Podcasts brought to you by the expert teams at UK law firm Shoosmiths, featuring news, views, discussions and more.
Episodes
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Mark Gamble, Head of East Birmingham Development, Birmingham City Council
- An overview of East Birmingham Inclusive Growth Agenda strategy and what it does
- An overview of East Birmingham Board & the East Birmingham Programme
- Looking at involvement from the private sector and its potential impact
- Exploring how access to green spaces and other environmental aspects been factored into these Birmingham plans
- Explaining the Future Parks Accelerator and the City of Nature initiative
- Overview of a 15-minute neighbourhood within the Future City Plan, including community engagement and pushback experienced
- Focusing on Tyseley energy park and its presence being used to assist with the development of East Birmingham
- Explaining Tyseley’s clean energy masterplan
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Sylvia Broadley, Air Quality Manager - Energy & Transport, Planning & Regeneration, Birmingham City Council
- Developing the second-hand EV car market supply, linked to battery storage and how you extend the life of the battery and have a new supply chain around that element. Costs of EV vehicles currently
- Looking at the return on investment for charge points
- Looking how ensuring public accessibility - hub approach between location and destination
- Exploring current actions roll out plan - substantial growth rate
- Identifying current phase 1 funding and how investors can get involved – new housing developments
- Identifying city centre funding and office workplace grants
- Identifying domestic funding for charge points
- Exploring the change of user attitude and modal shift
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Sylvia Broadley, Air Quality Manager - Energy & Transport, Planning & Regeneration, Birmingham City Council
- Overview of the transport and connectivity inclusive growth team and the team does
- Their Electric vehicle 12-year strategy roll out, aiming for 2032- overview and what is involved
- Location of EV charging sites - deciding which areas are the priority for the road and how sites are picked
- Difficulties faced in finding the right sites in the right public areas
- Discussing Western Power Distribution providing the connections to be able to create sites
- Exploring the buy-in from private owners and private companies
- Looking at the use of electric vehicles as a balancing point within the grid
- Exploring electric vehicle stock currently and moving forward
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Episode 15 of our Journey Through a Contract sees Michael Lam and Ellie Wood consider Insurance provisions within commercial contracts.
Michael and Ellie discuss some of the key considerations to be given to insurance provisions, the type of insurance which may be required, and the main requirements related to insurance.
Listen to the podcast and send us your feedback to shoopod@shoosmiths.co.uk.
The Journey Through a Contract series is brought to you by the Commercial and Projects team at Shoosmiths, aimed at explaining the basic terms of a commercial contract.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
In episode 6 of Shoosmiths on TAP, Kim Muddimer is joined by the Shoosmiths pensions team to discuss their thoughts and predictions on hot topics in the pensions industry come 2023.
Please listen to the podcast below and send any feedback to Kim.Muddimer@shoosmiths.co.uk.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Andy Graham, Amy Anderson and Amy Leech bring some joy with a Christmas themed podcast episode.
We talk about who to invite to the Christmas party, sending gifts and cards to employee’s home addresses and holly jolly holidays at Christmas time!
Listen to the podcast below and send us your feedback to shoospeakhr@shoosmiths.co.uk.
The Shoospeak HR podcast is brought to you by the national employment team at UK law firm Shoosmiths. Tune in for your fix of the latest legal views, thought provoking discussions and opinions about all things employee relations and human resources.
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Blockchain litigation lead, Matt Green will be hosting our latest podcast series, 'In Early - The Crypto Podcast' - Listen to episode 5.
During this five-part series, Matt will be speaking to special guests at the forefront of the digital asset space, telling real life stories, discussing the growth and growing pains of the industry, and exploring how blockchain technology has made an impact on people’s lives.
This week Matt is joined by Dhivyan Kandia, co-founder and COO of The Hot Doa; he explains what doa's are and how they operate, talks us through his actual experience of running one (benefits and stumbling blocks) and we explore his contributions to the law commission.
Listen to the podcast below and send your thoughts to matt.green@shoosmiths.co.uk.
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Welcome to our new bitesize podcast series.
Jennifer Clarke, Principal Associate in our Commercial team is joined by colleagues Aimee Cook and Joel Murphie from our Public Procurement team in this podcast series, “Public Procurement Post Brexit".
During this series, the team will discuss the key parts of the procurement Bill, highlighting key changes from the existing to the new Bill and the direction of procurement law.
In this episode:
We look at the changes to the contract award notice process, the impact of a change to the standstill period and the role of the new Procurement Review Unit.
Please listen to the podcast below and send any feedback to Jennifer.Clarke@shoosmiths.co.uk.
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Episode 14 of our Journey Through a Contract sees Caroline Chester and Charlotte Robinson look at Indemnities.
Caroline and Charlotte discuss what indemnities are, the importance of careful drafting and why care should be taken when considering the scope of indemnities you are prepared to give or to request.
Listen to the podcast and send us your feedback to shoopod@shoosmiths.co.uk.
The Journey Through a Contract series is brought to you by the Commercial and Projects team at Shoosmiths, aimed at explaining the basic terms of a commercial contract.
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Episode 13 of our Journey Through a Contract sees Daniel Greatorex look at warranties.
Daniel considers why warranties are important and the different ways that they should be incorporated into a contract and why.
Listen to the podcast and send us your feedback to shoopod@shoosmiths.co.uk.
The Journey Through a Contract series is brought to you by the Commercial and Projects team at Shoosmiths, aimed at explaining the basic terms of a commercial contract.