People buy People
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Every business needs to put people at the centre of their strategies and decisions. Why? Your people are your best asset. People are leaders. People are entrepreneurs. People are owners, managers and juniors. We are all human. If we understand people more deeply, we’ll start to understand them and then can build better, more sustainable relationships. Whether it’s talent or business. Whether it’s a better culture or innovative ideas. Sustainability is also a focus of my work and I’ll cover new thinking and invite expert guests.
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Thinking out loud about public relations and communication
September 02, 2022 06:30 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBSince I started working in public relations 20+ years ago, things have changed big time! From technology evolving to consumer habits changing, the economy, Brexit, COVID, Russia's war on Ukraine and the cost of living crisis. But some things remain the same. We focus on engaging real actual people and we still need to listen, act, adapt and build relationships, in order to build trust. Plus a few other thoughts! Thanks for tuning in, don't forget to leave a review and subscribe! Laura
ESG and governance - board and corporate
August 25, 2022 07:00 - 15 minutes - 21.5 MBSince relaunching Aura on World Environment Day, with a specific focus on sustainable business, I’ve been conducting a lot of one-to-one webinars. The webinars are meant to help explain my proposition and how the Synergy Framework© works. Along the way, I’ve been tweeking my slides for different audiences, (agencies, consultants, business owners, CEOs…) and taking note of things people have taken an interest in and also noted that may have been missing. On a recent webinar where I was talk...
PRCA’s Misinformation and Climate Research Results
July 13, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBLast week, the PRCA's Misinformation and the Climate Crisis Strategy Group launched its annual findings of the industry and the consumer research. It revealed that we must be more brave and lead the way in ethical communication. More than 9 out of ten (96%) of PR professionals now advise their clients and colleagues to understand the climate crisis and how they can effectively communicate the part they play - up from 82% last year Almost half (45%) have noticed their clients or organisati...
Summary on today’s Climate Change Committee Report for UK’s NetZero
June 29, 2022 12:03 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode, I talk about the 7 key messages from the Climate Change Committee Report, specifically on the UK's progress. Edie has kindly done the work for me and so I'm just picking out points to discuss for the show. Here's the blog and link to the report. Key points: 1) The UK is almost halfway to net-zero emissions… 2) …But less than 40% of future required emissions reductions are covered by policy 3) EV sales are ahead of predictions and trajectories 4) Buildings are a real pr...
The 21st century CEO
June 10, 2022 09:03 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBLaura refers to the article she read on McKinsey recently, about the 21st Century CEO. You can read it here. It talks through the six components of a great CEO: - Be bold -Treat the soft stuff as the hard stuff - Solve for the team’s psychology - Help directors help the business - Start with “Why?” - Do what only you can do Laura talks through the article and her thoughts about each of the points. There is a lot of resemblance to Laura's former campaigns, blogs and thinking. Please...
Aura relaunches to help businesses accelerate to a sustainable future
June 05, 2022 07:00 - 13 minutes - 19 MBToday is World Environment Day and it seemed appropriate to relaunch Aura on a day which mattered. Visit www.auraadvisory.co for the new website! Laura has been thinking and developing ideas over the last couple of years and these last few weeks everything has come together. Aura's senior communication and business advisory is now launched and ready to help organisations accelerate to a sustainable future. Responsible businesses are sustainable businesses. Aura also launches its ground-bre...
Laura on Aura’s carbon footprint, Good Business Charter and the BIG news
May 18, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MBIn this solo episode, Laura talks about Aura's carbon footprint over the last 12 months and how she's included her own personal mileage, Aura being Accredited by the Good Business Charter and the BIG news coming your way on Sunday 5 June. It's been a busy old month so far! The PRCA's survey I mention is here https://survey.opiniumresearch.co.uk/p?qif=ce267b93-554f-4649-84c6-9c9498cd3e22&qsid=cbaf7c61-677e-448c-a18e-0ae92ea15a9c You've got until Friday to complete it and be in with the chan...
