The best of Business Leader podcast and some news...
Hello everyone. The Business Leader podcast is taking a break this week so I wanted to take the opportunity to share some news with you and recommend five of our recent episodes for those who are new subscribers, want to listen again or are catching up…
Firstly, that news. We are launching a new Saturday newsletter. Off to Lunch on Saturday will see me round-up the business news, analysis and ideas from the previous seven days and flag the great interviews and features that Business Leader has published. This newsletter will run alongside Off to Lunch during the week, which Josh Dornbrack has taken to new heights since he took over. Off to Lunch on Saturday will launch in June…
On the podcast episodes, here are five that I recommend you listen to:
For those who haven’t yet listened to Tom Beahon talk about building Castore - start here. This is the story of how a UK business is taking on global giants Adidas and Nike. You can listen via Apple Podcasts or Spotify below...
Next, check-out the story behind another exciting company in the UK. Wayve announced in early May that it had raised $1.05 billion (£800 million) of investment from Softbank, Microsoft and Nvidia, three global tech giants. Wayve is based in King’s Cross, London, and may hold the answer to self-driving cars being on our roads…
For the story behind a very different business listen to “The 250-year-old business”. This is about how you run a business that is older than the United States and still owned by the same family who founded it. Jim Rankin is the sixth generation of his family to lead Rankin Brothers & Sons, which supplies corks and caps for beer, wine and spirits…
Forget everything you think you know about discount retailers and B&M. As Simon Arora revealed in our podcast interview, B&M is an incredibly sophisticated business with a laser-focused strategy. The story of how the Arora brothers bought B&M for £525,000 and built it into a £5 billion FTSE 100 company is remarkable…
An older episode from our archives: Will Shu on how he built Deliveroo. This is a story that highlights what it is like building a company in the UK in the 21st century. Deliveroo went from a start-up to a multi-billion pound company listed on the stock market in less than a decade. But it hasn’t been easy…
Finally, check-out our most recent episode on Travel Counsellors. This Manchester-based company might be the business with the best reviews in Britain. Steve Byrne, the long-serving chief executive, explains why customers and staff rate it so highly…
Thanks everyone
Graham