In one way, social enterprises are like any other business - they make money from selling goods and services in an open market, but rather than making a profit for their owners or shareholders instead they reinvest those profits to create social change, improve communities and enhance people’s life chances. Harry McDaid is the Chief Executive Officer at the Ulster Community Investment Trust; Colin Jess, Director at Social Enterprise NI; Seamus O'Prey, Chief Executive Officer at Ortus and...

Did you know SMEs make up 99% of the private sector? They contribute 75% of private sector turnover - that's significantly more than in the rest of the UK. Here to share their insight are Roger Pollen of the FSB, consultant Simon Haigh, digital specialist Emma Gribben and Newry BID manager Eamonn Connolly.

The idea of an all-Ireland food standards zone as part of a Brexit solution has remained at the top of the political agenda this week. It would mean Northern Ireland continuing to follow EU rules after Brexit as a way to prevent checks at the border. The Prime Minister's advisor has discussed the idea in Brussels - and it hasn't been ruled out by the DUP. It just emphasises how the food and agriculture industry has become central to the Brexit debate. It's food companies who would face some...

Manufacturing remains a key sector of our economy, employing around 90,000 people. That's the highest level in 10 years. It's also supposed to be an important part of our economic future . Advanced Manufacturing was a key plank of Stormont's planned industrial strategy. Like any sector, if it's to thrive it has to keep attracting talent, but with one estimate suggesting only 6 % of young people see it as a career, it faces a stark problem. And then there are the number of women working in the...

Wendy speaks to Roger Pollen, Head of External Affairs NI at Federation of Small Businesses, Justin Edwards, Chief Executive of CCEA, Richard Kirk, Director of Work+ and Dr Jonathan Heggarty, Director of Curriculum and Learner Success at Belfast Metropolitan College.

Wendy speaks to Tonya Kidd-Beggs, owner of Stories by Eliza Grace; Elaine Dobson, owner of Tahlia Leather; Mario Sierra, managing director and owner of Mourne Textiles; and Rory Shearer, board member of Craft NI and co-owner of R & H Shearer Ceramics.

We speak to Daniel McGlade, founder and chief executive of Oroson, Andrew Webb, chief economist at Grant Thornton Northern Ireland, Marie Lindsay, principal of St Mary's College, Derry and Joan McCoy from the Federation of Small Businesses and director of White Ink Architects.

We speak to Nick Whelan, group chief executive at Dale Farm, Glenn Bradley, corporate head of global supply chain at Hardscape, Mark Campbell, senior manager of Randox and Michael Graham, executive chairman of the Graham Group.

Wendy speaks to Eimear Flanagan, from Away a Wee Walk, Patricia McCauley, from Belleek Pottery, Wendy Gallagher, from Causeway Coast Foodie Tours and Terry Murphy, from Terra Travel.

Find out what makes an attractive investment for them, what you might expect from them, where you can find them and a whole lot more besides.

We speak to Roseann Kelly, CEO of Diversity Mark NI, Joris Minne, Board Member of Women In Business and Chair of the public relations company JComms, Barry Phillips, Chair of Legal Island, Laura Hinton, Head of People for PwC and Charles Cotton, Senior Adviser for Performance and Reward to the CIPD.

We speak to Chris McClelland, programme manager of Ignite, Anne Orr from Aluna, John Doherty from TrueStock and Ryan Scollan from G-science. *Listeners to Radio Ulster DAB will hear live coverage of the Cavan v Armagh Ulster SFC semi-final replay & All-Ireland qualifiers.

John speaks to Lorraine Nelson, Associate Director of the Tax group at Grant Thornton, Conall Donnelly, Executive Director of Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association, Gina Miller, Co-Founder of SCM Direct and Founder Centrum Campaign Limited and David Shiels, a Policy Analyst with the Pro-Brexit Think Tank Open Europe. *Listeners to Radio Ulster DAB will hear live coverage of the Cavan v Armagh Ulster SFC semi-final replay & All-Ireland qualifiers.

Wendy speaks to Elaine Smyth, Director of Innovation Community at Catalyst, Chris Gregg, CEO of Lightyear, Gillian Armstrong, Director of Business Engagement at Ulster University and Gavin Kennedy Bank of Ireland's Head of Business Banking in NI.

We speak to John Bamber, Chairman of The Open Championship Committee, Royal Portrush Golf Club, Murray Bell, President of Causeway Coast and Glens Chamber of Commerce, Wilma Erskine, Secretary Manager, Royal Portrush Golf Club, John McGrillen, Chief Executive of Tourism NI, Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, Executive Director of Championships at the R&A and Jim Stewart, Owner of Connisseur Golf Tours. We ask them how much impact this Championships will have on the North Coast?

Wendy speaks to Joe O'Neill, Chief Executive of Belfast Harbour, Kevin Kingston Chief Executive, of Danske Bank, Jenny Pyper, Chief Executive of Utility Regulator and Sam Davidson, HR Director of Henderson Group.

The super-councils have new powers on planning, economic development and community investment, and they are all going about it slightly differently now that we've got city region deals, pending city deals and plans for a growth deal among the different regions. But how is it all working four years on?

Wendy speaks to the experts, Averil Milligan, Keith Crawford, Horticulturalist and BBC Radio Ulster gardening expert, Dr Barbara Erwin, Owner of Foliage Works/Chair of NI Flower and Foliage Association and David Wilson Managing Director at The Montalto Estate about all the different aspects to the outdoor business industry and why it remains as popular as ever.

As the final series of Game of Thrones begins, here's another chance to hear from Mark Huffman the man who helped bring GOT to Northern Ireland.

Wendy speaks to Maria McKavanagh, Chief Operating Officer at Verv and VLUX.io, Sunil Sharma, Managing Director of Techstars Toronto, Kathryn Harkin, Senior Team Manager at Allstate, Rachel Gawley, Lead Researcher at PwC, Tom Gray from Kainos and Callum Chace, writer and speaker on Artificial Intelligence on people and societies.

We speak to Brian McGrath, the President of Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, Trevor Leaker, Director at AECOM, Gordon Milligan, Chairman of the Institute of Directors in Northern Ireland and Angela Magowan, the NI director of the CBI.

Wendy speaks to Colm Shannon, Chief Executive of Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade, Aidan McKenna, Regional Director of North East & North West for Enterprise Ireland, Paul Vallely, Managing Director of Kukoon Rugs, Joris Smet, Director of Smet Building Products Limited and Dr Adele Bergin who was behind this week's report from the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin.

We speak to Jennifer McKeever, Managing Director of Airporter, Nick McCullough Managing Director of DFDS, Philip McAleese, Co-Founder and CEO of See.Sense and Richard Kennedy, Group CEO of Devenish. We ask them what they have done for their businesses to be ready for Brexit and what they think will need to happen post-Brexit.

We speak to Sophie Cornish, Lisa McLaughlin, Sue Black, Clare Guinness, Gordon Milligan and Becca Hume about why it is important to have women in business, what are the struggles they face and how important events like the Women in Leadership Conference are nowadays to help women succeed in business.

We're in Derry/Londonderry's Millennium Forum looking at theatre, and the whole business of the arts with a focus on the North West. As we were hearing on last week's programme these are challenging times for companies here, but for those in the arts, with government subsidies decreasing and budgets tightening all round, its a tough gig. So, how do you keep the show on the road if you're a small theatre company, or keep the house lights on?