The Future Positive Podcast

Kirsty interviews Sushil Patel, Director at Kroll, the leading independent provider of risk and financial advisory solutions.

Tune in to get Sushil's insight into the latest stance HMRC are taking on overdue tax debts, trends in the reduction of customers paying on time, and how to get the best possible solution when negotiating with HMRC. 

Listen in. 

Welcome to Accountex Day 1!

Kirsty gives you a feel for what's happening as she catches up with Karen Williams, MD at IRIS, Paul Surtees, CEO and Co-Founder at Capitalise, Aynsley Damery, CEO and Founder at Clarity and Della Hudson, Hudson Business Advice.

Tune in to hear the latest from Accountex.

As news stories this month focussed on the disparity of fuel prices from wholesale to retail, this week Kirsty is joined by Simon Willians, Fuel Spokesperson at RAC.

Tune in as they discuss the cost of fuel at the pumps and how businesses that use commercial vehicles can increase their fuel efficiency. 

This week Kirsty is joined by Capitalise's own Digital Marketing Manager, Will Strong, to discuss organic growth through content.

Tune in to find out how to prioritise what you want to write and how to optimise search engines so your content appears on Google page 1.

If you’re trying to drive traffic to your website, this is an episode you don't want to miss!

This week is a group special! Kirsty is joined by Simon Chaplin, Founder of The Accountants Mastermind and Greenstones Accountants, Michael Hemme, MDH and Sarah Fenton, The Smart Business Hub.

Tune in as they discuss why they joined The Accountants Mastermind, why they remain members and what value they've had from it.

Listen to find out more!

This week Kirsty is joined by Alexis Kingsbury, an award-winning entrepreneur, with two software businesses and a consulting practice, serving over 600 organizations around the world, including well-known brands such as Sony, 3M, Swarovski, Fitness First, and Pepsi. 

Listen now to find out why Alexis is so passionate about helping business leaders create the freedom to spend time on what matters most.

This week's interview is Prof David Bailey of Birmingham Business School, lecturer, author and media commentator who discussed with Kirsty his ideas for the Chancellor in the upcoming Budget, his views on monetary policy and how he'd resolve the issue of strikes and public sector wage demands

Listen in to Kirsty McGregor on this week's podcast as she is joined by special guest James Moore, Director, Converta.

They discuss the importance of proactively marketing to new clients and building a pipeline, even when capacity is tight. 

Listen in to Kirsty McGregor on this week's podcast as she is joined by special guest Zoe Lacey-Cooper, MD/Head of Partnerships, CPD Store UK. 

They discuss how to deepen your knowledge and connect with experts with CPD Store UK.

Tune in next week for our three business stories of the week!

A round-up of all the great podcasts of 2022. 

Listen in to Kirsty McGregor and Alex Clark on this week's podcast as they are joined by special guest Darren Westlake, CEO and Co-Founder of Crowdcube.

They discuss the beginnings of Crowdcube and how the business has opened up the world of equity funding. To help entrepreneurs take control of their fundraising process and democratise investments.

And tune in next week!

Listen in to Kirsty McGregor and Alex Clark on this weeks podcast as they are joined by special guest Dan Richards, Commercial Director of Myfirmsapp.

They discuss the benefits of Myfirmsapp and why it was created, as well as what you may have missed at his Accountex North panel session with Will Farnell, Sam Mitcham and Lydia Read-Potter.

And much more…. including what 2023 may hold for firms.

Listen in 👉

In this bite-sized weekly episode of the Future Positive Breakfast Show, Kirsty McGregor is joined by our CEO and Co-founder, Paul Surtees for an Autumn Statement special! 

With a crammed statement yesterday, Paul and Kirsty sit down to discuss the announcement and three positive opportunities that accountants can focus on today. 

Tune in and listen in next week too! 

Kirsty McGregor is joined by Fhaheen Khan, Senior Economist at Make UK, which is the voice of the manufacturing sector in the UK, businesses who contribute 10% of the country's GDP.  

He shares with Kirsty the main challenges their members are facing and their wish list from Treasury for the upcoming Autumn Statement.

