28/04/2013
Declan Curry is joined by Jane Asher - entrepreneur, writer, actress and baker of wonderful cakes.
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On the Money has its cake and eats it
Jane Asher, Actress and Founder of Jane Asher Party Cakes
Jane Asher is a successful actress, author and businesswoman. She has been working professionally in film, theatre and radio since she was 5 years old and has also written more than a dozen books, including three best-selling novels.
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After the major success of her first book (on making and decorating cakes), she launched her business, Jane Asher Party Cakes, in 1990, selling bespoke celebration cakes. In 1998 she opened the sugarcraft side of the business, stocking everything needed for making and decorating cakes at home. She has听a website, selling the sugarcraft items worldwide via the online shop. Her instructional YouTube videos on cake decorating have received over three million views.
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Jane recently finished a run of Charley's Aunt, with Mathew Horne, at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London and appeared on screen this spring in a new romantic comedy 'I Give it a Year' and on TV in a new five part drama 'Dancing on the Edge' by Stephen Poliakoff.
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Jane's work in the charity sector is well respected. She is President of Parkinson's UK, President of the National Autistic Society and President of Arthritis Care; Vice President of Autistica; Ambassador for the Prince's Trust; Friend for Life, Terrence Higgins Trust. She is a Patron of many other voluntary organizations.
Philip Letts, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive of blur Group
Philip has run a string of high profile web ventures operating across the US and Europe. Business is very much in Philip's blood, he's a direct descendent of Thomas Letts, who launched the world's first commercially produced diary nearly 200 years ago.
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Philip founded blur Group seven years ago and it was listed on AIM at the beginning of October 2012. blur is a new way of buying and delivering services within the creative, IT, legal and accountancy fields. It currently trades across 133 countries allowing businesses to work with talent across the globe.
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In 2000, he was recruited by Silicon Valley legend, Bill Draper, to become one of the first British Chief Executives to run an established Valley business: Tradaq, one of the largest B2B Exchanges and a US public company.
Aditya Chakrabortty, Economics Leader Writer and Columnist, The Guardian
Aditya Chakrabortty is Economics Leader Writer and Columnist at the Guardian. He joined the paper following a stint at the 大象传媒 where he was a Senior Producer on the 大象传媒 Ten o'clock News and on Newsnight.
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Aditya spent five years as Economics Producer for the 大象传媒, working with then-Economics Editor Evan Davis, and his series of reports from China won a Harold Wincott Award in 2006.
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He has also written for the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the FT Magazine and the New Statesman. He听studied Modern History听at Oxford.
Broadcast
- Sun 28 Apr 2013 20:00大象传媒 Radio 5 Live