4.2 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Starting a business is hard, but starting one during lockdown is harder. Louise Cooper and guests revisit young entrepreneurs who made their side hustle into their 9-5 during lockdown to see how they’re getting on. They also hear from some new businesses owners looking for some help and guidance about starting and sustaining a successful company.
Guests: Emma Jones, founder of Enterprise Nation Annabel Cork, founder of Make It Your Business
Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton Editor: Emma Rippon
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0:35.0 | check out BBC Sounds. Welcome to the download of Moneybox Live, the program about |
0:40.6 | your money. I'm Louise Cooper and today we're talking about lockdown entrepreneurs. Since the |
0:46.9 | pandemic began, over 9 million people have been put on furlough, millions have been working from home |
0:52.4 | and almost 1 million people have lost their |
0:54.7 | jobs. The crisis has completely changed the world of work and for some it's led to a radical |
1:01.3 | rethink about what they want from their working lives. And one answer may be to start up a business. |
1:07.4 | It's a topic we covered in May and we have two entrepreneurs from that program back |
1:11.3 | to update us as to how they have fared. That is, embroiderer Neve and Baker, Sarah. But as |
1:18.2 | ever, we want to hear from you, your stories and questions. So please email Moneybox at |
1:23.1 | BBC.com. Or tweet at Moneybox. But first, let's speak to Jess, who is right at the beginning of her entrepreneurial journey. |
1:32.8 | Welcome to Moneybox Live, Jess. |
1:34.8 | Hello. |
1:35.7 | Hello. |
1:36.0 | Well, thank you for joining us. |
1:37.3 | Now, your official job is in the costume department of a top London theatre. |
1:43.3 | But of course, it's been closed since March. |
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