The SME Growth Podcast by Wellmeadow

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave Parry sits down with Fractional CFO, Adam Cooper. In a long-ranging discussion about Dave's many years experience in helping SMEs with strategy, leadership, governance and board support, find out how bringing in external support, such as a non executive director on your board, could bring considerable value to any SME regardless of the...

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich sit down to discuss the changing landscape of the UK job market. Are SMEs reluctant to recruit? How do SMEs navigate candidates with multiple offers?

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Richard Buckle sits down with fashion brand entrepreneur, Victoria McKenna. She discusses how she set up her business after a health scare and the lessons learned from trying to break into the world of workwear fashion.

Is your business prepared for a crisis? In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich delve into how to overcome a crisis. They discuss roles, PR and comms, business continuity as well as repetitional impact.

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Richard Buckle sits down with Darren Pallatina - a LinkedIn design expert to talk about his early life in the military and how he came to form his business, centred around the Microsoft powerhouse - LinkedIn. From creating engaging content to being a voice of authority in your industry - Darren discusses the lessons he's learned over the ye...

What happens in businesses when people attain positions of power? In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave & Rich discuss the pitfalls of power and how different types can either make or break company culture. If you are interested in what Wellmeadow does, head to our website: ⁠⁠https://www.wellmeadow.co.uk/ #SMEGrowthPodcast #TheSMEGrowthPodcast #UKSME #SMEGrowth #BusinessGr...

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich tackle a crucial question for all business owners – How much of your marketing should you outsource? From content creation, SEO and PPC, branding and PR, they explore the pros and cons of managing marketing activities internally versus hiring external specialists.

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich tackle a crucial question for all business owners – How much of your marketing should you outsource? From content creation, SEO and PPC, branding and PR, they explore the pros and cons of managing marketing activities internally versus hiring external specialists.

Are you, as a small business owner/manager, investing quality time into Research & Development? (R&D) In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich talk in depth about the benefits of R&D and how Google used it to pioneer main elements of it's core business including Gmail.

As an SME owner or manager, are you taking stock of how AI can be applied in your business? From Marketing and Sales to inventory and finance, in this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich discuss how AI can be utilised in several departments of a business.

How do you write a compelling board report that influences action? In this week’s episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich discuss their experience of chairing over 3000 board meetings and how drafting a high quality board report can inspire leaders. Follow The SME Growth podcast: Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wellmeadow Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich explore Intrapreneurship or more specifically, developing an innovative idea or project within a company. They discuss several of their own intrapreneur successes and failures and the valuable lessons they've learned.

Is your business utilising the power of AI-driven ads? In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich delve into the world of Google's new powerful AI ad tool - Performance Max. From providing the machine-learning with data rich content to optimising landing pages, find out how your business could benefit from this revolutionary marketing tool. If you are interested in wha...

Over the last 20 years, Dave Parry and Richard Buckle have chaired over 3000 board meetings for hundreds of SMEs - in this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave and Rich explore the lessons they've learnt from these experiences and how having regular board meetings is critical to the success and growth of a business. Dave and Rich also explore the advantages of bringing outside in...

In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave Parry sits down with Andrew Jowett - a founder of a large not-for-profit organisation called Build It International. Build It International creates opportunities for young people and their communities in Zambia through skills training, work experience and essential community building projects.  In this episode, Dave and Andrew discuss all...

Is tech-giant Alphabet, owners of Google, plotting an acquisition of HubSpot? What could this mean for customer data and marketing campaigns? In this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, brought to you by Wellmeadow, Dave and Rich discuss the rumours that Google parent company, Alphabet, is about to acquire HubSpot as reported by Reuters on 04/04/24.

Humanoid robots, AI-generated music from simple text prompts, living to 500. These are just a few of the many topics covered in this week's AI episode of The SME Growth Podcast. Rich and Dave sit down to discuss the current advances of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it affects Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs)

Telemarketing... isn't that just cold-calling? Whilst you could be forgiven for assuming so, in this week's episode of The SME Growth Podcast, Dave Parry is joined by James Willis, operations director at Exceptional Thinking, to dispel the myths of this lead-generation tool and how data is used in nurturing and adding value to potential prospects. Dave and James discuss the misconceptions...

Ever fancied running an ultra-marathon?! Dave and Rich sat down with Archi Stewart, who has not only run his fair share of ultra-marathons, but has also bought several adventure race businesses. Archi discusses what motivated him to start running and how he turned his passion into a successful business. Drawing on decades of experience leading sales teams and advising businesses, Archi tells a fas...

Studies on companies show that those using a range of SaaS software products can be 30-40% more efficient. However you are potentially paying for products you don't use and possibly sharing data more widely than you think - including to ex-employees. This week's episode explores the pros and cons of a varied 'Tech Stack' and how it might be time for a Platform Audit.

In episode 61 of the SME Growth Podcast, Dave Parry is joined by guest James Bennett for a fascinating chat on when things don’t quite work out for SMEs. Everyone loves a success story but what about when it doesn’t go to plan. In James’ role as a fractional FD, he sheds some light on the lessons SME owners can learn from business failures and how they can be seen positively as a ‘first attempt at...

In our latest SME Growth Podcast episode, The day after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's spring budget, David Parry and Richard Buckle from Wellmeadow sit down with leading economist, Roger Martin-Fagg, to discuss the economic outlook and how SMEs are at the forefront of driving UK growth. In this insightful episode, Roger, David and Richard discuss the state of the current UK economy, AI and how the...

In this week’s episode of The SME Growth Podcast, brought to you by Wellmeadow, Dave and Rich carry on from Episode 54 in discussing the top 10 hallmarks of a good leader.  In this episode you’ll discover how Integrity, recruitment, innovation and resilience are central to successful leaders.  

In this week’s episode of The SME Growth Podcast, brought to you by Wellmeadow, Dave and Richard are joined by Dalen Managing Director, Adam Beardmore. In this fascinating episode, Adam gives insight into the trials and tribulations of breaking into new markets to boost growth. From creating cutting edge products for education to being on the frontline of the Coronavirus pandemic, Dalen have been...

In Episode 57 of the SME Growth Podcast, hosts Dave Parry and Richard Buckle delve into the world of conferences and exhibitions. They chat about the different approaches businesses take in using a conference or exhibition for marketing, as well as how to maximise both for lead capture and generation. There's also the usual roundup of business news, looking ahead to the budget and what this co...