Covid-19: Our Community
We wanted to tell some of our Community’s stories during the pandemic and share any tips they have on how best to cope with the current challenges.
As always, we love to hear from all of our Community, get in touch if you’d like to share your story with us.

The first in a series of stories from our Community – Barry Singleton, Chief Relationship Officer at Scaled Insights, starts us off with his take on reaping the benefits of virtual community and his top tips for working from home.

In our series of catch-ups with Nexus members on key projects and shared experiences during the current lockdown, Dr Meryem Benohoud, Technical Director at Keracol, tells us about life inside the Nexus building during lockdown and fast-tracking a sustainable care and protection product for our scrupulously-scrubbed hands.

Another in our series of stories from our Community – David McKee, CTO and Founder at Slingshot Simulations, shares his experiences of recruiting and onboarding virtually as well as his top tips for working remotely.

In our series of catch-ups with Nexus members on key projects and shared experiences during the current lockdown, Itecho Health’s Dr Adrian Brown tells us about progress on their digital platform for patients with long-term conditions and invaluable support from medical students at the University of Leeds.

In the first of our new remote notes series we catch-up with Dennis Dokter (Nexus Relationship Officer) to hear about how his role has adapted during lockdown, his remote working experiences and how he’s coping with the changing world.

In the second from our remote notes series we spend time with Mark Tock, Nexus Operations Director, to hear about how he’s adapted to keep things running smoothly under challenging circumstances.

In the latest from our remote notes series we catch-up with Yvonne McBrearty, Head of Marketing (B2B) to hear about how she’s adapted to remote working and how the Nexus marketing and events team have embraced all things virtual.

We caught up with Alan Gallacher, Nexus Network & Events Manager, for a virtual coffee to see how he’s been getting on over the past few months.
Alan talks us through how Nexus has transitioned to deliver a fully virtual events programme and how he’s enjoyed exploring the potential that technology might offer as we move forwards.

In this series we ask key spokespeople from across the region and from our core sectors to share their insights.
To start the series, we spend time with Beckie Hart, Regional Director at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) who shares her thoughts.

In this series we ask key spokespeople from across the region and from our core sectors to share their insights.
Recently, we spoke to KPMG’s Euan West, who heads up the firm’s 1,100 strong team in the region and whose colleague is our very own Enterprise Manager, Lizzie Smith, based at Nexus.

In this series we ask key spokespeople from across the region and from our core sectors to share their insights.
We catch up with Greg Wright, Deputy Business Editor at the Yorkshire Post who shares his thoughts on the mood of our region’s businesses, what leaders need from government and the role media has to play in the COVID-19 recovery process.

In this series we ask key spokespeople from across the region and from our core sectors to share their insights.
We speak to European Managing Partner, Jonathan Jones from Squire Patton Boggs over a virtual coffee, as he shares his predictions for Leeds as it emerges from the COVID-19 crisis and the role that innovation hubs have to play in economic recovery.

In our latest catch-up with the Nexus community we spent time with Sarah Everest-Ford, Strategy Director at OneMedical Group (OMG).
Sarah shares the team’s experience and breakthrough developments during the COVID-19 crisis and looks forward to delivering even greater benefits from partnership working in primary care.