Tune in!

Kirsty McGregor and Alex Clark are joined by Nick Richardson, Head of Funding at Capitalise, to discuss the current lending market and the options available to small businesses in today's funding special podcast. 

Tune in for an update on the Recovery Loan Scheme and the current funding products in the market for small businesses. We also dive into what we do at Capitalise and why we use the lenders we do.

You don't want to miss it - Tune in! 

A #FuturePositiveBreakfastShow Accountex Special!

Kirsty McGregor attends Accountex North this week, and makes her way around the event to talk to industry leaders, apps, exhibitors and businesses - to give you a glimpse into the event and the trending topics. 

If you didn't manage to attend the event, or you did, but want an extra dose of the Accountex buzz, listen in! We talk to:

Enjoy! And get in touch! 

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we recently interviewed Simon Senior, Managing Director of Autex Acoustics.

Simon gives us a little background into the business and how they import and export. He also discusses how they've managed through Brexit, Covid and the current international currency fluctuations.

Listen to find out more!

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we recently interviewed Sushil Patel, Director of Kroll. 

Sushil discusses the work he does with businesses by liaising with HMRC. Expect discussions into key statistics he’s been seeing as changes in the economy continue including inflationary pressures, supply chain issues and energy price rises.

Tune in to get insight into the trends Sushil has been seeing and what HMRC will be looking at when liaising with small businesses.

Listen to find out more!

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we recently interviewed Marco Forgione, Director General at The Institute of Export & International Trade.

Marco discusses the help they provide, by partnering with the UK government, to support businesses in growing their international markets and trades - through education and training.

Listen to find out more!

It's a podcast special this week - celebrating National Women's Day in South Africa!! Alex Clark is joined by Ella McCan Tomlin, CEO and Founder of Ardent, a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consultancy with a difference and Sophie Compton, Marketing Executive and committee member of the Capitalise Women's Network!

They talk:

We'd love to know what you may have done to celebrate, or what you do in your firm to encourage diversity and inclusion! 

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we recently interviewed Alex Till, Chief Executive Director at MENTA. 

Alex talks about his passion for supporting sole traders and micro-businesses in todays world. Explaining this agenda is fundamental to the UK. 

“We’re there to make sure businesses have the right information at the right time with the right people to support them”

Listen to find out more!

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we interviewed Joe David, Crypto Accountant | Founder of Nephos Group & MYNA.

Joe jumps into the world of Cryptocurrency, blockchains and crypto-related topics to talk about the opportunities they're able to deliver including providing financial education to the future generation, understanding how money works and a whole new way to manage money. 

Listen to find out more!

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we recently interviewed Debra Corey, HR author and consultant, who describes herself as a ‘Rebel’ because she wants to challenge the traditional ways companies treat their people.

Debra talks about first creating a toolkit of knowing ‘Who you are’, ‘What you do differently’ and ‘How do you treat your people’.  Most accounting firms have spent hours creating these missions and value statements and proudly list them on their websites.  However, how many live them?

Listen to find out!

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we recently interviewed Nicky Pattinson, trainer, consultant and event speaker who specialises in improving communication skills for teams in a variety of sectors, including professional services’ firms.

Nicky’s work experience, firstly as a market trader, not in stocks and shares but in biscuits and cakes on a stall in a Yorkshire mill town, taught her how to make a quick impression with potential customers walking by.  She recognised that tone of voice, body language and charisma were essential when trying to communicate effectively.  She has now integrated that science of human connection, to introduce it into a wide range of industries and disciplines.

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we recently featured Paul Collins, Senior Manager at West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region LEP. Paul helps support small businesses in the region to adopt “Clean Tech”, by offering funding for energy audits and capital investments.

Talking to Kirsty McGregor, Capitalise’s Accountant-in-Residence, Paul explains how his role helps businesses identify where they could save costs.

Keep reading to find out how you can help your clients save energy costs this 2022.

In our series of interviews for the Future Positive Podcast, we featured Claire O’Connor, founder of Babyballet Limited and her Finance Director, Chantelle Gledhill.

