New Hands

Thanks for the eagle eyes out there...

Mea culpea...some photos did get mixed up and Agnes' trolley was labeled as being in programme 5. Thanks to everyone who has pointed out this mistake. However, today you can hear all about Agnes' amazing trolley.
This is the last in the present series...

Agnes McInnes and her trolley , next week March 29 at the usual time.

Agnes is not your typical entrepreneur.  She's 84 and suffers from tendonitis.  When she couldn't find a trolley to help her with household tasks, she decided to invent one herself.  She's spent a small fortune on it but is still nowhere near getting it to market.  Lesley gets on the case and finds out why Agnes has been led a merry dance by so-called advisers and Old Hand patent expert Gilbert Perry, puts Agnes on the right path.

Associated websites.
Intellectual Property Office

Launchboard for Launchboard Games - New Hands 22 March

Andrew and Will are graduates from Abertay University's Games Technology course and they're desperate to come up with the next Grand Theft Auto. They're not short of ideas but they're short of cash.  To give them the leg up they need, Lesley introduces them to games supremo Chris Wright who shares some valuable trade secrets with them.

Associated web sites:

Launchboard

Games Consultancy

Chris Wright's column on Pocket Gamer

Anthony Wright of Barrhead Leather Bags - next week's New Hand

What does Anthony, a 7th generation tanner, do to diversify and, hopefully, save his company?  He sets up a business making deerskin handbags, of course. But how does he brand them?  Lesley calls on the services of marketing guru Suzanne George to offer her pearls of wisdom.  Will Anthony take her advice?

Check out ;

The Barrhead Leather Company

Denvir Marketing

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Has Burns' burns been burnt ? Next week's New Hands

Gary Burns is on a mission to save the world's carpets from burn marks with his docking station for hair straighteners.  But the business advice he's been given in the past has been contradictory. Should he find a manufacturer or license his product to a major company?  Lesley tracks down Old Hand Ron Hamilton who's been there and sets out Gary's options.