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Paul Miller from Bethnal Green ventures talks ‘tech for good’    The temperature is cold and the skies are grey – if you ever needed something to blow the January blues away, we have it here and now for you. How about a bit of brand new tech to get you in the mood? With all the gloom, it took a bit of coaxing to get Sue Nelson and Paul Armstrong out of their warms homes and into the presenters’ chairs at TechTalk HQ – but as soon as they heard who our guest was, they were ready and raring to go. Paul Miller is a bit of a star on the London tech scene and is the CEO of Bethnal Green Ventures. They help talented teams launch and scale “tech for good ventures”, which are Tech companies with projects that will significantly improve millions of lives. Over the course of this episode, Paul talks a little about some of the brilliant companies that he has helped – some that you’ll have definitely heard of and others that are o [...]

Part 2 of our 2017 highlights show featuring Algo Dynamix, Tech Talent Charter, Aftab Malhotra, Navroza Ladha and Erik Staaf.     Yes, we know it’s 2018 now and we really should just get going. However, this episode is not a case of us suffering a severe case of Janaury blues – we just felt that we had too many TechTalk highlights in 2017 to let last week’s special be enough.   So, we have another round-up of our favourite interviews for you.  

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from TechTalk - we’ve had a great 2017 and we have some brilliant highlights for you to listen back to.  It was been all change this year as we moved into a new studio overlooking London from Euston Tower and welcomed a new high-profile presenting team.  Sue Nelson, Sarah Luxford, Paul Armstrong and Russ Shaw have put their heads together to put together an hour of some of our favourite interviews. One hour won’t be enough, so we’ll have some more next week. 

Struggling for motivation? Of course you are! It’s time to clock off for the festive period and we want you driving home for Christmas with Sue Nelson and Paul Armstrong, not Chris Rea. For this last episode before Christmas we had Andre Kay coming to town, not on an open sleigh but rather the London-Midlands service into Euston station. Andre is the CEO of Voyager Blue and he is decking your wallets with cards of protection. Credit card crime is becoming easier with modern technology, but Andre’s team are creating card blockers and other tools to ensure that you enjoy the most wonderful time of the year. Also on the show, it’ll be jingle bells to your ears if you’re looking for a job in the technology sector because Sue has also recently caught up the team at Global Resourcing. Happy Christmas to all of our followers – next week we’ll be hearing our highlights from 2017 in a special show.

We’re delighted to chat all things law with Pam Loch from Loch Law

Navroza Ladha from the Government department for Digital Skills is joined by TLA India founder Aftab Malhotra.   Temperatures are dropping, winds are rising and rain is falling. It’s that horrible time of year. Luckily, we had some warm tech debate to keep Sue Nelson and Sarah Luxford happy as we near Christmas. First up, we were delighted to welcome somebody hugely influential in the tech industry. Joining us this week was Navroza Ladha, she is Deputy Director for Digital Skills and Inclusion in the Government and was able to give us some fantastic insight into the work that goes on behind the scenes. Our other guest is also hugely influential in the tech world – Aftab Malhotra, among many other things, he has founded Growth Enabler – they use AI and Algorithms to create intelligence on Disruptive Technologies and Digital Innovations that empowers you to make informed decisions – and also the TLA India group.

  This week we are joined by Sarah Harvey from Square & Pat Saini from Pennington Manches 

Get to the grips with the best of UK tech innovation   We love it when we go on the road at TechTalk. It’s handy to have a studio close to Euston Station, because we were able to head up to the fantastic Innovate UK event. We sent our roving reporter, Steve Griffiths, up to Birmingham’s NEC Arena where he was greeted by an abundance of fantastic UK companies who are revolutionising the tech scene. In this special show we hear from Zelter Shelter, Emteq, Dynamon, Zinergy, EcoGo, Touch & Discover Systems and SOMI Trailers. Everything from batteries to emergency shelters are covered in this special show.  

Phil Westcott from Filament is joined by Heather Picov of Apps for Good   The moment that we have been waiting for happened on Monday morning at 9am. It was the time of our big TechTalk22 reveal on TechRadar, one of the biggest tech websites in the country. Our presenter, Sue Nelson, assembled a number of big names in the tech world – including guest presenter Sarah Luxford, Gadgette Founder Holly Brockwell and Rich Walker of Shadow Robot – to compile their top 22 of UK companies at the forefront of tech innovation.  Catch the full list here on TechRadar and our website here. While the excitement of TechTalk22 remained, Sue and Paul Armstrong had some more fantastic companies to chat to. Phil Westcott is a bit of an expert when it comes to AI and machine learning. He has set up the Filament platform, which is allowing businesses to focus on the creative stuff and become far more efficient with their data and resources. We then [...]

