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The Business Hub is a weekly Business Radio Show, a weekly Podcast, and an online business web community. We broadcast on air every Sunday morning between 9 and 10 and the podcast is published straight after the show is broadcast The show is packed with great information highlighting the burning business issues of the day and brings together businesses and experts, with the answers you need to help your business succeed.

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The Business Hub 25th May 2014

Isha Pit hosts this week's show! Guests are: Garry Mumford - #162 – Getting your invoices right! Garry returns to a popular topic by discussing the importance of getting your invoices right and gives a top 10 of tips. Malcolm Thomas – Racetrack Challenge Malcolm discusses his fairly new venture; Racetrack Challenge. RC offers an experience of challenging you to drive a racing car simulator around a world famous track. Lisa Garwood – nativeBrand Lisa challenges Isha this week on her knowledge of brands beginning with the letter ‘U’ and ‘V’. David Smallman – joined by Andrew Garner. David Smallman and Andrew Garner discuss this week’s elections.

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The Business Hub 18th May 2014

Ann Hawkins is the host of the Business Hub this week. Her guests are: Jan Werwijs of www.myagora.co.uk, Jan teamed up with Allan Szymczyk to see if they could design a profit making business that benefits society and not just shareholders. Hannah Playford is on the show to discuss business 10 to 8, an online booking diary developed in Cambridge. Carrie Bedingfield is the founder of 'meaningful work' business incubator '50th Generation', Carrie talks about her ventures as an entrepreneur. Garry Mumford is back, this week his topic is titled 'Make Sure You Keep Companies House Happy'. And finally David Smallman finishes the show with his weekly opinion piece!

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The Business Hub 11th May 2014

Our marketing guru, Lisa Garwood, takes the reigns to host this week's Business Hub! On the show she chats to Martin Garrett, the Chief Exec of Cambridge Cleantech. Martin discusses the importance for Cambridge to become a leading Cleantech centre for Europe. Garry Mumford is back and this week is discussing whether your company should be audited. We introduce Catherina Scott-Hart who has just launched a new online venture focusing on events happening in and around Newmarket. And David Smallman rounds the show off by discussing topical business stories of the week!

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The Business Hub 4th May 2014

Isha Pit presents this week's show. Guests are: Garry Mumford of Insight Associates talking about Employment Allowance. Rebecca Kelly and Julia Parker are skills for employment advisers at Cambridge Regional College and they are on the show to discuss a new 'Traineeship' course for 16-23 year olds. Miles McCarthy is the Director of Implementation at the Carbon Trust discusses a new survey that has found business are in the dark about their energy costs. And finally David Smallman delivers another opinion piece, this week he touches on friendships in business.

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The Business Hub 27th April 2014

Ann Hawkins host's this week's Business Hub. Here guests are: Vernon Spencer, Director of Visual Planet. Visual Planet are manufacturers of TouchFoil™ - large format touch screens for interactive displays. David Cushman is also on the show, he is the author of 'The 10 Principles of Open Business'. Garry Mumford back and he is discussing company cars and whether it's financially beneficial to run one for yourself if you are an owner of a business. And finally David Smallman is back with a segment entitled 'Purpose'.

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The Business Hub 20th April 2014

Isha Pit presents this Easter Sunday episode of the Business Hub. Garry Mumford is back on the show, and this week he is discussing 'The Fear of Finance'. Bevis Moynan of Magenta Coaching Solutions talks about how he works with individuals on their ambitions as well as their business and personal goals. (Enter your details above for a chance to get a free motivational map!) Lisa Garwood is here for another week and this time delivering her 'A-Z of Brands' - it's the letter 'T' this month. And finally David Smallman concludes his interview with Andrew Garner, one of the world's leading executive search consultants.

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The Business Hub 13th April 2014

Lisa Garwood hosts another episode of the regions only commercial radio business show! On the show Lisa chats to Katherine and Jason of Keeping HR Simple about the latest employment law changes. Garry Mumford discusses what funding options you have 'if your bank says no'. Tony Murdock joins us to talk about 'The Cambridge Roar', an 8 day experience which is happening for the first time in July. And David Smallman is back, this time talking to Andrew Garner - one of the world's leading executive search consultants. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

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The Business Hub 6th April 2014

Isha Pit host's this week's Business Hub - Guest’s are: Garry Mumford of Insight Associates – this week Garry is discussing ‘overtrading’; what it means and you can put measure in place to prevent your business from overtrading. Sarah Darkins of Redlodge Karting Tony Jones of Langry Furniture Lisa Carter of Star Curtains All three above interviews follow a bit of theme as the guests discuss having a vision and taking the risk to implement that vision. Sarah had the idea to put a karting track on a field, and 20 years later they are still going strong. Lisa & Tony were working in different fields when they took a leap and took over businesses (for the first time) that we’re already trading. Also on the show David Smallman, this week he speaks to UKTI about Export week.

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The Business Hub 30th March 2014

Ann Hawkins host's this week's Business Hub! Her guests include: Ronnie Barker – Business Investor http://torc2.com/ Developing a new system to replace traditional plaster casts @TORC2Com @RonnieBarker http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-children-with-hip-dysplasia James Mitchell Everybody Warm http://everybodywarm.co.uk/ Selling ethically sources pashminas & scarves. Profits go to buy sleeping bags and blankets for homeless people. Facebook, Instagram, @EverybodyWarm Garry Mumford of Insight Associates is back this week with Nick Paterno of Mcbrides as the continue their discussion on the Budget. And David Smallman delivers his opinion piece of the week entitled 'Same Actions, Same Results'.

