The MorePeople Podcast

Our very own Rural Recruitment Consultant at MorePeople, Hannah Cuthbert, joins us on the podcast this week. We learn how Hannah began her journey into Agriculture, whilst doing an incredible job promoting Young Farmers, especially as the face of our Young People in Food and Farming events. Hannah provides insight into her previous rural positions, including one in Australia! Listen to find out mo...

This week, Suneel Appan joins us on the podcast. Suneel joined ABFs Graduate scheme 15 years ago and now works in the world of anaerobic digestion, which forms part of his full-time role at Future Biogas. Tune in to learn how Suneel got into the energy sector, how Future Biogas works with farmers across the UK to help decarbonise and what else Suneel is getting up to as a NED.

CEO of Worldwide Fruit, Steve Maxwell joins us on the podcast to discuss some of the biggest industry challenges within an own label business. With a commendable 26 years of industry experience at WorldWide Fruit, Steve shares the importance of Purpose, Process and People within his company ethos, while discussing the retention of talent, specifically the balance between experience and fresh persp...

Join Andrew and Rich in discussing what even is recruitment. What does the job entail, what are we doing day in and day out? The importance of networking, being resilient, being disciplined, planning your days, and actually caring about customer service… find out more in this episode!

Alex Marshall, Associate Director at MorePeople has worked in recruitment for over 19 years since finishing University. Specialising in Technical recruitment, including NPD and Process. Alex and Andy discuss the changes seen over the past 19 years, how candidates are more likely to jump from Food Manufacturing to Fresh Produce and vice-versa than they used to and how you don't have to have a food...

Shayne Tyler, owner of TylerBladon Practical Ethics after a long and successful career within Operations in the produce sector, and an expert in exploitation and modern slavery. In this impressive episode, Richard and Shayne talk about how he was exposed to illegal employment early in his produce career and how over the years this has led to opening his consultancy business. Learn how employers ne...

Aggie Mutuma started her impressive People career in the food industry in the likes of Tesco, McDonalds and being Group People Director for Agent Food working on all things recruitment, talent, succession, development, values and behaviours - all things every organisation needs to do to maximise the potential of its people. Since then, Aggie runs Mahogany Inclusion Partners supporting organisation...

Richard chats with Mark Spurdens, Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln and the National Centre for Food Manufacturing. With a 40-year career in the food industry, Mark has worked across food and fresh produce, including the flower industry, from Technical Manager to Ops Director to MD to COO within the whole food supply chain. They discuss the biggest challenges, how the sectors differ in...

Chris Francis, Retail and Wholesale Director for Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres explains the three parts of the Hillier business and the scale of their growing operation, supplying all trees for the London Olympic Park and growing over 1 million plants a year. We learn about what role new technology has in Hilliers Garden Centres and how RFID can actually improve and humanise customer servic...

People and Culture Director of FairFax Meadow, Suzanne James joins Richard on the podcast this week. They discuss the function of HR and how it's evolved over the years, what the current challenges are for HR, including managing a multi-generational workforce, and how the workplace can manage retirement now that we are living longer. All this and more on The MorePeople Podcast.

James Ash is back with Andrew in discussing the role of a non-exec, how James has evolved and his thoughts on succession planning and the wider talent agenda. Alongside this, we discuss the difficulty of ensuring a business not only promotes the best salespeople but also identifies the talent with the necessary skills to move up into management, especially in recruitment.

This week, Associate Director Tom Edmonson-Matthews joins MD Richard in discussing Tom's journey during his 8 years at MorePeople and his experience in focusing on Executive Search. Find out more on episode 22 of The MorePeople Podcast

Join us for part two with the HTA, find out the benefits of being a member and how they work with other trade associations. We talk about about how the values of the HTA are still the same 125 years on and their upcoming conference this September.

Senior Consultant, Jordan joins us on the podcast this week! Hear how Jordan has created a successful career in recruitment using his Biology Degree and his fantastic knowledge on all things body health and mind! From beetroot juice to cold water therapy Jordan is an expert on bringing consistency into the inconsistent world of recruitment.

CEO and Vice President of the HTA, Fran Barnes and Will Armitage join us to discuss the HTA's involvement in getting new people into the industry and the importance of apprenticeship schemes. As well as what environmental horticulture does for the UK and activity since the new government was announced. Tune in for part two in a couple of weeks!

James Ash, NED for MorePeople joins MD Richard Hanwell to discuss his experience working in the recruitment industry and how if you can succeed in the UK recruitment industry you can succeed anywhere. Tune into episode 18 of The MorePeople Podcast to find out more.

Join Andrew and Jon Poole discussing Jon's career history in the food science space to now running a coaching and training business. Find out the difference between management, leadership and coaching and why it's so important to put the effort into training your workforce and not worried about them leaving.

Richard speaks with our Marketing Manager, Natalie Smith on all things recruitment marketing. The challenges of recording ROI, working collaboratively and the rise of AI. Listen to find out more on episode 16 of The MorePeople Podcast

How do businesses train and develop their staff ensuring a variety of learning styles are used to suit everyone, how do we make sure training is remembered and how do you choose the best training techniques? Andrew and Richard discuss how MorePeople manage their training and development and the importance of showing vulnerability being comfortable to know where you need that extra help.

Join Richard Hanwell and co-owner of PVS Media, a full service media company in Lincolnshire, Chris England discuss the importance and power of making everything visual in business. They cover how media has evolved over the years and how we are more comfortable being in front of the lense since the pandemic, the benefits of delivering information and messages via video to time-poor audiences, and...

Richard and Andrew discuss the power of networking, and how to grow your network in episode 13 of The MorePeople Podcast. Andrew shares top tips on 'putting yourself out there', doing it well and making it seem 'less scary'. As well as the strength of LinkedIn, staying in touch and personal brand.

Nick Shorter, Managing Director of Velcourt joins Andrew Fitzmaurice in discussing Velcourt and Nicks journey with the company, coming from a non-farming background. He discusses the importance of employing a mixture of talent with farming and non-farming backgrounds within a business, and the changes in farming he's seen over the years - particularly the volatility farming businesses now face...

Andrew chats with Sarah Want, Team Manager for our Horticulture and Agriculture teams. Hear about Sarah's passion for Horticulture and how undervalued and important the industry is. Sarah discusses the importance of allowing junior employees to attend industry events to keep talent inspired, and how we need to look at educating students much earlier on the options available within horticulture...

On episode 10 of The MorePeople Podcast, Andrew and Guy discuss the importance of Succession Planning, and how a business can mitigate some unforeseen challenges and costs of unexpected exits and create a seamless process. Guy speaks of how many businesses are so focused on today it can be easy to forget about their people plan. Hear about MorePeople's succession plan and Guys' experience...

Join Richard and Sean Sankey from Much Clearer discussing growth, and the importance of not just being a great contributor at the top table but enabling your skills to be taught to others and evolving it. Tune in for the importance of business conflict and resolution, why having a business strategy wastes time and money and how we can move faster at a better pace using other tactics.