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Representatives from B4’s Professional Services Hub talk about the support available for businesses at what continues to be a very challenging time for everyone. This is your opportunity to come and ask the experts their views on specific problems you might have in your business and hear about opportunities which will hopefully provide you with invaluable support.

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Leading Sales and Marketing experts give you their top tip to enable your business to thrive in an economic recession. Join James White and guests in discussing how companies can overcome challenging times and win new business as we move into 2021.

Join B4 in learning about Astroscale, a fascinating and innovative business addressing the issue of space debris and supporting the sustainable utilisation of space. Astroscale Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings, is a company with a mission to secure safe and sustainable long-term development of space for the benefit of future generations. Astroscale was founded in 2013 by CEO Nobu Okada and now has offices in Tokyo, Harwell, Singapore, Denver and Tel Aviv. Its founder and employees are passionate about solving this growing environmental concern and want to address the issue with a business mindset. Astroscale has recently completed a series ‘E’ round of funding bringing the total capital raised to $191 US million and now has over 100 staff globally. Astroscale’s vision is to develop innovative technologies, advance the business case, and inform the international policies that lead to a reduction in orbital debris and support long-term, sustainable utilization of space.

We’re joined by Tim Vorley, the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean at Oxford Brookes Business School. As a social science researcher, Tim’s work focuses predominantly on entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development. Tim is currently leading a number of large projects:

• The Innovation Caucus is jointly funded by the ESRC and Innovate UK to promote the impact of social science research in shaping innovation policies, programmes and practice. See www.innovationcaucus.co.uk

• NextGenPSF is a project funded under the Industrial a Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) focuses on promoting the AI readiness of legal and accountancy firms by focusing on organisational and institutional factors. See www.nextgenpsf.co.uk

• The Productivity Insights Network is a flagship investment of the ESRC that has promoted social science wide engagement with the UK Productivity Puzzle as well as working with policymakers and businesses. See www.productivityinsightsnetwork.co.uk

Welcome to the B4 business podcast. I’m Richard Rosser from B4 and today I’m joined by Angus Horner, Director of Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, in South Oxfordshire.

Harwell is home to organisations, institutions and businesses shaping the world of today and tomorrow, a campus where world-class people work in world-class facilities to solve global challenges.

In 2013 Angus founded what is now the 50% private sector shareholding in the Harwell Campus Partnership, to help UK Government accelerate growth.

He is a firm believer in the power of research and innovation to deliver improved health, economic and social wellbeing.