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Holyrood SourcesCuts or Savings? The Programme for GovernmentThe conversation discusses the recent announcement of £500 million worth of cuts in the Scottish government's budget. Calum and Andy are joined by John Boothman from The Times and The Sunday Times, as well as Mairi Spowage from the Fraser of Allander Institue, and Fergus Mutch - former SNP adviser, and Geoff's boss, to disucss: the numbers and the impact of the cuts. One area of concern is the need for transparency and efficiency in government spending. We also discuss the use of the ScotWind fund and the challenges of eradicating child poverty. Sponsored by the Scotch W...
2024-09-0647 minHolyrood SourcesSNP Conference: The PubCalum, Geoff and Andy discuss the independence resolution that has been supported by delegates at SNP conference. This is a special episode recorded at No 10 - no, no...it's a pub in Aberdeen where Geoff's company - True North - have put on a drinks night, sponsored by Drax. Hear from guests from the energy sector, plus SNP MP Stephen Flynn, and journalists including Lucy Dunn and John Boothman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-10-161h 03
The Rethink Leadership PodcastS03E06: What to wear?! Are clothes your secret superpower for the new normal?Our guests today, Andy Boothman is the founder of Busy as AB digital marketing agency and DressCode Shirts, a company designing and producing shirts that celebrate technology. Andy is passionate about the power of clothing, and strives to create the next generation of clothes, making them ‘smart’ in every sense of the word. For example, DressCode currently produce the World’s 1st contactless payment shirt, the CashCuff®. In addition Andy’s mantra is to innovate and create technology enabled clothing that helps people in many aspects of daily life including health and wellbeing. Both Andy’s businesse...
2021-10-1849 min
The Rethink Leadership PodcastS01E01: Embracing digital to challenge the norm, drive innovation and create new solutionsAndy Boothman is a tech entrepreneur who believes strongly that the human touch is as important as the digital component. The combination means winning innovation, new solutions and the buy in of people internally and externally. Andy’s current businesses are BUSY AS AB, a marketing agency creating quite a buzz and DressCode, which brings together digital design and wearable tech with high fashion. This includes the WORLD'S FIRST SMART SHIRT featuring CashCuff® technology, taking contactless payment to a new level.
2020-09-0731 min