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James and Stephen welcome Neil Armstrong, CEO of Tribepad. He talks about his first few months in the role, the process of stepping up to Chief Exec, and the recruitment landscape right now, plus tons more.

James and Stephen welcome Tom Scott back to Steel City Business, 18 months on from him being our first 'UNCUT' guest. We take stock of where he's at with his business and work, as well as checking in on developments with Stephen, and taking an indepth look at the agency scene and wider Sheffield business landscape. Steel City Business is brought to you by conversational content experts Sound Media. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

In our first episode recorded in front of a live audience, James Marriott meets Dino Sofos and Alice Levine, co-founders of the Crossed Wires podcast festival. They talk all things podcasting, Crossed Wires, and Sheffield. This was done as part of the Loose Lips fringe event at Leah's Yard as part of Crossed Wires, on Sunday 6 July 2025. Steel City Business is brought to you by Sound Media - find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

James and Stephen chat to Jessica Flinn about the growth of her jewellery businesses and how she's done things differently to the norm. She tells us about her 20% rule and how it keeps the brand on its toes! Plus we dig into some talk about where Sheffield is heading. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

James and Stephen head to Victoria Quays to visit Rebecca Knight at Ovo Spaces. On the agenda for discussion is how workspaces have changed, how businesses use their offices now, and what the workplace of the future might look like. It's great to hear more about Rebecca's journey as well, along with her role with the Sheffield Property Association, and to explore some other topics including the area around Victoria Quays and the impact of an office on business culture. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

Steel City Business UNCUT returns for 2025 and our first guest of the year is the awesome Hannah Duraid. You may know her for The Great Escape, Gameshow Allstars, Sheffield Business Runners - or maybe one of the other many things she's involved in. Or maybe you don't know her at all yet. Regardless, you'll learn something new about Hannah in this conversation with James and Stephen. Steel City Business is brought to you by conversational marketing experts Sound Media. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

James and Stephen meet Jan Gardner, Strategy Partner at Pavement Creative. We explore Jan's journey including two spells at Jaywing among other roles. Among the topics of conversations are home working - something Jan has been an advocate of since long before the lockdown days. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

Charlotte is celebrating 25 years in PR this year (congrats!) So we got together for a look back over her career so far, including her perhaps inventing podcasting before it was a thing. We discuss how things have changed and what the future of communications might have in store. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

James and Stephen chat to B2B sales and marketing specialist Rob Taylor. It's not all sales and marketing chat though - they discuss Rob's niche in working closely with businesses in the lubrication space, his early working life in the music and entertainment industry, all things Sheffield, and his community Dads in Business. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media and supported by The Kurious. This episode was recorded at the offices of the wonderful Ride Shotgun. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

We're in Sheffield's start-up world for this episode of Steel City Business. James meets Daniel Blaney to talk about the story of Ferrio, but also to discuss his role as organiser of the Sheffield Start-Up Meet-Up. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media and supported by The Kurious. This episode was recorded at the offices of the wonderful Ride Shotgun. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

Steel City Business heads in a different direction in this episode as we chat to Tim Neale about his journey to Rise & Shine. It all starts with being told off for something he didn't do at junior school. You'll here reference to another podcast James and Tim recorded together during this episode and you can find that here > https://player.captivate.fm/episode/85859c17-3a99-4db4-b259-0ecd94ef657f/ Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media and supported by The Kurious. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

Maria Vardy joins James Marriott and Stephen Kenwright to talk all things agency in this episode of Steel City Business Uncut. Maria's had a long career in marketing dating back to the early 90s and we probe how things have changed - and interestingly, how they haven't. Among other topics of conversations are the rise of the fractional role, avoiding paralysis by analysis, and whether mega agencies are on a problematic path. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media and supported by The Kurious. This episode was recorded at the offices of the wonderful Ride Shotgun. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

Mattress Online has been going for more than 20 years. In that time, ecommerce has changed entirely, and the sleep industry has been through something of a revolution as well. Join CEO Steve Adams as he takes us a fascinating journey through the last two decades, including all the ups and downs including one moment where a simple coding error led to half the business' pages being wiped off Google. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media and supported by The Kurious. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

Prepare to geek out a little bit in this episode, as James goes to meet Andy Jeffries, head of projects at Stream 7, a Sheffield based streaming business. We discover how much the lockdown years accelerated the development in the space, as well as finding out what kind of projects they work on - from annual company conferences to streaming live surgery in hospitals. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media and supported by The Kurious. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]

James and Stephen meet Christina King, Chief Commercial Officer at Tribosonics, in a Steel City Business first - she's the first guest who neither of us had met before the recording. Christina has had an amazing and unusual journey - from building tanks to breaking world records - which she shares with us. We also talk Tribosonics, the tech scene in Sheffield and the north, and female leaders in the sector. Steel City Business is brought to you by audio marketing experts Sound Media and supported by The Kurious. This episode was recorded at Ride Shotgun in Sheffield. Find all episodes and loads more about us at steelcity.business and get in touch by email to [email protected]