Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
What does it take to start up your own business? Guts determination and lots of energy. In the business world, some of the stories are truly inspirational. And in Cheryl Spain's case, it's no different. Back in 2013 Cheryl was a single parent with one dream - to create and run her own fitness studios. No money; very little and now she runs Fitness Fusions in a large building in Clapham. She joined Georgie in the studio to tell her story.
Guests: Cheryl Spain
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
Coming directly after the big shopping days of Cyber Monday and Black Friday - Giving Tuesday is the global day of giving calls on people to 'do good stuff' for charity by giving their time, money or voice to a good cause. To find out more on this, Georgie was joined on the line by Charities Aid Foundation's Senior Campaigns Officer Kim Roberts.
Guests: Kim Roberts
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Original Broadcast: Work Consumer Issues
The face of manufacturing is on the move and it is a revolution that is happening at a rapid pace. Birmingham is the place to be this week if you are in manufacturing - the Smart Factory Expo brings together all those involved in manufacturing to discuss how they can future proof their operations to ensure they don't stay stuck in the past.
Guests: Nick Peters
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Original Broadcast: This is Money
Welcome to the This is Money show and podcast, in partnership with NS&I. This week, Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard Straus, and Consumer Affairs Editor Lee Boyce from the Financial Website of the Year team up with Georgie Frost, Financial Broadcaster of the Year, to give you the very best in the week's money journalism. On the agenda: Your pound is being assailed from all angles, from scammers to through-the-floor rates. So what's to be done about it? Well, there is one White Knight on the horizon, and the team from This is Money have some strategies of their own. This is Money is presented by Georgie Frost, in partnership with NS&I
Guests: Rachel Rickard-Straus,Lee Boyce
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
Tuition fees are increasing for students, low-income families are losing grants, more competition for jobs, high house prices - what does all this mean for kids out there with big dreams? And what do they think of their chances in a post Brexit Britain? Joining Georgie Frost today are three young men who are helping shape the next generation of business. Adam Bradford is an award winning social activist, Louis Howell is a Youth and Community Trainer, and Jacob Sarkil is former young mayor of Lewisham and a youth leader and social entrepreneur.
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
Each year in the UK, more than half a million people take the plunge and start a business of their own. Some businesses survive, but we know that many don't. The rewards can be great but success requires careful planning. But even then, the best laid plans can't prevent all bumps along the road - be they staffing, taxes, money, or personal problems. So where do you turn if you do hit problems in the early years? Frank O'Keeffe, Mike Jupp and Robert Ferguson join Georgie to share with us their highs and the lows
Guests: Mike Jupp,Frank O'Keeffe aka "Mister Taco",Robert Ferguson
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In 1971, a group of friends set off to sail into a nuclear test zone in a boat called Greenpeace, and their protest captured the world’s imagination. Now a new documentary called How to Change the World reveals never before seen archive to bring their story to life, and in this show Georgie Frost chats to director Jerry Rothwell.
Guests: Jerry Rothwell
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues Best Of The Week
Every week we cherry-pick the the best content from each strand so you don't miss a thing.
Guests: Billy Bambrough,Rebecca Harkins,Luke Hildyard,Chris Ward,Hosuk Lee-Makiyama,Hannah Maundrell
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As new research suggests night shifts can have a negative effect on your health, Georgie Frost talks Professor Derk-Yan Dyke, professor of sleep and physiology at Surrey University and Director of the Surrey sleep research centre to find out why working nights are bad for more than just our social life.
Guests: Professor Derk-Yan Dyke
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Original Broadcast: Careers Clinic
We're all supposed to 'have a book in us somewhere'...but not many of us would be brave enough to self-publish. Well in this Careers Clinic, Georgie chats to one man who was, writer, broadcaster and former Ad man, Richard Phillips who launched his book , 'A Polaroid of Peggy', 10 days ago in a north-west London bookshop
Guests: Richard Phillips
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