SmallBizPod #7 Show Notes

Welcome to SmallBizPod #7 - a podcast for businesses in the UK and beyond. 38 minutes of news, interviews and practical advice for small businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in investing in new enterprises.

This week’s show covers entrepreneurship among young people and includes interviews with a 23 year old Newcastle-based theatre producer, and Duncan Robbie, director of Shell LiveWIRE which runs the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

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Summary

Intro:
• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in this week’s show.
• 00:51 Comments from Rob at rsitesolutions.com
• 01:23 What do you think of a small business advice line?
• 02:00 HP small business blogging survey
• 02:32 UK small business bloggers where are you?

Features:
• 02:48 Interview - Olly Royds, Bums On Seats Productions
• 17:39 News - SME sleepless nights from the Factors & Discounters Association, official stats on strength of UK labour market, Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development pessimism on labour market outlook, CBI quarterly small business survey, reaction to the Queen’s Speech, British Chambers of Commerce technology security seminars.
• 21:33 Interview - Duncan Robbie, director, Shell LiveWIRE

Outro:
• 32:00 How to send comments to SmallBizPod
• 32:19 Music - Sonic Rush by Dapulse

Topics & Links
The following lists topics referred to in the show and includes links to websites, blogs and other information.

Young entrepreneurs, Newcastle, Shell LiveWIRE, small business & enterprise news stories, Rob, rsitesolutions.com, small business advice section, Hewlett Packard, US small business blogging stats, where are the UK small business bloggers, The Apprentice, Dragon’s Den, Risking It All, Olly Royds, Adam Kent, Bums on Seats Productions, Newcastle City Hall, Swing Fever, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Dean Martin, north east heats of Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Newcastle University Theatre Society, swing music, sell-out show, Jamie Cullen, Robbie Williams, young artists, UK tour of Swing Fever, marketing theatre productions, on-the-ground marketing, challenge of finance, risk taking, West End, business angels, investors, entrepreneurial qualities, networking, Zenith Entertainment, Channel 4, BBC, 42nd Street UK tour, retirement provision, Factors & Discounters Association, Margaret Hodge, Minister for Work, official labour market statistics, Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, pessimistic employment outlook, Confederation of British Industry, quarterly small and medium-sized business survey, Hugh Morgan Williams, Queen’s Speech, government programme of legislation, British Chambers of Commerce, small business IT protection seminars, www.chambersonline.co.uk, Prince’s Trust, Business Links, Young Enterprise, Duncan Robbie, Shell LiveWIRE, Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (YEYA), Strathclyde, Shell, self-employment, business creation as an opportunity, Shell Step programme, graduate training, 650 businesses applied, juice bars, folk music, record producers, IT, design, most popular start-up for young people, the café bar, internet café, health bar, Ebay traders, UK final of YEYA, £10,000 prize money, PR value, peer-to-peer networking, work experience, Richard Branson, starting a business as a career, trance, Access Virus synth, Dapulse, Sonic Rush.

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Posted by Alex Bellinger on 23rd May 2005 in Entrepreneur Podcast, Small Business, Startups, Young Entrepreneur