On The Business Show on Marlow FM on 20th June 2024, my guests were marketing expert Sophie Comas and career coach Tanya Ces Maneiro, who joined me to talk about their work, and to discuss a the business news.

I started with a track from the Hilary playlist - Martha and the Muffins with “Echo Beach” – listen at https://youtu.be/lpqDTQOFvf0?si=U73bgbcEbgu82tA .

Tanya then spoke about her work with Vida Coaching, including the secret behind the name. See more on the career coaching that Tanya delivers at https://vidacoaching.co.uk/ .

Connect with Tanya via https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyacesmaneiro-careercoach/ .

Sophie then spoke about her work running Rimu Marketing – as you might expect from the name, it’s a full service marketing agency, acting as a virtual marketing team for their clients. Sophie did also explain where her company name came from!

For more see https://www.rimumarketing.co.uk/ and connect with Sophie at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiecomas/ .

Her music choice was “I Want to Break Free” by Queen, because it’s one of her all time favourites - listen at https://youtu.be/f4Mc-NYPHaQ?si=XHcy2vrnmiVgx34Q – great video!

We stayed with Sophie for her business news, which was https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/managing-the-school-holiday-juggle-bright-horizons - a range of conflicting factors – is working unsociable hours the answer?

We then played Tanya’s music – “Mother”, by Meghan Trainor, chosen because she’d just been to a gig which included Meghan on the bill, and she was great! Listen at https://youtu.be/9coyY-SPIXU?si=mNfyFyV-DWJ7NUzK.

Tanya then chose for us the story at https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2024/06/18/54-of-individuals-continue-to-work-on-vacation-what-is-the-cost/ - should you work when on holiday? At what cost?

We then squeezed in a short chat found by me, on entrepreneurs not worrying about being different as reported at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gg58j2yd0o . Do we worry about being different?

The last song is another from the Hilary playlist - you can hear Squeeze with “Cool for Cats” at https://youtu.be/uJ2cEc_TCH8?si=RyoOolKOOXfcT6XK.

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On The Business Show on Marlow FM on 6th June 24, my guests were house sitting business owner Lamia Walker and business advisor Richard Knight, who joined me to talk about their work, and discuss a range of business news stories.

I started with a track from the Hilary playlist- The Cure with “Boys Don’t Cry” – https://youtu.be/9GkVhgIeGJQ?si=UshzWkp2oYNa3YyW is where you can hear it.

Richard then spoke about his work with Bizpedia, a high-end business club, which is a networking group for people running medium to large businesses – see more at https://www.bizpedia.com/.

Connect with Richard via https://www.linkedin.com/in/bizpedia-richard/.

Lamia then spoke about HouseSitMatch – as you might expect it’s a cross between Airbnb and Match.com - an international network facilitating house sitting and pet sitting all over the world.

For more see https://www.housesitmatch.com and their reviews (4.9 / 5.0) are at https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/housesitmatch.com. Depending on when you’re reading this, their 20% Off Discount code of PERFECT20 might still work!

Connect with Lamia at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamia-walker/.

Richard’s music choice was “Can the Can” by Suzi Quatro, because he heard it recently and thought we’d like to too - listen at https://youtu.be/7SXWgC0SLCA?si=-1rdvhgLMei_xYNX .

His business story was https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/how-to-tackle-mental-ill-health-in-your-firm.html - how does one do that, and is the answer different for small businesses?

Lamia’s music was next – “Get the Party Started”, by Pink. She chose it because she uses it to energise her. Hear it at https://youtu.be/mW1dbiD_zDk?si=a9cdOtrRlP4V5uPX.

She then chose https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/right-to-disconnect-rules-company-emails-wfh-0qb6qsk6r - should the onus be on the sender or the receiver?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrr5ee5zv8o was suggested by me. Great story - large issue – think about value. Did you notice they’re all 5 letter words??

We then talked about marketing in a downturn, based on https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/marketing-tips-during-a-downturn.html which Richard found. Should marketing be the first spend to be cut, or the last?

The last song is another from the Hilary playlist - hear Joy Division with “Transmission” at https://youtu.be/6dBt3mJtgJc?si=hhG_pJlUe2SxLLV_ .

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On The Business Show on Marlow FM on 23rd May 24, my guests were digital marketing consultant Leona Laurie and web developer David Horne, who discussed their work and some business news stories.

From the Hilary playlist, my first music choice was Orange Juice with “Rip It Up” – listen at https://youtu.be/UzPh89tD5pA?si=0Bo_6W_qDmU5mbwh.

Leona then spoke about her work in digital marketing – that’s mainly B2B, aligning a digital marketing strategy to their specific business goals. She elaborated on that, as well as talking about the ongoing value of blogs.

Connect with her via https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonalaurie/ .

David then covered his work running Kehorne and the difference between the web development that they do and the web design that others do – it’s about the tech.

Connect at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkehorne/ - his website is https://kehorne.digital/ .

His music choice was “Hercules” by Aaron Neville, because this is better than the ska version - hear it at https://youtu.be/NGGRi2CEFu8?si=IjDeMi4R1anZSxFj .

Leona stories were - https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2024/05/10/spatial-computing-and-the-future-of-workplace-learning/ https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/pulsed-plasma-rocket-ppr-shielded-fast-transits-for-humans-to-mars/ and https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/mangalayaan-2-isro-mars-mission-sky-crane-helicopter-rover-2538652-2024-05-13 .

It's all about AR, VR & MR – does that help you? If not, have a listen – it’s worth doing!

She chose “Ballroom Blitz”, by Sweet, because she thought her brother-in-law’s band would be great at playing it so they added it to their repertoire! Hear it at https://youtu.be/mPQPdYttl7U?si=XjtYlKZZ0I_hFePg .

David then chose https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-04-10/film-studio-goes-into-administration-following-writers-and-actors-strikes and tied in https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/areas/196501/marlow-residents-vote-no-to-multi-million-pound-film-studios-plan.html. Do we need more studio space? Or less??

https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/24330458.marlows-pub-park-festivalgoers-share-experiences/ was my story - what a great business model!

The last song was from the Hilary playlist - hear Aztec Camera with “Oblivious” at https://youtu.be/2B2Sc2G_5ZA?si=O9e6e_qjkeRCbs8j .

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