Today’s Business Live radio show featured the story of how unlocking the international export market saved a Sheffield business from risk of failure, after one of its largest customers went bust.
Plus we heard an analysis of the potential impact of the new government on social enterprises, from Social Enterprise UK (SEUK)’s public affairs manager James Butler.
The show also featured an interview with a Leeds-based, globally innovative secure file-sharing, backup and cloud storage service, Nimbox.
It featured a lovely tale about how Ernest Wright and Son, a family company, hand-making scissors and shears in Sheffield since 1902, has seen a huge boost in business after a film became a viral sensation.
And interviews with a range of diverse businesses all recorded at this week’s SheffEX event which took place on 1 June at Ponds Forge.
I’ve divided the podcast into three parts and indexed it below so you can easily find different guests.
Part one
Shaun Litchfield and Melanie Rippon
International exporting: Melanie Rippon of the South Yorkshire International Trade Centre and Shaun Litchfield of Micon Components Ltd.
Social enterprise: James Butler leads SEUK’s programme of political work, which includes its main political campaign, the Social Economy Alliance, and managing the Secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Enterprise.
Data security: Thomas Chappelow is the director of Leeds-based secure file-sharing, backup and cloud storage service, Nimbox.
Listen to the podcast of part one of the show below, timings as follows:
- Shaun Litchfield, Micon & Melanie Rippon, SYITC: 3:12 – 12:35
- James Butler, SEUK: 12:35 – 31:57
- Tom Chappelow, Nimbox: 31:57 – 38:20
The next part of the show features a number of interviews with businesses at SheffEX. Listen to the podcast of part two of the show below, timings as follows:
- Pete Thornton-Smith, small business advisor 0:00 – 2:47
- Tracy Viner, Cathedral Archer Project 2:47 – 5:25
- James Biggin, Steel City Marketing 5:25 – 8:04
- Kate Fairbairn, Eurochange 8:04 – 10:01
- Nicola Hill, Gem Vending 10:01 – 13:22
- Kevin Bennett Business Sheffield 13:22 – 14:27
- Andy Hanselman, Andy Hanselman Consulting, 14:27 – 16:05
- Jennifer Salt, Superfast South Yorkshire 16:05 – 17:14
- Phillip Evans Enable Finance 17:14 – 19:49
- Damian and Mark Stenton, Ringinglow Archery 19:49 – 22:46
The final part of the show is an interview with Nick Wright of Ernest Wright and Son, a family company, hand-making scissors and shears in Sheffield since 1902:
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