| News > Friends First to Sponsor The Business on RTÉ Radio 1 Friends First will begin a 12 month sponsorship of The Business show on RTÉ Radio 1 commencing on Sunday 8 March. The Business is broadcast on RTÉ Radio on Sundays at 10 – 11am with an audience of 190,000 listeners per week. The show looks at both established business as well as monitoring the progress of Ireland’s new entrepreneurs and their start-up stories. It also checks out the competition and value for money in key sectors and focuses on issues and stories of the day in the world of business, the economy and personal finance. John Murray regularly talks to the big names in business and finance in Ireland and abroad, recent interviews include financial legend George Soros, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary and Richard Barrett of Treasury Holdings. Eunan O’Carroll, Sales & Marketing Director, Friends First, said; "Our new partnership with ‘The Business’ reflects Friends First’s strong pedigree in financial services. The show’s focus on enterprise and people working in business in Ireland mirrors our efforts at Friends First to support and work with our business partners and to bring innovative solutions to customers. Many of our partners and clients are people running their own successful businesses which we feel gives us a real affinity with this show." RTÉ Radio Sponsorship Manager, Tara Farrell said: "RTÉ Radio Sales are very pleased to welcome Friends First as our new sponsor of The Business. With a year on year on growth of 42,000 listeners to 190,000 combined with an extended one hour show, 2009 promises to be a very good year for both The Business and Friends First." John Murray was awarded the inaugural Business Broadcast Award in 2007 for his work on ‘The Business’ by UCD's Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. In 2008 he published a best selling book on business jargon, Now That’s What I Call Jargon.
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