With a career spanning more than 40 years in retail, Dr. Beatrice Lafon has experienced it all.

In this very powerful and thought-provoking interview with Mercia's Sarah Hex, Beatrice delves into her own personal struggles and challenges as a woman in retail, what makes a successful leadership team, the future of retail, how she made it to the top and how she plans to make a real difference.

EPISODE 14 - Dr. Beatrice Lafon: The Retail Queen

Natasha Wallace is the Founder of The Conscious Leadership Company who is on a mission to help leaders improve levels of consciousness, wellbeing and performance.  
 
Listen as Natasha and Mercia's Lisa Ward talk about the 5 Pillars of Conscious Leadership; a framework to help leaders develop conscious and effective workplaces ,as well as drawing on their own personal experiences.

EPISODE 15 - Leading with Love with Natasha Wallace and Lisa Ward

Mercia Investment Manager, Maurice Disasi, guides you through what he thinks makes a strong application for investment. 

In part one, Maurice focuses on having a strong management team and his five points about what you should have in place before applying for investment

#01 Capital Questions - What makes a strong application (Pt. 1)

Mercia's Investment Manager, Rebecca Pickering, tells us more about debt finance, its uses for SMEs intending to grow and gives us an insight in to the current investment landscape in Hull.

#02 Capital Questions - What is debt finance?

VCT Investment Manager, Alex Gwyther, spends some time outlining what makes the perfect pitch for investors, and turns the tables by giving you the upper hand at the negotiating table.

#03 Capital Questions - Getting your pitch perfect

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