How do we move beyond “fixing women” to fixing culture in construction? 🎙️ Join us as Julia Jolley chats to Faye Allen from Rimikus in our latest Building Women podcast about building a more equitable industry. Drawing on Faye’s book, 'Building Women', Faye shares her journey from apprentice quantity surveyor through contractor and consultancy roles to leading Rimikus’s quantum team as an expert witness in dispute resolution.
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Peter Rudd‑Clarke and Alice Babbington discuss how the NHS Long Term Plan is reshaping CQC regulation. They cover extended enforcement timeframes, rapid‑response versus routine inspections, new workforce standards, and a shift to data‑led oversight with AI‑driven early warnings. They also explore neighbourhood care models and how these could relieve pressure on NHS services, with implications for investors and providers.
In our latest Building Women episode Julia Jolley chats with Dipalee Jukes, Founder of Ground & Water. From navigating dual cultures in London and discovering geology at Southampton, to being the only woman of colour in her early teams, Dipalee shares how grit, curiosity and bold action led her to launch a consultancy during the 2008 recession.
Tune in for an honest, energising conversation about entrepreneurship, inclusion and creating safer, sustainable places.
Peter Rudd‑Clarke and Kate Davies unpack the NHS Long Term Plan - “buy once, roll out” frameworks, a shift to value‑based procurement, and practical bid tips. On clinical trials, they cover a single national standardised contract across NHS sites, streamlined “one‑and‑done” evidence submissions, and risk‑based UK rules due next April to speed study start‑up and boost participation.
How do you go from being a personal shopper to senior legal counsel of a global bank? Julia Jolley chats to Claire Grinsteed, a Real Estate Finance in-house Senior Legal Counsel, about growing up in Croydon and the people who shaped her life, including a forward-thinking head teacher.
Julia chats with Anyi Hobson, Founder and Director at Seam Advisory. A native New Yorker with Dominican roots, Anyi shares her inspiring journey of social mobility. Raised in a multicultural home that valued hard work, she earned a scholarship to Yale and navigated careers in finance and fashion before founding Seam Advisory.
Driven by her passion for sustainability and urban planning, Anyi focuses on regeneration schemes and building communities that truly serve their users. Tune in to hear about the importance of accessibility, mindful design, and creating inclusive spaces.
With the FCA's push for simplification of the regulatory landscape in the first half of 2025, we consider whether the government's pro-growth agenda will be achieved, and where the FCA is focusing its regulatory efforts in the meantime (spoiler alert: cryptoassets and mortgages feature!)
Kate Shattock discusses developments in the FS sector with Paul Harris, Chris Ratcliffe and Charlotte Harris.
Join Julia Jolley for an inspirational conversation with Freya Chapman, the residential lead at Mainmark, as she shares her deeply personal journey of resilience and determination. She opens up about her battles with mental health and the trials of raising her son as a single mother. Despite navigating through challenging relationships, including those with herself, Freya has learnt to embrace her uniqueness and become a strong independent woman within the industry.🌟
This episode discusses sensitive topics which may be triggering for some listeners, such as eating disorders, mental health struggles, domestic abuse, PTSD, autoimmune diseases, and chemical menopause. It also discusses late diagnosis of neurodiversity.
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As data law and regulation continues to grow in importance, Jonathan McDonald and Matthew Sharkey are in conversation with Tamara Quinn discussing what's keeping the FS sector's data lawyers busy.
Product liability risks are a key concern for life sciences manufacturers: any product that interacts with the human body will have an impact on a patient's physiology; but at what point does an acceptable side-effect become an injury and so make a product defective in the eyes of the law? In this episode Osborne Clarke's regulatory lawyer Peter Rudd-Clarke sets out pointers for life sciences manufacturers as they prepare for the introduction of the new EU Product Liability Directive and upcoming reform in the UK.
Danielle Kingdon, employment partner at Osborne Clarke, speaks to Alex Simpson and Rachel Murray of Berkshire Women's Aid
Osborne Clarke has recently partnered with Berkshire Women's Aid, a charity which provides confidential support, information, outreach services and refuge accommodation for women and their children who are affected by domestic abuse and violence, to create a podcast which discusses domestic abuse and what caring and supportive employers can do to support suspected victims of such abuse within their workplace.
This is particularly relevant since some individual MPs have recently tabled amendments to the Employment Rights Bill proposing the introduction of 10 working days' leave for victims of domestic abuse and protection against suffering a detriment or dismissal where an individual is or is suspected to be a person affected by domestic abuse. It is also being proposed that employers are placed under a duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent domestic abuse and to develop and publish a policy to support workers who are victims of such abuse.
As a firm, Osborne Clarke supports BWA. We are also looking to implement appropriate policies to support victims of domestic abuse within the firm.
In this episode, Osborne Clarke's regulatory lawyers Alice Babbington and Peter Rudd-Clarke look at the CQC's Single Assessment Framework (SAF) against the backdrop of criticism of the regulator in recent reports commissioned by the government; and asses what the impact will be on healthcare providers and investors in the care sector.
Welcome to Health Check, the podcast that takes the temperature on regulatory developments affecting the life sciences and healthcare sector in the UK, and offers a prescription to these challenges. In this episode, Osborne Clarke's regulatory lawyers Anna Lundy and Peter Rudd-Clarke, explore regulatory reform in the AI and healthcare world, compare events in the UK with the EU approach, and ask how has the new UK government and MHRA are supporting innovation.
Nikki Worden, Aaron Kouhoupt and Kate Shattock reflect on learnings from Osborne Clarke's Future of Financial Services week, discussing what's next for regulation and the overlapping challenges faced by General Counsel in the UK, Europe and US.
Julia digs into the inspiring journeys of two public art consultants, Louise Francis and Laura Knight, who took a leap and founded their own consultancy, FrancisKnight. They discuss their passion for creativity, how community engagement has led to impactful public art projects, working alongside construction companies and advice for aspiring artists.
In this episode, Julia chats to Katie Swanick, an Operations Manager at Mott MacDonald Bentley, whose career has ranged from motorways to Crossrail, to some of the UK's largest infrastructure that we all use today. They discuss navigating this exciting field, support networks and management styles.
Gavin Jones and Erin McDonagh talk Global Talents, High Potential Individuals, and Youth Mobility Schemes and how these unique visa routes can open doors to international opportunities without the need for a sponsor or employer from the start. They also discuss the streamlined application process and the incredible advantages to the visas.
We take a look back at key developments over the past year and look ahead to what's in the pipeline for 2025. We look at authorised push payments, buy now pay later, turmoil in the consumer finance space as a result of the Johnson ruling, finfluercers and the impact of the elections this year on the FCA's workstreams, among other topics.
In this episode we talk about the current landscape for emerging managers looking to raise venture funds in Europe, with some tips from Mountside Ventures and Blue Future Partners about what LPs are looking for.
Join Gavin Jones and Kabita Dutta as they discuss the latest updates on Scale-Up Visas.
This episode explores how these visas are transforming the hiring landscape for high-growth businesses, the opportunities they present, and what businesses need to know to navigate the process. If you are interested in the future of immigration for businesses, this conversation is for you!