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E193 Punchline Talks! with Dean Andrew Zihni, Daniel O'Neill, Neill Ricketts & Sarah Taylor Phillips

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

Finally, they round off by picking the stories that have caught their eye in this week's Punchline-Gloucester.com.

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

 This week's panel of experts were:

The Very Reverend Andrew Zihni - The Dean of Gloucester Cathedral. Easter is one of the cathedral's busiest periods, but what does it mean for it financially? We'll find out how and when Easter is planned and who and how many people are involved.

Daniel O'Neill - co-founder of ProCook - the company has 60 stores, 800 staff and a turnover of £70 million. Eighteen months ago, Daniel stepped down from the day-to-day running of the business. However, we'll find out how important this trading period is to the business, what are the latest kitchen trends and what else is he working on. Plus, Daniel picks his top coffee making machine.

Sarah Taylor Phillips - CEO of Career Voyage - a company that brings strategic focus to people at critical points in their career - helping the over 50s back into work. How do we get more back in the workplace and how can we put more value on life experience?

Neill Ricketts - graphene guru, ex-chair of Forest of Dean Economic Partnership and now the chair of GSS (GAS Sensing Solutions - a company based in Scotland). We find out more about - 'pure air', not hot air. A few months ago, Neill became a dad again for the seventh time - with twins - so a big congratulations to him and Jenna!

Another jam-packed edition as always, including Trump the bully, the best and worst Easter eggs (the panel pick their favourites), recruitment and job websites, recruiting older and younger people, rejection, Julie Kent, Allstone and Monster Mix, Gloucester Cathedral's new COO, the £107million Forum and much, much more.

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