This program is brought to you from The National Exhibition Centre , Birmingham, which plays host to the Broadcast Industries annual trade show as it were..The Sound Broadcasting Equipment Show. As sound is un-arguablbly the first method of Mans'communicating, it has come a long way since the unintelligable squeaks and grunts as made by primitive Man, Although listening to some stations offerings by way of 'Music' one wonders if there HAS been any progress at all!

This years show features a dazzling array of new products..my favourite was the solid state Recording Mic from HHB used to make this very show.

We talk to PSquared, HHB, Clarke Masts & WRN.

Do join us, whether you're part of the Industry or not..

On this weeks program , we visit the 2006 RAFA Battle of Britain Airshow, it having just taken a million pounds for its charitable work,congrats to Don Bean MBE and all his team for the year-long hard work they put in to achieve this, and thanks to their Patron this year HRH Princess Alexandra.

We speak to Nicholas Owen and Carol Barnes,well-known Newscasters here in the UK,and Capt. Mark Little of Fast Helicopters about Corporate purchase and charter, and the sheer flexibility of using helicopters as a Corporate tool..join me and learn how cost-effective it can be...

International Stunt Driver Terry Grant puts his cars, and his skills to the test, and claims a new entry in the Guiness Book of World records ....changing a wheel whilst the car is still in motion !!!

Photo (right top) shows Terry with Honda Civic Production auto.

Lucus Oils UK talk about thier affordable Dragster.

'MTV's 'Pimp My Ride' show claims millions of viewers around the world. Steve talks to Alex from West Coast Customs in LA about the stars autos..Arnold Swarzeneggar, Paris Hilton..and more!

Photo (bottom right) shows Alex and Ryan with the girls from Mutant and Kicker ICE brands in front of the Hummer ( with 20,000 Watts RMS !!!)at this years MAX POWER LIVE show from the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK.

For years the Yamaha name has featured at the top of the Marine Outboard sector, and now is no exception. Offering a comprehensive range form the smaller unit for a modest price, to the large V6 injection engine recently developed, the line is synonomous with reliability, quality of build & servicing & spares availability.. so if , with the summer up just around the corner, your thoughts turn to getting afloat, you can't afford to miss this program!

Jeff Turner , Marine Marketing Manager of Yamaha Motor UK, tells us just why the brand is performing so well against it's competitors worldwide.

We ask "Why Volvo Penta".. David Charie supplies the answers... plus THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2005.. Steve Lewis talks to Debbie Hadwen, their Communications Officer about the plans and stop-overs in next years spectacular event.

The biggest visitor to this years Schroders London Boatshow HMS Northumberland is a Type 23 Duke Class Frigate of the British Royal Navy.

More usually seen on patrol providing humanitarian aid or countering various illegal goings-on on the High-Seas of the world, we go aboard as she prepares to visit the Port of Newcastle in the North-East UK, tied-up alongside at the now, rather swish-looking (and a great exhibition & conference venue) London Docklands and talk to her Captain, Commander Alex Burton RN, who, with his Crew of nearly 200 men & women, myriad systems and plant  to keep in operation, is very much likened to Management  of any Corporation.

He tells Steve Lewis about life on-board, visiting the worlds trouble-spots, and how the Crew is entertained during it's R & R periods.

Parallels are drawn with business life versus life in the Military, and as it turns out they make similar demands, requiring many of the same skills, people management, budgetry juggling, lots of paperwork &  awkward decisions!

Our thanks to Commander Burton and the Crew of HMS Northumberland for their co-operation and hospitality during our visit.

Chichester Harbour on the south coast of the UK is a busy port that attracts many overseas visitors, not only of the human kind, but for the flocks of migrating birds this is a winter stop-over , so what happens here can affect other parts of the world quite literally . The award of £1.27 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund means that they can lauch many conservation-related projects.. like a solar-powered floating classroom.

This thriving port with its busy marinas has managed to integrate vast amounts of tourists with its important conservation work... and others in Europe have followed their model. Philip Couchman, who delights in  the title of 'Manager of the Area of  Outstanding Natural Beauty' explains to Steve Lewis how commerce & conservation can go hand-in-hand.

