Suzanne talks to Russell Zehtab of Silk Mentoring, an educator and trainer in growth and relations and has vast experience in working with a diverse range of clients from around the globe. With a magnetic personality and positive outlook on life she's an awesome approach on how live and work in our highest energy zones and be our most authentic and compassionate selves. 

They talk about:

Find more about Russell at her website www.silkmentoring.com or follow her on Instagram @silkmentoring

This episode was presented by Suzanne Murdock of The Hub Newry It was produced by Emily Crosby Media

Suzanne talks to Emily Crosby - a media editor, producer and consultant on a mission to make your media work for you as efficiently and productively as possible.

With experience in academia and broadcasting, Emily works with small businesses on podcasts, videos, online courses and publications.

They talk about:

Find more about Emily at her website emilycrosbymedia.com and follow her on Instagram @emilycrosbymedia

This episode was presented by Suzanne Murdock of The Hub Newry It was produced by Emily Crosby Media

Suzanne talks to Deborah Lynch - an experienced accountant who has partnered with a wide range of CEOs, executives, and solopreneurs to grow their businesses.

Having spent over twenty years working across a wide range of businesses both as an operations manager and as a financial controller she has a unique insight into managing the day-to-day operations of small and medium sized business.

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Find more about Deborah at www.thetaxcafeni.com or connect with her on LinkedIn

This episode was presented by Suzanne Murdock of The Hub Newry It was produced by Emily Crosby Media

Suzanne talks to Ilona Brannen - a consultant who works with fast growing tech companies as well as individuals around leadership, storytelling and brand imaging. 

Ilona uses her knowledge and expertise to successfully bring companies into the digital world focusing on people (leadership and training), processes and systems in order to build and scale their success at speed. She amplifies energy at scale.

They talk about:

Find more about Ilona at www.ilonabrannen.com or connect with her on LinkedIn 

This episode was presented by Suzanne Murdock of The Hub Newry It was produced by Emily Crosby Media

Suzanne talks to Jane Sartin - Chief Exec of the Flexible Space Association.

The Flexible Space Association is the trade association representing, supporting and promoting the flexible workspace sector across the UK. 

They talk about:

@JaneFlexSA

Twitter & Instagram - @FlexSA_UK

www.flexsa.co.uk

This episode was presented by Suzanne Murdock of The Hub Newry It was produced by Emily Crosby Media

Suzanne talks to Carmel Seery of carmelseery.com, a management accountant. 

Carmel helps small business owners get control of their business, by helping them build simple processes so that they will always know their cashflow.   

They talk about 

- Establishing an accounting process 

- Money mindset - Pricing - Setting soulful goals - what stories do you tell yourself about money and how this can affect your bottom line revenue 

- Outsourcing financial work, when's the right time and how to find a good accountant  

www.carmelseery.com  

5:13 "Finance is like a partner in your business. All the answers are there." 

13:07 "Pricing is really about where you see your business and your services in the market"  

This episode was presented by Suzanne Murdock of The Hub Newry

Suzanne talks to Zoe Ellis-Moore CEO & Founder at Spaces to Places.

Zoe has built an 18-year career out of being passionate about commercial spaces and how people engage with them. In her role at Spaces to Places, she works with investors, landlords, franchisees, and operators in the flexible office space. Her approach is built on the concept of marketing intelligence – driving value through research-led market insights that make a difference. 

They talk about

- balancing consumer need with commercial interest

- new models for office leases and set ups

- how planning your work schedule can inform where and how you work

6:02 'It's the smaller independents that bring that creativity and vibrancy to an office space'

12:47 'Time is the commodity now'

23:00 'Technology has been the enabler to allow people to have the freedom to work anywhere'

www.spacestoplaces.co.uk

This episode was presented by Suzanne Murdock of The Hub Newry

Suzanne talks to Alison Matthews of Virtuali. Alison specialises in helping entrepreneurs automate processes around running course / events (online / face to face) to be a virtual set of hands, eyes & ears.

They talk about 

- automation and planning for an easier working life

'You have to have a helicopter overview of what’s happening in the business, how it works and what it’s all about so as you can really see what areas can be more automated and productive.'

13:16 'To me, planning is a massive part of being productive'

20:47 'When you find that niche of what you want to do, it creates lots of energy for you, and then when you talk about it, because you talk about it in a passionate way, other people buy into it as well'

www.virtuali.uk

Suzanne talks to Eimear Flannagan of Away a Wee Walk founder of Away A 'Wee' Walk, set up back in 2013. 

Eimear is passionate about helping visitors to Ireland create magical, authentic, spirit-renewing experiences, hiking in the Irish landscape.

Suzanne talks to Eimear about her your love affair & business partnership with The National Trust and surviving lockdown as an outdoor business. They chat from the perspective of getting down to business, getting an understanding of she you carves out the time, the energy to focus on the nitty gritty of the business strategy, admin & marketing side of the business. Often very creative, outdoors people struggle in an office environment, so Eimear chats about the secrets of balancing this out....Here's a synopsis of the conversation:

- Her collaboration with the National Trust

- Surviving lockdown as an outdoor business

- Her use of Instagram to increase online presence and reach a whole new audience

- Selling Northern Ireland

- Avoiding isolation and outsourcing

- What productivity means to her

2:53 'I thought, whatever else this virus is doing, it's not taking my business'

16:20 'My focus is on being happy'

www.awayaweewalk.com

Suzanne talks to Yasmin Vorajee of Tiny Time Big Results, about finding the value in your abilities, her four principles of running a profitable business with limited time, and making the most of the time you have available generally in work and play. We talk about the super concepts and toolkits that Yasmin equips small business owners with:

-Nailing your marketing message so that it's clear, compelling  and magnetic

-Her amazing, award winning book - 'Tiny Time, Big Results!

-Mindset and who you surround yourself with

-Being your real self in business, not who you're expected to be

-Her programmes and mentoring

www.yasminvorajee.com

5:05 "Business should make you feel really good. You should feel enthusiastic about what you're doing"

20:00 "Focus on the problem that you're solving, and build a business around that"

Learn more about Yasmin Vorajee and her work:

https://yasminvorajee.com/