Lunch with Leon

Lunch with Leon

The transport sector’s biggest asset is the people that keep everything moving. In this monthly podcast, world-renowned transport consultant Leon Daniels OBE interviews leading figures in the transport industry and discusses the latest sector news and trends. A must-listen for anyone working in transport today. See more here: www.leondaniels.co.uk (http://www.leondaniels.co.uk/)

Episodes

93: David Boden, Stagecoach East

July 16, 2024 • 35 mins
The latest guest on the Lunch with Leon podcast is David Boden, Business Development Director, Stagecoach East and Chair of the CP Bus Alliance. Leon and David discuss their shared passion for putting customer needs at the centre of transport planning, strategies for effective bus and rail integration and the headache of road works on bus services. Plus, how do we tackle the growing epidemic of ‘geographical ignorance’ and its...
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92: Paul Comfort & Simon Reed

June 25, 2024 • 32 mins
This week, Leon is joined by transport evangelist Paul Comfort and technology expert Simon Reed to discuss Paul’s latest book, The New Future of Public Transportation. Listen now for a deep dive into the hot topics in the transit industry as well as insights from the book featuring expertise from 30 transport leaders worldwide.

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91: Stephen Bramall (General Election Special)

June 11, 2024 • 38 mins
UK General Election Special: With less than a month to go until polling day, Leon is joined by political consultant Stephen Bramall for a no-holds-barred conversation about how a new government could impact transport in the UK. Listen now to for a dive into the challenges of devolution, Stephen’s thoughts on how a shaken-up front bench might impact governance and whether transport will feature on campaign agendas. The two als...
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90: Jo Field

May 21, 2024 • 28 mins
Jo Field, Founder of JFG Communications and President of Women in Transport sits down with Leon to discuss the challenges women face in advancing in transport, and what can be done to close the gender diversity gap. 

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89: Caroline Pidgeon

April 22, 2024 • 34 mins
LibDem London Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon comes to Lunch with Leon and talks about the successes of the past and the opportunities for the future...
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88: Beverley Bell CBE

April 8, 2024 • 33 mins
Former Senior Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell talks over lunch with Leon Daniels about her times as the most senior regulator for freight and passenger industries, and about what she has been busy doing since.
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87: Will Whitehorn

March 12, 2024 • 37 mins
We travel into space with Will Whitehorn the former CEO of Virgin Galactic as we discuss how huge an effect the space industry does for transport in its widest sense. Will also reflects on his time with Virgin Group and as Deputy Chairman of Stagecoach and the incredible progress transport has made with technology
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86: Siofra Neary

February 27, 2024 • 30 mins
In this episode the Commercial Director for Trustd.net Siofra Neary talks to Leon Daniels about what modern technology can do to make sure the right person delivers the right goods to the right person using digital technology.
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85: Jason Prince Director Urban Transport Group

January 22, 2024 • 30 mins
Six months into his role as Director Jason talks about the work of the Urban Transport Group and his hopes for this General Election year and beyond.
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84: Nick Reed

December 19, 2023 • 30 mins
Dr Nick Reed is a world leading expert on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and the human factors involved in road safety
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83: Lilli Matson

December 4, 2023 • 57 mins
As President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Leon Daniels is bringing together safety experts from aviation, marine, rail and road/passenger. We have such to learn rom each other. These webcasts are seen by CILT members live in a webcast. Here now is the audio of the most recent presentation with Lilli Matson, Chief health, Safety and Environment Officer at Transport for London

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82: Candice Mason

November 19, 2023 • 31 mins
Leon Daniels talks to Candice Mason, ahead of an important event at the House of Commons promoting Women in Bus & Coach as well as her experiences as running Masons Coach Hire and her own other entrepreneurial interests
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81: Australian British Infrastructure Catalyst

November 3, 2023 • 26 mins
Leon Daniels joins former TfL Commissioners Mike Brown, Lord Peter Hendy and other transport leaders at this event in Australia where we learn that we have so much in common; where joined-up transport infrastructure improvements are underway; and where there are huge opportunities.
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80: Ian Foster and Ian Warr Catlynn Transport Consultants

October 12, 2023 • 29 mins
Industry heavyweights Ian Forster and Ian Warr talk about their new venture. You can contact them at 07939 677530 or by email ian.foster@catlynn-transport-consultants.co.uk and ian.warr@catlynn-transport-consultants.co.uk
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79: David Savage

October 1, 2023 • 29 mins
David Savage VP UK and Ireland for Geotab discusses with Leon Daniels the huge advantage that on-board data can bring to a transport business
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78: Willie Patterson

September 21, 2023 • 31 mins
This episode we meet the Chief Executive of Asset Alliance Group, a large commercial vehicle finance company. It was recorded before the Prime Minister's announcement regarding the 2030 transition to electric vehicles
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77: Damian Horton Co-Founder Eloy Ltd

September 1, 2023 • 32 mins
Join Leon talking to Eloy's Damian Horton, a winner of the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund 150 competition which allowed this company to conduct some interesting research designed to improve the safety and convenience of some tricky motoring situations.
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76: Andrew Luckett, Director, BluMarbl

August 2, 2023 • 31 mins
This week's Lunch with Leon is ITT Hub 2023 speaker and Director at BluMarbl, Andrew Luckett. Leon Daniels and Andrew pick up their conversation from the show on how a zero-emission world for coaches can be developed in this generation. 
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75: Natasha Fry, Head of Sales, Mer UK

July 4, 2023 • 30 mins
In episode 75 of Lunch with Leon, Leon speaks to Natasha Fry, Head of Sales at Mer UK about what's new at the business, which is one of the fastest-growing European EV charging companies, and their UK Fleet Services business unit.
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74: Norman Baker, Director of External Affairs, Campaign for Better Transport

June 2, 2023 • 33 mins
In this week's episode, Leon talks to Norman Baker, former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Transport. Leon and Norman discuss his current role as Director of External Affairs at Campaign for Better Transport and what the organisation is doing to make transport better, greener and fairer.
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