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BizPod TV - Credit Crunch, Facebook and Dogs’ Dinners

Posted by Alex Bellinger on 20th June 2008.

A weekend treat for BizPod TV fans out there, the latest is now live. Quirky stories for entrepreneurs wrapped up in PacMan mayhem.

Is sanity returning?

Posted by Guy Clapperton on 7th May 2008.

OK, sanity actually returning when it’s not shown all that many signs of having been around in the first place is a bit of a stretch. Nonetheless, there’s a lot to be said for Anatole Kaletsky’s recent column in the Times about the current economic crisis. Like the Bank of England last week, and the [...]

Banks gambling with our money

Posted by Guy Clapperton on 30th April 2008.

At least that’s what Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, seems to think according to today’s Times. More particularly he’s concerned that the top executives at said banks are using other people’s money to do it. So the bail-out the other week should be seen as an offer of breathing space and time [...]

Time to nationalise?

Posted by Guy Clapperton on 19th March 2008.

I was going to try to be erudite on my own behalf today. To look at the current difficulties in banking, to consider what’s going on under the bonnet of the major lending institutions and to consider what effect this would have on the smaller operators (like SmallBizPod readers) who depend on the institutions for [...]

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	SmallBizPod #35 - 4 December 2006 Interviews from Inspire 2006 on recruiting and motivating staff with John Timpson of Timpsons, Mark Adlestone of Beaverbrooks and Claire Owen of StopGap. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #33 - Thursday 2 November Jo Ray of Sage, Mike Harris of the Institute of Directors and Lawrence Jones of UKFast talk about recruitment and the skills shortage facing UK small businesses. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #69 - Clive Birnie, MBOs and jumping through windows Interview with Clive Birnie of Somerset manufacturing company Severn Delta, on management buy-outs, leadership, jumping through windows, finance and business blogging. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #31 - Monday 4 September Brian O’Kane, entrepreneur and author of Starting A Business in Britain on starting up, sales, market research and planning effectively & his own journey as a publishing entrepreneur. Details \| iTunes

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	SmallBizPod #35 - 4 December 2006 Interviews from Inspire 2006 on recruiting and motivating staff with John Timpson of Timpsons, Mark Adlestone of Beaverbrooks and Claire Owen of StopGap. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #33 - Thursday 2 November Jo Ray of Sage, Mike Harris of the Institute of Directors and Lawrence Jones of UKFast talk about recruitment and the skills shortage facing UK small businesses. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #69 - Clive Birnie, MBOs and jumping through windows Interview with Clive Birnie of Somerset manufacturing company Severn Delta, on management buy-outs, leadership, jumping through windows, finance and business blogging. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #31 - Monday 4 September Brian O’Kane, entrepreneur and author of Starting A Business in Britain on starting up, sales, market research and planning effectively & his own journey as a publishing entrepreneur. Details \| iTunes