Beyond The Capital from SuperTech

Beyond The Capital is back with a new series!

This time, Hilary Smyth-Allen explores the power of partnerships and their crucial role in helping businesses flourish. She speaks to both big and small o…

In this episode, Hilary speaks to Ash Ali, entrepreneur and author of the book, The Unfair Advantage. Ash was the first marketing director of Just Eat and has helped launch numerous businesses, inclu…

In this episode, Hilary speaks to William Taaffe, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Lockdown Cyber Security.

They discuss:

Starting the company during the pandemic, targeting finance directors…

In this episode, Hilary speaks to Mike Brooman, CEO of Vanti, a Birmingham-based smart buildings and technology company.

They discuss the importance of ESB and becoming B Corp certified, the challenge…

In the episode, we hear from someone who’s looking to revolutionise the way digital skills are taught in schools. Tessy Mosindi, founder and CEO of Code Funhouse, talks to Hilary about how her work a…

In this episode, we hear from Surayyah Ahmad Sani, the co-founder of Ethco. Surayyah’s career has spanned two countries on two different continents. She founded Ethco to help consumers access their e…

In this episode, Mac Alonge, founder and CEO of The Equal Group tells Hilary what inspired him to start the business. The Equal Group is an equality, diversity and inclusion consultancy.

They talk abo…

FutureMatch - a talent-hiring platform - was registered in February 2020, a few weeks before the country went into lockdown.

In this episode of Beyond The Capital, Hilary speaks to FutureMatch's CEO a…

In this new series of Beyond The Capital, we’re exploring how to deal with adversity. You’ll hear from entrepreneurs and business leaders about how they’ve overcome major challenges to build thriving…

Beyond The Capital from SuperTech is back with a new series for 2023. This time, we're exploring how to deal with adversity.  

Entrepreneurs and business leaders speak to Hilary Smyth-Allen about how …

This year, the Commonwealth Games are coming to Birmingham.

So to celebrate, we’re doing our own baton relay. We’re making virtual visits to as many of the Commonwealth countries as we can, and explor…

In this series, Beyond The Capital is celebrating the Commonwealth Games coming to Birmingham. We’re doing our own baton relay, exploring the start-up and scale-up scenes of as many Commonwealth coun…

In this episode, we explore the links between India and the West Midlands, hearing from two businesses that operate in both places.

Hilary spoke to Ravi Ranjan, co-founder of Voilo, a fintech start-u…

In this episode, we hear from some of the innovative businesses involved in UK Research & Innovation’s Next Generation Services Challenge. The challenge has invested in projects that are using AI, da…

In this episode, we’re exploring the proptech scene in Australia and hearing from one Birmingham-based business that has recently expanded there.

Shelli Trung is the Managing Partner at REACH Australi…

In this episode, we hear from Bermuda. The island territory has established itself as a global leader for regulating digital asset businesses. Hilary spoke to Rachel Nightingale, Senior Counsel at th…

Nigeria is our next port of call. This episode explores Lagos’ start-up and scale-up scene, the cultural differences between doing business in Britain and Nigeria and the opportunities for cross bord…

Kicking off our virtual Commonwealth tour, we’re looking at no-code and low-code in Canada, the Caribbean and the UK.

Hilary Smyth-Allen speaks to:

• Chelsey Cabaj, a Canadian private investor involved …

In this new series of Beyond the Capital, we're celebrating the Commonwealth Games coming to Birmingham. We'll be doing our own baton relay and making virtual visits to Commonwealth countries to expl…