The Start and Scale Podcast

Today on the   #TactTalksPodcast , we have the pleasure of sitting down with Jaz Chana, experienced Technology Director, to hear his experience guiding Cinch through a major pivot in strategy, driving purpose within his team, how to hire clever people and much more!👏 From preparing Operational and Capital expenditure budgets in excess of £4 million, to Managing a portfolio of Projects (some of wh...

Today on the   #TactTalksPodcast , we have the pleasure of sitting down with David Levine , Angel Investor and experienced CEO to hear his views on the best answer you can receive from an Investor, the importance of gaining traction early in and so much more! 👏 David is part of a group called the Manchester Angels – they are a newly formed organisation established by a collective of leading figur...

Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Dunlop , Founder & CEO of Summize , to hear his views on pivoting while scaling up, solving your own problems and the difference between an ENTREPRENEUR and a FOUNDER! 👏 Tom is an experienced GC / Legal Director and former Great British badminton athlete. 🏸🇬🇧 5 years ago, Tom decided to start a new venture - Summi...

Today on #TactTalksPodcast , we have the pleasure of sitting down with Kelly Wilson , Head of Delivery at Nimble Approach , to hear her views on the military working mindset, adapting a flat structure, and so much more! 👏 Kelly started her career in the military and after many years of service, made her way into the tech community! Kelly now has over fifteen years’ experience in IT projects, work...

Today on #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Sheena McKellar, Business Analysis Manager at Boohoo, to hear her views on how to tailor an interview to make it an effective and enjoyable experience for both sides, how she scaled her team quickly whilst at Boohoo and so much more! 👏 Sheena is an experienced transformational change leader with over 20 years’ experience of tec...

Today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Pete Willingham - CTPO at Autocab, to hear his views on the journey to becoming CTPO, empowering your team, finding a good mentor and so much more! 👏 Let us know your thoughts on the episode in the comments below 👇🏻 Pete Willingham - https://lnkd.in/eWZiqP9Z Autocab - www.autocab.com 🎧 To watch: Youtube - https://youtu.be/3zCmIAmmqB4 ⚡️To keep u...

Today on #TactTalksPodcast we have the pleasure of sitting down with M arlon Hope , to hear his views on being comfortable with not knowing all of the answers, how to approach a mammoth task, how to become more effective and so much more! 👏 Marlon didn’t take the traditional route into tech, “never playing by the rules” he worked his way up from being a Senior Account Manager to being Head of Pro...

Today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Mikey Smith - Technical Director at Money Supermarket to hear about how he got into tech, the struggles he has faced in his career so far, working on the United Nations project and so much more! 👏 Michael Smith - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeysmithuk/ Money Supermarket - https://www.moneysupermarket.com Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google Th...

Today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Mhairi Davidson, to hear her views on the Manchester tech scene, how Nimble Approach disrupted the tech market, assumptions in a new role and so much more! Mhairi has achieved great success in her career so far, being Technical Project Manager, Dev Team Manager and most recently progressing from Senior Agile Delivery Lead to Head of Division (Sheffie...

Today we get to sit down with Toby Wilman - Lead Talent Partner at Infinity Works part of Accenture, to hear his views on the current landscape of recruitment. We are so excited to have Toby on the podcast! Toby is a big believer of positivity both in and out of work, surrounding yourself with good people, smiling as much as you can, crying when you need to cry and laughing out loud. Toby has achi...

Today we get to sit down with Kirsten Osborn - Regional Director at Codurance, to hear her views on creating a diverse and well balanced team. Kirsten is a senior leader with an MBA and over 10 years’ experience of leading strategic business change and operational service improvement, with a specific focus on customer experience, benefits realisation, collaboration, data-informed decision-making a...

In episode 17,  we talk with Jennie Johnson MBE, Founder at My First Five Years. Jennie's a second time around Founder after building and selling her business Kids Allowed.  As someone experienced in creating an incredible brand - that scored a "world-class" experience status through the use of NPS - exited and is now onto her next venture we had to get her on.  We discussed everything from moneti...

