Cumbria Chamber of Commerce Podcast

Cumbria Business Growth Hub podcast episode 37: Leadership Conference 2026: Human-Centred Leadership for a Changing World

What does leadership look like in 2026 when pressure is high, burnout is common and people are craving better workplace culture? In this episode, Laura Cadman and Ben Hickman join the Growth Hub podcast to talk about this year's Leadership Conference, exploring vulnerability, failure, listening, burnout and the behaviours that shape stronger leaders and healthier organisations.

Cumbria Business Growth Hub podcast episode 36: The Finance Advice Gap: What Cumbrian Businesses Need to Know

High street banks are disappearing and many businesses are being pushed towards fast, expensive online lending without real advice. In this episode, we speak with James Todhunter from Enterprise Answers about the growing finance advice gap in Cumbria, the risks of "quick fix" funding, and where business owners can turn for trusted, face-to-face support before making big financial decisions.

Cumbria Business Growth Hub podcast episode 35: Freedom, Pressure and Purpose: Life as Young Entrepreneur

Behind the highlights and beyond the hype. Join a group of young business owners as they talk candidly about the freedom, pressure and purpose that come with building a business early in life. An honest conversation about belief, balance and what success actually feels like.

Cumbria Business Growth Hub podcast episode 34: An interview with Ian Wilson

This month we are joined by one of our advisers Ian Wilson, Managing Director of IW Process Solutions. To celebrate International Manufacturing Day we talk about Ian's Manufacuring experiences and his vision for the future. Ian Wilson is a Lean expert with over twenty years' experience of implementing continuous improvement methodologies across a wide variety of industrial sectors with a proven track record of achieving results.   Click here to visit his website - Lean Consultancy | IWPS | IW Process Solutions Ltd

Cumbria Business Growth Hub podcast episode 33: The University of Cumbria's new campus in Barrow.

This month we are joined by Matt Ryder the Principal Lecturer at the University of Cumbria. The topic of our conversation is the opening of the new university campus in Barrow. We discuss the different courses that the university will be running and how the campus community will affect Barrow's local economy. Click here to learn more about the Barrow Campus - https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/student-life/locations/barrow-in-furness/.