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How to build a business for the second time

In our new podcast episode, we speak to entrepreneur Alex Depledge about what is different when building a second business

Graham Ruddick

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Great British Billion-Pound Businesses

From Dyson to Revolut, Bet365 to Octopus Energy, meet the leaders who have managed to create a UK business worth £1bn – and kept going

Rob Watts

Should we focus on making workers happy?

Plus, economic growth flatlines, Amazon to invest £8bn in the UK and how to delegate decision-making strategically
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Starbucks ousts its CEO

Plus, inflation rises, boards say they don't 'fully trust' their exec teams and leadership lessons from Tom Brady
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Games theory

Plus, CEO pay hits record high, the social media Olympics and what is "Spanish" beer?

Why you should think small when it comes to cost cutting

Plus, financial market turbulence continues, Asda loses market share and is your strategy telling you what not to do?

The role of business banking in driving growth for mid-sized businesses

Business banking plays a pivotal role in the growth and success of mid-sized businesses. Complex, scaling businesses, which often find themselves underserved by digital banks focusing on micro or startup companies, require tailored banking solutions to navigate their unique challenges and seize opportunities for expansion. However, traditional high-street banks often overlook these businesses, falling short...
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McDonald’s, Nike and Starbucks show the perils of losing sight of the customer

Some of the world's biggest consumer businesses are struggling for sales growth as customer habits shift and they fail to keep up 

Graham Ruddick

Revolut banking licence: A fintech milestone

Plus, the value of M&A is up by two-thirds, why we might be able to say goodbye to the office birthday party and an Olympics preview in today's Off To Lunch

Sarah Vizard

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Should tourists pay more?

Plus, use of cash hits four-year high, ice cream prices rise by 30 per cent and lessons from the global IT outage

Josh Dornbrack, Sarah Vizard

Chaos as global IT outage strikes

Plus, Pret scraps free coffee, retails sales fall and is UK inequality really getting worse, in today's Off To Lunch

Sarah Vizard

Business Leader South West Awards shortlist revealed

The Business Leader Awards recognise and support the best companies in Bristol and the South West

Wage growth is ‘too hot to handle’

Plus, Lloyds signs deal to finance UK buyouts, Warner Bros Discovery considers a split and why you can't cut your way to profitability in today's Off To Lunch

Sarah Vizard

High hotel prices cause inflation headache

Plus, HSBC appoints a new CEO, used electric car sales boom and why this is the summer of the quiet vacation in today's Off To Lunch

Sarah Vizard

Grocery inflation drops and the Rubik’s Cube turns 50

Plus, B&M reports strong results, how to boost UK productivity and the 'uneven' distribution of AI's environmental impacts in today's Off To Lunch newsletter

Graham Ruddick, Sarah Vizard

Growth Engines: Lead using a simple, big, bold number

Damar Training has one key target: to double the number of apprenticeships it offers in the next 20 months.

Pavlo Phitidis

Burberry ousts its CEO and could you survive 378 days of team bonding?

Plus, warnings over the job market, Tesco makes a premium push and Musk officially endorses Trump in today's Off To Lunch.

Sarah Vizard

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The net-zero transition: A 3-point plan for smaller businesses 

Sustainable development poses unique challenges for SMEs but there are ways to address them. The key is to get started

Niki Turner-Harding

5 things I wish my 20-year-old self knew about business

As Caspar Lee reaches the big 3-0, he reflects on what he's learned about founding, building and investing in businesses

Caspar Lee

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The power of delegation

Plus, the new flexible-working trial, Wetherspoons to close more pubs and why we should pay more attention to departing CEOs in today's Off To Lunch

Sarah Vizard

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Is fear a useful emotion in business?

Fear can be useful in the short term to drive performance, but be careful it doesn't become engrained in your business or team

Catherine Baker

Outside of a PureGym

PureGym’s CEO on why leaders need a sense of healthy paranoia

The sin of complacency undoes many good businesses, says PureGym CEO Humphrey Cobbold. To avoid it, leaders must ask themselves the hard questions

Humphrey Cobbold

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Growth Engines: The sum of the parts creates the whole magic

We take a look into the growth journey of Leeds-based digital product consultancy Parallax

Pavlo Phitidis

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7 reasons why workplace equity audits can be game-changing for SMEs

Equity audits can be a cost effective way to ensure legal compliance, boost employee engagement, enhance reputation, attract top talent and increase productivity

Zara Nanu