In this week's episode of The Business Herald podcast, we talk about the main UK Business News Stories of the week including: 

✅ inflation figures and their impact

✅ 4-day working week and flexible working 

✅ the UK's massive borrowing

✅ bounceback loans

✅ the pope

and much more... 

Your host is Steven Mather Solicitor and Lawyer to SMEs. This week we're joined by James Blacklaws of JB Commercial Finance and Paul Green of The Business Community. 

The Business Herald is a weekly round-up of UK Business & Economy News. We have a weekly email that hits inboxes at 3pm on a Friday and this podcast, launched fresh every Friday to discuss the key stories of the week. We'd love you to join in the conversation online - we're on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

In this week's episode of The Business Herald Podcast, we talk about: 

- the news of a vaccine making share prices rocket (and then fall back down)

- GDP being UP for September, but down 9.6% since last year and worse than many other countries

- 1 in 5 self-employed people want a job

- should those working from home pay more tax

- plus more. 

Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor. This week, we're joined by Mhari Richardson of TomRom and Darren Willoughby of 2XL Commercial Finance - and a brief appearance from Donald Trump himself! 

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In this week's Business Herald Podcast we talk about Lockdown II the rematch (or as our Leicester based guest put it Lockdown 3) and the effect it will have on the economy (massive). 

We talk about: 

- whether the lockdown puts retail and hospitality as the sacrificial lambs of the UK economy

- is lockdown II the "final straw" for small businesses, and has business been "sold down the river" - is it really a "business breaker"

- we look at whether the US Election outcome really impacts us in the UK and in particular SMEs

- we talk about electric cars

- and much more. 

This week we are joined by Dominic Gomersall MD of Lumbers Jewellers in Leicester, and Tim Kirby Co-Founder of Wattam Kirby Mee financial planners. 

Your host as always is Steven Mather, Solicitor, and Lawyer for SMEs. 

The Business Herald is a weekly round-up of UK Business News stories by email - you can subscribe at http://www.businessherald.co.uk and find us on social media as well. 

In this week's episode of The Business Herald Podcast we talk about: 

• Does working from home stifle creativity, limit learning and innovation?

Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor. We're joined by Marc Ford Business Coach and James Blacklaws Commercial Finance Broker. 

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It's half-term and so this week's episode is a shorter, one-person affair. 

But I wanted to cover off the variations to the Job Support Scheme (JSS) announced by RIshi Sunak yesterday. We now have two schemes effectively JSS Open and JSS Closed, and I talk about both here. 

I also talk about inflation, consumer confidence, reskilling and robots. 

In this week's Business Herald podcast we talk about: 

• whether it is time to get back to normal working, given almost as many people have lost their job as have had coronavirus?

As always, the Business Herald podcast is a weekly discussion on the latest UK Business News and Economy stories. Your host is Steven Mather, SME Lawyer. 

This week we're joined by Paul Green founder of The Business Community, and Neil Wattam of WKM Wealth. 

In this week's podcast, we talk about the week's UK Business News including: 

• GDP growth at 2.1%, business confidence, recruitment and job seekers

Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor an SME Lawyer based in Leicestershire. 

We're joined by Libby Langley a Social Media Strategist and business owner, and Paul Green, Founder of The Business Community. 

Remember to subscribe to the mailing list at www.businessherald.co.uk for the full email newsletter including all this week's business news stories. 

In this week's episode of The Business Herald Podcast we talk about: 

• the sale of ASDA for £6.8bn 

Your host as always is Steven Mather Solicitor an SME Lawyer based in Leicestershire. 

We're joined by Marc Ford Business Coach and Editor of Your Best Kept Business Secret Magazine, and Jamie Cochrane of PBC Business Recovery & Insolvency. 

In this week's Business Herald Podcast we look at Rishi Sunak's Winter Economy Plan including: 

• Extension of the Bounceback and CBILS loan scheme

The Business Herald is a weekly business news podcast hosted by Steven Mather Solicitor an SME Lawyer.  Steven is joined this week by James Blacklaws a commercial finance specialist and Neil Wattam an accountant turned financial adviser. 

In this weeks podcast, Steven Mather, James Blacklaws and Neil Wattam discuss the weeks UK Business News Stories including: 

• Job Losses (again) but also recruitment and opportunities

Listen and enjoy. Please leave a review and share this podcast if you find it useful. 

Thanks

Steven Mather Solicitor

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