E230 Punchline Talks with Chris Nelson, Darren Stevens, Emma Willis MBE, Mark Cummings & Mark Owen

Описание: The Business Breakfast Briefers are back and this is our 230th show - with another strong line up.

Each Friday, Punchline-Gloucester.com editor Mark Owen is joined by leading Gloucestershire business figures from a range of backgrounds to review Fridays national & regional newspapers, discuss what is happening in their own business sector and in their own individual businesses.

The Business Breakfast Briefer show is sponsored by Hazlewoods Accountants and Business Advisors.

This week’s panel of experts are:

Chris Nelson - Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire constabulary are the counties 4th largest employer with over 2,400 employees and a budget of approx. £180million. The police have never been under so much financial strain. The PCC looks after the budget. Now the government has called time on all PCCs across the county and declared that Gloucestershire will join Wiltshire to make up a new super force – lots going on we’ll find out his thoughts on it all.

Darren Stevens - managing director and principal consultant of Prestbury Marketing – they can be hired by the hour or by the day either to complement your existing marketing resource or to give you access to over 30 years’ Marketing and PR experience. They work with everything from startup businesses to some of Gloucestershire’s top 150 companies – today it’s all about AI – so we’ll find out how Ai is impacting marketing and what you should do.

Emma Willis MBE - owner & MD of the UK's number one handmade and bespoke shirt manufacturer, manufacturing right here in the city of Gloucester - clients include Barack Obama, Pierce Brosnan to name drop just a few, she is also the founder of 'style for soldiers' and Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire – retail is going through a tough time, we’ll found out how the company is fairing.

Mark Cummings is a travel writer, filmmaker and author – he’s known throughout the county for hosting the popular award-winning BBC Radio Gloucestershire Breakfast Show for 18 years. Since leaving the beeb he’s written a book ‘Glorious Gloucestershire’ – which has been reprinted several times and named Waterstones Gloucester Book of the Year 2024. He’s been out and about again on his travels since we’ve last seen him – where too & what’s next. And as this is a business show – is he making any money!!

The team discussed various news stories including: Rapid adoption of AI, employment for young people, John Timpson's approach of hiring people with positive attitudes and minimal qualifications, new heritage trail celebrating Gloucester's aviation history, the challenges and limitations of AI -including its tendency to hallucinate and create false information. And so much more.....

The show is sponsored by: HAZLEWOODS BUSINESS ADVISERS AND ACCOUNTANTS. www.hazlewoods.co.uk

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