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Nicola Beckford
Transform media events with Nicola Beckford, speaker, award-winning BBC journalist and conference host. Nicola works with corporate audiences to deliver impactful presentations and skilled interviews, bringing over twenty years of broadcasting expertise from BBC One, Radio 4, and major news programmes.
Nicola Beckford is an award-winning BBC journalist. She presents the regional television news programme Midlands Today on BBC One during BBC Breakfast and at lunchtime.
Her career includes presenting Woman's Hour, You & Yours, and Pick of the Week on BBC Radio 4. She has also hosted Midlands Today's evening news and BBC news bulletins in Bristol and Cambridge.
Before her presenting career, Nicola reported for the BBC's One and Six O'Clock News, Radio 4's Today Programme, and Radio 5 Live.
Nicola was among the first BBC journalists to utilise the Freedom of Information Act to uncover stories, influencing government changes in UK law. In 2012, she revealed on BBC Radio 4's The World at One that hundreds of children were detained in police cells due to a shortage of mental health hospital beds, leading to changes in the Mental Health Act.
While reporting for the BBC Six O'Clock News, she uncovered that many hospital patients in England were victims of serious preventable errors termed "never events." This work led to invitations to speak at various conferences, including the Health and Safety Executive and the Scottish Parliament.
With over twenty years in broadcasting, Nicola is also an accomplished conference and awards host. Her highlights include hosting the Interchange Conference and interviewing retail expert Mary Portas during her "Work Like a Woman" book tour.
Before her broadcasting career, Nicola worked as a secondary school teacher in Birmingham, where she aimed to inspire her students to reach their potential.
Her research and presentation skills suit her for various corporate events. Nicola Beckford is available for conference facilitation, awards hosting, panel debates, interviewing, and voiceovers.
To book her for your next event, contact the PepTalk team.
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To book Nicola Beckford, email nicola.beckford@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Nicola's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
No. PepTalk adds no booking fee, so you pay the speaker's fee and nothing beyond it. The service, from shortlist through to contracts and event-day logistics, is included. For repeat or multi-event bookings, PepTalk can agree preferential rates with your procurement team.
Share your event date, audience, format, objectives and budget, and PepTalk sends a hand-picked shortlist within 24 hours. Each suggestion comes with a profile, a fee and a recommendation on the strongest fit. Once you choose, PepTalk handles contracts, travel and logistics through to event day.
The typical fee range is the speaker's standard in-person fee in their home market, shown in their local currency. It moves with format, location, date and session length: virtual sessions and shorter slots usually cost less, while international travel and peak dates cost more. Send your brief to PepTalk and the team will confirm the exact fee in your currency.
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Three to six months ahead is comfortable for most events, and 12 months is better for large conferences, peak-season dates or one specific in-demand speaker. Shorter timelines are workable, and PepTalk regularly fills last-minute and replacement bookings within days. Availability is the constraint, so get in touch as soon as you have a date.
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