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
Allen Holland: One Sold, One Given jackets plus crowdfunding and manufacturing tips
Allen Holland on the Nessh Jacket, a high-tech jacket which smashed its crowdfunding target. For every jacket sold one is given to a person affected by homelessness. Plus manufacturing, product desig…
Andrzej Kurpiel and Steve Manley - bees, social and youth enterprise
Plenty of folk talk the talk when it comes to business advice and motivation. Advisors, consultants or people in high-faluting business roles may be free with their opinions but some have never actua…
Ashley Carson, Sheffield’s Assay Master - hallmarking, history and technology
The hallmarks on gold, silver, platinum and palladium don't only prove the validity of precious metals. They tell a story.
And the story of hallmarks themselves (the "marks of the hall") and of how Sh…
Jon Maiden, Panjango: beautiful games exploring the world of work
"Young people are taught to be good at exams, but with very little context of how what they’ve learned will apply to real life," according to Jon Maiden, co-founder and CEO of Panjango.
That means, he…
Rob the cartoonist and the Food Circle Supermarket
By writing "Rob the cartoonist" I'm not imploring you to go and mug an illustrator.
Please don't.
But do listen to this new interview with Rob Middleton, a cartoonist, illustrator and teacher based in …
Translation stations – interview with Sarah Silva the Chemical Translator
PLUS new report reveals £60bn contribution made by social enterprises to the UK's economy and other facts and figures.
It's International Translation Day this Sunday. What better time then for a radio…
Emma Jones, SME Crown Representative and Peter Byrom, audiologist
This week's Business Live programme covers winning government contracts, writing a business book, undertaking education as an adult and more. The podcast is below – guests are Emma Jones and Peter By…
Piano teacher Madge Woollard and B1G1 with Steve Pipe
Two super guests joined me in the Sheffield Live radio studio this morning: Madge Woollard and Steve Pipe. The podcast is below. It covers:
- why using business as a force for good, for positive changes…
Inclusive rugby with the Sheffield Vulcans and employment law with Jay Bhayani
On the programme today:
Ashley Martin, Michael Hudson and Felix Barr, 3 members of the Sheffield Vulcans Rugby Club. Since launching last year, the Vulcans have had an action-packed first season as a …
Business acumen for artists PLUS responsible business
What does it take to succeed as an artist? Talent. Persistence. Consistency. And business acumen.
My latest Business Live radio show, broadcast on Sheffield Live! FM radio on Friday and available as a…
Chris Wright, Catch22: delivering public services through social enterprise
Catch22 traces its history back to 1788, the beginning of the enlightenment.
230 years later this social business delivers a wide range of public services up and down the country.
As a "cradle to caree…
How to research and validate a business idea with John Holcroft
Got an idea for a brilliant product or new business?
Wonderful. But how do you test it?
It's easy to get positive feedback from folk who believe in you but aren't your future customers. Or to be dissua…
Kate Welch: resilience, sustainability and social enterprise success
Kate Welch is founder and CEO of Social Enterprise Acumen, a community interest company (CIC) which supports social entrepreneurs to develop their concepts or grow their businesses.
She joined me for …
Kickov's Al Daw and Lucy Findlay, Social Enterprise Mark
This week's radio show features live studio guest Al Daw and an interview with Lucy Findlay, founder and MD of Social Enterprise Mark CIC.
Al discusses his unique immersive Soviet soccer experience, K…
Flourish and Zen – new interviews: Nickala Torkington and Nick Middleton
Nickala Torkington runs Flourish, a social enterprise which support women to create the change they see needed through peer learning, crowd sourcing, mentoring and investment. Flourish’s recent crowd…
Jon Seaton, CEO, Twinkl and David Battle, NEX Exchange
Get yourself an education in business growth with this radio show podcast featuring an in-depth interview with Jon Seaton, co-founder of specialist online educational publisher, Twinkl.
Jon and wife S…
Jodie Marshall, A Mind Apart Theatre Company
Jodie Marshall has been running A Mind Apart Theatre Company for 10 years.
It is a thriving business, a social enterprise, earning income from delivering education contracts, from parents paying for t…
Sarah David: intentional leadership, developing positive habits, supporting transformation and the business books she rates most highly
Sarah David runs consultancy Thrive. She has worked at an executive level in a £1.5 billion turnover law firm, and for small businesses, charities, not for profits and startups.
"As long as you're dea…
Kisha Bradley, Bright Box and #girlswithdrills and Darren Chouings
"You can't be what you can't see," writes Kisha Bradley, engineer, STEAM-inist, and founder of Bright Box Makerspace. For children to become the scientists, technologists, engineers, artists and math…
How to use politicians to get what you want - Scott Colvin
Have you hugged a politician lately? Whether you feel disdain, disgust or deep love for your elected representatives, they can be a powerful force to help your business or social enterprise or to hel…