The Local Authority is a podcast by Local Government Chronicle. Each month, the podcast will ask fundamental questions about how local government needs to adapt to fulfil its full potential and best serve local populations. It will see LGC assemble a small panel of significant figures from the sector to discuss one specific issue per episode. All will have a focus on the future, with the emphasis being on innovation, fairness, policy change and place leadership. Between launch in May 2021 an ...
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The Last Province is your source for discussion about Legend of the Five Rings lore and competitive play. Brought to you by long time players Daniel Tickle, George Maney, and Robert Denton.
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Welcome to my podcast, where the descriptions are brief and the content is full Cover art photo provided by Edgar Castrejon on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@edgarraw
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Welcome to the Flashbang Gaming Podcasts! A weekly gaming debating podcast featuring @Joe_LGC (Joe) and @EdMcdougall99 (Edward). Episodes will be uploaded here every Saturday!
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The Rental Journal’s podcast weekly interviews with equipment rental industry experts offers unparalleled insights into business successes and challenges, career progression, new technologies and industry-provoking topics from around the world. The Rental Journal Podcast aims to increase awareness of the hire and rental industry while also providing a platform for listeners to learn about the experiences from others in the industry.
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#151 - Steve Mau - Joining the equipment rental industry by acquiring a small business
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Steve Mau is the President of Brainerd General Rental and the current & 61st President of the American Rental Association. Brainerd General Rental is a general rental store located in Brainerd, Minnesota. Steve previously worked for a Fortune 500 company and was looking to purchase and get involved with a small business in the early 2000s. In 2002 …
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#150 - John Bibbo - President Event Source
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John Bibbo is a past American Rental Association president and is the President at Event Source, a 40 year old event second generation event rental business based in based across Ohio, Michigan & Pennsylvania. This episode was recorded by Michael Larsen at the ARA Show in New Orleans. This podcast episode was sponsored by Latner Software. Have you …
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With the release of the River of Gold board game, Bobby has been at it again. Today we discuss the first three parts of the fiction series, written by Bobby and narrated by Heather Jinmaku. "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativeco…
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BONUS: What does the new government mean for the Local Government Pension Scheme?
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BONUS: This episode is from the LGC Investment Series Podcast which brings you exclusive content from our LGPS focused event series. In this episode, deputy editor of Local Government Chronicle Martin George is joined by is Phil Triggs, Tri-Borough Director of Treasury and Pensions at Westminster City Council, and Jo Donnelly, Secretary to the Sche…
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#149 - David Maxwell & Keith Clarke - United Forklift and Access Solutions & Haulotte Australia
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David Maxwell is the Managing Director at United Forklift and Access Solutions & Keith Clarke is the General Manager at Haulotte Australia. United Forklift and Access Solutions & Haulotte Australia have had a strong partnership since 2010 and United recently hit a milestone of purchasing the 5000th Haulotte machine.…
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What does the Labour landslide mean for local government?
