We head to Victoria Quays in Sheffield to meet Andy Weir.

There's a few threads here, as Ride Shotgun is the temporary home for the podcast with our usual studio out of action.

And it also just so happens to be the new workplace of our co-host Stephen Kenwright, back in the world of work after 18 months mainly watching Disney, by the sounds of it.

But aside from those factors, there is a great story here of an agency which started life with a laptop and mobile phone in Andy's spare room, and now spans not only several cities, but countries too, with ambitious plans to continue to grow.

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Tom wears a couple of hats here, as we find out about the forthcoming Leah's Yard development on Cambridge Street, alongside his role as CEO at the Tech Parks.

It's super exciting hearing all about Leah's Yard ahead of its opening on 24 August - something unique, contemporary, and with that Sheffield 'secret sauce'.

Much of the conversation is spent discussing the future for Sheffield City Centre as we stand at an exciting crossroads with tons of development going on and starting to fruition.

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Nick Tyrone joins to discuss a new project from Jobs Foundation, including a report he led centred around Sheffield.

There's some really interesting key findings - lots of positivity, along with a few challenges.

Find the report here: https://thejobsfoundation.com/sheffield-forging-steel-and-embracing-tech/

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Emily is a freelance graphic designer and art director and pet parent to 'chaotic spaniel' Maggie who becomes the first (hopefully of many) Steel City Business dog.

She chats to us about her journey into freelancing and her many and varied extra curricular activities including Sheffield Creative Mornings and Sheff Girls Lift. She does a lot of stuff!

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It's a pleasure to welcome our first returning guest to Steel City Business as James Biggin joins James and Stephen - nearly five years after his original appearance on the show.

Fair to say plenty has happened in that time, not least a ruddy big pandemic!

But James' business has changed lots - but what hasn't changed much recently is his team. It's this which prompts a long conversation about culture and staff retention.

At the time of recording, it was just a few days after James returned from the Boston Marathon, so there's plenty of talk about that as well, along with plenty of other topics.

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25 years in business is a rather amazing achievement and that's exactly what Vivid Creative are celebrating this year.

Gerry tells us about the company's journey and the huge changes in the marketing world since 1999.

And to mark the anniversary, they're giving away time - have a listen to find out more.

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James Marriott and Stephen Kenwright are joined by Jonty Ward, fresh from an American adventure exploring new business opportunities for Reach Technology Group.

This leads us to a discussion generally about doing work stateside, growing pains, hiring and firing, and some unpopular opinions on marketing and technology (and lots more, of course).

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Nelly's an amazing and unique photographer who has developed a specialism in capturing weddings, and especially queer weddings.

As it's ten years since the law allowing them was introduced, and also Nelly's ten year business anniversary, it seemed the perfect time to get together for a chat.

Nelly took James' wonderfully colourful headshots a few years back and they've become mates since so expect a very friendly conversation with no subject off the table.

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