together, they chat through what they think of the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and the plans that he has laid out so far, and Levelling Up is back on the table w...