In episode 16,  we talk with Rich Somerfield, CTO over at Summize.  Rich's journey in tech is an interesting one, working at big goliath businesses to getting stuck in as part of a start up in Silicon Valley - you can be sure he has some mega insights. As someone who has managed teams of all sizes we discuss the most effective team dynamic in his experience and the importantace of D&I. The Bac...

In episode 15, we talk with Nadia Johnson, Engineering Manager at Patchwork Health about how to work effectively in remote teams.    How do you build, manage, collaborate, decide remotely whilst keeping a strong culture? It's been a question that keeps coming up and something we delve into here.  7 Habits Of Highly Effective People - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful...

In episode 14,  Andy Daniels from Sharp Gaming talks with us about the journey he went on when building and selling his business Degree53.   We also touched on what you should do when faced with a huge task and lessons learned from really messing up.   ✅ Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKf...    🎧 To listen: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/28TbJcFOi9Fk4YbcHi1h...

In episode 13,  Chris Piercy from Cinch talks with us about how they have managed to hire so many people so quickly whilst keeping that fantastic culture. Can you take your time hiring whilst also having a sense of urgency around project delivery?   We also touch on the tech community and how it can really help people getting into their first role in tech!   ✅ Subscribe to our channel: https://ww...

In this episode, we’re joined by Peak’s Holly Clarke as we explore her career development from AI Analyst to her current position as Chief of Staff. We dived into the discussion on how their Decision Intelligence platform provides businesses with data to enhance their decision-making across different fields. Holly Clarke - https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-clarke-7363b8134/ Peak - https://peak.ai...

In episode 11, Lauren Sears from AccessPay talks with us about how her role as a Recruitment Manager pushes the work culture to be more advanced in their approaches to hiring and strategies within each department. We also get to hear about how their Cloud-based solution is required for remote working... ⚡️To keep up to date with our new episodes give our socials a follow: https://linktr.ee/TactIT...

In this episode we're joined by Chris Grice from Street Group, where we get to hear about the ins and outs of how their incredible product enhances the experience of people in the property industry! We also get to explore his own personal development within the Tech world and how he feels it’s important to create a culture of organisational safety to create teams who aren’t afraid to say what they...

In this episode, we have Jonty Bale join us from  cinch . Jonty delves into his career through many roles in the tech sector and is now Principal Architect over at Cinch. As the person who spearheaded the crazy growth in Manchester he discusses how his job is to ensure their service rapidly elevates whilst problem solving within! Jonty Bale - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jontybale/ Cinch - https://...

In this episode, we talk with Martin Woodford who is the Head of Engineering over at Beauty Bay, a retail company that sells makeup, skin and hair care products. We get to hear about his 20-year career journey through tech and eCommerce. Martin Woodford - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinwoodford/ Beauty Bay - https://www.beautybay.com To keep up-to-date with our new episodes, make sure you follo...

In this episode, we’re joined by Andrew Fisher discussing his personal growth through recruitment and his career development with Zuto and what makes their company one of the fastest growing in the North West. Andrew Fisher - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-fisher-038a26a9/ Zuto - https://www.zuto.com  To keep up-to-date with our new episodes, make sure you follow us on socials - https://linktr...

In the first episode of Series 2 we're talking with Michael Banner about mental health within tech and most importantly imposter syndrome - of course we touch on the exciting things he's up to at Moonpig too! Michael Banner - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-banner-53ab9a31/ Moonpig - https://www.moonpig.com/uk/ To keep up-to-date with our new episodes make sure you follow us on socials... Link...

In this episode we talk with Amelia Bampton about her passion for allowing people to be creative and finding their perfect role alongside all the exciting things going on behind the scenes at Codurance. Amelia Bampton - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-bampton-4780032/ To keep up-to-date with our new episodes make sure you follow us on socials... LinkedIn - https://tinyurl.com/tactit Instagram -...

In this episode we sit down with James Renshaw the CTO of The Modern Milkman talking about their story, how they started and where they're going.  I know you're going to love it! James Renshaw - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-renshaw-02a879a/  To keep up-to-date with our new episodes make sure you follow us on socials... LinkedIn - https://tinyurl.com/tactit Instagram - @tact.it Twitter - @tact...