The Trowers Podcast

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The Trowers Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Trowers & Hamlins, with 153 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Trowers & Hamlins hosts The Trowers Podcast, a society show with 153 episodes published.

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  More Than Business - a conversation with Melanie Lawson, Bare Biology

  Aug 12, 202642 min

  In our new More than business series, Sara Bailey, Senior Partner at Trowers & Hamlins, speaks with business leaders and innovators about the values that shape effective leadership today. Through candid conversations, the series explores themes including empathy, empowerment, trust and authenticity, and how these qualities can help leaders and organisations thrive. In the first episode, Sara is joined by Melanie Lawson, Founder and CEO of Bare Biology, to discuss her journey from marketing professional to entrepreneur and the personal experiences that inspired her to create a purpose-led wellness brand. Together, they explore building a values-driven business, maintaining culture through periods of growth, supporting women in leadership, and the importance of open communication, collaboration and trust.

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  Tech Talks - a conversation with Matthew Evans, techUK

  Jul 15, 202635 min

  In the second episode of our Tech Talks podcast, Partner Charlotte Clayson is joined by Matthew Evans, COO and Director of Markets at techUK, to discuss his perspective on the role of technology across key sectors, and his insights into the future of the UK tech industry. They explore what first sparked Matthew's interest in the tech sector and how his path led him to techUK, alongside the organisation's role in supporting businesses and driving growth across the UK technology ecosystem. Matthew also shares his insights on the importance of collaboration between industry, government and advisers, the skills future leaders will need to succeed, and the emerging trends shaping the future of technology.

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  The governance of endings: from endings to new beginnings

  Jun 22, 202611 min

  In this final episode of the Ending Well series, Amardeep Gill and Professor Catherine Staite bring the discussion full circle, reflecting on what it means to end well and how the quality of an ending directly shapes the effectiveness, legitimacy and accountability of what follows. The conversation considers transition as a critical governance moment in its own right, where TUPE arrangements, financial alignment, system integration and the continuity of public services all play a central role. While these practical tools are essential, they also highlight the importance of culture and intent in shaping how transition is experienced and delivered. They also consider how success should be understood in this context, asking what meaningful governance indicators for transition quality might look like for the ending council, the successor authority and the communities they serve.

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  The governance of endings: people, power and place

  May 27, 202614 min

  In this episode, Amardeep Gill and Professor Catherine Staite explore the human dimensions of local government reorganisation and the leadership challenges that emerge when organisations are preparing to close rather than grow. While statutory structural change orders and shadow authority arrangements provide the legal framework for transition, the episode examines how councillors, chief executives, officers, partners and communities experience the reality of organisational change, and what good governance looks like under pressure. They discuss the relational and cultural aspects of effective endings, including how leaders navigate identity loss, institutional ambiguity and competing political incentives while remaining accountable and effective throughout the transition process. They also consider how organisational culture, behaviours and priorities are carried into successor arrangements, often shaping outcomes long after reorganisation has formally concluded.

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  The governance of endings: why 'ending well' matters

  May 13, 202611 min

  In this three-part podcast series, Amardeep Gill and Professor Catherine Staite explore the governance dimensions of local government reorganisation through the lens of 'ending well'. Drawing on research, policy insight and lived experience, the series examines what it means for dissolving councils to discharge their final governance obligations with the same care and rigour as their founding ones, and why the quality of an ending directly shapes the effectiveness of what follows. In the first episode, the discussion focuses on the paradox of ending and the complex reality that local government reorganisation is rarely just an administrative process. As councils are restructured through statutory structural change orders, shadow authorities, TUPE transfers and service continuity arrangements, longstanding institutions with decades of democratic history are deliberately wound down. The episode explores the governance risks that arise during this period of transition, particularly the danger that urgency and delivery pressures crowd out reflection, leading to rushed decisions, embedded assumptions and lost organisational learning. It considers how the way one institution ends can ultimately strengthen or undermine the foundations of the next.

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