S4E4 - Low Carbon SMEs
Prasanta Dey, professor of operations and information management at Aston Business School, explains how his Low Carbon SMEs project is set to save 6,0...
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A podcast from Aston Business School hosted by Journalist Steve Dyson. Steve will be interviewing some of the UK's top business academics every month.
S4E3 - The potential for 3D printing to disrupt traditional manufacturing
Dr Mark Prince, a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at Aston University, explains how 3D printing provided a vital solution to a medical probl...
Series 4 - Episode 2 - The challenges women face as ‘later life’ entrepreneurs
Dr Isabella Moore, the chair of Comtec Translations who became an entrepreneur again aged 60, discusses the greater disadvantages that women in 'later...
Series 4 - Episode 1 - Language capability and UK SME export success
Dr Geoff Parkes discusses new research by Aston Business School that proves how SMEs embracing language capabilities are 30% more successful at export...
Series 3 - Episode 8 - Hogarths Hotels
Helena Hogarth, owner of Hogarths Hotels, plans to bounce back from a 90% downturn during COVID-19 by switching from large corporate events to smaller...
Series 3 - Episode 7 - Trafalgar Marquees
James Morris, managing director of Trafalgar Marquees, explains how he initially lost 90% of revenues in the lockdown but is now growing again after s...
Series 3 - Episode 6 - Nomad HR and Recruitment
Amy Foster, founder of Nomad HR and Recruitment in Atherstone, Warwickshire, has launched a social enterprise to help find jobs for the young unemploy...
Series 3 - Episode 5 - NLT Electrical
Nathan Tromans, the founder of NLT Electrical, explains how a new marketing strategy has helped him revive his company's fortunes after its revenues w...
Series 3 - Episode 4 - Fun Fest
Sarah Beattie, owner of a full-time nursery and the Fun Fest holiday club franchises, explains how government finance helped her businesses survive CO...
Series 3 - Episode 3 - Centric HR
Sandra Berns, founder of Centric HR, explains how her revenues have tripled in the last year, partly as a result of an initial investment of free and ...