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Welcome to a very special webinar edition of the Small Biz Banter podcast. In this episode, we are joined by an amazing panel of experts to discuss the pros and cons for Small Businesses of Tech Disruptors and Innovators. James hosted the podcast and Sunil offered his expertise on the panel and joining him was  Farooq Raja the Founder of AIRPA, an Integrated Platform as a Service that connects businesses' tech systems  Andrew Yung a Senior Manager of the Digital Transformation team at the global consultancy, BDO   And last but not least Will Farnell, CoFounder of App Advisory Plus, Author of the Digital Firm and consultant and mentor to accounting firms 

James and Sunil chat with Karen Barrett - founder of unbiased.co.uk, a money advice website. Karen discusses how she successfully scaled up her business, gained investment and hurdles she has had to overcome as her business has grown. She also offers some great advice on managing money, taking risks, investing and being a woman in a perceived male-orientated industry. 

Sunil and James chat with Mark Brown about Psybersafe, how important cyber security and GDPR compliance is to small businesses in the UK and how their behaviour-changing online training programme helps keep businesses owners stay cyber safe. Mark also offers some really useful tips and advice to help small businesses stay safe online and ensure they protect their client data and their employees and limit the impact of cyber attacks.

Sunil and James chat with Nicola about HR Caddy, how they have helped small businesses navigate the pandemic and how they are now helping them with moving staff back to the office.  We also discuss the importance of getting HR advice before it is too late, how businesses need to be more resilient with their staff and her favourite perks including chocolate hobnobs and red wine.

Sunil and James chat with Kyle about App Advisory Plus, - an independent app database for accountants and bookkeepers and how it helps accountants to advise and support SMEs in the UK and become more automated and manage many different aspects of their business. They also discuss what 2022 holds for businesses, how tech is helping and who has the worst screen time and how to lower yours. 

In this episode, Sunil and James chat with Charlie Cook, who is the founder of Rightcharge - a UK based start-up that helps Electric Vehicle drivers find the right charge point and energy tariff combination for their home or business charging needs. They discuss how the influx of Electric Vehicles and the legislation is impacting businesses and the future of energy consumption in the UK.

In this episode, Sunil and James chat with Richard Osborne, the founder of the UK Business Forum about his journey to setting up the forum and he went on to sell the forum and eventually buy it back. We talk about side hustles, entrepreneurs and how the forum is being redesigned to attract thousands of amazing young business owners in the UK.

In this episode, Sunil and James chat to Jules Robertson, the co-founder of Tally Market, a brilliant solution that enables businesses to book thousands of workspaces across the UK. We discuss the new hybrid model and how businesses are using Tally Market to have a regular office space on a part-time basis and how owners are adapting to the new working environment. We also discuss events and parties and how the demand for this is surging as people want to meet face-to-face and network again.

Sunil and James chat to Nicola Weedall and Hector Macandrew - Co-founders of Hydr, a new invoice financing solution that offers small businesses payment upfront for their invoices on a simple fixed fee basis, helping with cash flow and credit control. They discuss invoices, how to get paid and how critical cash flow can be for small businesses. The founders also talk about their journey to launching Hydr and talk about some of the SMEs they have helped. 

In this episode, Sunil and James chat with  Lee Nathan who is the Regional Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in the South West and is also the Founder of Shopli, a marketplace for independent retailers across the UK.  They discuss supporting local businesses and how the pandemic has changed the public's attitude to local communities and how Shopli is helping thousands of independent businesses across the UK.

Sunil and James chat with Oliver Prill - CEO of Tide Bank about Tide Bank and how the bank is supporting UK SMEs with a simple portfolio of solutions to making banking and finances easy. They discuss the pandemic, future plans for Tide and how the bank is expanding into the Indian market next year. 

Sunil and James chat with Karen Watkins, the Founder of Rowan HR Consultancy about vital an HR strategy is for Small Businesses in the new normal and as many businesses try and implement the Hybrid Model.