Shows
Business Live: for curious entrepreneurs and social entrepreneursProving naysayers wrong by doing the right thing – ethical business and the Better Business Act with Hellen Stirling-Baker, Small StuffWhen Hellen Stirling-Baker launched Small Stuff in 2016, a mentor told her it would fail because she was so focussed on ethical business. Six years later she runs a thriving online and physical shop, has opened and expanded into larger retail premises, and survived the challenges of the pandemic. Turnover and profits are increasing, says Hellen – and she has not compromised her ethics and values.Hellen is one of over 1,000 leaders of businesses large and small calling for a "Better Business Act." They want the Government to amend legislation to ensure businesses are legally responsible for benefiting workers, cu...2022-04-2240 min
Business Live: for curious entrepreneurs and social entrepreneursEmpowering voters with Eleanor Holmshaw, WhoIsMyCouncillorAccountability, transparency and informed decision making are at the heart of a new website launched by today's guest Eleanor Holmshaw.Whoismycouncillor.co.uk allows users to find the candidates standing in the council elections in their part of Sheffield. They can see candidates' answers to a set of specific questions "important to the city" and learn more about who they could vote for.Eleanor covers why and how she and a crack team launched the site to empower voters and boost engagement with our democratic system.Self-confessed "spreadsheet obsessive" Eleanor also gives me...2021-04-3038 min
Business Live: for curious entrepreneurs and social entrepreneursKresse Wesling: business shouldn't be psychopathic, sustainable luxury and an open-source solar forgeElvis and Kresse is a remarkable business. Which is wonderful and sad at the same time.This social enterprise, a certified B-Corp, rescues materials which would otherwise go to landfill, transforms them into beautiful new goods and donates 50% of profits to charity.Since 2005 it has turned decommissioned and damaged firehouses into a range of luxury accessories: bags, belts, wallets, travel cases. I bought one as a prize for a listener earlier this year.And its values inform every single business decision. Kresse is outraged that company law usually compels directors to increase shareholder...2019-11-0853 min