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Last week Labour won the general election and a new government is in place. To discuss what this might mean for local government, including devolution, council funding and planning reform, LGC editor Sarah Calkin is joined by an expert panel: Charlotte Alldritt, founder and former chief executive of the Centre for Progressive Policy and political a…
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#148 - Brendan Ross - Journey from service tech to owning a service business
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Every equipment rental business constantly faces a shortage of field and workshop mechanics. Brendan Ross recognized this challenge early in his career and saw an opportunity to offer a valuable service to equipment rental businesses. In 2010, Brendan entered the equipment rental industry as a hire coordinator at Botany Access, where he began his a…
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#147 - Beth Hoff Blackmer - Aspen Rent-All & 58th ARA President
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Beth Hoff Blackmer is the Owner & President of Aspen Rent-All, and in 2020 was the 58th President of the American Rental Association. Aspen Rent-All is a second-generation family owned business. Since 1967, they have been the source in Roaring Fork Valley for renting all types of construction equipment from earthmoving, material handling, compactio…
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The rising costs of home to school transport with Rachael Shimmin, Roger Gough, and Liz Davidson from Qroutes
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Home to school transport has become an increasing pressure on council budgets as a combination of increases in demand from pupils with special educational needs and a lack of supply push up costs. In this episode of The Local Authority, LGC in association with Qroutes, would like to explore how councils can reduce costs whilst ensuring children rec…
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#146 - Greg Landa: Providing rental solutions to Coachella, NASCAR, Superbowl & Taylor Swift Concerts
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Greg Landa is the CEO of CES Power. CES Power provides temporary event power generation, power distribution, and HVAC for festivals, film & broadcast, major events, and industrial projects. CES Power has partnered with major events such as the Coachella, NASCAR Circuit, Formula 1, the Superbowl & Taylor Swift Concerts. This podcast episode was spon…
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The count is on! Snap analysis of the local election results from the LGC editorial team
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It's 3pm on 03 May, and the local election count is on. In the LGC news room for this special Local Authority episode, LGC deputy editor Martin George is joined by editor Sarah Calkin and reporter Caitlin Webb to talk all things results: what do we know so far, what trends are at play and what local issues have been influencing results? Which are t…
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Breakup of the Embracer group, a new series of articles about L5R's history, and a discussion of the scope of Fantasy caps off today's episode of The Last Province "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/…
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#145 - Scott Irwin: President of Delux Rentals & ARA 60th President
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Scott Irwin is the President of Delux Rental. Delux Rental is a family-owned business and have been serving South Eastern Michigan with construction and homeowner equipment rentals since 1966! Scott is also the 60th President of the American Rental Association, and served in 2023 as the ARA Board Chairman. Michael Larsen caught up with Scott during…
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Local elections special: Colin Rallings on why Tories could lose half the seats they are defending. Also, do people care about mayors?
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The local elections are just around the corner, with everyone in England and Wales able to vote in either council, metro mayor or police and crime commissioner elections, or a combination of the three. With the Conservatives behind in national polling, the increasing importance of independent candidates, and some bellwether mayoral and council cont…
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Episode 13 - Bad Thanksgiving Candy
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Today the guys sample three different kinds of weird Thanksgiving ""flavored"" candy while reminising about better times. Today's episode was sponsored by NordVPN, Honey, Grammerly, Spotify, Raycon, and Spotify.By Daniel Tickle, George Maney, Robert Denton III
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#144 - John Jeanguenat: President of RentalMax - 10 locations across Chicago, North West Indiana & South Wisconsin
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John Jeanguenat is the President at RentalMax, a U.S based equipment rental business serving Chicago, Northwest Indiana and South Wisconsin. Michael Larsen caught up with John during the ARA Show in New Orleans, learning about RentalMax and John's involvement with the American Rental Association. This podcast episode was sponsored by Latner Softwar…
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Community involvement, social media and misinformation, and are residents customers? With Elizabeth Campbell, Tracey Lee, and Adam Lent
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Councils are increasingly recognising the value of involving communities in the design of services meanwhile financial pressures have seen the delivery of services such as libraries outsourced to community groups. And though new technology has provided more ways for councils to engage with their residents and businesses, misinformation through soci…
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#143 - Tom Wood: HRIA Young Professional of the Year 2023