We discuss the role that Chantelle plays in supporting the business and making the founder’s dreams come true. 

Find out more about the business and how their finance director, Chantelle, has been key to their business success. 

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.

In this episode, Alex and Kirsty talk to Glen Foster, Managing Director, UK and Northern Europe at Libeo.

Glen talks about how he has been in the accountancy technology space for 15 years. And how technology is now opening the doors for accountants to better streamline their processes and use new and collaborative tools with their clients.

Libeo helps accountants better serve their customers by connecting them with the best solution to pay and get paid. 

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.

In this episode, Olly and Kirsty talk to Matt McLoughlin.  

Matt is a Senior Investment Manager based in our Cambridge office. Prior to Foresight, Matt worked at Grant Thornton. Matt holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Warwick and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

Hosted by Olly Cummings, Commercial Director at Capitalise, and Kirsty McGregor found of the Corporate Finance Network

At Capitalise we believe every business deserves an equal chance of success. So we must make business finance clearer. To show how credit scores impact plans for growth and how to improve them. To find funding that's a better fit. And to see risks to cashflow before they become a threat. 

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.

This episode Phil talks to Paul Shrimpling.  

For over 18 years Paul has worked exclusively with accountants in practice helping firms improve their fees, profits, cash and capital value through a process of 'humanising the numbers'. The Managing Director of Remarkable Practice, Paul spends his time either consulting with accountants to help them grow their firms or presenting to accountants for the same reason. He also hosts the “humanising the numbers” podcast and is a regular at events and conferences across the UK and beyond.

Hosted by Phil Hobden, Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise.

For those new to Capitalise - our vision is to give small businesses and their advisers transparency and control over business finance.  We want every small business to identify risks they might face, explore how they stand from a credit perspective and choose the right funding that best fits their business.

Video: https://vimeo.com/689842459/51072a5226

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

In this bite-sized weekly episode of the Future Positive Breakfast Show, we’ll take you through three business stories of the week that you may have missed that are impacting Small businesses and their trusted advisors. This week's stories:

1. The new rules and rates, and what you need to know 

2. RSM UK launches the Middle Market Business Index in association with Moody’s Analytics and The Harris Poll.

3. There’s a new unicorn - in Manchester!

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.

This episode Phil  talks to Charlotte Ing . Charlotte started her career working with Naylor Wintersgill before moving to Sagars, working her way up to Senior Manager.  Charlotte was key in bringing on and implementing new technology for Sagars client base as the firm moved into the cloud space.  In addition in that time she was a regular panelist and speaker for a range of accounting events across the UK.  In 2021 she left Sagars to set up her own business, Pure Cloud Accountancy, where she continues to pioneer a cloud based approach to supporting her growing client base!

Hosted by Phil Hobden, Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise.

For those new to Capitalise - our vision is to give small businesses and their advisers transparency and control over business finance.  We want every small business to identify risks they might face, explore how they stand from a credit perspective and choose the right funding that best fits their business.

Video: https://vimeo.com/683885379/79975c8025

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.

This episode Phil & Kirsty talk to David Tuck. An entrepreneur and consultant, David has been working in the accounting tech industry for almost 10 years now.  He founded Chaser back in 2013 and since then has continued to drive new innovations and improved ways of working for accountants and their small business clients in the UK and beyond, directly as well as by consulting with businesses such as Reducer, WorldFirst, Comma and Xero.  This year David will be launching his latest venture - MayDay which offers a better way for startups & small businesses to get the transfer pricing help they need.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - our vision is to give small businesses and their advisers transparency and control over business finance.  We want every small business to identify risks they might face, explore how they stand from a credit perspective and choose the right funding that best fits their business.

Video: https://vimeo.com/681312165/b3bdfed06d

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  

This episode Phil & Kirsty talk to John Madocks Wright .  In a former life, John was a Captain in the British Army, another first for this podcast!  But his current role is quite different - as an Associate in the National Industrial and Logistics team at Savills, one of the world's leading property agents with 600 offices around the world.  In his role John advises developers, funds, property companies and occupiers on land and property acquisitions, disposals and developments.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Video: https://vimeo.com/681254608/5a9b411cab 

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

In this bite-sized weekly episode of the Future Positive Podcast, we will take you through the key stories of the week that are impacting Small businesses and their trusted advisors.

