Business Live: for curious entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs
Leaders of impact-creating businesses and social enterprises share their practical tips and stories. Be inspired, intrigued and amazed, get advice to help your values-driven business thrive and benefit from candid conversations about how other leaders overcame challenges and built their businesses and social enterprises. New episode every Friday here and on Sheffield Live FM radio.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 210
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2024
How to run 4 social enterprises - Sara Hill interview
It’s a challenge to run or to be a co-director of one business or social enterprise. Running four, and multiple projects too, involves a commitment and ability to organise and plan that would be well…
Hendrika Stephens of the Sheffield Antiques Quarter and Karen Newell of Toy Like Me
Toy Like Me is an initiative seeking better representation of disability in children’s toys. It works both with independent makers and with global giant Playmobil and hit a fundraising target in a cr…
Tech firm in driverless car pilot; Learn Create Sell; indie bakery success
Three guests today. Sam Chapman is chief innovation officer at growing Sheffield tech firm The Floow, part of a three year pilot project to test driverless cars on UK roads.
Next Angga Kara and Zak Ah…
Women in tech and Django Girls with Kate Loach; Business journalism with David Walsh
Kate is senior recruiter at specialist tech recruitment consultancy, Affecto.
Kate discussed why recruiter Affecto are sponsoring Django Girls' volunteer-led workshop in Sheffield this February. Djang…
Achieving business goals & juicy success
If you're running a business or a social enterprise, you probably have a number of goals and objectives you want to achieve in the year ahead.
And just like with New Year resolutions - which only 8% o…
Dr. Mairi Mackay, Global Head of Social Enterprise at The British Council and Tim Hart, the Gra Group
Mairi leads the British Council’s Global Social Enterprise programme, which promotes the development of social enterprise and investment to help address entrenched social and environmental problems, …
JB Gill: popstar, farmer and entrepreneur on finding a business mentor
A popstar turned farmer, a CEO* at Microsoft UK, an assassin, some investors, a lawyer, an impact analyst and a social entrepreneur: all feature in this episode. It includes:
JB Gill, formerly of pop …
Leadership with purpose: Baroness Sue Campbell, Josh Littlejohn, Penny Hughes and more
What does it take to be a great leader in a social enterprise or business?
In this episode some of the UK's most innovative social enterprise and business leaders offer practical tips on leadership, p…
Mountain bikers Annie Last and Steve Peat PLUS Cy Turner, Cotic – and Debbie Mathews
It’s rightly famous for the outdoor economy. My home city of Sheffield is also home to an estimated 10,000+ rock climbers, numerous cyclists, runners, walkers, riders, and outdoor enthusiasts.
Local t…
Person behind the Politics: Oliver Coppard (Labour) interview
Oliver Coppard is standing as the Labour Party candidate in the general election in the Sheffield Hallam constituency.
On Friday 27 February 2015 I interviewed him for my Business Live programme on Sh…