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SHOP TALK
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Tuesdays 16:00-16:30
Intelligent and entertaining conversation about business, money, technology and workplace issues.

Presented by Heather Payton, each programme picks up on trends and returns to stories that have moved out of the headlines.
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Tuesday 9 August 2005

Toff tips for business

Its official: even very posh people now have to work for a living.

You may have a pile in the country, but these days it can cost you upwards of a hundred thousand pounds a year to keep going.

More and more stately home owners are resorting to selling, if not the family silver, then at least bits of the land.

And what about those who have ventured into private businesses, has their title been a hindrance or a help to their chosen career?

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Peter York
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Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd
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Rt. Hon Hugh Crossley
Owner, Somerleyton Hall

Tim Heald
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Belinda Gooding
MD, Duchy Originals

Jim Walker
Joint Director, Walkers Shortbread

Reporter: Emma Rippon

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