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The Business Hub 23rd March 2014

On this week's show: - Garry Mumford – #153 – with Nick Paterno of Mcbrides. Garry is back once again with Nick Paterno, they discuss George Osborne’s Budget. - Lisa Garwood – nativeBrand ‘A-Z of Brands’ this month it’s the letter ‘S’. **AD BREAK** - Chris Owen – Head of Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University. - Chris is on the show to discuss ‘the creative front futures’ event which is happening at the Junction in Cambridge on the 26th March. Find out more info here: http://www.creativefront.org/projects-and-events/events/futures - Riaan Hodgson – COO (Chief Operational Officer) of Jagex Jagex is a Cambridge based games studio that develops free-to-play online games. Riaan tells us about the company, the type of games they develop and how they utilise social media. He also offers advice to up and coming games studios. - David Smallman – with John Moore of ASSM (Asset & Systems Support Management). David interviews John Moore for this week’s show.

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The Business Hub 16th March 2014

Lisa Garwood is hosting this week's Business Hub! Here guests are: - Anne Streather - Chief Exec of Cam Sight Twitter: @camsight Website: www.camsight.org.uk Cam Sight is a Cambs based charity that provides support for visually impaired people, their carers and families; employers and providers of public services. Interview focus: a bit about the history of the charity and what they do, key focus on supporting people to live independent lives, having careers and the role of the employer when it comes to employing visually impaired employees - Bob Brotchie – Owner of Anglia Counselling Twitter: @angliacounsel Website: http://www.angliacounselling.co.uk Anglia Counselling offers counselling services, including psychotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) – for individuals, couples (of any persuasion) and families. The services offered also extend to business managers and leaders, giving them the ability to regain focus, clarity and creativity by clearing the emotional clutter, allowing them to improve performance AND enjoy their domestic life. Interview focus: Bob recently wrote a blog "10 signs you're reaching burn out" - we're going to discuss these signs, what you can do to alleviate them - specifically focusing on mindfulness - and relate the blog essentially to workplace situations and in particular the issue for business owners (who are by default stressed people!) - Garry Mumford of Insight Associates – ‘Vat and Vehicles’ Garry is discussing how VAT works when it comes to company vehicles. - David Smallman – Opinion piece (over the phone). David delivers another opinion piece whilst on a business trip in Newcastle!

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The Business Hub 9th March 2014

- Garry Mumford – #151 – ‘Financial Mistakes To Avoid’ Garry has put together a list of 6 financial mistakes that businesses should avoid! - Ken and Christine Seymour of KTS Computers Ken and Christine are on the show to discuss a Microsoft issue that SME’s need to be aware of, they give tips on how to deal with the ending of Windows XP support. - Karen Davis – Recruitment and Selection Manager for British Antarctic Survey The BAS is currently looking for workers from a range of trades to work on stations in the Antarctic to assist scientists to carry out their research. - Cheron Phillips – Singles in Cambridge Cheron discusses starting her own venture, Singles in Cambridge, and issues she’s faced so far and the plan for the franchise moving forward. - David Smallman recorded at the UKTI event on Thursday. Slightly different format this week - Dr Neil Carpenter gives an "opinion piece" recorded at the UKTI event ‘Building Success in the US’ on Thursday.

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The Business Hub 2nd March 2014

Ann Hawkins presents this week's Business Hub! Her first guest on the show is Ami Bloomer of givewhatyouregoodat.co.uk, an organisation that offers a variety of services to support business leaders and committed to civic engagement through skills based volunteering. Next up is Peter Dawe, Ann talks to peter about his new television venture; 'Cambridge Presents'. Also on the show is Garry Mumford with his 150th segment on the show! This week he is discussing 'Cash - the lifeblood of your business'. Kate Wright is back on the Business Hub, this time discussing her new business: Top Class Education Ltd. And David Smallman is back with another opinion piece!

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The Business Hub 23rd February 2014

Isha Pit is back with another full show! Garry Mumford of Insight Associates has his 149th segment on the show discussing workplace pensions. Lisa Garwood is back with her A-Z of Brands segment, this month it's the letter 'R'. Here is the link to the infamous Gerald Ratner speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9BZz71yQE Richard Young delivers his very last CRM Academy segment, he looks back at his series and shares his top list of things to consider when looking into implementing a CRM System. And finally on the show is David Smallman, this week he is chatting to Alan Fullarton of UKTI about an upcoming event called 'Building Success in the US'. David also catches up with a guest speaker at the event - Richard McKenna.

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The Business Hub 16th February 2014

Isha Pit presents this week's installment of the business hub alongside co-host Lisa Garwood of nativeBrand. Garry Mumford of Insight Associates is back with his 148th Segment! This week the topic is 'Is your Directors Loan Account Overdrawn?' David Higgins - MD of Black Pig is on the show talking about the business and also his upcoming Marketing Show on Star Radio. Richard Young of Pipeliner Sales talks to Mark Peters and give us another CRM gem of a segment! And finally David Smallman is on the show with another opinion piece!

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