Chichester Harbour on the South Coast of the UK. Top picture looking towards Bosham Church, where KING CANUTE tried to turn back the tide and where his 8 year old daughter, who drowned after falling into the mill stream is buried. There is speculation that KING HAROLD, who died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 is also interred here. (Click pictures for larger version.)

As an adult, coping with a serious,perhaps terminal illness is hard enough, but to have a child with one is absolutely devastating.

Back in the summer when I interviewed former Olympic Skater Jayne Torvill ( A Patron of James House) she spoke to me passionately about their vital work.

This week the program looks at the service offered by James House Childrens Hospice here in the UK.

This charity helps children & parents in their own homes,  in this highly specialised  Care, Support &  Nursing area.

Of course, all this takes money, and James Hannaway, their Fund-Raising Manager tells us how funds are put in place for these vital services.

The 2003 'Business World' Christmas Appeal will, I'm sure, instill in us all, the worth of giving this organisation our support.

Photos : Patron Jayne Torvil (3rd from left) at a fund-raiser

Steve Lewis takes a tour of this British Winery, making & bottling fine English Wines  & Mead from natural ingredients...no colouring or essences here!

We meet The Lord of Lurgashall, & CEO, Jerome Schooler, who being  an American, seems to wear his title well ! He is passionate about his products, supplied to Crowned Heads, Governments, Hotels, Corporates & Country Estates.

His Wine Maker, Hans, has brought with him the art of his profession from Germany, and you may find your taste for the more traditional wines fading rather ,as we hear about some new  and exciting products made from some interesting raw materials ! ( tulips?)

They even offer special labels with a photo of you on ...now that's what I call  real Wine Snobbery!!!

(click pictures to enlarge)

Steve Lewis links up with New Zealand and talks to Jeff Cook from Topline International about their Nature Bee range of health and skincare products.

This multi-million dollar marketing operation sells in New Zealand, Australia the UK & USA.but as Jeff explains it hasn't all been plain sailing to get to his dominating market position.

Starting from a comment by a friend who kept bees, Jeff wasn't to realise just what a large part these endearing little hard-working insects would play in his life, health & lifestyle!

Listen to his story of succeess this week.

Photo shows the attractively-packaged Nature Bee  'Potentiated' Bee Pollen Health Suppliment.

The GOODWOOD ESTATE in the UK, home of Glorious Goodwood races and the Festival of Speed. This world-class venue attracts major sponsorship & top Corporate Events, with facilities such as its own airfield, racecourse, motor circuit, golfcourse, Country House and the award-winning Marriott Goodwood Park Hotel.

It takes a whole year to plan and it's certainly worthwhile to put it on your itenerary if you're visiting the UK in the summer...held at the Stately Home of Stansted House, at Rowlands castle, in Hampshire, The Garden Show features not only displays  and blooms,as one would imagine, but a wealth of first-hand knowledge from exhibitors and growers alike.

This is the place to come when planning your garden, whether you grow Beetroots or Begonias!

Speak to some of the best horticultural experts around, admire the surroundings, or even picnic in the grounds..but above all...do come!

Steve Lewis talks to The Garden Shows' Jane Sterk.

When the program visited their UK headquarters back in the summer of 2003, we learnt how this market-leader in the communications, navigation & sonars for applications in the commercial fishing and oil exploration fields, kept abreast of  the technological developments...we talked to Jeremy Harrison, ( then G.M, now  Director, since the aquisition of B & G, manufacturing for the yachting market ).. we talked with him again in the British Marine Federation Lounge at this years Schroders London Boatshow.

photos :SIMRAD  44/54 Series Radar & Chart- Plotter

SIMRAD XX34 Series GPS ChartPlotter / ChartSounder with high-quality TFT  7-inchScreen.

Toby Hornett gives us the facts about FRACTIONAL EXECUTIVE AIRPLANE LEASING... no down-time on your Corporate airplane,no wasted costs involved when you're not using it, and no queueing at the airport.

