PODCAST · business
The Everyday Hustle
by BBC Asian Network
Helping you work smarter and making your life easier through tips, tricks and inspirational ideas.
Episodes
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Ajay Cheema: Personal fitness
Love is Blind contestant and entrepreneur Ajay Cheema continues his chat with Harleen Nottay about how he went from working in banking to becoming a personal trainer. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Ajay Cheema: Personal fitness
Love is Blind contestant, Ajay Cheema tells Harleen Nottay about how he went from working in banking to becoming a Personal Trainer. Hear how he made the move and what's next for him. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Combining cultures: Chandani
Harleen Nottay is joined by Chandani to discuss how she's founded her own biscuit brand. Hear how she's redefined a British staple with many south Asian blends. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Events business: Gurmej Singh Pawar
Gurmej Singh Pawar tells Harleen Nottay about how he's created his own events business, the Meji Media Events Group. Hear about why he decided to give this route a go and how he's developed the company. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Disability and entrepreneurship: Subee
Subee runs her own bespoke sari design company, she's also deaf. She shares with Harleen Nottay how she didn't let her disability or personal tragedy stop her becoming an entrepreneur. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Creative business: Reena Tailor
Reena Tailor, who runs one of the UK's biggest Bollywood dance schools, tells Harleen Nottay about how being a creative person is useful when becoming an entrepreneur. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Pre-loved fashion: Saika Waheed from The Tejori
Saika Tejori tells Harleen Nottay about creating an online platform for pre-loved fashion. Hear how she came up with and grew the idea and what she wants it to become in future. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Friends and business partners: Bavleen and Keeya
Friends, Bavleen Grover and Keeya Gohel tell Harleen Nottay about going into business together. Hear how they created their PMOS app and what it's like working with your bestie. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Desi Dictionary: Tanvee Manjure
Tanvee Manjure tells Harleen Nottay about her creation, the Desi Dictionary. Hear how the idea came about, the languages that are provided for and how she's developing an app. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Running a theatre company: Mukul Ahmed
Mukul Ahmed tells Harleen Nottay about how he set up and continues to run a theatre company. Hear why he took the plunge and what he's learnt along to the way to make it a success. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Sabrina: Being an influencer
In the second of a two part special, Sabrina discusses with Harleen Nottay about how she makes money out of being a holiday influencer. Hear how she got started, how she initially juggled this with a full time job in a dentist and how she makes sure she's always running it as a business. Produced...
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Sabrina: Business of holidays
In the first of a two part special, Sabrina tells Harleen Nottay about how she's created a business out of sharing affordable holidays that you might not find yourself online. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Family businesess: Rhea Agarwal
Rhea Agarwal chats to Harleen Nottay about growing up and working in a family business. Hear about the differences she's made to the company and how she wants to take it forward. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Organic tea: Jaspreet Kalley
Jaspreet Kalley tells Harleen Nottay about how she juggles running her organic tea business with being a full time mum and wife to a husband who is also an entrepreneur. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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World Cup: Preeti Shokar
With the FIFA World Cup underway, Preeti Shokar tells Harleen Nottay about making a career out of football beyond playing the game professionally. The pair discuss how she's created her own academy and the work taking place to ensure girls from a south Asian background can feel like they belong…
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Using AI in business: Polly Dhaliwal
Af Malhotra sits in and discusses how entrepreneurs can use AI daily with Polly Dhaliwal. The pair also chat about her career and work in other sectors, too. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Content creating: Ismaeel Rajah
Psychology coach, Ismaeel Rajah explains to Harleen Nottay how he's turned content creation into a thriving social media presence and business model. The pair discuss how he's used his deep understanding of the mind to build a thriving social media presence. He’s turned psychological insights…
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Going solo after redundancy: Aqib Sheikh
Aqib Sheikh tells Harleen Nottay how he used his redundancy money to set up his own South Asian bridal and occasion-wear fashion business. The pair discuss why he decided to leave his former job, whether you need to be in London to work in fashion and what tips he has for people thinking of going...
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Empowering businesswomen: Anisha Vasani
Anisha Vasani tells Harleen Nottay how she went from a career in journalism to becoming a bridal stylist and wedding consultant. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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The Parenting Coach: Aman Kaur
Aman Kaur tells Harleen Nottay how she used her personal experiences to become The Parenting Coach. The pair discuss how Aman is now dedicated to helping others, especially those in the South Asian community and hear why she focuses on helping people deal with childhood traumas, family...
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BBC Caring Matters Week
As part of BBC Caring Matters Week, Pav Kaur tells Harleen Nottay how she juggles being a make-up artist and full time carer to her daughter Amber, who has complex additional needs. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Creating books for children: Sharika Chauhan
Sharika Chauhan chats to Harleen Nottay about how she went from working in finance, to self publishing her own set of children's books. The pair discuss how she created a travel-inspired series that brings together adventure, culture and representation, all through the eyes of a South Asian girl....
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Early menopause and hair loss: Nadia Hussain
Nadia Hussain tells Harleen Nottay how experiencing early menopause, aged just 18 years old and subsequent hair loss, helped make her an entrepreneur and shaped her business. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Giving back through food: Ivor Peters
Ivor Peters joins Harleen Nottay to discuss Urban Rajah. His business began as a series of supper clubs, bringing people together over food while raising money to tackle human trafficking but has now become a fast-growing South Asian food brand stocked in major supermarkets across the UK.…
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Food allergies: Jatinder Dhanjal
Jatinder Dhanjal tells Harleen Nottay how her son's allergies helped create her business. The pair discuss how she struggled for a diagnosis and then found a lack of support to help families navigate the day-to-day issues, plus chat about how social media has helped the company grow. Produced in...
