A new scaffolding-focused podcast has launched today with a clear ambition: to raise the profile of the industry while keeping conversations engaging and accessible.
The Brace Yourself Podcast is co-hosted by Ben Beaumont and Simon Boyes, both associated with ScaffPlan and bringing experience from different parts of the world and different aspects of the industry. The show blends professional insight with light-touch humour, with both hosts sharing a similar outlook on where the sector needs to go, and the challenges ahead.
Speaking to Scaffmag, Beaumont said the show grew from the natural chemistry between the two hosts.
“We wanted something professional, but not dry,” he said. “There’s a lot of negativity online. We’d rather highlight good practice and solutions without naming and shaming, promoting the positive aspects of the industry to a wider audience, and highlighting all great things that this industry does.”
Between serious and entertaining
The podcast is designed to sit between technical discussion and pure comedy. Humour draws listeners in before moving into more substantive topics.
The first episode explores how to grow a business using system scaffolding, gaining insight from people who have done just that, alongside practical guidance for contractors and companies wanting to do the same.
The hosts also plan to cover a range of future topics including marketing and brand building within the sector, insight into the role of trade associations, and examine major project case studies, focusing on what worked, what did not, and what lessons can be learned.
“Humour boosts engagement and opens the door to professional messages,” Beaumont said. “We want to find a blend between fun and ‘not taking ourselves too seriously’, with real experience, helpful guidance and knowledge, and engaging guests who we can all learn from”
Launch schedule
The first four episodes are already recorded or booked ahead of the first week of March. Early content will spotlight ScaffChamp 2026, with guests involved in the competition’s organisation.
The schedule also includes senior figures from major international companies sharing their expertise, and figures from across the globe discussing topics that people from all corners of the industry will find engaging. and leaders from scaffolding associations in the UK, Australia and the United States.
Episodes will be released fortnightly, in the first and third week of each month.
Format and recurring features
Episodes will be distributed across Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes and YouTube.
You can subscribe to the show on all platforms HERE
One of the show’s recurring features, ‘Penthouse to the Doghouse’, was the idea of the show’s host, Simon Boyes. It will invite listeners to submit photographs of exemplary scaffolds alongside weaker examples.
Guests will have 30 seconds to defend the poorer examples in a satirical challenge format, designed to encourage higher standards without resorting to direct criticism of individuals or companies, and have some fun with what is an important topic for everyone.
“We want a constructive, uplifting voice for the industry,” Beaumont said. “Showcase how great an industry scaffolding is, bring together topics and people from across the globe, and give people something to be proud of.”