Laura recaps on reputation’s place in public relations
May 05, 2022 09:57 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBLast week, CIPR Wales asked me to chair a panel event around reputation, following a keynote from Amanda Coleman about reputation and crisis communication. Last week was also #GetChartered week, so fittingly, I split the conversation into three categories which the Chartered assessment is centred round - leadership, ethics and strategy. Tune in to hear about proactive and reactive reputation management, the role leaders must play and how we must be more brave in our roles. Thanks for tuni...
Laura talks about Q1 challenges and what lies ahead
March 24, 2022 12:50 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this solo episode, I talk through the challenges I've faced in Q1 and what's to come in 2022, including the following: - PRFest and PRsUnite update - the importance of line managers - the importance of pushing back and having a good reason - giving permission to your team to take time out - being nice - the feeling that 2022, the year that was supposed to be 'better', is a long way off, with food and fuel poverty, war, rising COVID cases and more uncertainty. As always, please leav...
New podcast showtrailer for 2022
January 26, 2022 11:45 - 2 minutes - 3.13 MBEvery year it's good to revisit what your podcast show is about and so this year, I want to focus again on relationships and trust. I want to bring you my professional experiences and discuss them, giving you helpful advice based on real scenarios. The single biggest challenge I've experienced is that businesses still think of 'comms' as sending out messages. The art of communication is data-based, human and should be developed with behaviours and actions at the heart of it. I'll cover ...
Laura finishes the year chatting to Chris Love about his Masters and his research subject
December 22, 2021 13:13 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBChris Love, of Love PR, went back to do a Masters degree during lockdown and chose an area of his work, to research and explore. He chose to look at communication in organisations who work in the domestic and sexual trauma sector in the UK. A fascinating read and discussion covering learnings, opportunities and a festive greeting from me! Thanks for tuning in to my show in 2021. It's been up and down, just the nature of the year, but I promise to do better in 2022! I'll plan ahead! If yo...
Laura talks to John Brown about misinformation and climate change
September 07, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBJohn Brown is not only CEO of agency Don't Cry Wolf, he's also Chair of the PRCA's Misinformation and Climate Strategy Group, which I'm also part of. We're pushing ahead with plans to educate our industry and enable them to have access to resources and tools to help spot misinformation, call it out and to celebrate best practice. In this episode, John and I talk about the group's plans, but more importantly, what and how we can help our clients and organisations get real. If you'd like to...
Laura talks to Michelle Goodall about community building
August 24, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBCommunity building isn't new, but there's a real opportunity for PR and communication professionals to use their existing skills, and build on them, to build communities. In this episode Michelle Goodall, who's CMO at Guild, talks about the opportunities and the challenges. Some great learning points in this episode about the difference between community platforms vs social media platform groups, too. You can find Michelle on Twitter @GreenWellys and Guild here.
Laura talks about people risk and the top 10 identified in the UK
July 30, 2021 12:13 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBPeople are one of the biggest risks to businesses. From health and wellbeing to unethical behaviour and more. In this episode I talk about the top 10 risks identified from a Mercer report to the UK and slightly differently, globally. I'll be talking over a further 10 episodes about these specifically. This relates to so much of my thinking and some of my recent work. M&As will be on the horizon, businesses have been relaunched, but these are the risks to manage and the opportunities for t...
Laura talks to Mark Webb about disability and inclusion
July 22, 2021 09:35 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBI had the pleasure of speaking to Mark Bond, sorry Webb, earlier in the week and we had a great conversation around disability, having empathy and being human. Some great lessons in here from Mark about how to approach someone with a known disability and also, a great case study about the changing nature of disability and how someone performs. Mark Webb is a public speaker and campaigner for disability and indeed all flavours of diversity. He is also Head of Comms for Shift.ms, the social ...
Laura talks to Rod Cartwright about crisis preparedness
June 02, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBIn this episode Laura talks to Rod about defining issues and crises, leadership, the role we play and ESG. Rod has launched a new model and we get around to talking about that too. I really enjoyed this episode as it shows how conversation can extract good practice, share with listeners and hopefully get other leaders to start to understand the true value of this type of work. You can find Rod @RodCartwright on Twitter. For any suggestions of speakers or topics for the future, please dro...