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Inspiring generations: Tandy Virdee
Tandy Virdee tells Harleen Nottay how he and his twin boys created a new brand together during Covid. He shared how he encouraged them to come up with something to help give a platform for the next generation of south Asian talent to thrive. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Female self defence: Gulshen Bano
Gulshen Bano, who runs female only self defence groups around the world, joins Harleen Nottay to discuss how she went from working in a pharmacy to running this business. The pair discuss what motivated Gulshen to create such a company and how this journey even included appearing on the BBC TV...
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Pop-up to permanent restaurant: Sabzi
Father and son entrepreneurs, Gary and Steven tell Harleen Nottay about how their pop-up idea that begin in lockdown and became a full scale restaurant business within a few years. Hear about working together in a family business, how social media played a crucial role in their success and what…
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Combating burnout: Ravneet Panesar
The founder of nutritional coaching business, Neet Nutrition, Ravneet Panesar joins Harleen Nottay. The pair discuss her nutritional coaching business which teaches women how to heal their relationship with food and reclaim their joy and how she built her client base almost entirely from social...
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Creating a styling brand: Vik the barber
Vik tells Harleen Nottay how he created his own styling brand Tru Man and a barber shop business from nothing Hear about the long hours cutting hair, to spending weeks tweaking his products and now how he makes sure he gives back to the community that allowed him to become successful in his…
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AI and your business: Aftab Malhotra
As part of the BBC's AI Unpacked, AI entrepreneur Aftab Malhotra joins Harleen Nottay. He discusses where the technology is currently and how it can help you and your business, plus shares how he gave up his job to create his own AI startup. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Male and female perfume: Tanya Chaudhry
Tanya Chaudhry joins Harleen Nottay to discuss her male and female perfume company Khane. The pair discuss the influence of her family and how she's built her brand over time. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Success in PR and events: Anam Mohammed
Anam Mohammed joins Harleen Nottay to discuss how she set up her own PR and event company. Anam shares the moment she knew she had to become an entrepreneur. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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South Asian dance choreographer: Sonia Sabri
Sonia Sabri, who runs her own South Asian dance and music company, joins Harleen Nottay to discuss how she became a successful entrepreneur in the arts world. The pair discuss the importance of having reserves in your business to allow you to network and how having that drive to keep going is…
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Expert matchmaking: Naseem Mohammed
To mark Valentine's Day, Harleen Nottay speaks to expert matchmaker Naseem Mohammed about her company and to find out what you should look out for when undertaking online dating. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Jashaan Gill
Midlands based Fashion designer, Jashaan Gill joins Harleen Nottay to discuss launching his business Jheez in 2014 and how he became the first British Punjabi to headline New York Fashion Week in 2025. The pair also look at how he pivots between projects when needed to keep the business going and...
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with Harleen Nottay - Kuli Dhesi
This week on Everyday Hustle, we’re joined by Kuli Dhesi a facilitator and entrepreneur who has built a wellness business helping people address anxiety, trauma and self-sabotage through inner child healing, meditation and breathwork. Kuli shares how he turned a personal passion for healing into…
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Nikhita Sethi
Founder of wellness drink Dosha, Nikhita Sethi joins Harleen Nottay to discuss her career and the product which uses the teachings of Ayurveda. The pair discuss coming up with the idea, how having the right partner at home plays a crucial role and why getting feedback on the product at every step...
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Asian Women Mean Business
The founder of Asian Women Mean Business, Rupinder Kaur joins Harleen to discuss her career in HR and the success she's had since becoming an entrepreneur, which began in February 2020 just before the Covid pandemic hit. The pair discuss diversity in the workplace, the confidence you can get from...
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Entrepreneur motivation
Harleen Nottay hears from her best guests that have joined her in 2025 to get you motivated to become an entrepreneur in 2026. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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2025 top takeaways
If you're considering becoming an entrepreneur in 2026 then Harleen Nottay looks at what her top takeaways are for running your own business, from some of the best guests that she's interviewed on The Everyday Hustle in 2025. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Aarabhi London
Daughter and father business partners Aarabhi and Siva join Harleen Nottay to discuss independent womenswear brand, Aarabhi London. They chat about the dynamics of working with family and the roles they each take in the business. Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.
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Scam Safe Week special part two
To mark the end of the BBC's Scam Safe Week, Harleen Nottay is joined for a second time by expert on scams and fraud defence Nick Stapleton to answer your questions. The pair work together on the BBC One and iPlayer show Scam Interceptors, so have lots of experience of what to do if you fall…
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Scam Safe Week special part one
As part of the BBC's Scam Safe Week, Harleen Nottay is joined by expert on scams and fraud defence Nick Stapleton to answer your questions. The pair work together on the BBC One and iPlayer show Scam Interceptors, so have lots of experience of what to do if you fall victim to this crime. Produced...
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with Harleen Nottay: Calling Beauty
Sabah Yaqoob joins Harleen Nottay to discuss creating her business, Calling Beauty, which launched after she rang over 100 women to ask them what they wanted in a cosmetics brand. The pair discuss the difficulty of building a business in a pandemic, the role of social media and how Sabah is as…
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with Harleen Nottay: It's Halal
Saima Duhare joins Harleen Nottay to discuss creating the UK-based subscription service that delivers halal recipe boxes, It's Halal. From humble beginnings going door-to-door with her mum in London, she shares how the business has grown and how a relocation out of the capital has helped.…
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