Podcast Episodes

Google: The Couple That Took On The Tech Giant

When Shivaun and Adam Raff's shopping and price comparison website all but vanished from Google's search results just days after launching, the pair …

1 year, 11 months ago

Evacuation: How to Rescue a Business From a War Zone

When a company finds itself facing war or natural disaster how can it get staff out of harm's way, and is there any chance of ensuring business as us…

1 year, 11 months ago

Debt: Do Collectors Deserve Their Bad Reputation?

It must be one of the most-maligned professions out there - on a par, perhaps, with traffic wardens - but debt collectors perform a vital service to …

1 year, 11 months ago

Side Hustles: What's It Like Balancing Two Jobs At Once?

Side hustlers are seemingly everywhere - some surveys suggest they account for around half of UK workers - and stories of getting rich quick and aban…

1 year, 11 months ago

New Tech: How Smart Is the Smart Energy System?

The UK's power grid is undergoing a huge shift towards renewable energy, but running homes and businesses solely on this new form of electricity will…

2 years ago

The Bottom Line (unofficial) Business Awards

Every year has its business highs and lows which we don't often get an opportunity to chew over on The Bottom Line.

This year is different.

To mark ou…

2 years, 2 months ago

The business of private schools

Private schools in the UK are mostly registered as charities – but they are also businesses – businesses in the sense that they sell a service to pay…

2 years, 2 months ago

Being the new broom

All eyes have been on the new prime minister as he, and his team of ministers, settle into their jobs running the country.

In this episode we consider…

2 years, 2 months ago

The Business of Dying

Managing the rituals of a loved one's death can be both bewildering and expensive.

And although no-one wants to think about it being like buying a ho…

2 years, 2 months ago

Is copyright going wrong?

Copyright law has been around since 1710. Back then it only applied to books. Now, it covers music, sport, film, television, video games, anything re…

2 years, 3 months ago