Being Crisis Prepared

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Episode 36: Lessons in resilience from Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

2025-07-2220:47

Text us now! Sarah Batts and Kirsty Bremner, Crisis and Continuity Consultants from Inverroy, chat about resilience in critical care. Their guest is Stephen Mason, Critical Care Paramedic for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, the largest air ambulance charity in the UK, covering 6000 square miles.

Episode 35: The power of sport to build resilience

2025-04-0330:12

Text us now! Inverroy consultants David Payne and Stuart Armstrong join Sarah Batts on this latest episode to discuss building resilience through sport, specifically swimming and kayaking. Ask us about our new training courses: www.inverroycrisismanagement.com

Episode 34: The 3Cs of Crisis Communications

2025-02-1330:46

Text us now! What are the three Cs of crisis communication? Listen as Matthew Wardner, chief executive of Inverroy Crisis Management, chats to Ben McCarthy, former news reporter and now founding partner of Lionbridge PR, to hear the tips from the top. www.inverroycrisismanagement.com

Episode 33: The 10,000km Challenge

2025-02-0430:50

Text us now! Senior consultants Kirsty and Sarah, and operations manager Steph discuss Inverroy's charity challenge to cover 10,000km in celebration of Inverroy's 10th anniversary. To find out more go to www.inverroycrisismanagement.com

Episode 32: Are you ready to travel anywhere?

2025-01-3031:04

Text us now!Stu Wallace from Inverroy and Ian Smith from digital training creator Reuzer discuss the smart ways a new situational awareness e-learning course is helping people travel safely in all territories.To find out more go to www.inverroycrisismanagement.com

Episode 31: Don't make it easy for the bad guys

2024-11-2016:17

Text us now! Security In this episode, Stu Wallace discusses security at home, at work and abroad with Robert Platt, Sales and Marketing Director at Penn Elcom.

Episode 30: Cyberdeen part 2

2024-10-0124:25

Text us now! Listen as managing director Matthew Wardner is joined by Jennifer McLennan and Millie Lowe to share some of the insights from CyberDeen on dealing with cyber attacks. They were joined by over 70 audience members at the in-person event we hosted with Fifth Ring.

Episode 29: Cyberdeen

2024-09-1021:31

Text us now! Matthew invites Jennifer McLennan, Regional Director for Europe from Fifth Ring onto the podcast to discuss current affairs and look ahead to a cyber security event. Inverroy and Fifth Ring have created Cyberdeen, a free event on Thursday 26 September 2024 in Aberdeen, to inform businesses about how best to prepare for a cyber attack. Sign up here: https://offers.fifthring.com/en/cyberdeen-crisis-conference Cyberdeen Thursday 26 September 8am - 12 noon followed by networ...

Episode 28: The Bayesian tragedy and summer riots in the UK

2024-08-2124:08

Text us now! Matthew Wardner, Stewart Armstong and John Cooper from Inverroy Crisis Management discuss news topics from a business resilience point of view.

Episode 27: VK Gupta joins Inverroy as Head of Safety and Risk Management

2024-06-2526:15

Text us now! Matthew Wardner and VK Gupta talk to host Kim McAllister about the continued evolution of Inverroy and the new service and expertise offered as a result of VK's appointment.

Episode 26: Senegal

2024-06-0533:46

Text us now! Matthew, Sarah and Stuart have just returned from Senegal where they carried out a tabletop exercise, three simulated exercises and two courses for an oil and gas client. Listen as they discuss current affairs including Taylor Swift's influence on The Black Dog pub and share stories from their African trip.

Episode 25: Four new faces at Inverroy

2024-05-2221:31

Text us now! Inverroy Crisis Management has added four new experts to the team as the company continues its impressive growth trajectory. Over the past nine years, Inverroy has evolved from a team of two to a robust organisation of 20 professionals, cementing its position as a leading specialist in organisational resilience. Since February, Inverroy has welcomed the following new team members: Sarah Batts, Crisis & Continuity Consultant: Formerly the Security Manager and Crisis Coordinato...

Episode 24: Blackmail

2024-04-3031:44

Text us now! The threat of blackmail to your staff and business is probably larger than you expect. David Payne and John Cooper talk to guest host Kim McAllister about the risk to companies and how to mitigate it.

Episode 23 - Threats to the Supply Chain

2024-04-1025:44

Text us now! Managing Director Matthew Wardner and Senior Consultant David Payne discuss stories in the news which highlight the risks to supply chains.

9th Anniversary episode: Secrets of Success

2024-03-1828:34

Text us now! In this special anniversary episode, Managing Director Matthew Wardner shares the secrets to growing a business. He tells Senior Consultant David Payne about switching careers after the army, starting a company with only one client and growing the team to 18 people, operating in over 20 countries. For more information please visit https://inverroycrisismanagement.com/ Follow us on LinkedIn and X https://www.linkedin.com/company/inverroy-crisis-management-limited https://twitte...

BCP Episode 22 - Insider Threat

2024-02-0124:35

Text us now! In this episode, our senior Security Risk Management consultants Neil Anderson and John Cooper talk about threats from inside your organisation.