Laura talks about PRFest 2021
May 27, 2021 05:30 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBFive jam-packed days of content from some truly inspirational speakers from around the world. PRFest has once again changed its game to be fully virtual and using three different platforms to run the event, taking PRFest to where PR pros already hang out. £50 for 5 days, which is £10 a day, to learn from other people's experiences, research, discussions and an opportunity to figure out how you will then take all of that away and apply it to your own practice. I'm so excited about this ye...
Laura re-imagines her business
May 24, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this special episode, I get a bit excited but rightly so. My PR business has been re-imagined inline with my passion, what I'm best at and will give me an excellent work-life balance. What else could I ask for?! I talk about focussing on my specialism, stakeholder engagement, and about how every single business and organisation should be reviewing their stakeholder plans, as everything has changed. Tune in, leave a review and on this occasion, I'd be so grateful if you could share my ...
Laura chats to Steph Bridgeman about measurement and adapting a business
April 06, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBIn this episode of People Buy People, I chat to Steph Bridgeman who runs her own measurement business, Experienced Media Analysts, and is also a Director of AMEC. As you know, measurement and evaluation is something I preach about often, so this was a great conversation. It's also interesting to hear how Steph changed her business. Tune in to find out why, how and the impact its had. You can find Steph here: www.experiencedmediaanalysts.com https://twitter.com/stephbridgeman https://...
Laura Sutherland talks about PR and the Climate Crisis
March 30, 2021 13:59 - 12 minutes - 17.4 MBJust off the backstage at the PRCA Virtual Summit and had to record this extra episode of the podcast! Please let me know if you need support in this area.
Laura chats to Helen Jane Campbell about being curious, using humour and playing in PR
March 23, 2021 09:36 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBHelen Jane Campbell is a former PR practitioner and is now a coach to the freelance, founder and creative community. Her now book lands NOW (there's a discount code if you listen to the podcast!), and we talk about why she left PR to be a coach, how the book came about and there are some really useful tips around mindset and how we can approach our work/life. You can find Helen @coachingbyhelen on Instagram or here on Facebook. As always, thanks for tuning in to People Buy People and I'd ...
Laura chats to Shayoni Lynn about behaviour change, data and negative reporting.
March 08, 2021 11:51 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBShayoni Lynn, Founder of Lynn PR, is my special guest today on International Women's Day 2021. Shay and I have known each other for a couple of years through work with the PRCA. Lynn PR's work, using behavioural science as its roots, to determine the communication strategy, is a shining example of robust methodology and approach to measuring impact, not least actually affecting behaviour change. You can find Shay on Twitter @shayonislynn or LinkedIn, here. As always please do leave a re...
Laura talks to Claire Etchell about social channel evolution, monetisation and integration
February 16, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBFor the last year, Claire and I have collaborated on a Zoom/Insta Live journey to help SMEs navigate lockdown and keep communicating with their audiences. I was pleased she agreed to come on the podcast and talk about stuff we chat about regularly, because I don't know if everyone is on the same page? This conversation got interesting when we chatted about community building and how Facebook is evolving with a beta of 'stars', which to me, looks like the start of crypto currency on the pla...
Laura speaks to Simon Francis about social impact and collaboration
January 19, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBMy first guest episode of People buy People in 2021 features a discussion with Simon Francis, Founding Member of Campaign Collective and past Chair of PRCA Council. We talk about social impact, the need for collaboration, the need to work closer with business organisations and government, plus the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow. LOTS to discuss and there will definitely be a follow-up episode! Please remember to leave a review and if you want more episodes automatically in your app, remember t...
Laura kicks off 2021
January 05, 2021 17:21 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MBHello and Happy New Year! Another year, another lockdown... Welcome to the first episode of People Buy People in 2021. I wanted to kick off with a quick summary of what's on and an invitation to those of you in PR and communication, to join #PRsUnite on 13th and 27th January at 3pm. It's a global Zoom call for people in PR and communication who want to chew the fat, ask questions, bust myths or generally just want to find a good community of colleagues. In this episode I talk about PRCA ...
