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Why your small business needs its own podcast

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Firms are keen to set up their own small business podcast to bolster their brand and take advantage of the medium’s exponential growth.
According to 2019 figures from Ofcom, around 7.1m people now listen to podcasts each week. That breaks down to one in eight people which is a 24pc increase on the previous year. It seems that new audiences are still emerging – half of respondents have started listening to podcasts in the past two years. Regular podcast listeners consume an average of seven podcasts per week.
Three quarters said they’d listened to a podcast of a BBC radio programme, the highest proportion of any type of podcast, with iPlayer Radio (now BBC Sounds) being the most popular audio-only service for all age groups.
Ofcom’s findings, combined with RAJAR, Chartable and BBC, revealed that entertainment is the most popular podcast category, followed by comedy and discussion/talk shows.
Interestingly, 22pc of people who own a smart speaker use them to listen to podcasts – one in five homes in the UK now own one or more smart speakers.
Small businesses have already started to carve into the world of business and branded podcasting, but you might recognise these

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Work-at-Home Job Review: Tutoring with Chegg

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So, you want to work-from-home, and you’ve been considering tutoring as a potential way to earn a living? Tutoring from home has never been more accessible or more appealing to many people around the world. Technology and the internet make online learning the most convenient choice for both teachers and students alike. I’ve been doing […]

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Treasury bails out small businesses in co-working spaces

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Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
The government has bailed out small businesses in co-working spaces and market traders ineligible for coronavirus business grants to the tune of £617m.
This additional £617m will be added to the £12.3bn handed to local authorities for them to distribute to all small businesses, with additional help for those in retail, leisure and hospitality.
Small businesses working out of co-working spaces cried foul that, because they were not directly paying business rates, they were ineligible for either the small business grants fund or the retail, hospitality and leisure grants.
>See also: Nearly 40% of small business grants still unpaid five weeks in
According to research from business rates experts Colliers, more than 10,000 small businesses based in shared offices originally missed out on the grant.
There will be three levels of grant payments from between £10,000 up to £25,000.
However, local authorities can decide to pay amounts of less than £10,000 depending on local needs, if they so wish.
Qualifying businesses

Businesses in shared spaces
Regular market traders
Small charity properties
Bed and breakfasts that pay council tax rather than business rates

Emma Jones, founder small business support network, Enterprise Nation, said: “It is great news that the government has extended grant support to small

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