Join us for an hour where we hear from Mick Silver of MoovShack and Phill Burton of Bloom & Wild      We’ve been getting very excited about TechTalk22 – you may have heard about this already, but on Monday 13th November we are releasing our list of the top 22 most exciting tech firms in the UK. This is being published on TechRadar.com – however, in the meantime, we had to remain professional and produce another fantastic podcast.  It wasn’t too difficult though, we had some fantastic guests. This was a good show for Paul Armstrong to return to, alongside Sue Nelson.  To kick us off, we were talking moving homes. The least attractive of thoughts – until now. Rather than countless back and forths with solicitors and estate agents, we met Mick Silver from MoovShack. They have created an app which allows the nitty gritty of sorting agents to be done on your phone. Feet up and collect the keys. Sticking with the the [...]

We hear from Tom Butterworth of SVB and check-in with Sophie Deen’s Detective Dot   Halloween has  been and gone, but we still have a frighteningly good TechTalk Show for you to enjoy. The future of banking and the future of coding were both discussed and not a pumpkin in sight. Joining Sue Nelson in the presenters’ chairs this week was Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates. We kicked the show off by finding out about all the different projects that Russ is involved with. Neither of them were a stranger to our first guest either. Tom Butterworth is the UK Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank and came along to the studio to tell us all about their story – they are the only bank in the UK focused solely on the innovation economy. Our next guest benefitted from a barrage of hate on Social Media, thanks to their tag-line ‘inspiring the next generation of coders, not Kardashians’. It was the brainchil [...]

Oli Barrett of One Million Mentors and Pauline Issard on all things equine   Pre-orders for the iPhone X started this week and, as such, it’s rather difficult to type having sold all my arms and legs – at least I still have my eyes to unlock it. Anyway, moving on, we’ve got something for you to enjoy while the orders are shipped. Sue Nelson and Steve Griffiths had another hour of informative tech talk to keep them occupied. First up, we gained a bit of free mentoring from Oli Barrett. He’s quite a big name in the world of tech and he’s on the advisory board of One Million Mentors – an organisation where potential mentors sign-up to help fledgling businesses. Our other guest was talking about a topic which we’re pretty sure is a first for us – horses. There’s neigh chance that we were going to miss this one. Pauline Issard has started the Trackener business which is a bit like a FitBit for our equine friends. You’d better take [...]

While storms, red suns and sepia skies have dominated headlines this week. Nothing was going to stop Sue Nelson and Steve Griffiths enjoying another fantastic TechTalk show. One person who’s in tune with nature is Jonathan Lodge. He’s  CEO of City Farm Systems, an amazingly innovative company who are converting the wasted space of building roofs to plots of land perfect for supplying the nation with the greenest of beans. From city farms to cyber security, Sue recently hosted a networking event especially for women in business and one of the speakers was Jane Frankland. Jane is an expert in the industry and told us all about her story. Last of all, we were hearing from the boss of TouchNote. They are a hugely popular company that you may have used to turn photos into postcards, and Dan Ziv is the man in charge. Of particular note is the unbelievable Annual Leave policy that their staff enjoy. Listen back to hear it.  

It emerged this week that Royal Leamington Spa is the happiest place to live in the UK. We’ve not checked the stats, but we can only assume that the majority of their residents are subscribed to The TechTalk Show podcasts. Continuing to make the Midlanders marvel this week were Sue Nelson and Steve Griffiths, with another hour of varied tech chat to enjoy. First on the mic was Debbie Forster from the Tech Talent Charter. Debbie is on a bit of a mission to get more women involved in technology, something that will hugely benefit the industry. We went back in time to take a look into the future for the middle part of our show. Armand Didier is creating Mixed Reality applications for some very impressive clients. We met him back at the Tech XLR8 event earlier this year. Our last guest has a wealth of experience in the industry. From leading roles at Telefonica, Virgin Media and Digicel – Erik Staaf has now created his own company focusing on IOT in mobi [...]

