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Your usual host Graham Robb is away today and has asked Nicky Jolley to step in for him.

Nicky's business, HR2DAY works with a huge range of clients in all kinds of sectors, so she's gained some amazing insights over the years into how different business and sectors operate.

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In the studio, we have David Land, founder and trustee of the NE STEM Foundation, a charity that aims to advance the education of young people in the North East in STEM subjects, and down the line we have Dr Roger Gewolb, a Fin ...