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I‘m Steven Mather Solicitor and Your Business Lawyer and this is Mather Podcast Be With You. I‘m keen to learn what makes people successful and indeed what success means. This podcast is a variety of things - sometimes an interview of business people, sometimes a discussion, sometimes a panel, sometimes just me talking. I‘m hopeful it will be interesting, witty, and worth another listen. Prior to April 2021, this podcast was known as The Business Herald - a six-month stint and my first foray into podcasting. I really enjoyed making it, but delivering a weekly business news podcast took too much time, so this new version is more me and hopefully slightly less time consuming.
Episodes
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
In this week's episode of The Business Herald podcast, we talk about the main UK Business News Stories of the week including:
✅ inflation figures and their impact
✅ 4-day working week and flexible working
✅ the UK's massive borrowing
✅ bounceback loans
✅ the pope
and much more...
Your host is Steven Mather Solicitor and Lawyer to SMEs. This week we're joined by James Blacklaws of JB Commercial Finance and Paul Green of The Business Community.
The Business Herald is a weekly round-up of UK Business & Economy News. We have a weekly email that hits inboxes at 3pm on a Friday and this podcast, launched fresh every Friday to discuss the key stories of the week. We'd love you to join in the conversation online - we're on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
In this week's episode of The Business Herald Podcast, we talk about:
- the news of a vaccine making share prices rocket (and then fall back down)
- GDP being UP for September, but down 9.6% since last year and worse than many other countries
- 1 in 5 self-employed people want a job
- should those working from home pay more tax
- plus more.
Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor. This week, we're joined by Mhari Richardson of TomRom and Darren Willoughby of 2XL Commercial Finance - and a brief appearance from Donald Trump himself!
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Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
In this week's Business Herald Podcast we talk about Lockdown II the rematch (or as our Leicester based guest put it Lockdown 3) and the effect it will have on the economy (massive).
We talk about:
- whether the lockdown puts retail and hospitality as the sacrificial lambs of the UK economy
- is lockdown II the "final straw" for small businesses, and has business been "sold down the river" - is it really a "business breaker"
- we look at whether the US Election outcome really impacts us in the UK and in particular SMEs
- we talk about electric cars
- and much more.
This week we are joined by Dominic Gomersall MD of Lumbers Jewellers in Leicester, and Tim Kirby Co-Founder of Wattam Kirby Mee financial planners.
Your host as always is Steven Mather, Solicitor, and Lawyer for SMEs.
The Business Herald is a weekly round-up of UK Business News stories by email - you can subscribe at http://www.businessherald.co.uk and find us on social media as well.
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
In this week's episode of The Business Herald Podcast we talk about:
- Does working from home stifle creativity, limit learning and innovation?
- Whether 85000 new businesses in the market place is a good thing or not?
- Next not partaking in Black Friday and whether you should.
- The future of hospitality and retail, such as GAPs proposed franchise model.
Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor. We're joined by Marc Ford Business Coach and James Blacklaws Commercial Finance Broker.
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Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
It's half-term and so this week's episode is a shorter, one-person affair.
But I wanted to cover off the variations to the Job Support Scheme (JSS) announced by RIshi Sunak yesterday. We now have two schemes effectively JSS Open and JSS Closed, and I talk about both here.
I also talk about inflation, consumer confidence, reskilling and robots.
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
In this week's Business Herald podcast we talk about:
- whether it is time to get back to normal working, given almost as many people have lost their job as have had coronavirus?
- IMF and OECD's suggestion that the UK borrows more and invests more in jobs
- whether a winter hibernation like Easy Jet, Ryanair, Vue and Odeon are planning is viable as an SME
- and whether John Lewis's diversification away from pure retail is an option for your small business.
As always, the Business Herald podcast is a weekly discussion on the latest UK Business News and Economy stories. Your host is Steven Mather, SME Lawyer.
This week we're joined by Paul Green founder of The Business Community, and Neil Wattam of WKM Wealth.
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
In this week's podcast, we talk about the week's UK Business News including:
- GDP growth at 2.1%, business confidence, recruitment and job seekers
- Tesco - who got £500m from the Government and has given £350m to shareholders in dividends
- Corona Loan Scheme Fraud
- A tax on wealth
- Tax-Free Shopping (VAT Refunds) being scrapped
- plus hoarding pens and fossilised 80's shellsuits.
Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor an SME Lawyer based in Leicestershire.
We're joined by Libby Langley a Social Media Strategist and business owner, and Paul Green, Founder of The Business Community.
Remember to subscribe to the mailing list at www.businessherald.co.uk for the full email newsletter including all this week's business news stories.
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
In this week's episode of The Business Herald Podcast we talk about:
- the sale of ASDA for £6.8bn
- the High Street and future of retail in the UK
- Redundancies and Furlough and the opportunities that lie ahead for your small business
- Future-proofing your SME
Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor an SME Lawyer based in Leicestershire.
We're joined by Marc Ford Business Coach and Editor of Your Best Kept Business Secret Magazine, and Jamie Cochrane of PBC Business Recovery & Insolvency.
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
In this week's Business Herald Podcast we look at Rishi Sunak's Winter Economy Plan including:
- Extension of the Bounceback and CBILS loan scheme
- Job Support Scheme and redundancies
- Will it actually help you and your small business?!
- plus more on this week's uk business news stories
- including Lego and Churchill.
The Business Herald is a weekly business news podcast hosted by Steven Mather Solicitor an SME Lawyer. Steven is joined this week by James Blacklaws a commercial finance specialist and Neil Wattam an accountant turned financial adviser.
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
In this weeks podcast, Steven Mather, James Blacklaws and Neil Wattam discuss the weeks UK Business News Stories including:
- Job Losses (again) but also recruitment and opportunities
- Inflation
- Bank of England Base Rate
- Gareth Bale and Football Money
- Waitrose and other retail businesses
- Negativity or otherwise of the British press
- concluding with a surprise announcement on the new Prime Minister!
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