‘Treat it like your own home’ - TV chef and Mowgli founder Nisha Katona's top tips for businesses - video Dailymotion

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A 'lack of time' could be costing the average small business £4,000 every year. Energy bills are the top concern for SME owners in the region, with 48% identifying them as a "major" worry.

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00:00A lack of time could be costing the average small business £4,000 every year.

00:06Energy bills are the top concern for SME owners in the region, with 48% identifying them as

00:12a major worry.

00:14The research commissioned by Smart Energy GB, who are working with Mowgli Street food

00:18founder and TV chef Nisha Katona to help small business owners navigate their way through

00:23their business expenditure.

00:25It's really hard.

00:26And that's what we find is, I know because I am one, but you know, small business owners,

00:31they feel as though there aren't enough hours in the day to keep on top of absolutely all

00:35of their outgoings.

00:36And there are so many outgoings and that's why it's a real triumph when you can take

00:41control of all of those bills and understand, you know, what's going out.

00:46A forget-to-cancel culture where a lack of time means regular subscriptions roll over

00:50without being reviewed was another reason why 24% felt they had higher outgoings.

00:56You come into this building of a business and there's a million outgoings and a million

01:01suppliers you're having to deal with, and all of this, you know, trying to manage your

01:05costs and thinking, how can I build this so that I'm not expensive, so that I'm still

01:09reasonably priced?

01:11And that is why I'm so passionate about, you know, small business owners not being afraid

01:17of building your businesses and actually treating it as though it's your own home.

01:21You know, things like the smart meter, for instance, just, you know, if you, if you do

01:25it in your own home, you do it in your business.

01:27If you care about switching lights off in your own home, you need to care about it in

01:30your business.

01:31In 2023, the North West was the English region with the largest increase of private sector

01:37businesses according to ONS figures.

01:40I think our spirit is phenomenal in this city.

01:43And do you know what is also great is that the way the city will support you if you start

01:47a business.

01:48Do you know what I mean?

01:49When I started Mowgli, the majority of my dishes, can you imagine, were meat-free?

01:53I mean, how was that even a thing at the time when people were doing the dirty burgers

01:56and Liverpool rallied around me?

‘Treat it like your own home’ - TV chef and Mowgli founder Nisha Katona's top tips for businesses

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