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Tom Wood of Camden Hire was awarded the Young Professional of the Year 2023 by the Hire & Rental Industry Association, and was recently completing his exchange program in the U.S with A Tool Shed Equipment Rentals in California. This is Tom's second time on the The Rental Journal Podcast, as we managed to catch up with him during the recent ARA Sho…
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The crisis in children’s services with Louise Gittins, Josh MacAlister, and Andy Smith
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Children’s services are frequently cited as the biggest current pressure on council budgets, with costs having spiralled in recent years. But despite huge increases in spending there is concern children are often not getting the care and support they need, with shortages of placements meaning young people can often find themselves placed many miles…
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Episode 91 - No Action is Free in Life
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Today we guys discuss recent subtle changes in L5R going forward along with some news and a discussion about a certain Tomb. "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"…
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#142 - Max Line: Transitioning from hiring equipment to the Director of LGC Equipment Hire
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Max Line serves as the Director of LGC Equipment Hire & LGC Traffic, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. He started LGC Traffic and expanded its operations to employ over 300 staff, frequently requiring the need to rent traffic equipment. Rather than depending on external hire services, Max established LGC Equipment Hire, which has since eme…
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#141 - Matthew Hoy: Kelm Hire, one of Australia's fastest growing equipment hire businesses
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Matt Hoy is the General Manager at Kelm Hire, one of Australia's fastest growth hire companies. With two locations in Melbourne, Kelm Hire takes pride in offering one of Melbourne’s most expansive and diverse equipment rental inventories, encompassing hand tools, power tools, access equipment, earth moving machinery, material handling equipment, an…
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#140 - Emmanuel Georgoudis: The NSW President of the Hire & Rental Industry Association
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Emmanuel Georgoudis is the National Operations Centre Manager at Coates & The NSW President of the HRIA. Joining the equipment rental industry straight out of high school, Emmanuel talks through his journey working at Coates for the past 18 years and his involvement with the Hire & Rental Industry Association. This episode was sponsored by Rouse In…
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#139 - Kevin Ennis: 35 years of sales experience in the equipment rental industry
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Kevin Ennis has over 35 years experience in the equipment rental industry, working at companies such as Wreckair Hire, Vermeer, Coates, Conplant, Redstar & Atlas CEA. This episode was sponsored by Rouse Insights. Rouse delivers actionable, accurate, and confidential benchmarking solutions tailored to meet the needs of construction equipment rental …
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#138 - Jeremy Shaw: HRIA National President & Master Hire 33 years in business
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Jeremy Shaw is the HRIA National President and the Sales & Marketing Manager at Master Hire. This episode was hosted by the new addition to The Rental Journal Podcast, Michael Larsen. 33 years ago the Shaw family opened the doors of the first Master Hire branch in Toowoomba, Queensland. Still an original Queensland owned and operated family busines…
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Fiscal devolution with Jamie Driscoll, Jessica Studdert and Ross Mudie
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The UK is one of the most centralised countries in the world and local authorities enjoy few revenue raising powers when compared with their counterparts in other developed nations. In recent years calls have been growing for local authorities to be given the power to set new taxes or take control of elements of the existing tax base. However, cent…
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#137 - Michael Larsen: International Rental Business Leadership Exchange Program
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Michael Larsen is a returning guest on the podcast, and was awarded the HRIA Young Professional of the Year in 2022. Following on from this award Michael travelled from Australia to the U.S taking part in the International Rental Business Leadership Exchange Program. In addition to working at Larsen's Air Conditioning Hire, Michael is going to be j…
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Episode 90 - The Tomb of [REDACTED]
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The Tomb of [REDACTED]Today the guys discuss the recently released adventure "The Tomb of [REDACTED]" and go over some of the lore changes without going through any kind of spoilers. Throw in some news, a discussion, and you have an episode. Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Co…
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#136 - Nathan Borg: Head of Digital and Customer Experience at Kennards Hire
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Nathan Borg was appointed Kennards Hire’s Head of Digital & Customer Experience in October 2021. An experienced digital product specialist, Nathan has a wealth of experience delivering digital products for Kennards Hire and its customers. With more than seven years working with digital products, Nathan is a digital thought leader with strengths in …
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Borrowing and investment: balancing risk and ambition with Sarah Norman, Tracy Bingham and Rob Whiteman
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Spiralling inflation has pushed up the cost of borrowing while the high-profile failure of some councils that took on large amounts of debt has increased scrutiny of council investments. In this episode of The Local Authority, the podcast from Local Government Chronicle, we want to explore how councils are approaching funding of regeneration in thi…
