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Episode 2: Charlie Stockbridge, Fran Ash and Jeevan Punj
In this edition, hosts Carl Jones and Chris Pritchard celebrate the county's three winners of the King's Award for Enterprise, talk to the fifth generation of a family running one of Shropshire's oldest manufacturing businesses - The Manuscript Pen Company in Highley - and catch up with two of of the county's most prolific networkers, Fran Ash and Jeevan Punj. Plus, business news headlines and a report on the 'Battle of the Shropshire Accountants' on the football field.
Carl Jones and Chris Pritchard bring you the second Shropshire Business Podcast episode.
Carl visits the Manuscript Pen Company in Highley near Bridgnorth to chat with Charlie Stockbridge.
We hear from Fran Ash from Ash Plumbing & Bathrooms and Jeevan Punj, founder of Elite Hampers and find out the Company of the Year finalists for this year's Shropshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards
Plus the latest Shropshire business news!
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