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This week Phil & Kirsty talk to Andrew Jordon CEO and Co-Founder at Connect4.  Andrew is a formally an accountant who moved to the software side most notably with reporting and now reporting & forecasting app Fathom (ironically where he and I were once competitors).  Back in February 2020 just at the start of the pandemic and with an impressive sixth sense of what was to come  Andrew launched Connect4 - an online communication platform designed to help turn meetings into relationships where, for the past two years, he’s been working with accountants and software providers to supercharge their client conversations whilst growing his own businesses and teams.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Video: https://vimeo.com/681253658/c33284f1a2

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This week Phil & Kirsty talk to Dan Cockerton - Founder at digitalaccountancy.com & Digital Accountancy Show.  This year the Digital Accountancy Show launched in London and was the first live event for the accountancy market since the beginning of the pandemic and saw almost 1000 accountants attend teh one day event.   Previous to launching the tech focused accounting show, Dan had been advising and consulting forward thinking accountancy practices for over 10 years, including working at Xero.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Video: https://anchor.fm/futurepositive/episodes/29-Dan-Cockerton-Digital-Accountancy-Show---Supporting-Accountants-Journeys-through-live--digital-events-e1bonpe

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This week Phil & Kirsty talk to Rowan Van Tromp, operation director for App Advisory Plus. App Advisory Plus  has been launched as a platform to support accounting firms deliver new revenue opportunities by supporting business clients to get the most from cloud accounting platforms by utilising integrated apps.  Previous to App Advisory Plus he was an accountant in practice for PJCO and headed up their Cloud Services and implementing new software.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Video: https://vimeo.com/680876818

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This week Phil & Kirsty talk to Simon Chaplin, founder of the The Accountants Mastermind and writer of “Banish The Bottleneck: 7 savvy steps to grow the (almost) perfect team for your accountancy practice” - a book described by Xero MVP Stuart Hurt as “Essential reading for accountants”. A fellow dyslexic, Simon is also an advisor to Accountants in Practice, a Keynote Speaker and former accountant himself who aims to Inspire, Challenge and Support Accountants to be the best they want to be.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Video: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/669757556

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This wee Phil (flying solo) is joined by
Paul Fifield.  Paul is the CEO and Co-founder Sales Impact Academy which is on a mission to help millions of people in revenue-related roles be exceptional by revolutionising the way B2B tech companies approach skills development.

Paul has over 20 years experience in founding and scaling global companies, not least across the  8 years where he has grown two international technology businesses from zero to $100M in combined sales as Chief Revenue Office - they are now collectively worth over $1B. He’s also raised over $100M of investment across all stages from seed to growth, VC, and debt.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/664193028

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Stephen Robertson, founder and CEO at Metis Partners - a leading global IP valuation firm.  

Stephen has 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, has worked in banking, business angel investment as well as the London Stock Exchange and was Acknowledged as one of the “World’s 300 Leading IP Strategists” by IAM Magazine.  Stephen graduated with a degree in law before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. He is the former Chair of the LES Scotland and member of LES Council for Britain & Ireland.

He founded Metis in his home town of Glasgow but moved with his family to California 3 years ago in order to expand the business across the United States.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/664191664

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Jo Edwards.  Jo has run JE Consulting for over 20 years, offering a full service agency approach to professional services firms, which allows them to pick & choose which support they need, whether it’s a social media strategy or a website redesign, or alternatively a full branding and marketing strategy unified across all channels.

She’s been a regular contributor to the discussion about marketing in the accountancy sector so she is VERY well placed to share with us today what works & how the approach to winning clients has changed over the years.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Video Link: https://vimeo.com/656529945

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast for accountants and business advisers, powered by Capitalise.  This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Wendy Smith, Senior Innovation & Growth Specialist at @Innovate UK EDGE North

Wendy has with a successful track record of over 22 years of leading business development initiatives, creating innovative solutions to commercial problems, with experience of managing relationships across the Professional Service, Manufacturing and Tech sectors.  

