SmallBizPod #9 Show Notes

Welcome to SmallBizPod #9 - a podcast for small businesses and entrepreneurs in the UK and beyond. 36 minutes of news, interviews and practical advice for small businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in investing in new enterprises.

This week sees a SmallBizPod first - a sound seeing tour of the recent Business Start-Ups 2005 event held at the Birmingham NEC. The show includes interviews with the organisers of the event, visitors and exhibitors and also includes a comment from Richard Vobes. In addition, there is the usual mix of small business and enterprise news, views and opinion from the UK and beyond.

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Summary

Intro:
• 00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in this week’s show
• 00:58 Why the delay and request for the lost Seattle comment
• 02:43 Comment from EW4N and an audio comment from Richard Vobes

Features:
• 06:48 Feature - Sound seeing tour of the Business Start-Up Show 2005, Birmingham NEC
• 08:18 Interview - Nick Moss, organiser of Buisness Start-Up Show 2005
• 12:15 Interview - Barry Hibberd, Advantage Business Angels
• 15:50 Interview - Luke Hewitt, show visitor
• 16:50 Britcaster sweeper - www.britcaster.com
• 18:05 Interview - Tracy Ronan, Lavender Business Solutions
• 19:45 Interview - Vikram and Raj, VRJ International, show visitors

News:
• 22:21 Alliance & Leicester Commercial Finance analysis of commercial vehicle demand, HM Customs & Excise regional trade statistics, launch of TalkTalk business, Small Business Research Trust survey on UK SME confidence, US small business confidence index from the National Federation of Independent Businesses

Outro:
• 26:58 How to send comments to SmallBizPod
• 27:38 Music - Lightstorm by Dagas

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

Sound seeing tour, Business Start-Up Show 2005, break-in, comments, Seattle, Canada, EW4N, Richard Vobes, The Richard Vobes Radio Show, audio comment, podshare, funding, grants, London Bridge, Euston, Birmingham, Nick Moss, London Excel, 12,000 attendance, speakers, Gordon Brown, Sir Alan Sugar, LDA, West Midlands Development Agency, speed networking, Paris, Advantage Business Angels, Barry Hibberd, investors, expertise of business angels, equity, Luke Hewitt, Brummie, Wolverhampton, Britcaster, www.britcaster.com, UK podcasting hub, Birmingham NEC, Lavender Business Solutions, Tracy Ronan, Microsoft Office, Ability Office Professional, pdf Creator, Acrobat, Vikram, Raj, VRJ International, Trevor Bayliss, commercial vehicle funding growth, Finance & Leasing Association, Alliance & Leicester Commercial Finance, regional trade statistics, HM Customs & Excise, TalkTalk Business, Carphone Warehouse, British Telecom, voie-over-internet-protocl, Skype, Neville Hobson, www.nevon.net, US and UK small business confidence, Small Business Research Trust quarterly survey, University of Liverpool Management School, HSBC, National Federation of Independent Businesses Optimism Index, William Dunkelberg, electromancer.com, Lightstorm, Dagas.