My solo round-up on 2020
December 16, 2020 13:27 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this final episode of the year, I talk about my experience of the last six months or so and an exciting new business I've set up as a side hustle www.wonkypickles.com (shipping across the UK in the New Year!). From setting up #PRsUnite in March for the global PR community to developing the CIPR's new mentoring scheme for members, to developing and launching my own development and coaching programme for private clients, then developing a framework to help existing and new clients re-ignit...
Laura's final guest of 2020, Darryl Sparey, talks about pat leave, being transparent and his new love of Peleton
December 01, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBDarryl Sparey of Hard Numbers, a new agency born in lockdown, chats to Laura about his latest addition to the family, how he plans to cope with work and life and about being a transparent industry. And no podcast featuring Darryl wouldn't be complete if John Brown from Don't Cry Wolf didn't get some love! lol You can follow Darryl on Twitter @DarrylSparey - feel free to drop him a note. Also, as I indicate at the end of the show, I'm looking for guests for 2021 show. If you've got some PR...
Laura talks to Katy Howell about social, cancel culture and more
November 24, 2020 06:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBIn this extended podcast episode, I chat to Katy Howell, CEO of Immediate Future, about a lot of things. Many laughs were edited out! lol Katy and I discuss back to basics of engaging on social media, the need for fun, proof points and we talk about cancel culture and how its evolving. Tune in and listen to our chat, and if you want to follow Katy, you can find her @katyhowell on Twitter or follow Immediate Future @iftweeter Thanks for listening! Don't forget to leave a review and subsc...
Laura talks to Angharad Planells about leadership in PR
November 17, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBAngharad is Head of Client Success at Radioactive PR, was promoted earlier this year and has been on maternity leave but her focus has firmly been on the team and clients since she returned. Tune in for a great conversation about her leadership style, our thinking on industry leadership and what's required, plus some of the usual tangents! You can follow Angharad @Welsh_PR on Twitter.
Laura speaks to Rax Lakhani about 'being digital' and loving our industry
November 10, 2020 06:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBIt's fair to say Rax and I have a whole lot in common. We're both Virgos, love food, love chatting, straight talking and we both LOVE PR. In this episode, we talk about Rax's career journey, experiences and we both agree about up-skilling, robust measurement and being curious. I think I'll need to do a follow-up soon, so I can capture what was cut off by zoom! You can find Rax @RaxLakhani on Twitter. He's always on there ;) As always, please do leave a review and some feedback and it wo...
Laura talks to Kirk Hazlett about ethics and doing the right thing
November 03, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBKirk Hazlett is a Professor, a Fellow of the PRSA and the stories he tells in this episode are gems. We talk about ethics, doing the right thing and following up what you say you'll do, with action. You can find Kirk @KirkHazlett on Twitter and here's his blog https://kirkhazlett.com Please do leave a review, your feedback or thoughts and don't forget to subscribe on your streaming app, so you get the next episode as soon as it's available. Tune in next Tuesday for my chat with Rax Lakh...
Laura speaks to Kerry Sheehan about AI and talks about the challenges and opportunities in PR
October 27, 2020 05:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBKerry Sheehan is CIPR's AIinPR Chair and has been talking across the world about 'the PR industry is sleep walking into AI", in other words, it doesn't have a clue! In this episode I put on my geeky hat (worn most days) to chat in simple terms about what AI is, what it can do for businesses and what PR practitioners need to be thinking about in terms of upskilling to keep up-to-date with the fast pace we're moving at. You can follow the CIPR's panel using #AIinPR and Kerry can be found @PR...
Laura chats to Helen Reynolds about creativity and feeling empowered
October 20, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this latest episode of People Buy People, Laura chats to the lovely Helen Reynolds (@HelReynolds) about her path to creativity, being stuck in a job where organisations keep you down, and onto better things at @commscreatives - a new academy launch, working with her sister and lots more! You can find Helen's business here https://commscreatives.com Warning, there is some toilet humour involved! Please do leave a review/some feedback and don't forget to subscribe to the show! Also, fo...
Laura chats to Lorna Branton about NHS comms during COVID-19
October 13, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBLorna Branton is head of media and campaigns at NHS Digital and has of course faced some of the most challenging times in her career, delivering five year's worth of tech in only a few months. You can follow Lorna @LornaBranton on Twitter. By the time this podcast is aired, Lorna may have left her NHS role. Please don't forget to leave a review or some feedback for me, plus please subscribe and share!
