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BQ Yorkshire Editor Mike Hughes finds himself very much in tune with the thinking of Adam Cox, owner and MD of Cavendish Pianos. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

Wool’s return to popularity is promising fashion designer Andrea Freeman a 50% leap in business with her revived brand – not bad for an enterprise barely two years old. She tells Brian Nicholls what’s selling and where. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

By setting up Mara Seaweed, Fiona Houston is doing much more than simply following in her family’s footsteps – she’s creating a whole new global brand, rooted in the provenance of Scotland’s pristine marine environment. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

A simple bottle that crushes fruit to encourage people to drink more water fell flat as an idea on TV’s Dragons’ Den. But now Charlotte Rogers is proving the dragons wrong. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

Producing packaging that’s made from plants sounds like an idea straight from the pages of a science fiction novel, but Joe and Lucy Frankel and their team have turned the concept into a thriving business. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

Mike Hughes meets Tom Brown, who offers a warm 'Welcome' to his customers at his Leeds skateboard shop. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

The recent marriage of motor sales giant Lookers and Benfield, until then the North East’s biggest private family business, wasn’t a takeover but an integration, Lookers boss Nigel McMinn tells Brian Nicholls from the inside. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

Yorkshireman Richard Paxman explains the motivations behind Paxman Scalp Cooling, helping prevent chemotherapy-induced alopecia Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

Sir Chris Hoy is Britain’s most successful Olympian, but how has he translated success on the cycling track to success in the world of business? Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

The genesis of Spearhead Compliance Training came from terrible risks taken in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. Maureen Messent reports on John Loveday's battle to wash away his demons. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

Steeplejack turned entrepreneur Dave Stone tells us how he came into this trade, and how he came to be MD of a £2m turnover business. Tell us what you think - find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/BQLive. For the text version, and other stories, please visit our website, at bqlive.co.uk/audio. Find out more about Dave from http://www.stonetechnicalgroup.co.uk/. With a substantial digital offering, first-class printed publications and targeted events nationwide, BQ reaches a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, MDs and CEOs of high growth businesses. We are empowering the business community to embrace growth, reporting on local business success wherever we find it and telling the stories that you won’t find anywhere else. Music courtesy of Jukedeck.

BQ has been writing the stories of British entrepreneurs since 2008. Now, we're bringing you these stories each week in a podcast. www.bqlive.co.uk/audio Music thanks to JukeDeck.