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.

Video: https://vimeo.com/651468538/3de7d490ea

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, powered by Capitalise.  

For this special episode of the podcast I turn the tables on our very own accountant in resident and founder of the CFN - Kirsty McGregor to talk about her recent award win at the Digital Accountancy Forum.  We talk about the past, present and future and find out just what the award means to her!

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

You can watch the video version of this episode here: https://vimeo.com/643444749

For those new to Capitalise - we are a funding and capital platform designed to support accountants to build healthy balance sheets and relationships with their SME clients.  For more check out www.capitalise.com. 

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

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

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.  

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

Edward has been with Starling since June 2020 and currently heads up SME Lending, Credit Strategy team for the bank.  Previous to Starling he’s worked for over 10 years in various roles within some of the UK’s biggest banks and SME lenders including Barclays and Lloyds.  Starling as a bank recently toped the 2021 business banking survey by CMA and has consistently been rewarded and acknowledged for its service across both business and personal banking.    

You can find out more about Ed and Starling Bank check out www.starlingbank.com   

Watch the podcast video here: https://vimeo.com/589909592/f35ab668cf 

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk  

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Andy Chamberlain.  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.  He is responsible for IPSE tax policy and has a special expertise in labour market changes, employment status and IR35, as well as their lead spokesperson on a range of policy issue and he recently gave evidence to the Lords’ Finance Bill Sub-Committee on the proposed rollout of IR35 to the private sector.

You can find out more about Andy and the IPSE at www.ipse.co.uk

Watch the podcast video here: https://vimeo.com/577535803/e00c0865a7

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

For more on Capitalise visit: www.capitalise.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Alex Falcon Huerta .  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. She is a Xero MVP as well as winning a multitude of industry awards.

She is an Advisor to the UK government’s All Party Parliamentary Group, sitting on the technology board & and a member of ACCA's international assembly.

And…the coolest thing os that 6 yrs after starting her firm, as some of her team members were in Phillipines & Indonesia, she decided she wanted to be closer to them & so she became a digital nomad & based herself in Bali! She now supports others looking to operate their firm overseas as part of the community The Startup Practice.

You can find out more about Alex and Soaring Falcon by visiting soaring-falcon.co.uk

Watch the podcast video here: https://vimeo.com/572491577/95abccee0e

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Della Hudson. Della a chartered accountant, a business owner and founder of two accountancy firms, a bestselling business author, public speaker, mentor & business coach with other 30 years experience in the industry.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

You can find out more about Della at hudsonbusiness.co.uk as well as on Linkedin and Twitter.

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

You can watch the video version of this episode here: https://vimeo.com/566618105

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Kate Upcraft.  Kate is a technical writer, editor, public speaker and lecturer on all aspects of employing people - primarily payroll and HR matters. Prior to setting up her own company in 2005, she was the payroll legislation manager at M&S, where she worked for 20 years, 11 of them in payroll.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

You can find out more about Kate on LinkedIn, Twitter and at kateupcraft.com

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.  

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by Gina Broadhurst  Georgina is a small business owner AND the co-founder of ForgottenLtd - The campaign for fair and equal meaningful Government support for the director owners of small limited companies during and after the CoVid19 global pandemic  

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

You can find out more about Gina and ForgottenLtd on twitter at @ForgottenLtd and at www.forgottenltd.com  

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil recap their favourite moments of Season 1 as well as run though our guests for season 2.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by David Dand.

David is the director of Dand HR Associates who specialise in outsourced HR, employer branding and senior level recruitment in the accountancy, financial and professional services.  

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

BONUS Episode! Before our next Future Positive Community event next week, catch up with our first panel event looking at  Future proofing the accounting industry.

To kick things off we’ve brought together a panel of industry specialists to talk about what 2021 will bring - both the challenges and the opportunities. 

Leading the panel is Rob Brown, TED speaker, podcast host and founder of the Business Development Academy which works with accountants & professionals to win new business. 