Laura talks to Rachel Miller about being an IC consultant and an entrepreneur
October 06, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this episode Laura chats to IC legend Rachel Miller, also known as @AllThingsIC! As well as being a consultant, Rachel has invested in a training hub and we talk about the impact of COVID and how she's navigated that. Rachel and I have similar thinking around being an entrepreneur and how we should go about investing in ourselves. It's a meaty episode with lots of laughs! You can find Rachel's blog on www.allthingsic.com and the Youpreneur community is at www.youpreneur.com Please le...
Laura talks to Fiona Hughes about the evolution and ethics of influencer marketing
September 22, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBFiona Hughes is European MD of The Amplify, an influencer marketing agency. Fiona worked in public relations until two years ago and has recognised the changes in PR along her journey. Laura was talking to Fiona, in this episode, about how influencer marketing has changed, the need for budget to spend, long term relationships and much more! Tune in. You can find Fiona @SohoPRGirl on Twitter and Insta or here on LinkedIn. Please share this episode with your network as it might be useful fo...
Laura chats to Rebecca Roberts about communicating with young people
September 08, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBI chat to Rebecca Roberts about a report she has launched, which looks at communicating with young people. We talk about some of the report findings, the future of work, young people having a voice and we touch on ethics. You can find Rebecca at www.threadandfable.com or @threadandfable on Twitter. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it to your network. In addition, so you don't miss out on future episodes, please subscribe to the show! I'd also love any feedback you migh...
Laura chats to Paul Sutton about integrated public relations and the lack of diverse skills
August 25, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBBoth Paul and I were 'brought up' in integrated public relations. It's always been the norm. As the PESO model was much discussed a number of years ago, the PR industry has been slow to adapt, modernise and it lacks the diversity of thinking and skills (as well as its people), which would enable it to stand up to the big brother, marketing function. In addition, I wanted to ask Paul why in his last podcast, Gini from Spin Sucks, thought PR was dying, according to a recent report in the US....
Laura talks to Nigel Sarbutts about what being a freelancer is all about
August 11, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBNigel Sarbutts is co-founder of The PR Cavalry and to help promote it when it launched, sponsored my event, PRFest. I wanted to chat to Nigel about what being freelance is really like and what the current landscape for the market is showing. I also air some frustrations about not up-skilling and being very media relations focused! You can find Nigel @ThePRCavalry on Twitter. Thanks for listening to another episode of People Buy People. Don't forget to leave me a review with some feedbac...
How will the PR industry be accountable for improving diversity and inclusion?
August 07, 2020 06:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBThe final event in the DRIVEN Series and the launch of the DRIVEN Pledge! The podcast dives straight into conversation with panellists, Melissa Lawrence, CEO of Taylor Bennett Foundation, Francis Ingham, Director General of PRCA, Jenni Field, President of CIPR and Alastair McCapra, CEO of CIPR. The discussion is around accountability. It's all very well having pledges and reports, but who will be held to account, how, and what processes are in place? Thanks to Rax Lakhani for agreeing to as...
Laura talks to Rohan Shah about recruiting talent based on values and purpose
August 05, 2020 16:32 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBLaura Sutherland and special guest, Rohan Shah, Founder and MD of Reuben Sinclair discuss how hiring talent based on values and purpose, and open job specs, can help diversity and inclusion within the public relations industry. This event is part of the DRIVEN Series and leads up to the launch of the DRIVEN Pledge, which identified recruitment as a major factor to attracting diverse talent into public relations roles. We will cover three specific areas and there will be time for question...
Laura chats to Jim Hawker about PR after the pandemic and his business journey
July 30, 2020 06:00 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBJim Hawker started his own agency, Threepipe, out of frustration, much like I did. He's been on the acquisition trail and most recently, was acquired by Italian business, Reply. Laura and Jim talk about the agency model, modernising the industry, the current PR economy in the pandemic and what the future might look like. You can find Jim on LinkedIn here. Thanks for listening to our conversation, which included elements of discussion around generational shifts towards a modern leader...
