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Gemma Wass & Deb Mason guest on The Business Show 20th March 2025

March 23, 2025 • Mark Harris / Deb Mason / Gemma Wass • Season 10 • Episode 11

On The Business Show on Marlow FM on 20th March 2025, my guests were Gemma Wass of Harding Financial and Deb Mason of Clean Services.

The Damned were the link between the two tracks I played, given the sad demise of Brian James, their founding guitarist. First came “New Rose” - you can hear it at https://youtu.be/TUxFQ5QBiYk?si=lgJepfvC3pqLp24W – I love the raw energy of the video.

Deb Mason then spoke about Clean Services, a commercial laundry who play a crucial role in keeping industry running, particularly in the hospitality sector. And she also ran through the wide range of other services they provide, including workwear and special event linen.

You can connect with Deb via https://www.linkedin.com/in/debmasonsocialmediacommsspecialist/ and the company website is at https://www.cleanservices.co.uk/ .

Gemma then spoke about the work of Harding Financial, addressing the financial affairs of businesses and individuals to enable them to plan for the future they seek, making dreams come true!

For more on Gemma see https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-wass-previously-ryeland-180a3611/ and their website is at https://hardingfinancial.co.uk/ .

Her music choice was Ella Henderson with “Brave” because the words tie in with Harding’s charitable efforts. Hear it at https://youtu.be/JTK1nC8ptkA?si=6V7xbF6WKgqRd03Q .

Deb’s story for us was at https://www.dreams.co.uk/loveyourbed which provoked quite a conversation about the merits of different forms of TV advertising.

We then played Deb’s choice of music – “Fresh” by Kool & the Gang, because it goes so well with what we just discussed! You can hear it at https://youtu.be/sTJ1XwGDcA4?si=YCkhD0t9z_c46vHm .

And Gem’s story was https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/16/uk-high-street-chains-restaurants-cash-payments - the first time I’ve heard to pro-cash argument that we need it to keep society going in the event of a catastrophe. What do you think?

We had a little time to discuss the story I found at https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/24996556.aldi-launches-design-competition-bucks-children/ - do we feel positive about this, or have they got it a bit wrong?

The last song was the second from The Damned – “Smash it up” - hear a great live version at https://youtu.be/i9zzqfjdF2Y?si=8k5ktecbH68ow_pH .

You can connect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/enterprisedoctor/ and join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/enterprisedoctorbusinessshow/.

My website is at https://enterprisedoctor.co.uk/.

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