Business Live: for curious entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs

Louisa Ashforth has run a beauty salon for 17 years. She's seen her clients being bombarded by miraculous claims from the beauty industry. Four years ago she became so fed-up of the hype around skinc…

It's been said Drayton Bird knows more about direct marketing than anyone in the world. His book on the subject has been a bestseller for decades. And he was my guest for a radio interview this morni…

Combine board games with karate and what do you get? A solution to silly arguments about Monopoly? Nope.

It's a brand new radio show featuring Ruth Haigh, co-owner of The Treehouse Board Game Café and…

Read the papers, watch the news, and weep. Clickbait, fake news and climate deniers given equal prominence as scientists. Turn to social media for a cat-fest-respite to find misinformation, election …

It's a triple-decker radio sandwich today. Guests Tamzin Byrne, Mike Garner and Rory Ridley-Duff serve up a stack of tasty insights (and a recipe to grow your business or social enterprise).

Tamzin is…

Jane Mitchell is an accredited mindfulness practitioner and teacher and a registered Learning Disability Nurse.

Jane helps people to "deepen their awareness of their own experience," and was my guest …

 Lots of people know Twinkl for its downloadable printed resources for schools. With its mandate "we help people to teach" the business is also a pioneer in digital innovation, augmented reality and …

Today's Business Live covers International Women's Day: all over the world millions of women, and men, are celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

The programme…

Mihaela is a data scientist and the founder and MD of Research Retold, an award-winning research communication agency.

Her business helps researchers present their findings to stakeholders and the pub…

This episode of the Business Live radio show features Amanda and Simon Cookson of Northern Value Creators and Jay Bhayani of Bhayani HR and Employment Law.

In the podcast you'll learn all about:

• Amanda…

Here's a brand new podcast of the Business Live radio show, first broadcast on Sheffield Live FM radio on Friday 1 February, with guests Lindsay Lonchar and Claire Dove.

This episode covers:

• Mountain c…

Claire Moore is a former schoolteacher and civil servant who moved from the classroom to the gym. Her business, Believe and Achieve, was named Best Ladies Gym in the UK at the recent National Fitness…

Lisa Walker runs White Apple Thinking, helping professional people to become more motivated and focused, clarify what they want, and improve results in their working and out-of-work lives.

Lisa's been…

Here's a sustainable, ethical business, thriving and continuing to grow a decade after launching. It has environmental and social responsibility at its core and its leader shows how businesses can be…

Chloe Watmore is managing director of Thermotex Engineering, a business specialising in solving "thermal challenges," things at risk of getting too hot or too cold in industrial settings.

During the s…

Practical advice on e-commerce and business resilience from two expert guests.

Nicola Middleton-Groom runs Waxx, selling men's, women's and kids' underwear, swimwear and other apparel.

Her business has…