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Mayor or no mayor with Carolyn Wilkins, Anna Smith and Paul Swinney
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For the past decade, the government’s preferred model of devolution has been to combined authorities with directly elected mayors. However, more than five years on from the election of the first metro mayors, there is ongoing resistance from councils to adopting this model. In this episode of The Local Authority, a podcast from Local Government Chr…
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#135 - Phil Mause: Equipment rental benchmark & utilization data with Rouse Services
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Phil Mause is the Senior Vice President at Rouse Services. Rouse Services is the equipment rental industry's exclusive source for benchmark rate and utilization Data. Giving businesses the opportunity to to make comparisons of rental rates, utilization and other key performance metrics. With over $65 billion of fleet on a cost basis and $28 billion…
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Episode 89 - The Podcast Episode of 100 Questions
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Today the guys discuss recent news come out of Gencon and then have a discussion with L5R author Marie Brennan. Check our her Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mariebrennan/rook-and-rose-pattern-deck and her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/swan_tower Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.c…
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Into the chamber – working in a political environment, with Joanne Roney, Bruce McDonald and Deborah Evans
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Many officers start their careers as specialists in their field, such as finance, law, social care or planning, but the nature of their job changes as they are promoted to roles that see them working closely with elected politicians and facing public scrutiny. In this episode of The Local Authority, a podcast from Local Government Chronicle, we exp…
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Today the guys bring on a special guest, the author of the L5R novella "Deathseeker" and grill him mercelessly on his book. Hilarity insues? "Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"…
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Supporting new councillors and hung councils with William Benson, Cllr Liz Leffman and Cllr Abi Brown
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May’s elections saw more than 80 councils change political control with an increase in the number of councils under no overall control. Often this can mean the councillors involved in forming an administration are doing so for the first time; sometimes they can also be relatively new councillors who are still getting to grips with how the council w…
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#134 - Kenneth Kimura: Have you ever wondered what rental software United Rentals utilize?
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Kenneth Kimura is the Director, Product Development at Wynne Systems. Wynne Systems is used by some of the largest equipment rental businesses in the world and is utilized in over 54 countries. With clients such as United Rentals, Sunbelt Rentals & Herc Rentals, we learn about the history of Wynne Systems and advice for an equipment rental company …
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#133 - Justin Walters: Benefits of GPS asset tracking for equipment rental providers
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Specializing in GPS tracking in the equipment rental industry, Justin Walters talks through the benefits Geoforce provides to the equipment rental industry and a recent solution they provided to Kennards Hire. Combining a cloud-based software platform with rugged GPS tracking devices and global satellite and cellular networks, Geoforce’s solutions …
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Episode 87 - You Are (Probably) Wrong About Rokugan!
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Today the guys discuss various bits of Rokugan technology. You are likely Wrong about at least one of these. You won't believe number nine! Segment break audio was extracted from: Ripples – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/…
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LGC with Olivia Chapman; Materialism, the toxicity of Social Media, and the Mom entrepreneur
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Welcome to the Let's Get Coffee Podcast with Jeremy Vanderloop. Weekly, Jeremy engages in delightful conversation over a cup of coffee with members of our community. These conversations give us insight into the successful minds of various industries. This week we chatted with Olivia Chapman. Liv Chapman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Inner Glow Circl…
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#132 - Jason Morey: The 40th anniversary of Bandit Industries
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Bandit Industries was started in 1983 in mid-Michigan with six employees, and today Bandit employs over 700 people in over 560,000 square feet of manufacturing space, serving 56 countries with over 50 different models of hand-fed and whole tree chippers, stump grinders, The Beast horizontal grinders, track carriers / skid steer attachments, and Arj…
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LGC with Felicia Pecora; Crisis Management, How to not loose everything when a crisis happens
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Felicia has over 20 years of experience in combat skills training, including law enforcement and is an Army combat Veteran. She has been an innovator in the public safety field. She has developed supervisor courses in law enforcement, and recently led her agency in the creation and implementation of a new kind of productivity evaluation, Values-Bas…
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