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May 7
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Businesses on wheels

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Mobile businesses - or businesses on four wheels - are growing in number. Seen as an affordable and flexible way to set up a venture, more of them are popping up all around the world and in all sorts of industries.

We head to rural France, pioneer territory for van-trepreneurs where now, food trucks, mobile pet grooming services and even mobile cinemas are thriving.

And we hear from guests in India and Kenya about how the trend has become global.

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: businessdaily@bbc.co.uk

Presented and produced by John Laurenson

(Picture: Alisson Zalazar in front of her beauty van in France.)

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