Articles

High quality educational & inspirational articles written by B4 members, including advice pieces, interviews, and thoughts on current topics. Articles are reviewed by the B4 editorial team before being published.

Business Strategy, Health, Public Transport | Oxfordshire

Building back better transport for Oxford

B4Wed 31st Mar 20212 min

On this edition of The Business Brunch, we are joined by guests Hayley Beer-Gamage, Chief Executive of Experience Oxfordshire, Dave Harrison, Senior Public Transport Planner from Oxfordshire County Council, Phil Southall, Managing Director of Oxford Bus Company and Andy Morison Head of Customer Experience at Oxford Bus Company as they talk about how public transport has been affected, how it’s had to adapt to a pandemic world and what we need to do to attract the local and wider population back to Oxford.

Workplace Wellbeing | Oxfordshire

Maintaining the momentum of the equality movement post-pandemic

Berkshire OpportunitiesWed 31st Mar 20214 min

Alison Webster, CEO at Thames Valley Berkshire LEP UN figures suggest that work over the last 25 years to increase gender equality could be wiped out by Covid-19. Given how long it has taken to make the gains we have in gender parity, this is a tragedy. Apart from being fair and right, the reality […]

Community Building, Health & Safety, Hospitality, Leisure, Venues | Oxfordshire

We’ll meet again… but how will we feel?

B4Thu 25th Mar 20213 min

On this edition of The Business Brunch, we are joined by Stephen Spencer from Stephen Spencer + Associates, Wendy Ball from the Ashmolean Museum, Jon Young from BVA BDRC and Tagore Ramoutar from The Oxford Artisan Distillery as they discuss how people will react and what measures businesses should take to help visitors return to enjoy attractions and hospitality venues again.… what meeting again in the post Covid world will look and feel like.

Accountants, Business Strategy, Education, Finance | National, Oxfordshire

Research and Development Tax Relief Claims

B4Thu 18th Mar 20213 min

Jonathan Walton and Owen Kyffin of B4 members Whitley Stimpson were joined by their client Nigel Nerurkar of fused4 to focus on research and development.

Frank Nigriello, B4 Non-Executive Chairman

Business Strategy, Community Building, EDI, Leadership, Recruitment | National, Oxfordshire

The New Normal for Networks

B4Mon 15th Mar 20214 min

The thing the pandemic could have killed is going viral. B4 Non-Executive Chairman, Frank Nigriello, looks at how networks are making and breaking the rules for 21st Century companies.

Coaching, Health, Sport, Web & Social | Oxfordshire

Sponsorship and Sales – How They Work Together

B4Thu 11th Mar 20212 min

On this episode of The Business Brunch, we are joined by Jason Ratcliffe from Jatta Management and James White from James White Sales Success as they discuss the correlations between business and sport and how to go about getting the right sponsorships.

Education, Finance | National, Oxfordshire

Bitcoin Beats

B4Wed 10th Mar 20212 min

On this edition of The Business Brunch join Brad Mills who is an early adopter of Bitcoin and Hamilton Gilpin from Bitcoin Beats as they discuss and give you an insight into the world of Bitcoin.

People, Technology, Workplace Wellbeing | National, Oxfordshire

The Home Office of the Future

B4Tue 9th Mar 20212 min

On this edition of The Business Brunch, join Paul Ballinger from STL Communications, Kellie Peters from Databasix and Neill Lawson-Smith from CIS, as they discuss the pros and cons of working from home and what the expectations are from customers.

International Women's Day Business Brunch Sessions

EDI, Leadership, People | National, Oxfordshire

International Women’s Day – 8th March 2021

B4Tue 9th Mar 20214 min

To celebrate International Women’s Day we ran two special editions of The Business Brunch as we were joined by a cross-section of inspirational women from the B4 community as they discussed their own personal experiences and challenges within the workplace, both positive and negative.

Twist, stick or fold?

B4 NewsdeskFri 5th Mar 202112 min

So, it has started to happen. Now that we are through the initial shock to our systems (and the system) and have begun to adapt to our different ‘interim normals’ with all the attendant varying amounts of confusion, fear and possibly grief, some have started to think and talk about the future and others are already moving forward.

Professional Services | Oxfordshire

The Past, Present, and Future

B4Fri 5th Mar 20213 min

How have businesses dealt with the devastating effects of Covid and Brexit and what challenges and opportunities do businesses face in the future?

Health, Leadership, Recruitment, Workplace Wellbeing | Oxfordshire

Reward, Recognise & Retain

B4Wed 3rd Mar 20212 min

How important is the well-being of your team to you? And what have you been doing as a business to ensure your employees are happy?

Community Building, EDI, Education, Responsible Business, Strategy, Training, Workplace Wellbeing | National, Oxfordshire

What is a B Corp?

B4Tue 2nd Mar 20212 min

On this Business Brunch our guests Grant Hayward from Collaborent, Helen Denny from The Myers-Briggs Company, and Kate Sandle from B Corp UK, discuss the B Corp movement, how B Corps operates, and why it’s both good for them and for a better world.

Community Building, EDI, Responsible Business, Sales & Marketing, Strategy | National, Oxfordshire

A tale of optimism, woe and optimism (again)

B4 NewsdeskMon 1st Mar 20216 min

Back in 1998/99 I had worked out that the way an organisation or business CONDUCTED itself was the central driving outcome for business and brand strategic thinking. I’d even given my thoughts a name – uncreatively, I called it CONDUCT.

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