Open4Business from NLive Radio

Cheyenne Angliss , Marketing & Events Manager at the Northants Chamber of Commerce, gives an update on Chamber activities following last week's successful face to face Back to Business event, which siganlled a returning optimism and confidence amongst local businesses. See www.northants-chamber.co.uk Originally Broadcast Tuesday 21st September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

CEO of national auto servicing company In 'n' Out Autocentres,  Jon Morgan , talks about his career path, the company and its customer service and community wellbeing mentality , and his love of cycling - and why he gets involved in challenging charity cycle rides, recently as the main corporate sponsors for the Northampton Hope Centres Ride4Hope. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-morgan-a7...

David Sparrow , Executive Chairman of David Williams IFA Chartered Financial Planners, talks about the business, bike rides and community service, and why and how he, the company and Rotary - of which he is a long-serving member - support charity cycle rides as part of the businesses company social responsibility. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-sparrow-370bb324/?originalSubdomain=uk and htt...

Ride4Hope Chairman Robert Whittle shares details of this year's charity ride from Northampton to King's Lynn, 180 miles in 3 days, with 33 riders taking part to raise much-needed funds for the Northampton Hope Centre , the homelessness charity which supports society's most vulnerable and disadvantaged. The annual ide was launched by presenter Adrian Pryce in 2014 when he was Hope Centre Chair, and...

The Institution of Engineering & Technology's Executive Director of International Strategic Marketing & Engagement, Northampton-based Toni Allen , talks about the role of this 150 year-old organisation with its 150,000 members around the world in 15o countries, and how it keeps up to date with fast moving technology and encourages equality, diversity and inclusion as well as educating. See...

Luxury cars? Secret cars? Local entrepreneur Peter McCallum , MD of covered car transportation business Cars in Camera, talks about his career moving from large corporate to his own business, coping with Covid, the value of an MBA and advice for all thinking about launching their own business. For more information see www.carsincamera.com Originally broadcast 7th September 2021 on Open4Business on...

Dr Jane Murray of the University of Northampton and Co-Director if its Centre for Education and Research talks about her career and research and its relevance and impact Originally broadcast 3rd August 2021 on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Futurist Joana Lenkova , who is the Founder of Futures Forward and the Strategic Foresight Director at Lego Group's Creative Play Lab and an ex-Disney strategist talks about her work and the importance of organisations thinking about the future and scenario planning. Originally broadcast 3rd August 2021 on Open4Business on NLive Radio

With his sights firmly set on expansion, Ben Thomas of All Things Business magazine reports on his own business plans as he gets ready to launch a London edition alongside the Northants, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes magazines. Originally broadcast 24th August on Open4Business on NLive Radio

The Queen's Green Canopy is a celebration of Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee next year after 70 years on the throne. Paul Parsons , last year's High Sheriff of Northamptonshire who is heading up the County's 'Plant a Tree for the Jubilee' campaign tells us about the scheme with details as to how individuals, communities, charities and businesses can get involved. Originally Broadcast Tuesday 24th A...

Northants Chamber of Commerce dynamo Sunny Singh, Business Development & Membership Manager shares an update on the work of the Chamber as we move out of lockdown with news of upcoming events, awards etc with encouraging insights into the current business climate Originally Broadcast 20th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

History Professor Matthew McCormack of the University of Northampton talks about the relevance and importance of history and historical research for today's world, the work of the History Centre he heads up and the future of history Originally Broadcast 20th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

The impressive and driven Elmira Sharshenbekova of Metro Bank shares her journey from Kyrgystan to Northampton, arriving in England at 16 with minimal English and, after graduating from the University of Birmingham in Business, is now carving a successful career in banking with Metro Bank whose values she embodies Originally Broadcast 20th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Founder and Director Suzy Sanders of Alchemy Virtual Assistance talks passionately about the young fast-growing business she runs with husband Paul, balancing work and home life and becoming a regional finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (Midlands) n September - watch this space! Originally broadcast 13th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Jane Deamer , the Development Manager for Crysalys, a young and visionary charity addressing childhood disadvantage, and whoe motto is 'Every child deserves a happy youth' reports on the state of mental wellbeing amongst young people and the charity's ground-breaking work in tackling trauma that is generating national and international attention Originally broadcast 13th July on Open4Business on N...

Jay Baughan , the Social Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Northampton, explains his role with details of exciting and ambitious plans to measure social value in the region and foster greater cross-sector collaboration between the public-private-third-academic sectors to address and fund key social issues Originally broadcast 13th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Former Labour MP and now writer, consultant and activist  Tom Levitt talks about his work with leaders in all sectors to help create a sustainable and responsible society and economy, with a look back and forwards about using the tools of business to create public good. Originally Broadcast 6th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Corporate man turned entrepreneur Robert Whittle , chair of Northampton's Ride4Hope charity cycle rides, tells us of his latest venture, the Hub & Spoke Cafe in Harlington - well worth a visit! Originally Broadcast 6th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Restaurant owner Naz Islam of Saffron Restaurant, a mover and shaker in the Anglo-Bangladeshi community, updates us on his activities both in his business and community work, with news of Bangladesh's 50th anniversary of independence celebrations. If you want something done, ask a busy person! Originally broadcast 6th July on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Jennifer Decker of boutique consultancy QSA Partners LLP, Northamptonshire's first B Corp certified company, talks about QSA's work with big brands and small companies in the area of circular economy business models - and how we can all reduce, reuse, repurpose and recycle, and build this thinking into manufacturing processes Originally broadcast 29th June on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Card payment specialist Connie Penn, a big fan of Open4Business, updates us on the big increase in card fraud under Covid before reflecting on what the show means for her, her views on the music - and she turns the tables on Adrian to interview him with a couple of questions Originally broadcast 29th June on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Russell Rolph , CEO of Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire (VIN) gives an update on the health - or otherwise - of the local charity sector, and shares news of VIN's new strategy document and his hopes and aspirations for the future. Originally broadcast 29th June on Open4Business on NLive Radio

First class BA International Business students from the  University of Northampton  Laura Cason and George Sidey express their feelings on completing their studies under Covid - and getting top marks! Originally broadcast 22nd June on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Sarah Crown  of  Innovate Media  with details of her publishing career and her new venture producing community magazines as she launches in Northampton Originally broadcast 22nd June on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Jimmy Murray  CEO of an exciting new carbon footprint app from  Greenr Technologies Ltd  talks about how his business can help companies and individuals monitor and reduce their carbon footprint. Originally broadcast 22nd June on Open4Business on NLive Radio