Media & Press — Stuart Deadman
Entrepreneur. Construction leader. Endurance runner. Fundraiser.
For interviews, speaking, podcasts and press enquiries, you're in the right place.
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Ways to Work With Stuart
Keynote speaker
Stuart speaks on building standards-led teams, delivering under pressure, and rebuilding when life forces a reset. Expect practical frameworks, straight talk, and a message that lands, especially for leaders and founder-led teams.
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Moderating & fireside chats
Need a host who can keep it real, keep it moving, and pull something valuable out of a room? Stuart is strong in founder panels, construction/property discussions, resilience stories, and charity/community events.
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Podcast appearances
Stuart is an open and direct guest who is comfortable talking about growth, pressure, leadership, discipline, mental health (safely and responsibly), and the unglamorous side of building a business.
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Press & commentary
For comments on construction, property, business culture, or endurance fundraising — send through your angle and deadline.
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Signature Topics
These align with the three pillars built across the Stuart Deadman brand.
1. How to build quality into a system
Best for: construction & property audiences, ops teams, founder-led businesses
Takeaways
Clarity before action (scope, programme, expectations).
Transparent communication rhythms (weekly updates, decision logs).
Finish-first thinking (snagging, detail discipline).
How to avoid the "surprises" that cost time, money, and trust.
2. Discipline, endurance, and staying consistent when it's hard
Best for: leadership events, entrepreneurs, teams delivering in high-stakes environments
Takeaways
Practical routines and habit tracking that protect performance.
Decision-making when you're tired, stressed, or under scrutiny.
The endurance lens: the Backyard Ultra format (4.167 miles every hour, on the hour) as a blueprint for pacing, composure, and repeating the basics.
How to rebuild momentum after setbacks — no hype, just reps.
3. Turning awareness into action
Best for: corporate wellbeing, construction industry groups, charity events, community organisations
Takeaways
Why community responsibility matters, especially in tough industries.
Men's mental health: how to start conversations safely and practically.
Supporting causes like 8:56 Foundation and Nacoa (and why that support matters).
Using a platform to create impact beyond the headline.
Featured Media
Podcast
The Growth Cast — "Coming Back From The Ashes"
Stuart Deadman appears on The Growth Cast with Jamie Minors (Jan 2024), discussing rebuilding after setbacks, "miracle mornings", habit tracking, high-performing team cultures, and managing mental challenges.
Key talking points Stuart can cover on request:
Building a standards-led culture (without corporate fluff)
Leadership when the pressure is personal
Habits, routines and staying consistent
Business growth, delivery, and accountability
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Press Highlights
Press
"Merry Buildmas" — charity music video supporting men's mental health
Bespoke Norfolk Group released a charity Christmas music video to support men's mental health charity 8:56 Foundation, linking construction community culture with wellbeing.
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Endurance & Impact
Suffolk Back Yard Ultra Results (SBYU)
SBYU is a last-runner-standing endurance format: 4.167 miles every hour, on the hour — miss the next start, and you're out.
SBYU 2023
(DNF)
25 laps · 104.17 miles · 19:03:49
SBYU 2024
(DNF)
33 laps · 137.51 miles · 25:27:42
SBYU 2025
(DNF)
28 laps · 116.68 miles · 20:55:24
This isn't a "fitness flex"; it's discipline under pressure, pacing, and repeating the basics when it hurts. Those traits translate directly into leadership, delivery, and standards.
£30,000+ raised (and what that changes)
Through charitable activities, Stuart has raised over £30,000 so far.
That translates into more than "awareness" — it helps fund real support, community events, and pathways that reduce isolation. The 8:56 Foundation's stated aim includes raising awareness, reducing stigma, and using sport/community to encourage men to talk and reduce loneliness and isolation.