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Mark Wright: ‘You say crazy stuff to be entertaining on The Apprentice’

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome to Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk. Today’s guest is Mark Wright – entrepreneur, TV personality and winner of The Apprentice in 2014.
We talk about work-life balance and maintaining a strong online presence for your business post lockdown.
Listen to it in the media player below.

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You can also catch our episodes with:

Entrepreneur and campaigner, Paul Lindley
Managing director of Brompton Bikes, Will Butler-Adams
Businessman and author, Gerald Ratner
Entrepreneur and TV presenter, Trinny Woodall
Pub owner and bartender on Channel 4’s First Dates, Merlin Griffiths
Founder and chairman of Pimlico (formerly Pimlico Plumbers), Charlie Mullins
Retail expert and former Dragon, Theo Paphitis
Author and boardroom expert, John Tusa
Digital guru and investor, Sherry Coutu
Entrepreneur and former Dragon, Rachel Elnaugh
Businesswoman and Dragon, Deborah Meaden
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2005 candidate, Tim Campbell
Gousto CEO, Timo Boldt
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2018 candidate, Jackie Fast
Investor and former Dragon, Piers Linney
Investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick
Supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice

We’ve got podcast episodes from the first series looking at:

How one business owner’s mental breakdown caused her to see trolls from her past
How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one

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SMEs plan to invest £150,000 in the coming months as restrictions ease

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
The average SME intends to invest £150,000 in the near future as lockdown easing sparks a growth in optimism.
Those in construction (£225,000) and transport (£209,000) plan to invest even more.
The Pandemic Recovery Survey from Bibby Financial Services reveals that three quarters (75 per cent) share a positive outlook and 74 per cent believe demand will return to pre-pandemic levels by Christmas.
SMEs across the country have begun to outline their plans to return to a more open economy, with six in ten (59 per cent) seeing the acquisition of new customers as the main reason to be optimistic.
Three-fifths (61 per cent) are planning to dedicate a portion of money to staff training and development (39 per cent) and new staff (29 per cent). This means nearly a third of the UK’s six million SMEs are planning to increase their workforce – providing a powerful boost to the UK’s economy.
This coincides with a forecast from The Bank of England that is more positive than expected. The new forecast predicts that GDP will grow by 7.25 per cent this year as household spending rockets from £200m of lockdown savings.
However, there are still challenges for SMEs including

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