Podcast: Scottish politicians seek small businesses votes
Candidates for all the competing political parties in Scotland are knocking on doors to get the support of voters in the elections on 6th May.
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Podcast: Striving, surviving and thriving: the UK’s small businesses 12 months on
Exactly a year ago BackinBusiness launched its podcast to give small businesses a voice throughout the Covid pandemic. Little did we think then that we’d still be around a year […]
Podcast: Welsh Small Business and Self-employment Hustings
Candidates for all the competing political parties in Wales are gearing up for the elections on 6th May. BackinBusiness invited all the main parties to put up a candidate to […]
Podcast: Blackpool rocks
In the last of the BackinBusiness round UK virtual tour the team is in Blackpool to explore the impact on and the future of tourism in the UK and its […]
Podcast: New opportunities for Newcastle
Lucy is chief executive of The Alchemists, which works with businesses to accelerate their development and success, and Tom Caulker owner of the World Headquarters nightclub (community and socially based […]
Podcast: Budget reflections part 3
Following on from our BackinBusiness budget roundup on budget day and our Budget podcast on 8th March, in part 3 Professor Mark Hart discusses his take on what it means […]
Podcast: Liverpool lifts off
Steve Rotheram is the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region and has big plans for the future. Innovation is the key, skills are central to his thinking and while the […]
Podcast: Unpicking the Budget
Economist Douglas McWilliams and tax specialist Heather Self join the BackinBusiness team to discuss the budget, what it means for small business owners and self-employed workers and who and what […]
Podcast: Budget Reaction
Hear the BackinBusiness team, Liz Barclay, Declan Curry and Simon McVicker, react to today’s budget announcements.
Podcast: Ready for takeoff
Aerospace development carries on apace in Bristol. It’s just one of the many industries there that’s booming, To what extent can innovative sectors restore the whole city and surrounding areas […]
Interview with Ben Everitt, MP for Milton Keynes North
This week Liz Barclay talks to Ben Everitt MP for Milton Keynes North about the importance of innovation for the small business in his constituency and for driving the UK’s […]
Interview with Eve Roodhouse, Chief Officer Culture and Economy at Leeds City Council
What makes Leeds a great place to start and grow a business? There’s an important role for local authorities as Eve Roodhouse Chief Officer Culture and Economy at Leeds City […]
Interview with Lord Shipley, Chair of the House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee
The Lib Dem Peer Lord Shipley Chairs the new House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee. He talks to Liz Barclay about the challenges of creating jobs for the large numbers of […]
Interview: International Women’s Day with Laura Farris MP
In the latest conversation with MPs Liz Barclay talks to Laura Farris MP for Newbury and Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women and Work about how the […]
Interview with Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Central
A vison for Newcastle. In our latest MP conversation, Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Central and Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Digital, describes the impact of the pandemic on […]
Interview with Darren Jones MP, Chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee
In the week that Arcadia and Debenhams collapsed we caught up with the Chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Darren Jones MP, and talked […]
Food, drink and family emotions…a heady business mix
Family businesses and the food and drink sector are hugely important to the UK economy. Small businesses in those sectors are going to be more beneficial to the economy in […]
Dismantling barriers to business
What do people with protected characteristics like disability need to help them realise their business ambitions and potential?
Half empty or half full? How the virus is changing our pubs
Mickey Clark hears from pub landlady Jenny Baish and Chair of the APPG on Pubs Toby Perkins MP.
Interview with Gary Turner, MD UK and EMEA of Xero
Xero, the small business accounting software company, has 2 million small business customers. That gives the firm a 2 million strong focus group from which to gather opinions, comments and insight.
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