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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Aira are leading a clean energy revolution right here in Sheffield.

They're a Swedish company making heat pumps.

Don't worry if you don't fully know what a heat pump is or how it works, all is explained by Matt.

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When the show relaunched, one of the stories we were keen to tell early on was that of Gravitate. Accountants, but doing things differently, and making a real impact along the way.

Hosts James Marriott and Stephen Kenwright met up with founders Sam Newton and Mike Crocker to get the full lowdown on the business.

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We meet Joada Allen, director of video production business Visualised It.

But this isn't really a chat about video production or marketing. Joada tells James about her background and unlikely journey into becoming a business owner, and why helping young people is so important to her.

Joada was a remarkable and inspiring guest - we hope you enjoy listening as much as we did recording.

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