He went from Lord Sugar's right-hand man to TV presenter in his own right.

Now Swindon's Nick Hewer is making a start into the world of podcasting.

The Host of Countdown, who first shot to fame when he would interview, gimlet-eyed, candidates on the TV show The Apprentice, will be the main voice on Local to Global a podcast launched this week by the Department for International Trade as part of the government's 'Exporting is GREAT' campaign.

The audio show will see Nick interviewing British business leaders who are successfully exporting goods and services overseas.

Conrad Bird, director of the GREAT Britain campaign, said: "We believe that podcasts are a great medium to inform, entertain and educate today's time-poor businesspeople."

Local to Global is available for free.