Accordion Innovation Ltd is led by Andy Taylor, whose background in media (BBC Radio 1, Capital) and pivot toward founding his own production company (Bwlb) and Research & Development (Clwstwr, Stars4Media, Innovate UK, Media Cymru) led him to first invent Accordion, then found Accordion Innovation Ltd - a company dedicated to creating new tech and helping others to innovate and benefit from R&D (research and development) processes.

From Bwlb  to Accordion Innovation

Accordion | Consultancy

Bwlb was founded by Andy Taylor in September 2019 as a creative consultancy and podcast production house. Growth into tech R&D led to the formation of two companies in 2022 - Bwlb Ltd and Accordion Innovation Ltd. Bwlb Ltd has a stable of 5 growing and successful client podcasts, including hit environmental podcast Planet Possible.

With seed and project R&D funding from Clwstwr and Media Cymru, Accordion Innovation has invented Accordion, which continues to grow and be profitable in its own right. This has led to opportunities to use our skills and experiences to offer innovation and R&D consultancy to other companies and organisations.

Andy Taylor - CEO, Accordion Innovation Ltd

CEO Q&A:

What is Accordion?

Accordion is a new way of letting audiences take control of duration without speeding up. Accordion works by dynamically re-versioning content to the exact duration the user wants. 

It works with both audio and video. To listen and watch demos of audio and video content go to www.accordion.live

With Accordion, shorter versions still have all the key moments and best bits (and still have a beginning, middle and end)... they just contain less detail. In the medium and longer versions (building back up to the original length) the detail gets added back in incrementally.

How did this lead to offering innovation consultancy?

In many ways this happened organically. The origin story of Accordion is a compelling one and shows it is possible - outside of "big tech" and outside of London - to invent, develop and commercialise brand new technology. And innovation is not limited to new products or software, of course. That mindset of "There must be a better way to do this" applies to almost every area of business. Senior leaders can often sense it... we can help deliver it.

I want to use Accordion. How can I get it applied to my content?

Get in touch with me directly - [email protected]. Let's build a bespoke package that meets your needs and matches your budget.

I'm interested in innovation consultancy. What's the process?

Again, just get in touch directly ([email protected]) and let's start talking.