In a week where Yahoo admitted that their entire database of email customers was hacked back in 2013, we knew we were safe and sound with Sue Nelson and Sarah Luxford in the presenters’ seats. We love good ideas. All of our past guests have had great ideas with their businesses, but our first guest this week deals only with good ideas. Owen Hunnam has created the Idea Drop software which allows businesses to harness all the positives in their staff’s ideas.  In line with Yahoo’s backtracking, we decided to have a little throwback session for the second half of the show. First up, we heard back from Rendermedia. We caught up with them at the Tech XLR8 Show and they are creating some fantastic VR and AR solutions for business. Next, we found out about mobile compliance from KyoLab and finally we delved into the world of 3D music thanks to Kinicho.

Fifa, the best-selling game in the UK, is back, so it’s lucky that we recorded another fantastic TechTalk on the day before its release. Now it’s Friday, I doubt there’s anybody reading this at all. We also had a presenting debut for Russ Shaw, the Founder of Tech London Advocates. He joined Sue Nelson and Sarah Luxford to complete our superstar line-up. For our first conversation, we decided to mix up some different forms of media. Video may have killed the radio star, but we were pretty confident that Alex Wood, the print expert, meant us no harm. Alex is the Editor of The Memo Magazine and he gave us an insight into the challenges that he has faced. Taking a break, we did a bit of clever shopping. Adimo were one of the fantastic companies that we spoke to at the Unbound event – their software is gaining customers and generating loyalty. Before we called time to allow our fans the chance to pre-order their favourite game, we heard from Suki Fu [...]

It was all change at TechTalk this week. Not only did we have a new studio, we also had a new presenting line-up.  Joining Sue Nelson on the mic was Paul Armstrong, from the tech consultancy HERE/FORTH, and Sarah Luxford who founded the TLA Women in Tech movement. First to be grilled by the new team was Jeremy Sosabowski from AlgoDynamix. They have created some very clever software which focuses on financial forecasting for the future. They don’t believe in looking back at the past. From software to security, we heard back from one of the companies we met at Unbound a while ago. Richard Pursey is CEO at SafeToNet and they are focused on keeping children safe online through things like app management and device blocking. From software to security and finally to students. If you live in a University town you may be noticing a fresh batch of weary and hungover millennials – you can forgive them for it during Freshers’ Week but they’ll knuckle down [...]

Apple had a bit of an embarrassing gaffe this week when their facial recognition software let them down upon the release of iPhone X but neither Steve Griffiths nor Dan Hawkes need a phone to be recognised – they are TechTalk famous.  Our first guest’s name is Huw Prosser but he came on to TechTalk to tell us about Molli. She is the receptionist that doesn’t get tired, sick or make an error – she is mates with Alexa and is made by Blooware Technologies. Next up was somebody who is of particular relevance to Dan. He likes his fitness, not that you’d know it (sorry Dan), so he enjoyed meeting Stephanie Newport-Booth from GoSweat. They are your one-stop shop for finding the best ways and places to work up a sweat. Our last guest is aiming to make our travelling experiences a lot better. Tom Charman is from Kompas App and they describe themselves as the pocket guide to the world’s urban jungles – whether you like cats drinking tea or Peruvian cock fi [...]

You’d think with all of the social networks out in the domain these days, there would be no room for innovation…Cuckuu disagree.  We caught up with Joao Jesus at the Tech XLR8 show and introduced his unique alarm clock app. You can setup public alarms for events that you think others may like and can even make sure you wake up next to your partner if you’re long distance. Cute. Find out the full capabilities of this great app by visiting the website and listening back to the podcast.

While children may not have been looking forward to returning to school, we were pretty sure Steve Griffiths and Dan Hawkes were buzzing to arrive back at the studio for another terrific TechTalk Show. We had an early indicator that this show would be a good one with our first guest Jonny Stephens. Jonny told us all about IndiCater – they are making waves in the hospitality industry with their clever software that just takes the fuss out of things. Ideal. From food to apps, we seamlessly pushed our way into conversation with Max Williams. Pusher are giving a nudge to the tech world. Their apps and coding have already secured some very impressive clients. We were still hungry after our first chat, so we hastily turned to seafood. While we were disappointed to learn that Lobster weren’t actually producers of lobster when we met them at Unbound recently, we were very impressed with their snappy collection of photos. To bring the show to a close, we were [...]