A solo episode with an update on things I've been working on
July 23, 2020 09:03 - 21 minutes - 30 MBI find that I'm so busy with clients and podcast interviews with other people that I forget to tell people what I've been up to, what my thoughts are and share anything I think you'll value. In this episode I am talking about messages from businesses to customers about making them feel safe and which build trust. I then go on to talk about PRFest and a couple of challenges I faced, back in June, and how I approached overcoming the challenges to ensure a more positive outcome. I mention the...
Laura talks to Advita Patel about being an internal comms consultant
July 21, 2020 16:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBNext up on the show is Advita Patel. I've known Advita for a few years now and we've done some voluntary work together for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. She's also just launched an amazing initiative which I was keen to hear about, A Leader Like Me. You can find more information here https://aleaderlikeme.com In addition, Advita has shared some ofher journey into working in public relations, it doesn't paint a very pretty picture. If you want to follow Advita, she's on T...
Laura chats to Elma Glasgow about diversity and her 20+ year PR career
July 16, 2020 09:03 - 47 minutes - 65 MBIn this episode I chat to fellow PR colleague, Elma Glasgow, about her experience moving into public relations, her 20+ year career history and the much talked about subject, diversity and inclusion. This episode also includes some of the content from yesterday's launch of the CIPR State of the Profession survey findings. You can find Elma via the links below. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pr_for_wellness_ethical_brands/ Twitter https://twitter.com/ElmaGlasgow Facebook https://www....
Laura talks to Louise Chandler about her journey from media into PR
July 06, 2020 09:11 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBI met Louise at PRFest back in June, in one of the breakout sessions. She's a fascinating lady, with a huge smile and she believes in giving back as much as I do. In this episode, Louise discusses her upbringing and how she was taught to know she can do what she wants, despite her skin colour. From broadcast media into public relations, hear Louise and me talk about her journey. You can find Louise @chandlerlou on Twitter. Please do leave a review for my podcast and if you liked it, reme...
Laura launches business blueprint to re-ignite out of COVID-19
May 27, 2020 07:30 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MBThis is a short episode of my podcast which talks about the blueprint I launched today, Wednesday, 27 May, 2020, for businesses to re-think, re-imagine and re-ignite. People from my PR business' community, Aura PR, have been invited to listen and learn about the blueprint and then the idea is that they will ask me to work with them, on their blueprint, for their business. Covering everything from purpose, people and planet to culture, stakeholder engagement and leadership, no stone will b...
Create your own content and get ready to tell your story
April 29, 2020 09:47 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBI've recently joined Holly & Co's 'co-mmunity' on Facebook. Many of the entrepreneurs and business owners have struggled to realise what they can do just now to create their own content and help promote themselves. I recently blogged about getting your press kit ready and really harnessing the opportunity to create your own content. Links here http://www.aura-pr.com/news/post-pandemic-press-kit/ and http://www.aura-pr.com/blog/creating-content/ I this episode I talk through the ideas aro...
Laura talk: practical ways to protect your business and staff from COVID-19
March 12, 2020 15:22 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBThe Coronavirus has hit the UK, we've got mounting cases across the nation and Scotland has just announced a ban on mass gatherings (of 500 or more), from Monday (16 March 2020). I wanted to give you tips and ideas for ways you can protect your business and your staff. Your staff are the lifeblood of the business and if they are out of action, so is your business. So, listen to my podcast or visit http://www.aura-pr.com/blog/actions-protect-business-staff-covid-19/ to read my blog about it. ...
Laura chats to Hannah Read-Baldrey, Co-founder of MakeBox+Co
January 26, 2020 00:15 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBMakeBox was launched in March 2019 and I chat to Co-founder Hannah Read-Baldrey about the challenges of work-life balance, when things go wrong, building a community and how craft is good for your wellbeing. You can follow MakeBox on Instagram @makebox.co This is the first time I have used FaceTime to record a podcast with someone, using QuickTime audio. The sounds isn't as crisp as I'd like, but I hope you get the gist of the conversation without too much volume fiddling! I'll know not to...