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INSIDE... 6: News A round-up of the good news during the COVID-19 pandemic including Open House Pictures campaign launch, Street Food Chef set to re-open and our unLTD online social event! 9: The Diary Our editor says we’ll be taking the new normal day by day. 16: If You Ask Me A number of organisations tell us how COVID-19 is affecting their sector and the changes they’ve made to adapt. 25: Product Guide Steel City’s James Biggin with his pick of PPE and hand sanitiser products. 26: Cover Story: Evoluted Evoluted share their plans for the first ever livestreaming Sheffield DM event because of COVID-19. 35: Skills Focus The Source talks training and apprenticeship news and funding to help develop staff. 36: Sheffield City Region James Muir, Chair of the SCR Local Enterprise Partnership, on the steps being taken during the pandemic to build a prosperous future for workers and businesses. 40: Remote Working CT’s Ian Snow with some safe and seamless solutions for home workers. 44: Top of the Pods James Marriott leads our feature on why podcasting can help your business during COVID-19. 46: Active Travel Travel South Yorkshire’s Active and Sustainable Travel team share how they have adapted their offering and activities while social distancing.
EVERYTHING ELSE: 11: Entrepreneur Support 13: Legal Matters 15: Financial Health 39: Thinking in 3D! 43: Securing your Assets 50: Charities
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FAB FEEDBACK AND VIRTUAL VICTORIES ‘Congrats on your latest, special issue’ – Jamie Veitch, Business Live. ‘I am glad you are carrying on sending these via e-mail as they are a breath of fresh air in what can be a very depressing time at present. Keep up the excellent work!’ - Greg Majchrzak, Tufcot. Just two highlights among the fabulous feedback we’ve received on our mid-month online edition. And that follows the cracking comments we got after our previous print issue hit the streets shortly after the UK went into lockdown. unLTD was set up to be a vibrant platform for the modern Sheffield City Region business community – we, like so many other businesses across the region and the country, have adapted during these tricky times to ensure we continue to be a useful resource sharing and showcasing the news and views of the SCR. Our cover story is a great example. Evoluted digital marketing agency have been running the Sheffield DM meet-ups for nearly 18 months – but next week’s will be the first to be livestreamed because of COVID-19. MD Ash Young and head of marketing Giorgio Cassella share their plans, plus their views on the business community adapting during lockdown – and as we approach the ‘new normal’. Speaking of events, we have an online one of our own – also next week! unLTD has partnered with local business consultants Andy Hanselman Consulting to host a virtual get-together on Zoom with three local business people who will share what's working for them (and what's not!). Read more in our news story on page 7. And it’s not all work, work, work – Team unLTD also got to turn super sleuths to take part in a ‘diamond heist’ in our socially distancing downtime, too – all via the magic of (what else but) Zoom thanks to an online escape room adventure! We were part of a crack commando team and sat at our screens to direct Wildfire Agency MD Nathan Angus who was locked in the vault with a camera attached to him. Not only did we find the diamond and get Nathan out of the vault, we did it with 14 minutes to spare – a new record (at time of going to press – or online!)
@UNLTDBUSINESS UNLTD BUSINESS UNLTDBUSINESS EDITORIAL Richard Fidler richard@unltdbusiness.com Jill Theobald editorial@unltdbusiness.com General hello@unltdbusiness.com 0114 252 7781 ADVERTISING Phil Turner phil@unltdbusiness.com 07979 498034 General advertising@unltdbusiness.com FINANCE Sarah Koriba and Michael Johnson accounts@exposedmagazine.co.uk DESIGN HRM | PR & Creative CONTRIBUTORS James Biggin Jo Davison Andy Hanselman Sam Leeder Jade March James Marriott James Muir
Sam Price Paul Reeve Bronte Saulle Raj Shah Ian Snow Helen Williams Jamie Veitch
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