This is the Business-Class way to go, based at Biggin Hill Airport in Kent AIR TOURING MANAGEMENT is the leading company pioneering this cost-effective way to manage your time.

Photos show TBM 700 Turbo-prop.

With their innovative use of existing Broadband technology, Inclarity have come-up with this sure-fire winner! A great way to keep in contact with your outlaying offices and manufacturing plants,especially oversas.The distant parts of your organisation are a mere extention of your phone...AND NO CALL CHARGES!! Clients are lining-up to take advantage.BROADBAND TELEPHONY is here to stay!

Photo shows Inclarity / Cisco Systems Broadband Telephony 'phone.

Lexus has recorded its best July sales figures yet as the new RX300 sustains its powerful market performance. Both in July and in the period since its launch in May, RX300 has comprehensively outsold all other petrol-powered luxury SUVs. Hear about how they did it, only on Business World.

Also featured on this program their flag-ship LS430,eminently suited to Exectuve travel between meetings. Its smooth, quiet, sumptuous interior,lends itself well to working whilst on the move.

Photos show  Regional Operatons Manager Iain McCall with RX 300

The program comes from Pendley Manor in Hertfordshire,  former home of the late show-jumping commontator, Dorian Willaims, now a prestigious conference venue, & catch up with TV Celeb CHARLIE DIMMOCK at their Garden Show,who reveals why she is walking The Great Wall of China... and we go all Shakespearian with The Pendley Manor Shakespeare Festival... (now in it's 54th year) an International affair, playing to packed houses each night.. a venue with a difference... only on 'Business World'

When the program visited Tarquin Yacht Harbour, their UK base, we caught-up with a client who had just taken delivery of his SIGNATURE 454. Based in Guernsey, Channel Islands, he runs his financial business from on-board spending some time away from his office. All the normal facilities are here at his 'Office afloat' and with the advent of superb communications for Web, phone & fax through Inmarsat, it really does make for a flexible alternative to the land-based operation.

Photos show TRADER 454

The program visited Londons' Gatwick Airport and tested this, the fastest & most direct route into the centre of London.

With their fast, comfortable, modern trains, this is by far and away our preferred method of travel, cutting down journey time, with room to work, stretch your legs and catch-up with your mails en-route, whilst sipping a cup of coffee and in no time at all you  find yourself at London's Victoria Station, with its transport links accross the capital.

Tickets may be purchased at Gatwick Airport Rail Station, on the train or you can prebook.. just visit our  'LINKS' page here at WMSL-UK's website & click on the 'Gatwick Express' logo.

Photos : GEX train & Business/First Class interior

Set at the foot of the rolling South Downs in the UK County of West Sussex, we follow in the footsteps of History and find an ancient castle with all the modern niceties of the 21st Century !

With it's battlements, portcullis and high-walled seclusion, what better & more secure place to hold a seminar, conference or product launch away from the prying eyes of competitors, or without the attention of the Ladies & Gentlemen of the Press !!

We take the tour, including the 'Haunted Bedroom' rumoured to be inhabited by the ghost of Emily, who long ago, threw herself & baby from the roof...I don't know what to make of the fact that as we were in mid interview in this very room during the second half of the program, someone increased the volume on my digital recorder !!

A preferred way to arrive is by helicopter, and HARRODS the legendary London Store, runs excursions here in its Corporate machine to take Afternoon Tea.. how very civilised and a 'must do' item on your  next UK itinerary!

The program comes from the Emsworth, Hampshire UK, home of TACTICK.. manufacturers a range of surely, what must be the most innovative & practical yacht & power-boat instruments.. especially when considering a do-it-yourself refit.

Utilising wireless technology, these precision, state-of-the-art navigation instuments are a most desireable accessory (and neccesity!) aboard any power-boat or yacht.'Doing away with the wires' seems like a great idea, given the complexity of instrumentation on-board these days!

Photos: Two of the TACTICK range of 'MICRONET' wireless instuments.