The highly talended and energetic maestro Stephen Bell, a renowned management trainer and the Musical Director of the Northampton Male Voice Choir, explains his approach to life and the pandemic through a positive mental attitude, well defined goals and the setting of high standards - but with humour and psychology. Fresh from a highly successful Last Night of the Proms concert in Northampton, he is about to run the London Marathon, nearly £6,000 funds for the Prostate Cancer charity.

Originally broadcast 28th September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

The new Dean of the Faculty of Business & Law, Karen Jones, talks about her delight at joining the University of Northampton, her role in leading nearly 200 staff and her hopes and aspirations for the FBL in terms of corporate and community outreach in support of the student experience and for the local community.

Originally broadcast 28th September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Innovation ecosystems is key to the success of a county and Lal Tawney, Director and Foluso Laguda, Strategy & Innovation Consultant at Whitecap Consulting discuss their recent webinar 'Innovation or Die' iheld n conjunction with the University of Northampton and as a follow-on a distinctive proposal to map the Northants innovation ecosystem in a multi-stakeholder approach to funding this important work to help the county - which has a high number of start-ups but is weak at scale-ups - to Build Back Better

Originally broadcast 28th September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Name-dropping! In a moving and powerful interview, Joe Plumb, an advocate and international ambassador for young people's mental wellbeing, for anti-bullying and for children in care and care leavers, talks about his work over the past decade, his suicide attempts and how his work has helped him overcome his own issues and traumas as a child to gain international acclaim and be chosen as one of 3 finalists from 9,000 nominations for the Sun newspaper's Mental Health Hero - which saw him dining with Rod Stewart, Gary Lineker, Piers Morgan, Boris Johnson and David Beckham! See www.joeplumb.org

Originally Broadcast Tuesday 21st September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Catherine Van Loo, a partner at the specialist Carnstone CSR consultancy which acts as secretariat to the ICRS, the Institute of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, talks about her work, her career and the role of the fast-growing ICRS, the professional body for CSR and sustainability professionals, with its ICRS Northants Hub hosted by the University of Northampton. See www.icrs.info

Originally Broadcast Tuesday 21st September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Employee-owned Scott Bader's Hayley Sutherland, Commonwealth Office Manager, and Tade Mustapha, Group Business Analyst talk about the restoration and recent official opening of Keep House, a 10-room listed building which is now dedicated to small local charities as tenants, and Tade's work on the company's first ESG report, in its centenary year, as a postgraduate master's placement student that has earned her a full-tiime position. See www.scottbader.com

Originally Broadcast Tuesday 21st September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Cheyenne Angliss, Marketing & Events Manager at the Northants Chamber of Commerce, gives an update on Chamber activities following last week's successful face to face Back to Business event, which siganlled a returning optimism and confidence amongst local businesses. See www.northants-chamber.co.uk

Originally Broadcast Tuesday 21st September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

CEO of national auto servicing company In 'n' Out Autocentres, Jon Morgan, talks about his career path, the company and its customer service and community wellbeing mentality , and his love of cycling - and why he gets involved in challenging charity cycle rides, recently as the main corporate sponsors for the Northampton Hope Centres Ride4Hope. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-morgan-a796544a/ and https://www.inoautocentres.co.uk/

Originally Broadcast Tuesday 14th September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

David Sparrow, Executive Chairman of David Williams IFA Chartered Financial Planners, talks about the business, bike rides and community service, and why and how he, the company and Rotary - of which he is a long-serving member - support charity cycle rides as part of the businesses company social responsibility. See https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-sparrow-370bb324/?originalSubdomain=uk and http://www.dwifa.co.uk/

Originally Broadcast Tuesday 14th September on Open4Business on NLive Radio

Ride4Hope Chairman Robert Whittle shares details of this year's charity ride from Northampton to King's Lynn, 180 miles in 3 days, with 33 riders taking part to raise much-needed funds for the Northampton Hope Centre, the homelessness charity which supports society's most vulnerable and disadvantaged. The annual ide was launched by presenter Adrian Pryce in 2014 when he was Hope Centre Chair, and has since raised over £150,000. Adrian is doing the ride again this year - follow updates on www.NLiveRadio.com over the 3-day ride on 10-12th September. Support Adrian and the Hope Centre with a donation here!

Originally broadcast 7th September 2021 on Open4Business on NLive Radio