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On week 28 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Matt Williams of Cypher, Tracy Smart of The Smart Team and Sam Jones of NGI Finance. This week the topic of conversation centred about the financial impact of COVID but also how business should be using their finances.

On week 27 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Jonathan Drew of The Explorations Company, Rachel Tredwell of Not Just Travel and Theo Chapman and Ben Ryder of Theo’s Gap  The Topic of conversation was the impact the pandemic has had on the travel industry and how it will bounce back.

On week 26 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Mike Woodward of Opera Anywhere, Giles Stoakley of Creation Theatre and Vanessa Woodward of Sunningwell school of Arts.  The Topic of conversation was the impact the pandemic has had on businesses from the arts and what the future holds. 

To mark the 25th edition of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by our kind sponsor, Cath Convery of Explosive Learning Solutions, along with Mick Latter of Focus ecommerce & marketing and Marc Kavanagh of MK Mortgages.  To celebrate Armed Forces Day, we spoke about how Oxfordshire businesses could benefit from supporting our local military personnel.    

On week 24 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Brendon Cross of STL Communications, Peter Smith of The M Group and Nick Streeter from the charity, Special Effect.  The topic of conversation was the Twin Town Challenge 2022 - the charity event that brings Oxfordshire together in 150 cars to raise money for such a worthy cause. 

On week 23 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Paul Jarvis of KMS Litho Rachel Cox of Amica Marketing and Jackie Cross of Jacqueline Cross Photography. The topic of conversation was how to make your business look it's best!

On week 22 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Nicola Graham of Tops Health, Sara Southey of The Southey Way and Anne Marie Robinson of BMR Health & Wellbeing.  The topic of conversation was why health and wellbeing is so important for us all

On week 21 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Mark Smith of Paul Basham Associates and Jayne Norris of Edgars.  The topic of conversation was about how our towns will change post-pandemic and indeed the building sector as a whole. 

On week 20 of The Business Brunch with Ben & Mike we were joined by Mary Thomas of Concise Training, Sam Stretton of Logicom Hub and Graham Matthews of Tactical Tuition.  We were discussing what do businesses need to consider when thinking about their training.