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BBC Television's Controller of Business for Knowledge and Daytime, Lisa Opie, this summer opened a new cafe in Berkhamsted, with business partner Debbie Manners. It shouldn't matter too much about what BBC staff do in their own time - but sadly Lisa's blog about this venture suggests there was real pressure opening the caff and keeping up with the day job. The blog has been removed overnight, but the Mail has significant extracts.

Lisa joined the BBC in 2012, as part of a restructuring of "Vision", from top five indie Twofour Digital. Previously she'd been head of content at Channel 5, and spent 13 years as MD of Flextech.  Here's a little vid Lisa found time to make explaining her BBC job in August.

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