Down To Business

Joining Bobby to go through the main business stories from the Saturday papers is Susan Hayes Culleton aka 'The Positive Economist' & Paul O’Dwyer, dental surgeon from Portman Dentex.

Bakeries are a business that rank as one of the oldest in the world but between sourdoughs, velvet cakes, croissants, and cookies, how has the industry changed in recent years and how is the business of running a bakery faring in the face of rising energy and staffing costs?

Joining Bobby to discuss is:

• Eoin Cluskey of Bread 41 in Dublin & Wicklow

• Charlotte Leonard-Kane co-owner of Sceal Bakery in Greystones

• Caryna Camerino of Camerino Bakery at IMMA

The days of doing business without engaging in what is happening in the world at large are gone but how do business owners make sure they are doing and saying the right things without sounding false? Rob Hayward, chief strategy officer with Principia Advisory joins Bobby to discuss.

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair this week is Paddy Baird of Killester Travel.

Would the behaviour of a company owner affect your buying decisions? That was the conundrum facing Pilita Clark, columnist with The Financial Times - she joins Bobby to discuss.

John Larkin is the founder & chief soap maker at The Black Stuff, a handmade natural soap company, who has made it his mission to get as much handmade, natural soap into the hands of as many people as possible. He welcomed Bobby to his workshop to tell him all about it.

Joining Bobby to take a look at the business stories that are making the morning papers is Regina Mangan, CEO of Liberty Blue Estate Agents in Waterford & Declan Ralph, Retail Development Director for BWG.

For this week's executive chair, Bobby was joined by Claire McHugh, CEO of Axonista

Terence Mauri, author of The Upside of Disruption: The Path To Leading and Thriving in the Unknown joined Bobby to chat about his philosophy for a post-AI age

With the Olympics taking place in Paris, Bobby decided for this week’s industry review, to take a look into the sports centre industry.

He was joined by:

●      Liam Harbison, Director of the Sport Ireland Institute in Blanchardstown

●      Tina Dowling, CEO of The Watershed in Kilkenny, and

●      Clodagh Kilmurray, CEO of Swan Leisure in Rathmines and Crumlin