The Purple Chair

Artificial intelligence offers businesses significant opportunities to improve efficiency, drive innovation, and enhance decision-making, but it also brings new practical, commercial, and legal challenges. In this episode, Ian Brannan and the experts at Clarion explore how organisations can adopt AI strategically to address key considerations around risk, liability, supplier relationships, and regulatory compliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Ian Brannan and the experts at Clarion explore the regulatory and commercial shifts shaping business in 2026, and why the greatest risk for leaders isn’t dramatic reform, but gradual, compounding change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What should business leaders be scanning for now, to stay ahead of the curve? Clarion helps ambitious businesses navigate complex situations to find the advantage in unexpected places. In this episode, Ian Brannan is joined by specialists from Clarion to find out how business leaders can spot emerging opportunities, prepare for them, and act with the appropriate commercial and legal foundations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Divorce isn’t just the end of a relationship, it can mean the beginning of some very complex legal and financial challenges, especially when business interests are involved. In this episode of The Purple Chair, host Ian Brannan is joined by Rachel Spencer Robb, Partner and Head of the Family Law team at Clarion, to discuss how the right legal advice, and a lot of emotional intelligence, can ease the pressure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Ian Brannan and the team at Clarion dive deep into the current landscape of the UK retail sector. Facing challenges such as rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifting consumer behaviours, retailers also have a wealth of opportunities in digital transformation, sustainability, and innovation. They identify the biggest hurdles retailers are up against and offer practical advice on navigating financial distress, optimising real estate, managing workforce changes, and positioning for future success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices