Anita MacDonald runs Meteor Tutors, an online music school which provides bespoke musical tuition across the world. In some ways she was ahead of the curve when covid-19 hit, and has some useful advice for businesses having to change to a more online proposition during lockdown.
You can contact Anita at www.meteortutors.com

The events and wedding sectors have been hit very hard by the restrictions put in place for covid-19 - so imagine if your business straddles both! Nathalie Selvon-Bruce runs the Buttercup Bus Vintage Campers company and saw business almost completely come to a halt at the start of lockdown. She chats with Mark about how the situation is forcing entrepreneurs like her to think outside the box.
You can contact Nathalie at www.buttercupbus.com

Going from face-to-face training to a completely online proposition has caused it's fair share of challenges for Ian Lunn and the team at Product Focus - European leaders in product management training and consultancy for technology-based products. Mark Ryes chats to Ian about this wholesale change, and whether he feels the training industry can ever go completely back to where it was before covid-19 hit.
You can contact Ian via www.productfocus.com

Jenny Howard set up Doodle Video in 2012 with a background in Marketing and Graphic Design. When covid-19 hit, she furloughed staff and saw orders being put on hold. Jenny talks to Mark Ryes about the tough times of lockdown, and the positivity which inevitably surfaces.
Find out more about Jenny's work at www.doodle-video.co.uk

As a branded content agency, Match Cut Media were in a good place at the beginning of lockdown, with owner Lauren Bailey already working from home with clients ranging from SMEs to large corporates. She talks to Mark Ryes, explaining how she needed to alter the dynamic of the business at the start of lockdown to offer her clients what they needed in the most uncertain of times.
You can contact lauren at Match Cut Media via www.matchcutmedia.co.uk

The pub trade was first to close, and it's feared will be last to re-open after Lockdown... but how are pub owners finding these challenging times? Has the government been of any help - and when will it all get better? Natalie Coleshill runs The Milford Arms pub in Isleworth, which also has 11 B&B rooms. She talks to Mark Ryes about the realities of lockdown in the pub trade.
Find out more about The Mildofrd arms at www.themilfordarms.co.uk

Mark Hedger is a Gold Consultant with Slimming World. As a franchisee, he's had to undergo a wholesale change in running his business since lockdown in March 2020 - when government guidelines meant he could no longer hold meetings of 50-70 people each week.
Mark Ryes asks him how the parent organisation has helped, and what Slimming World franchisees have done to overcome the challenges.
You can contact Mark via www.slimmingworld.co.uk/slimwithmark