Jonny Butcher of Acorn joined me in Sheffield Live’s radio studio on Friday to tell me what Acorn does, why its action is so necessary, how it works and how to get involved. Also on the show: an in-depth Q&A with Morgan Killick all about VAT for small businesses. If you’re anywhere near the VAT threshold, or planning to build a business, you need to listen to this.
Will Ebenezer’s new gardens be good in name or reality?
January 30, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Garden Villages, land value capture and sustainability: purity of principle or a fake pill? ‘Eezer Goode, Eezer Goode / He’s Ebeneezer Goode.’ So went the chorus of The Shaman’s 1992 hit, Ebeneezer Goode. Drop an e and you get a different Ebeneezer, from a century earlier. Ebenezer Howard remains famous for his good idea: championing […]
This year’s charities and causes
December 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
‘Tis the season to be merry: wishing you a joyous but restful festive season, and a happy and fulfilling 2017. A huge thank-you to all of the businesses, social enterprises and organisations which have chosen to work with me this year. It’s been a great privilege to work with such a superb mixture of people, […]
Sir, this suits you: Suit Works and REACH eco-housing interviews
June 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Two new radio Interviews. Vanda Kewley of social enterprise, The Suit Works, client Simbarashe Mandizvizda and professional basketball player Kyle Odister. Then Jon Johnson and Jordan Gell of the REACH affordable and eco-housing project – a semi-finalist in the national VOOM 2016 pitching competition.
Northern prosperity is national prosperity – IPPR report
December 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
IPPR North’s Northern Economic Futures Commission has published its final report which sets out “a new economic agenda for the north of England, one which seeks to place the region at the heart of the UK’s ‘rebalancing’ towards business investment and export performance”. Alongside recommendations focused on jobs and skills, innovation, SMEs, natural assets, transport, […]
