Business Leader
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Richard Harpin grew his business HomeServe from a single idea to a £4.1bn sale. On the Business Leader Podcast, he speaks to entrepreneurs and business leaders about the moments that shaped their success and failure, unlocking original advice and practical insights for anyone building or leading a business.
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Using AI to fight cyber risk
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May 12, 2026 |
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The art of the possible: Scaling to £240M
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May 05, 2026 |
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Can BT beat the odds?
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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How the UK was Omazed
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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'Value people - especially those closest to the customer'
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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From £500 To Millions: The Mindset That Changed Everything
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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"I can't quit" - Olivia Jenkins built a jewellery brand in honour of her mum
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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"I don't like being switched off" - Stuart Machin, CEO of M&S, on work-life balance
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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'From €200m to €24bn - How I built a global glass empire'
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Rentokil CEO: ‘This industry is unglamorous but gets in your blood’
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Dash Drinks: The challenger brand scaling patiently
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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The Beauty Tech Group: From start-up to IPO
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Ben Askins of Gaia: Scaling and exiting with a healthy company culture
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Sam Stoffel and Outplayed: Betting against yourself to make millions
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Tenzing: How to scale a challenger energy drink
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Caspar Lee: ‘How I turned attention into business leverage’
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Rory Sutherland: The advertising guru's tips to scale your business
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Rohan Blacker: Learning the lessons from Sofa.com
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Skin + Me: James Mishreki on scaling a UK skincare phenomenon
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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The FlightStory ‘sisters’ helping Steven Bartlett scale Diary of a CEO
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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The banking CEO helping 'extraordinary' people afford homes
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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The AA
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Sanjay Poonen: Getting fired was the best thing to happen in my career
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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From elite sport to elite business: Bob Skinstad’s journey
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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The revival of Debenhams
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Alibaba.com's president explains how AI tools let SMEs access global supply chains
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Katharine Viner: The editor taking the Guardian into the TikTok age
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Viral video to viral brand
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Mountain Warehouse and Mark Neale
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Thea Green: The beauty entrepreneur behind Nails.INC
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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The business funding SMEs
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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The truth about personal branding and what leaders get wrong
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Airwallex: The founder explains the incredible story behind his fintech unicorn
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The mindset behind a World Cup winner
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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James Reed on building a family business and why capitalism needs to change
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Bloom & Wild: The business that blossomed with feedback
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Zygi Kamasa: How to build a movie business
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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From pop star to founder: Rochelle Humes on reinvention and resilience
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The transformation of Autotrader
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Beyond the Game: Francesca Brown on leadership, sport & social impact
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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British Land: Making big strategic calls
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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John Amaechi: It’s not magic, it’s leadership
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Saul Klein: The top investor in promising businesses
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Plusnet boss Joanna Carman on modern leadership
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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PocDoc: A son's quest to tackle heart disease with tech
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Hilton Hotels
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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How Thierry Garnier turned around Kingfisher, owner of B&Q and Screwfix
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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The 100-day blueprint for business turnarounds
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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OakNorth and Rishi Khosla
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The secret to building a truly innovative culture
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Coffee Nation, Costa Express and the UK's coffee revolution
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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What AI can really do for your business today
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The British CEO behind WD-40
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The real power of emotional intelligence in business
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Vue cinemas and Tim Richards
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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CLASSIC EPISODE: Wizz Air
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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The Turnaround episode 5 - Success, succession and starting again
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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CLASSIC EPISODE: Castore
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Turnaround episode 4 - How culture can beat complacency
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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CLASSIC EPISODE: Gordon Sanghera and Oxford Nanopore
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The Turnaround episode 3 - The final they had to lose
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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CLASSIC EPISODE: Monzo
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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How to Make a Billion episode 4: Simon Sinek
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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The Turnaround episode 2 - The night everything changed
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Nike
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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The Turnaround episode 1 - First bold steps
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The CEO burn-out clinic
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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How to Make a Billion episode 2: Steve Hewitt on Gymshark
