The Complaining Cow

The Complaining Cow

Helen Dewdney is The Complaining Cow, a consumer expert. Author of How to Complain: The Essential Consumer Guide to Getting Refunds, Redress and Results! and 101 Habits of an Effective Complainer, she helps consumers to fight for their rights and helps businesses increase sales through improving customer service. Regularly seen and heard in the media providing advice and opinion, she's also a business consultant, speaker and journalist, having written for many outlets including the Financial Times, The Telegraph, Metro, This Is Money, The Sun and the Mirror. In this podcast, Helen interviews guests on an eclectic range of topics. These include insights into consumer issues, small businesses tips and tricks, regulators and more. This is an ELR Productions podcast from East London Radio

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January 25, 2025 23 mins

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Kimba talks about what gamification and what it isn't! How you can use games and fun in your business and personal life.

You can get more information, advice and tips on saving money and your consumer rights on the website www.thecomplainingcow.co.uk

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December 1, 2024 32 mins

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November 17, 2024 40 mins

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Jeremy talks about how and why he set up PromoVeritas, how competitions work and are judged and gives his top tips for winning competitions.

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Helen Dewdney speaks with Matt Allwright of BBC The One Show, Rogue Traders, Watchdog and other consumer TV shows.

Matt talks about joining Watchdog and some of the stories it is currently receiving and about platforms which are making it more difficult for asserting consumer rights and more.

Housing is an area Matt feels passionately about and spoke of the impact of conditions on all areas of life.

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Lisa Johnson is a multi-seven-figure Global Business Strategist who makes 90% of her money through passive or semi-passive income stream. Her business made over £10m in the first five years.

Her background in overcoming obstacles has helped mould her into a bold, straight-talking coach, never afraid to be an authentic and outspoken truth-teller. From £30,000 in debt to a successful entrepreneur making millions and helping thousands...

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Jasmine Birtles is the author and founder of the popular consumer money website Money Magpie.  She is a TV personality, columnist, ‘money guru’, presenter, speaker and freelance journalist. She debunks interest, inflation and stagnation. Just what does it all mean and what does the future hold?

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An entrepreneur, businessman, investor and passionate philanthropist, John founded AO in 2000. He  is an active, long standing supporter of OnSide Youth Zones.

John talks about setting up AO.com, the challenges he faced then and now and what's in the future for AO and him. He also talks about what success means to him and the importance of customer service.

 

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Zoë discusses why and how she started Kiddiwhizz, the Dragon's Den experience, the challenges and plans for the future.

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Helen Dewdney aka The Complaining Cow, turns the tables on BBC Radio London's Eddie Nestor, on whose daytime radio show she has often been a regular guest. Talking about his background and radio work, as well as finding out how good he, an East Londoner, might be at complaining? Also discuss stories that he’s covered that stay with him in his head even when he doesn’t want them

The longest interview on The Complaining Cow Consumer ...

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Susan talks about how and why she set up The British Craft House and how Etsy's treatment of sellers is helping her expand to take on the online giant.

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Dr Marianne Trent talks to me about entrusting your mental well-being to qualified and regulated mental health professionals. In a society where self-help trends and there's a growth in people calling themselves coaches, therapists and psychologists and expert by experience abound what do you need to know when choosing someone to help you?

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Chris talks about the issues Evri has faced, that Who are the best – and worst – parcel delivery companies? Citizen Advice table, recruitment, training and retention, customer service improvements, challenges and what's to come.

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Richard talks about his work, how he started, The Repair Shop and his new business

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Janine talks to Helen about the effects of not decluttering on your health, the ways to declutter, the decluttering cycle and provides lots of tips 

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Helen Tudor is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur LinkedIn expert. Highly respected and credited for thousands of business owners finding leads and generating income on LinkedIn she is also well known for her “£99 thing". Here the Helens discuss how over the last 7 years Helen T has taught thousands of people how to make money on LinkedIn and how anyone can make money doing her "£99 thing”.

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