Episode 6: Live from Town Square. Join Ellie and Nigel for a lively and highly informative afternoon out - as they gather tips and answer questions from business owners at Kingston’s new Town Square co-working space. These range from how to respond to lost business or a slowdown in trade to advice on minimising your accountancy bills. 
For starters, your hosts discover for themselves why a business problem shared really can be a problem halved. Everyone they meet there speaks to the benefits of sharing your trading dilemmas, ambitions and little wins with like-minded people who are going through it all themselves - most likely in an entirely different field. There are more ways you can help each other than you can imagine. Our dynamic duo kick things off by picking the brains of the co-working space chain’s inspiring founder Gareth Jones. He explains how successful freelancers and business owners learn to be risk aware - but not risk averse. This is why family and friends may not always be your best port of call for business advice. As a busy accountant, Ellie admits she is happy to spend much of the day holed up in her office working for her clients. But Gareth explains how true networking is not about going to dull events, swopping business cards or accepting Linked In connections from strangers. It is all about earmarking time to get to know other professional people you trust - people who are far more likely to share their experience and give you valuable pointers for free in a casual or sociable setting. People like local entrepreneurs Raj Rajendram and Steve Grant - two centre regulars who share some of their business journeys so far.
Warning to business loners: listening to this podcast could change your whole approach to building your enterprise!

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