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The home is the biggest financial asset of most business owners, so to mark the 12th edition of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we found out the best way to sell it.  We were joined by local experts Niki Schafer, Niki Schafer Interior Design, Ajay Kumar of Cherry Picked Residential and Mark Toovey of the Alfresco Group. 

On week 11 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike the topic of conversation was focused on how do people and teams impact the success of our businesses.  We were joined by local experts Kathryn Jeacock of DBKT Coaching, Melanie Greene of Inspire Transformation and Graham Hutchings of ProfitAbility. 

To mark the 10th show of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike, the listeners enjoyed an extended 'business networking special' hosted by Ben Thompson & Mike Foster, who own The Oxford Business Community Network. We were joined by fellow Oxfordshire networking leaders, Stefan Thomas the author of Business Networking for Dummies, Cathy Dunbabin of OpenDoorz, Martin Ridewood of BNI, Su Copeland of the STEM Advisers Hub, Lisa-Marie Mallier of […]

On week 9 the listeners enjoyed a 'Budget Special' and we were discussing how the recent budget will impact Oxfordshire businesses. Thanks to our guests, Nick Mason of Wagner Mason Accountants, Ian Roberts of Cashflow Creators and Gary Hamilton of Hamilton Accounts we were able to give the listeners some really practical advice.

For week 8 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike, we were discussing how the lockdowns and restrictions have impacted the events and wedding sectors, and indeed our guests views on the recent roadmap. We were joined by Chris Jones of Boys and Girls Promotions, Keeley Dennyschene of Hilton Garden Inn and Alison Hargreaves of Guides for Brides

On week 7 we were joined by Elspeth Briscoe, CEO and founder of Learning with experts, Aaron Rudman-Hawkins, Managing Director of the The Evergreen agency and Gary Turner, the co-founder and Managing Director of accountancy software giant Xero UK to how businesses can use data to run their business or to disrupt their marketplace.

Hear from Alex Glass of easyStorage, Renee Watson of The Curiosity Box & Tony Hobbs of Chapman Robinson and Moore Accountants. Show number six of the Get Radio Business Brunch, Ben & Mike's guests this week discuss what they LOVE about business.

We're joined this week by Darren Aston of Aston and James and Nick Hughes FISM of Dynamic Coach Group. We explore what makes a business part of the community and how our guests have done exactly that.

Onto our fourth show where we were joined by Hayley Monks from Think Inspire & Create, Daniel Ede from Ede Homes and Ali Bell from Fitbox. Moving away from Covid we explored what makes a good team, how businesses develop their talent with care and as a result get the best from their people.