The Future Positive Podcast

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#12: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week Phil & Kirsty are discussing the introduction of a new regulator, crisis planning from power companies and the finalists from this year's Xero awards.

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#11: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week Phil & Kirsty are debating degrees vs apprenticeships, big trends in the accounting industry and the sad news of Peloton's reduction in employees.

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#28: Rowan Van Tromp (App Advisory Plus) - Implementing App Stacks & Technology

This week Phil & Kirsty talk to Rowan, operation director for App Advisory Plus. The business launched as a platform to support accountants deliver new revenue opportunities by ensuring their clients get the most out of the cloud.

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#10: Breakfast with Phil & Kirsty 

This week Phil & Kirsty are discussing the reduction in the self-employed, the CO2 industry banding together amid the energy shortages and the New York Times acquisition of Wordle.

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#9: Breakfast with Phil & Kirsty 

This week Phil & Kirsty are discussing the energy crisis, the launch of our insightful small business report and the all important question....is hybrid working here to stay? 

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#27: Simon Chaplin (The Accountants Mastermind) 

This week we're joined by Simon Chaplin, author of "Banish The Bottleneck: 7 savvy steps to grow the (almost) perfect team for your accoutancy practice". A book described by Xero MVP Stuart Hurt as “Essential reading for accountants”.

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#8: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week Phil and Kirsty are discussing the Amazon and Visa Credit payment dispute, Crypto & The FCA and the UKs most successful accelerators

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#7: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week Phil and Kirsty are discussing the EY 2022 Global Integrity Report, the reinvention of the High Street and the rise in entrepreneurship in 2022. 

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#26: Paul Fifield (Sales Impact Academy)

Paul, with over 20 years experience in founding and scaling global companies, shares the importance in educating & developing your team.

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#6: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week Phil and Kirsty are discuss all things Silicon Valley on the Theranos & Elizabeth Holmes court case, the future of tech this year and staff shortages due to Covid. 

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#25: Stephen Roberts (Metis)

With over 20 years Corporate Finance experience  having worked in banking, business angel investment & the London Stock Exchange. He was Acknowledged as one of the “World’s 300 Leading IP Strategists” by IAM Magazine.

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#5: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week Phil and Kirsty are getting a bit more serious as they discuss signposting mental health support for clients amid plans for staff cuts.

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#24: Jo Edwards (JE Consulting)

After running her own consultancy firm for over 20 years and specialises in marketing in the accountancy sector so she is well placed to share with us today what works & how the approach to winning clients has changed over the years.

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#4: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week Phil and Kirsty discussing Plan B and the need for further Government support, bounce back loan fraud and businesses supported by temporary Visas. 

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#3: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

 This week Phil and Kirsty discussed the spread of new variant, the impact of energy suppliers failing and the aftermath of Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey resigning!

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#23: Wendy Smith (Innovate UK Edge)

With over 22 years experience in leading business development initatives, Wendy shares her insight into the grants, innovation & growth available for SMEs. 

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#2: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week we discussed: Banks closing more branches, the cons of Black Friday and the return of Xerocon!

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#1: Breakfast with Phil and Kirsty

This week we discussed: COP26, Employment Figures, Grants and Working From Home.

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#22: Digital Accountancy Forum Personality Of The Year 2021

This week we interview our very own accountant-in-resident, Kirsty to talk about here recent win.

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#21 Season 2 wrap up

This week Kirsty & Phil recap their favourite moments of Season 2 of the Future Positive Community.  

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#20 Edward Revell (Starling Bank)

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Edward Revell - SME Lending and Credit Lead for digital challenger bank - Starling.  

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#19 Liz Barclay (UK Small Business Commissioner)

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Liz Barclay - the newly appointed UK Small Business Commissioner (and first ever female appointment to the role).

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#18 Andy Chamberlain (IPSE)

Andy is the Director of Policy at IPSE - the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed who he’s worked with for over 10 years. 

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#17 Alex Falcon Huerta (Soaring Falcon)

Alex is the founder of Soaring Falcon Accountancy Specialising in advising small businesses around the world often with UK subsidiaries or UK businesses wanting to expand overseas, so naturally she was an early adopter of cloud accounting & tech. 

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#16: Emma Jones (Enterprise Nation) - Supporting the UK's SME Businesses

Founder of Enterprise Nation - which now boasts a community of over 75,000 people

Emma is considered to be one of UK's most recognised business experts!