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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The investor who wants to scale-up your business
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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How to Make a Billion in 9 Steps with Richard Harpin: Episode 1 with Touker Suleyman
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Sir John Hegarty: Why brands still matter in the social media age
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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How GoFundMe raises money and makes money
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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How Kenny Wilson grew Dr Martens
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Bookshelf: The best business books
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Growth 500: The surprising stories behind Britain's fastest-growing businesses
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Victoria Price meets Imran Hakim
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Gtech: The window-fitter who became an inventor
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Great British Billion-Pound Businesses
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Yotel: How to scale-up with small hotel rooms
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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The wasteful entrepreneur: How Bruce Bratley built First Mile
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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How a student accommodation start-up became a £4bn FTSE 100 company
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Three tech unicorn CEOs on how they scaled-up
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May 29, 2025 |
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The venture capital firm helping UK businesses take on the US (and what it looks for in founders)
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May 27, 2025 |
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How do you build a nuclear power plant? (and not be Mr Burns)
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May 22, 2025 |
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The story of Thomson Reuters
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May 20, 2025 |
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Neil Mullarkey: How comedy skills can help you in business
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May 15, 2025 |
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The FTSE 100 director who quit and built a new FTSE 100 company
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May 13, 2025 |
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Jake Humphrey on why high achievers aren't that different
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May 08, 2025 |
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How John Roberts built AO.com, with Graham Ruddick
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May 06, 2025 |
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Victoria Price meets Henrietta Rix of Rixo
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May 01, 2025 |
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Ordnance Survey with Dougal Shaw: Inside Britain’s digital brain
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Victoria Price meets Clare Roberts of Kids Planet
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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How Professor Sir Peter Donnelly went from brilliant statistician to entrepreneur
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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How Kiki McDonough built a jewellery brand fit for the Royals
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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NEW SERIES: Victoria Price meets Tom Ryder of Applied Nutrition
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Tariff special with Times political editor Steven Swinford
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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The strategic genius of Taylor Swift
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Pip & Nut: Passion project to supermarket hit
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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How Udemy and AI will revolutionise how we learn
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Bonus content: Greggs on the high street
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The glory of Greggs with Roisin Currie
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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How to build a personal brand that drives business success with Amelia Sordell
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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How the Geek Way helped Allica Bank become Britain's fastest-growing company
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: How to fix UK Plc?
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Grind: How to build a coffee empire
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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LinkedIn's UK strategy
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The story behind Gousto recipe boxes: "Al Gore mentored me, Tony Blair hasn’t replied yet"
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Quantum and AI: What the future holds for British business
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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How Justin King rescued Sainsbury's
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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How Disney is creative
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Beauty Pie founder: From facials with Madonna to consumer hits at Boots
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: The working from home v office debate
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Melanie Smith on running the UK's biggest events, Ocado/M&S and the benefits of walking hundreds of miles
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Jordan Schwarzenberger: The opportunity on LinkedIn is staggering
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Zenobe: The British unicorn leading the energy revolution
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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How Stuart Machin turned around Marks & Spencer (part two)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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How Stuart Machin turned around Marks & Spencer (part one)
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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John Cleese on creativity: Lessons from a Monty Python mind for business leaders
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Paul McKenna masterclass: The science behind strategic thinking
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen on the AI revolution
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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2025 predictions with the Business Leader team
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Will Shu on building Deliveroo, founder mode v manager mode and what he wishes he had done differently
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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What to expect in 2025? A roundtable with top investors
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Best of 2024 with Graham Ruddick, Sarah Vizard and Dougal Shaw
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Ikea part two
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Ikea part one
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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MorphCostumes: From side-hustle to multi-million Scottish success story
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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How to run a sport
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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How to sustain success and relevance by the owner of Andrex and Kleenex
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Masterclass: Why you need to be purpose-led to get the best out of yourself
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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The company that launched the air fryer
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Monday.com: How to build a global software giant with Dougal Shaw
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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The rise of Huel: How to recruit Hueligans, market your product and succeed in the US
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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CEO roundtable: Why housing associations can solve the housing crisis and how to lead a not-for-profit organisation
