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25/11/2012

Declan Curry with lively analysis of the big business stories making the headlines.

And as hundreds of homes stand flooded across England and Wales, we have the latest updates and hear how insurers and train companies are handling it.

The woman who set up the MOBO music awards is here in the studio - she's Kanya King - she'll tell us why she was willing to risk her home - to set up in business.

Juliet Davenport runs the energy company Good Energy - she'll tell us why we need to pay more now to secure an affordable energy future.

And, with revisions to GDP figures due next week, Allister Heath from the financial newspaper City AM tells us if the revival in the economy is as strong as we thought it was.

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Sun 25 Nov 2012 20:00

Juliet Davenport, Founder and Chief Executive of Good Energy

Juliet Davenport, Founder and Chief Executive of Good Energy
Juliet Davenport is Founder and Chief Executive of Good Energy, the UK's leading 100% renewable electricity supplier. Juliet set up Good Energy wanting to provide UK consumers with the option of an energy supplier supplying renewable electricity. Today, Good Energy supplies more than 30,000 homes and businesses across the UK and supports a community of 40,000 independent renewable generators, all harnessing power from the wind, water, sun or through sustainable biogeneration. In July 2012, Good Energy Group was listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Kanya King, Founder of the MOBO Awards

Kanya King, Founder of the MOBO Awards
Kanya King is聽Founder and Chief Executive聽of the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, which she set up with Andy Ruffell in 1996. Kanya's dedication to MOBO music has been recognised with accolades including being listed in The 2011 Guardian Music Power 100 and being named as a patron of Music at City of Westminster College.聽 She has been listed in Real Business Britain's 100 Most Entrepreneurial Women and the Evening Standard's 1000 London Most Influential People for a number of years. Kanya is also a board member for London Entrepreneurial Exchange.

Allister Heath, Editor of City A.M.

Allister Heath, Editor of City A.M.
Allister Heath is Editor of City A.M., the daily business newspaper distributed in and around London and digitally. Under his editorship, the paper has grown to a print circulation of 130,000 copies per day. Allister was born in France, moving to the UK for university. He contributes regularly to a range of media on business issues.

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  • Sun 25 Nov 2012 20:00