He was joined by:

-Paul Barnes, MAP

-Zoe Lacey-Cooper, Accountex

-Emma Chesson, Kreston Reeves

-Matt Flanagan, Appacus

Find out more at www.futurepositivecommunity.com

Register for our next event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4416208083171/WN_uqPLiwNfSDKxwT_MJK44qw

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by James Ashford.

James is the founder of GoProposal, the Bestselling Author of the recently updated "Selling to Serve", Keynote Speaker and Director of accounting firm MAP.  He is also a prolific user of social media and has built one of the most active communities in the accounting space.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

Episode resources:
You can find out more about James and Go Proposal at www.goproposal.com
Book mentioned: 24 Assets: Create a Digital, Scalable, Valuable and Fun by Daniel Priestley

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This week Kirsty & Phil are joined by John Stokdyk.

John is the current Editor in Chief for AccountingWEB - the leading online community for accounting professionals.  As editor John played a key role in delivering the highly regarded Practice Excellence and Software Excellence Awards and has been involved with Web-based media since 1997.

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

Episode resources: You can find out more about John and AccountingWeb at AccountingWEB.co.uk

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.  

This week (recorded at the start of April) Kirsty & Phil are joined by Lucy Cohen.  

Lucy is the Co-founder of Mazuma Accountants as well as a diversity & mental health champion, author of the Millennial Renaissance and who was named 'Woman of the Year 0 Technician' at first ever Women in Accountancy and Finance Awards  

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk  

Episode resources: You can find out more about Lucy and Mazuma at https://www.mazumamoney.co.uk/ and via her regular column on Accounting Web.    

Also the People Matters series on AccountingWeb returns in May.

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.  

Kirsty & Phil talk to Claire Bennison.  Claire is the head of the ACCA UK, and a judge for the Women in Accountancy and Finance Awards. Claire held roles at Whitbread and Ericsson before moving into professional bodies with eight years at the CIPD before joining the ACCA, who now have c90,000 members –the  fastest growing membership all of the professional bodies as well as the  most diverse membership.  

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)  

For more on the ACCA visit www.accaglobal.com or follow them on twitter at @ACCA_UK  
For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

Kirsty & Phil talk to Rob Collins, Finance Lead at digital receipt platform Flux about the lessons he learned about practice when he moved to industry.  Previous to Flux,  Rob worked for over 7 years in practice for UHY East and was part of their cloud team. He also guested on a social media webinar Capitalise ran in 2019, back in the days when Webinars were still new and exciting!   

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Head Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.co.uk

Episode resources:

Find out more about Flux at www.tryflux.com

BONUS!  Back in December 2020 Ollie Maitland hosted our last Practice Leaders of 2021.    

Welcome to the Capitalise Practice Leaders series, this month we mixed it up for a festive episode! Pamela Phillips from De Jong Phillips and Richard Spofforth from Kreston Reeves joined Capitalise co-founder and Chief Product Officer Ollie Maitland to discuss all things 2021 planning and strategy.   

Whether or not you and your clients feel prepared for what next year has in store, hearing from other firms about how they are tackling planning for 2021 and the end to schemes like CBILS and Furlough will help you get ahead.  

The session covered:
-The most effective planning strategies for firms
-How will planning be different from 2020?
-What to expect from clients in 2021?
-The most significant opportunities for next year
- Any potential challenges  

Hosted by Ollie Maitland, Co-founder of Capitalise.   

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.com

Welcome to the Future Positive Podcast, part of the Future Positive Community for accountants and business advisers.

This episode Kirsty & Phil talk to Chris Downing, about the Sage Practice Of Now Report 2020.  Chris is the Director of Product Marketing for Accountants & Bookkeepers at Sage as well as a former accountant in practice - having worked for over 19 years for Milsted Langdon. He's also a previous judge for the accounting excellence awards and has advised the institute on Making Tax Digital

Hosted by Phil Hobden (Head of Customer Education @ Fintech Capital Advisory platform Capitalise) & Kirsty McGregor (Founder Of the Corporate Finance Network)

For more check out www.futurepositivecommunity.com

Episode resources:
You can read the report here: https://www.sage.com/en-gb/accountants/practice-of-now/