MBL: Starting a business during lockdown
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Felicity Hannah and guests talk to young entrepreneurs who've started businesses during the lockdown. She'll hear about the successes and challenges they encountered along the way.
Guests:
Emma Jones, founder of Enterprise Nation Zara Khalique, creator of Keep It Bright
Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk or tweet @Moneybox with stories, experiences or questions for the panel.
Producer: Ben Carter Editor: Emma Rippon
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| 0:00.0 | In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers. |
| 0:08.0 | But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA |
| 0:12.0 | was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife. |
| 0:18.0 | Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? |
| 0:21.3 | When lies are still being told to this day, |
| 0:24.0 | who do you believe? |
| 0:25.1 | I wouldn't even know where to start, |
| 0:26.7 | and I'm with the IRA. |
| 0:28.5 | Steakknife. |
| 0:29.7 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.5 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:37.5 | Thanks for downloading the Moneybox Live podcast, the program about your money. |
| 0:41.6 | Today we're talking about the lockdown start-ups. |
| 0:44.8 | Most of us are spending a lot more time at home just now. |
| 0:47.6 | And while some of us are turning to books, box sets and baking, there's also a boom in business. |
| 0:53.1 | Yes, as people try to fill their time and top up |
| 0:56.2 | their bank accounts, many are launching their own small enterprises. The website, startups.co. |
| 1:01.4 | UK, says it's seen a 60% increase in the number of people registering business websites |
| 1:07.4 | compared to this time last year. So, if you're at home developing anything from the next |
| 1:12.6 | Google to the next cake decorating business and you have a question, then get in touch by emailing |
| 1:17.6 | moneybox at bbc.co.uk. To answer your questions, I'm joined by Emma Jones, founder of the |
| 1:24.1 | Small Business Community Enterprise Nation. Emma, hello. Hello, Felicity. |
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