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Dr Mark Slack and CMR Surgical: The world-leading robot
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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How to build a unique whisky brand with Dougal Shaw
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Alex Depledge: How to build a business for the second time
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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James Daunt masterclass: How to run successful shops
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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How Monzo became a £4bn business
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Marketing masterclass: How Serie A is taking on the Premier League
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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How Sir Rocco Forte built another billion-pound company after losing the family business
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Dougal Shaw on how Hims & Hers is trying to revolutionise healthcare
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Bruntwood: How the Oglesby family built one of the biggest and most important businesses in northern England
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The business that changed nights out
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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How Joanna Knight went from failed start-up to CEO of Moneypenny, one of the fastest-growing businesses in the UK
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Hawksmoor: How to build an award-winning restaurant chain from scratch
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Airbus
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Sage and Steve Hare: The story behind a UK tech success
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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How the UK became a world-leading hub for motorsport and advanced manufacturing
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Eventbrite with Dougal Shaw: A new way to buy tickets
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Mark Beaumont: The record-breaking cyclist who became a venture capital investor
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Motorway with Dougal Shaw: The story behind a British unicorn
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Lord Mark Price: Waitrose, working in government and happiness at work
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Travel Counsellors: The best reviewed company in Britain?
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May 21, 2024 |
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IWG and Mark Dixon: Highs, lows and the future of work
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May 14, 2024 |
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Virgin: How do you manage one of the most famous brands in the world?
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May 07, 2024 |
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From property to the Premier League
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Tide: How to grow a business after replacing the founder
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Wizz Air
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The 250-year-old business
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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From the SAS to building a business
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The former journalist at centre of $40 billion tech giant
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Robinhood and launching in the UK
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Learning from failure
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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The woman who raised $1 billion
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Simon Arora and B&M, part two
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Simon Arora and B&M, part one
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Marc Allera and EE
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and easyJet
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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CEO to VC
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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How Castore took on Nike and Adidas
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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How to steer a business through a crisis
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Peloton and how to build a community
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Seedrs, crowdfunding and how to succeed a founder as CEO
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Self-driving cars and Wayve
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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SSE, Alistair Phillips-Davies and being one of the longest-serving FTSE 100 chief executives
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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The Metro newspaper and DMGT
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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The Crown Estate and Dan Labbad
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Why a business fails (and what we can learn from it)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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The rise and future of Uber
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Why private equity is a friend and not a foe
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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How to turn a promising start-up into a tech giant
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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How to wake up a sleeping giant
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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How to build a £4 billion company
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Arm
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May 23, 2023 |
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Brett Wigdortz, Teach First and childcare
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May 16, 2023 |
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Gordon Sanghera and Oxford Nanopore
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May 09, 2023 |
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What business can learn from sport
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May 02, 2023 |
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Will Shu and Deliveroo
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Skydiving through the glass ceiling
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Lessons from the Dot-com crash
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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DS Smith: Thinking outside the box
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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OakNorth: Trying to buy Silicon Valley Bank UK
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Waitrose and employee ownership
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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The FTSE 100 chief executive who wrote a book
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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A Northern Powerhouse at last?
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Erik Fairbairn: The electric car revolution
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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James Daunt: The boss who saved the bookshop
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Oxford, innovation and the future of the UK economy?
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Roger Madelin: King's Cross, Canada Water and how to transform an area
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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The founder who has promised never to sell
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Tom Hayes, Libor and prison...
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Ed Smith, England cricket and making decisions
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Inside 10 Downing Street
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Doing a Ratner
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Ocado and Tim Steiner
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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PureGym: Back from the brink
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Philip Morris, Vectura and the end of cigarettes?
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Archie Norman
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Sep 26, 2022 |