Rural Business Focus

You can find out more information about Perennial CFO here . This episode is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice. RuralPod Media or Perennial CFO accept no responsibility for using any of the information contained in this podcast.  Joey's handles: Twitter - @JoeydeWit_ Email -  joey@perennialcfo.com  You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf...

Ben chats to Amanda Marshall, the founder of Devon based outdoor clothing business 3 Donkeys.   You can find 3 Donkeys on their website here.  Insta and facebook @3donkeysclothing ;  twitter @3donkeysltd You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your business? If you  want to...

You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your business? If you  want to find out more or work with Ben to make your own podcast or to organise some podcast training for your business visit ruralpodmedia.co.uk  For more on Claire visit: clairetaylormedia.com 

Today’s episode is mostly for farmers looking to diversify their businesses and thinking of how to finance these ventures. You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your business? If you  want to find out more or work with Ben to make your own podcast or to organise some podc...

A solo episode with Ben on happiness in life and work and why checking in on what we are grateful for is important.  You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your business? If you  want to find out more or work with Ben to make your own podcast or to organise some podcast tr...

Today is all about growth mindset and getting our minds into focus to improve not just our work lives but our entire lives, and develop and hone our skills in having a mindset of growth and development. There are few people better placed than my guest today to discuss this as in 2017 he launched a podcast to explore this very thing – the growth mindset podcast – and has since produced 9 seasons co...

Today is all about combining growth and strategy and getting ourselves into that mindset of thinking about where we’re going but putting that through a commercial lens.  Veronica Still has vast amounts of experience in sales and commercial strategy across the media, events, technology and information services sectors. She has led large sales teams, managed budgets of over £15 million and has a bro...

Today Ben is joined by skier, four-time Winter Olympian for Great Britain, presenter of Ski Sunday and much more besides: Chemmy Alcott. With a career high ranking of 8th in the World, 7 times as British National Overall Champion and the only British female skier to ever win a run in a World Cup, Chemmy is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest ever skiers. East Sussex, where she was born, i...

Today’s focus is recruitment and finding good people to help you develop your business. Often this is something that can hold small and medium sized businesses back, especially if you end up taking on the wrong people – that can cause an even bigger headache. Similarly if you find the right people and build a team of people who are committed, connected and driven to succeed for all of you then it...

Ben is joined today by Aly Robins who is a business coach and marketing consultant from Montana in the US. Aly also runs a website design agency called Snowy Mountain Marketing. More than anything Aly is completely passionate about agriculture and rural business and has a drive to help rural businesses flourish and people to be their very best. You can also find her over on the Agriculture and Rur...

How are your motivation levels? Do you find yourself sometimes more motivated than at other times? This episode explores this and more.    You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your business? If you  want to find out more or work with Ben to make your own podcast or to or...

How far along are you on your business’s journey towards achieving net zero? Have you already got there? Or is it something that you haven’t thought about. How are your energy costs looking and how sustainable is your energy source moving forwards? Have you already transitioned towards renewable sources, considered it or again, not even thought about it yet? That is what we discuss on this episode...

Have you ever experienced burnout? Have you had work related stress? It's really important we look out for it in ourselves and other people and take steps to prevent it. This is what we discuss in today's episode.  References Episode 19 with Tony Ilett on physical and mental fitness Episode 21 with Lucy Williamson on nutrition Article in the Journal of Rural Studies on farmer burnout The Warning S...

Today we’re talking about digital and tech and asking what the rural sector can do more of to embrace the digital space and how digital can help rural business to develop and move forward? Host Ben Eagle is joined by:  Emma Simkiss (Managing Director at Freestyle )  Camilla Hayselden-Ashby (Head of Product at Fieldmargin )  Adam Short (Co-founder of MA Systems Ltd , owner of Temple Technologies Li...

Jamie Perry is the founder and Director of Lasting Change at The Hope Revolution Foundation. How do we instil more hope in society and how can we work together to make that sense of hope commonplace and an everyday thing?  You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your busine...

Startup Colorado is a fascinating nonprofit which supports rural entrepreneurs across the state of Colorado in the USA. Their services include a free peer to peer Entrepreneur network, scholarships, event programmes and various services which are provided in collaboration with other business support organisations. The organisation was originally founded in 2011 at the Silicon Flatirons Center at t...

Ben discusses SMART goals in today's episode and encourages everyone to review their goals for the year and perhaps set new goals.  SMART goals are: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely.    You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your business? If you  want...

Ben speak to Ray Jenkins from RJ Trees and Hedging in Herefordshire.  Re the Open Farm Sunday shout Out click here to find out more about the breakfast meetings.    You can follow Rural Business Focus and contact Ben on Twitter @ruralbf_pod or on Instagram @ruralbusinessfocus Have you thought about the benefits of podcasting for your business? If you  want to find out more or work with Ben to make...

How to Succeed at Networking  Today on the podcast Ben is joined by Milly Fyfe to discuss networking and some tips for how you can become a better networker.  Milly Fyfe is a digital marketing and social media consultant and food and farming ambassador based in Northamptonshire. She writes the No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents blog and hosts the Countryside Kitchen Meets Podcast. You can buy her e-co...

Jez Fredenburgh has written for BBC Future, National Geographic, Farmers Guardian and Farmers Weekly, among others. She was Deputy Business Editor at Farmers Weekly for 2 years and she recently produced and hosted the main interview on Farmers Guardian’s weekly podcast, Over the Farm Gate.  You can find here jez-fredenburgh.com Anna Jones has worked as a journalist and programme maker across a ran...

Find out more about Pinstone here .  1:03 Ben introduces today's show 2:20 Hannah comes in 2:45 Hannah talks about her background 4:50 Hannah introduces Pinstone 6:58 The Business Barn survey 7:40 Hannah explains what we mean by public relations 9:52 PR as 'the dark arts' - is that fair? 12:40 Keeping up to date and knowledgeable 14:45 Is rural PR any different? 22:12 Consistency 22:49 Pinstone's...

Chris Manley is a Nuffield scholar studying leadership around the world. He has worked for Muller UK and Ireland Group, Tesco, Sainsburys and Mole Valley. Last year he started the #walkwithme campaign to raise further awareness of the links between physical and mental health and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health.  For more about the #walkwithme campaign you can read this in Somerset Co...

You can follow Bizza on Instagram @adventuresofashepherdess You can find out more about Eileen by visiting her website or find her on instagram @coachingwitheileen Find out more about the retreat here. 01:04 Intro from Ben 01:38 Bizza introduces herself 02:44 Bizza explains how she came to go on a mindset retreat 05:20 Bizza explains what the retreat involved 06:03 Bizza looks at an obstacle or ch...

1:03 Intro from Ben 2:20 Milly introduction 2:52 Milly discusses her own brand 4:38 Remaining consistent 6:53 Trademarking 9:37 What is a brand? 13:50 How to benchmark your brand? 15:48 Rebranding 17:05 Logos 18:56 Recognisable brands 21:31 Building a Brand on a Budget 24:47 Gifs 27:34 Grants 28:45 Good countryside brands 31:00 Round up Milly's website - Milly Fyfe Marketing and PR Services - Food...

Milly mentions: Snapseed (photo editing app); Capcut (video editing software); Linktree Milly's Linktree with her various links - found here Here is the content campaign calendar mentioned by Milly during the podcast episode - find it here Accounts mentioned: @FCNcharity (Farming Community Network) @yellowwelliesuk (Farm Safety Foundation) @glebefarmfoods @fairfaxandfavor @oldmillafp (Old Mill Acc...