Previous podcasts

October 2008

The podcast looks at the benefits of having an apprenticeship scheme. No matter how large or small your business, apprenticeships can help you develop a skilled workforce and ensure your staff have the right skills and qualifications to help your business grow.

This month we speak to Heidi Bingham and Jo Brock, Owners of Ark Day Nursery who explain the options for small businesses, Cynthia Wilkinson, Managing Director at Mark Wilkinson Furniture explains how turnover has more than doubled as a result of having an apprenticeship scheme and Dave Walsh, Head of BT Apprenticeships tells us why having an apprenticeships scheme makes good business sense.

Benefits of having an apprenticeship scheme - full podcast (18.9MB)

The full podcast has also been broken down into smaller files to make it quicker to download.

• Heidi Bingham and Jo Brock of Ark Day Nursery (4.63MB)
• Dave Walsh, Head of BT Apprenticeships (5.85MB)
• Cynthia Wilkinson, Managing Director at Mark Wilkinson Furniture (7.94MB)

September 2008

This month we discuss the business benefits of an ageing workforce and how the skills and experience of older workers can add value to the workplace. We hear the views of Rae Jones of Beacon Foods; Amanda Jones of the Co-operative Group; George Stevenson of Mathieson's Bakery and Dianah Worman from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Business benefits of an ageing workforce - full podcast (14.7MB)

The full podcast has also been broken down into smaller files to make it quicker to download.

• Rae Jones of Beacon Foods (2.1MB)
• Amanda Jones of the Co-operative Group (3.2MB)
• George Stevenson of Mathieson's Bakery (3.4MB)
• Dianah Worman from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (5.2MB)

August 2008

This month, flexible working and the benefits that taking a different approach can deliver. Giving the expert view on just what flexible working can be, we have Phil Flaxton, Chief Executive Workwise UK. Telling us how flexibility helps big business we have Mags Dunn, HR Manager Marks & Spencer. Finally, making sense of the options for the smaller business we have Keiran O’Keefe, Senior Policy Advisor with the British Chambers of Commerce.

Full podcast (11.8MB) - full transcript  

The full podcast has also been broken down into smaller files to make it quicker to download.

• Phil Flaxton, Chief Executive Workwise UK (5.6MB) 
• Phil Flaxton transcript
• Mags Dunn, HR Manager Marks & Spencer (2.4MB) 
• Mags Dunn transcript
• Keiran O’Keefe, Senior Policy Advisor with the British Chambers of Commerce (3MB) 
• Keiran O’Keefe transcript

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