Business in Focus

Oct 24 2024 76 ep. 22 mins 13

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Our podcast brings you our latest insights and practical advice, helping you navigate change with confidence. Hear from diverse voices - from the UK’s top business leaders to athletes, psychologists and politicians - on the issues that matter today. For more expert insights, or to find transcripts for all our episodes, visit our website, at pwc.co.uk/businessinfocus

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In conversation with Virgin Group: a reputation for reinvention - Ep74

Oct 24 2024 30 mins

In this episode Virgin Group CEO Josh Bayliss sits down with PwC’s Global Workforce Leader Pete Brown to discuss the decisions and culture that have propelled the brand’s trailblazing reputation for reinvention. How has that mindset and purpose been successfully infused across a broad portfolio that covers everything from finance to telecoms and health to holidays? We look at t

Driving productivity through purpose - Ep73

Nov 06 2023 27 mins

How do you compete and win as a manufacturer in today’s challenging environment? For mattress manufacturer Sleepeezee, doubling down on quality and purpose has been their continued route to growth. Host Quentin Cole is joined by Sleepeezee Managing Director Steve Warren alongside Cara Haffey, PwC UK Industrial Manufacturing Sector Leader, to explore how purpose and brand factors

Resilience is good business - Ep72

Jun 28 2023 19 mins

How can a broader view of resilience not only protect your organisation but support taking advantage of opportunity? We explore how elevating resilience - to a mindset and culture that cuts across your organisation - goes beyond managing risk and empowers you, your people and supply chain to collaborate for better outcomes for all. Join host Emily Khan and special guests Elaine Buc

How data empowers personal experiences - Ep71

May 25 2023 21 mins

Digital and data offer insight into changes around how your customers shop, their needs and expectations. And when harnessed with the right blend of creativity and innovation, there are real opportunities to forge brand loyalty. Host Rowena Daines is joined by Tom Adams, our Experience Consulting and Marketing Transformation leader and Sam Tomlinson who leads our Customer Marketing

A more rewarding workplace - Ep70

Mar 30 2023 22 mins

Flexible working, talent and capability gaps, challenging decisions around pay and reward - how can business leaders unpick these complex issues to move forward in a way that works for their people as well as their bottom line? Host Emily Khan is joined by economist Nabil Taleb and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consulting director Katy Bennett to examine what the findings of Wo

Recharging the energy transition - Ep69

Feb 28 2023 24 mins

Energy security and the societal impact of rising prices amid a cost of living crisis have added to the pressure facing the energy, utilities and resources industry as set out in our recent ten point response plan. How has the impact of recent events - from the geopolitical to the economic - affected the progress of a transition to a greener, Net Zero future? And where do we go fro

The secrets to achieving ambitious change effectively - Ep68

Dec 14 2022 17 mins

Whether driven by a shift to digital, the ESG agenda or changing regulation, transformation has been a major theme of 2022. And the scale, pace and expectations seem to keep increasing. But delivering that degree of change is a different challenge - especially as resource pinch points, cost pressures and inflation put budgets and scope under scrutiny. This episode, we go behind the

Agile, responsive, resilient - future-proofing financial services - Ep67

Dec 05 2022 26 mins

Shifting consumer behaviours have been driving a case for change across the financial services industry for years - from the rise of mobile banking to demand for more active control over their investments. Having seen some of these trends accelerated first by the pandemic and now by the rising cost of living crisis, how can this wave of change be harnessed effectively and responsib

A step-change for sustainability - Ep66

Nov 01 2022 22 mins

As COP27 kicks off, how can conversations and pledges turn into meaningful action at the pace needed? The challenges are of a scale and complexity that can’t be solved in isolation. Join host Rowena Daines to explore how organisations and investors can work alongside innovative ClimateTech to direct focus and funding towards collaborative momentum on progress. PwC’s ESG leader

How to strike the right balance of people plus technology - Ep65

Sep 08 2022 18 mins

he relationship between people and technology has not always been an easy one, but when businesses strike the right balance - of human ingenuity combined with the power of technology - they can achieve great things. Our host Will Sturgeon is joined by Steph Kelly, Chief People Officer at IRIS Software Group, and Lola Evans, a technology Director at PwC. Together, they cover the