Steph McGovern

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4,765 appearances 55 recordings 6 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 2d ago

Steph McGovern’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 55 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 9.

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The Rest Is Money · 303. Why making schools truly comprehensive is vital for our economy · 9 Aug 2026 podcast

I just want you to have a listen to some of the people I met there and what they told me about what the issue is and why it matters so much. voice-verified

So here's what I found out from my trip to an advanced manufacturing business. voice-verified

in true raw. voice-verified

So I'm here at Teagle Machinery. voice-verified

It's a family run business and they make kit for the agricultural industry. voice-verified

So things like bale processes and they sell their stuff all around the world. voice-verified

About half of their business is exports. voice-verified

One of the big customers is America. voice-verified

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One of the things I've had to deal with here is, of course, the trade tariffs. voice-verified

There's so much going on for a business like this. voice-verified

One of the big issues, and we've talked about this before on the podcast, is skills and getting the right people through the door to be able to do all the jobs here, whether it's welding, anything to do with the engineering side of things. voice-verified

There's so many different jobs here. voice-verified

And it has been a problem for them here in Cornwall. voice-verified

So they have been really focused on apprentices over the last few years. voice-verified

They employ about 150 people here and now 20% of the workforce are apprentices. voice-verified

And even on a Friday, they'd let them run the factory. voice-verified

So they've really invested a lot in them and obviously think they're brilliant too. voice-verified

I've got a few people I want to chat with about all of this, including the manufacturing director, Richard Berriman, who's alongside Nicky Story, who's from the charity, the skills charity, Ingenuity. voice-verified

And then up in Coventry, we've got Olivia, who is an apprentice at Amazon. voice-verified

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