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Fresh Perspectives is the business podcast from Azets – where advisers, experts, and leaders share fresh thinking to help you move forward with confidence.
Each episode explores real-world challenges and opportunities for business owners and entrepreneurs, from finance and growth to leadership and technology.
Formerly Bang The Drum, the show continues Azets’ commitment to sharing practical advice, new ideas, and inspiring stories from across the business community.
This podcast has featured at #1 in the Apple Podcast charts for Management podcasts and #19 in the Apple Podcasts charts for Business podcasts.
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Find more about Azets at www.azets.com.
Contact us at podcast@azets.co.uk.
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Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
30 minutes
Guest interviews
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English
United Kingdom
64 episodes
since Nov. 11, 2022
episodic
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Britain built its reputation on the back of people who took risks. The entrepreneurs who started with nothing, backed themselves and built something. That spirit hasn't disappeared. But the conditions around it have changed and the tax system is a significant part of the story.
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Only 41% of UK SMEs say their workforce has the skills to use AI effectively. Only 45% say their AI investments have delivered a measurable return. Donald Boyd is not surprised. He has watched firms buy AI products without understanding their own processes first and then wonder why nothing changed.…
The Azets Barometer told us something interesting. Split almost down the middle. 46% of SMEs pessimistic. 43% optimistic. Donald Boyd has been advising SME businesses for over 30 years and says the data reflects reality. It depends on the business. It depends on the owner. And right now, the averag…
Most business owners think about funding when they need it. By that point, their options have already narrowed. Whether you are investing in technology, expanding into new markets, making an acquisition or just funding the next stage of growth, the question of how to finance it is one of the most c…
One business owner had stacked so many loans that his monthly repayments hit £35,000. He was profitable. He was thinking about selling up because the debt had become unbearable. Mark Barrie's team reviewed his position, went to market and consolidated everything into a single facility. Monthly repa…
When Peter Gallanagh wants to know how a business is really doing, he does not ask the owner. He asks the receptionist. That instinct for ground-level truth is what runs through this conversation.
In this second episode drawn from Rob Brown's fireside chat with Peter, UK&I CEO at Azets, the f…
SMEs are not fearful right now. They are cautious. There is a difference, and Peter Gallanagh, UK&I CEO at Azets, is clear about what it means in practice.
In this episode of Fresh Perspectives, Rob Brown talks with Peter about the pressure building across the UK's small and mid-sized busines…
Cross-border trade between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland has grown from £4.5 billion to £17.5 billion over the past decade. That number tells you something important about the Ireland-UK business relationship – and huge commercial opportunity.
In this episode of Fresh Perspectives,…
This episode of Fresh Perspectives goes behind the numbers of the latest Azets Barometer to explore how SME leaders are navigating uncertainty, resilience, investment and growth in 2026.
Rob Brown is joined by Peter Gallanagh, UK&I CEO at Azets, to unpack the findings from Azets’ quarterly bu…
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