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Scale-up to nine figures: Growth workshop
Business Leader’s owner Richard Harpin will be hosting a scale-up workshop with some of the most exciting founders and CEOs in the UK. This event is part of Business Leader’s…
UK economy grows faster than expected
Plus, FCA overhauls listings regime, UK overtakes India as the world’s third-largest venture capital market and British tycoon closing in on a deal for The Body Shop
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
Exclusive Growth Workshop Ticket 24th September
Attendance to the exclusive speaking event with Richard Harpin.
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
5 insights language-learning companies can offer usÂ
Digital language learning platforms are big business these days and the data they harvest can yield interesting insights for everyone, including business leaders
Growth Engines: The manufacturer that is boringly brilliant
The West Yorkshire company breaking the mould of comfort to boost revenue and profit
Retailers count the cost of a wet summer
Plus, Wimbledon choosing to leave $100m on the table, Asda scraps its four-day work week and Thames Water needs fresh funds
Labour’s ‘difficult’ economic decisions
Plus, low exec pay risks a US talent drain, Carlsberg acquires Britvic and is this the end of levelling up?
Hawksmoor CEO: I believe in ‘casual professionals’
Will Beckett, co-founder and CEO of Hawksmoor restaurants, shares his personal business advice for our video series, My CEO Secret
Business welcomes Labour government but pushes for real change
Plus, inflationary pressures ease further, UK steel warns over the high price of electricity and Amazon turns 30
Why you need to start thinking differently about diversity
Don’t think of diversity as an opportunity to give back, but instead, consider the genuine impact and difference it can make, says our expert Jake Humphrey
Is fear an effective driver of performance?
Plus, new car sales hit five-year high, private equity M&A growth, and a new Barbie exhibition launches
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
Why complacency is almost always a prelude to failure
Plus, steakhouse Hawksmoor is up for sale, election investment boost pending and record cash injection into equity funds
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
Big Zuu’s big vision: Innovating music, TV and the water industry
The rapper and TV presenter is a larger than life character who has turned a tough start into a mould-breaking success story
The woman behind a ticketing juggernaut
Plus, the next government to benefit from easing of the cost-of-living crisis, Tata Port Talbot steel plant strikes called off and Revolut reports record profits
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
Addressing the UK’s ‘tax gap’
Plus, newspapers reveal who they’re backing in the general election, pension fund to “unlock access” to PE gains and exec pay gap between the UK and US widens
Rude Health founder: In-person feedback ‘is a gift’
Camilla Barnard, co-founder of Rude Health, which makes organic, dairy alternative drinks and breakfast cereals, shares her personal business advice for our video series, My CEO Secret.
The risk of private equity to the economy
Plus, the UK’s top 100 fastest-growing companies, the six high school friends now worth £1bn and Aviva chief says the next government can unlock £100bn of investment
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