MEDIA
STEVE REGULARLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE MEDIA, IN INTERVIEWS AND OPINION PIECES.
BELOW ARE SOME RECENT HIGHLIGHTS.
Requests for interviews should be directed to SR@steverigby.com.
BBC Question Time: Steve debates top news stories alongside leading commentators
October 2024: Steve joins the Question Time panel alongside Douglas Alexander MP, Damian Green the former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister, journalist and activist Ash Sarkar, and author, satirist, and podcast host Konstantin Kisin. Together, they discuss key news topics of the week, including taxation, workers’ rights, the NHS, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
LBC Cross Question: Steve joins a panel of senior commentators to debate the UK’s leading news stories
September 2024: Steve is a guest on Cross Question with Iain Dale on LBC, debating top news stories including Labour’s growth plans, the NHS and immigration, alongside senior politicians and commentators Barry Gardiner MP, Paul Scully, and Alison Phillips.
BBC Midlands Today: Steve Rigby calls on business leaders to get young people into work
July 2024: Steve Rigby is interviewed by the BBC about The Rigby Foundation’s £600,000 investment to get young unemployed people in the West Midlands into tech careers and calls on business leaders to create opportunities to address unemployment in the region.
ITV News: The Rigby Foundation funds training to get young people into work
July 2024: Steve discusses The Rigby Foundation’s announcement that it will be funding charity Gen UK, investing £600,000 in initiatives to support at least 300 young people across the West Midlands into technically skilled and well-paid jobs over the next three years.
Video: Steve Rigby announces £600k of funding from The Rigby Foundation to help young people establish careers
July 2024: Steve announces The Rigby Foundation’s commitment to invest £600,000 to support unemployed young people in the West Midlands into technically skilled and well-paid jobs.
Video: Rigby Group and SCC fund Tech WM's OneToWin £1m pitch prize
June 2024: Steve announces Rigby Group’s pledge to £1m prize fund to uncover the West Midlands’ most promising start-up business.
Video: Steve Rigby on Family and Private Businesses
Ahead of the forthcoming election Steve talks about the contribution family and private businesses make to our economy and society, and why policy makers should make their long term retention and ownership a priority.
Video: What can the UK Government do to support long term ownership of businesses?
Steve talks to the Wall Street Journal about how UK policy can support a pro-business environment where every British business has a shot at growing at scale
Video: Advice for CEOs undertaking IT or business transformation
In conversation with the Wall Street Journal, Steve urges business leaders to recognise that digital transformation is not an IT function but a core line of business that runs through every department.
Video: How important is culture when acquiring a business?
Steve discusses how culture is a critical consideration when acquiring a business. In some cases, it is the deciding factor as to whether to pursue a deal.
Video: How can CEOs leverage M&As to fuel further innovation?
Steve talks to the Wall Street Journal, advising that strategy should always take the lead over opportunism when it comes to acquiring a business.