Ian Walker is standing as the Conservative Party candidate in the general election in the Sheffield Hallam constituency. On Friday 6th February I interviewed him on my Business Live programme on Sheffield Live 93.2FM, Sheffield’s community radio station with 40,000+ listeners. Born in Sheffield, Ian Walker is the managing director of Sheffield engineering company Rotary […]
Person behind the Politics: Ian Walker (Conservative) interview
Interviews: Rachel Salway, Chris Barnes, Jodie Marshall, Rory Ridley-Duff
Last Friday (19/12/14) was the final Business Live radio show of 2014 – and a feast of inspiration thanks to my guests. Rachel Salway of Roseannah discussed fundraising for Destiny Rescue to rescue a trafficked child from horrific circumstances. Chris Barnes of Training Post introduced an accessible new e-learning resource which SMEs and social enterprises […]
Buy from social enterprise on UK’s first “social Saturday”
The UK’s first Social Saturday – a national day to celebrate the UK’s rising social enterprise movement – will take place on 13 September 2014. The day is designed to significantly boost the number of consumers buying from Britain’s 70,000 plus social enterprises, businesses with a social mission that reinvest their profits for good. Social […]
Media trust: a choice to make
Any George Clooney fans reading this? Whether or not you admire Mr. Clooney, you may be aware of his recent, well publicised spat with the Daily Mail and Mail Online in which he said the publication “makes up its facts.” They apologised – but Clooney has refused to accept the apology. We’ve heard much lately […]
Lean marketing for social enterprise & startups
I thoroughly enjoyed running Marketing skills for social enterprises – connecting with your customer last Friday afternoon. The workshop, organised by the Yorkshire Venture Philanthropy Programme and South Yorkshire Community Foundation took place at Sheffield Hallam University’s Sheffield Business School. Andi Stamp joined me to lead the seminar, bringing his expertise, empathy and enthusiasm: Andi […]
Marketing skills seminar: connecting with your customer
Friday 25th July, 12:30 – 16:30pm, Sheffield – FREE Venue: Room 7138, Stoddart Building, Sheffield Business School Would you like to know how attract more customers and develop a sustainable income? If so then this seminar will show you how to harness marketing and communications to: inform and engage with potential customers / clients; raise […]
Interviews: business competitiveness; exports
Friday’s Business Live radio show on Sheffield Live featured two studio guests: Nick Patrick of the South Yorkshire International Trade Centre, and consultant and author Andy Hanselman. Podcast below – here’s a summary of what we covered. Building on the success of the recent Overseas Business Network event in Sheffield, SYITC are running another – […]
Research project: new technology for business and social enterprise
New Strategies for Digital Inclusion – A participatory action research study New and innovative digital tools and strategies are available to businesses (including social enterprises), communities and individuals. Can these emerging and developing technologies and services promote entrepreneurship? How can mobile technologies be used to develop existing businesses and social enterprises and to support new […]
Social Enterprise UK launch new animation
I’m proud to be a paid up member of Social Enterprise UK which this week launched a great new animation explaining what social enterprise is – in one and a half minutes. Here it is:
Santander social enterprise development awards open
[I have no connection with Santander; simply posting this as some of you may be interested in applying!] The Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards, which aim to “support community enterprises looking to grow and develop their business in order to improve their local community through critical social outcomes,” are open for entries until 1st July […]