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                    <title type="text">Business Leader: Insights</title>
                    <subtitle type="html"><![CDATA[–]]></subtitle>
                    <updated>2026-10-15T09:59:19.892674+00:00</updated>
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                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How CEOs can build an experimental mindset]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/build-experimental-mindset-business-leader" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/build-experimental-mindset-business-leader</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-22T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-22T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Author and neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff on why the best leaders treat business decisions like a lab experiment]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Helen Cannon on how being 10% braver built Ison Travel]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/helen-cannon-10-braver-ison-travel" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/helen-cannon-10-braver-ison-travel</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-21T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-21T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Ison Travel founder on growing through a pandemic, following clients overseas and leading through grief]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Steven Swinford</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Andy Burnham and John Healey's first budget means for business]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/andy-burnham-john-healey-budget-business" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/andy-burnham-john-healey-budget-business</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-21T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-21T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Times' political editor Steven Swinford on why tax rises look unavoidable and what Burnham's first budget means for scaling businesses]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Simon Mellin: How Modern Milkman plans to win the doorstep]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/simon-mellin-modern-milkman-plans-win-doorstep" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/simon-mellin-modern-milkman-plans-win-doorstep</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-13T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-13T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Modern Milkman founder shares his tips for cracking America, why he runs a weekly P&L and why founders should vet their investors]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kate Prince: How Ancient + Brave went from kitchen table to £54m turnover]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/kate-prince-scaling-ancient-brave" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/kate-prince-scaling-ancient-brave</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-07T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-07T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Kate Prince shares her scale-up story – and why the people who take you to £10m may not be the ones who take you to £100m]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Forget AI ROI: AWS's applied AI chief on what to measure instead]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/aws-colleen-aubrey-interview" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/aws-colleen-aubrey-interview</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-07T08:49:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-07T08:49:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[AWS's Colleen Aubrey says businesses are asking the wrong question about AI. So what would she ask instead?]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trustpilot CEO Adrian Blair: "Perfection doesn't build trust"]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/adrian-blair-trustpilot-trust-transparency" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/adrian-blair-trustpilot-trust-transparency</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-01T12:25:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-01T12:25:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Trustpilot's CEO reveals why owning your mistakes in public builds more trust than never making any]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Is X still worth it for business? ETN is betting it is]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/is-x-worth-business-etn" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/is-x-worth-business-etn</id>
                        <updated>2026-10-01T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-10-01T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[European Technology Network, a new media start-up, argues X still marks the spot for modern marketing]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Eric Ries: How to scale without losing your soul]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/eric-ries-scale-without-losing-soul" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/eric-ries-scale-without-losing-soul</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-22T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-22T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Lean Startup author's new book argues that growth itself can corrupt founders' missions – and lays out the governance tricks to stop it happening to you.]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[MASAJ: Scaling a wellness company in the city]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/masaj-scaling-wellness-company-city" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/masaj-scaling-wellness-company-city</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-15T15:33:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-15T15:33:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Two founders, one advert in a start-up magazine and a plan to fix an industry that burns out its therapists in six years flat]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sharmadean Reid: How a pandemic pivot led to 39BC]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sharmadean-reid-pandemic-pivot-39bc" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sharmadean-reid-pandemic-pivot-39bc</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-15T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-15T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From a pandemic-forced pivot to a Cleopatra-themed birthday party, Sharmadean Reid takes us through the journey of her fourth business]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Agentic commerce: Why B2B haggling is ripe for disruption]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/agentic-commerce-ai-bots-rewriting-rules" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/agentic-commerce-ai-bots-rewriting-rules</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-10T08:08:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-10T08:08:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Futurologist Magnus Lindkvist argues agentic commerce will hit B2B harder than retail. We unpack the data, the risks and what it means for your business]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sharmadean Reid: The anthropologist mindset that built a business empire]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sharmadean-reid-anthropologist-cracked-code-business" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sharmadean-reid-anthropologist-cracked-code-business</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-09T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-09T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sharmadean Reid explains how a gap in the nail art market and one bold pitch built the foundations of WAH Nails]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Pebl turned historic data into an AI goldmine]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/pebl-historic-data-ai-goldmine" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/pebl-historic-data-ai-goldmine</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-03T07:58:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-03T07:58:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The HR specialist has found a smart way to turn its old work data into a modern asset for its employees and customers alike]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Paula MacKenzie: PizzaExpress CEO shares her turnaround playbook]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/pizzaexpress-ceo-paula-mackenzie-turnaround" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/pizzaexpress-ceo-paula-mackenzie-turnaround</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-01T15:25:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-01T15:25:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Seven CEOs in 11 years, a billion-pound restructuring and 73 closures. Paula MacKenzie on how she's turning PizzaExpress around]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ask Richard: Managing the conversations founders avoid]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ask-richard-conversations-avoid" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ask-richard-conversations-avoid</id>
                        <updated>2026-09-01T07:30:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-09-01T07:30:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sir Richard Harpin answers your question on talking openly about failure, deciding what to keep centralised when you expand abroad and more]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Zoom is scaling beyond the video call]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/zoom-scaling-beyond-video-calls" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/zoom-scaling-beyond-video-calls</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-27T07:30:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-27T07:30:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Zoom UK & Ireland head Louise Newbury-Smith on the strategy behind the company's reinvention and what leaders can learn from it]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stephen Johnson on the cash rule that saved Quooker UK]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/quooker-uk-stephen-johnson-podcast" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/quooker-uk-stephen-johnson-podcast</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-25T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-25T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From rejection to £100m in revenue, Quooker UK's MD Stephen Johnson on the cash discipline and the help that got him there]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Martha Lane Fox on why AI's future must be built by all of us]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/martha-lane-fox-he-said-were-done-with-women" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/martha-lane-fox-he-said-were-done-with-women</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-19T16:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-19T16:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Video" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[She made a name for herself during the dot-com boom. Now, she's helping to set the UK's AI agenda]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Emmie Faust: From £200k on Dragons' Den to Female Founders Rise]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/emmie-faust-female-founders-rise" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/emmie-faust-female-founders-rise</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-18T08:42:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-18T08:42:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Emmie Faust on delegation gone wrong, bootstrapping over VC money and closing the funding gap for female founders]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why most company values are dead the moment they're hung on a wall]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/company-values-hung-on-wall" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/company-values-hung-on-wall</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-17T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-17T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Founders and an organisational psychologist on what it actually takes to turn company values into daily behaviour, not boardroom slogans]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Motorway's CEO wants less AI output]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/motorway-ceo-wants-less-ai-output" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/motorway-ceo-wants-less-ai-output</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-13T13:31:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-13T13:31:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tom Leathes on why AI-generated presentations no longer impress anyone and how the unicorn uses Claude to solve real problems instead]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mehma Bridgen: Scaling The Fuel Store to £100m]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mehma-bridgen-scaling-the-fuel-store" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mehma-bridgen-scaling-the-fuel-store</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-12T07:27:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-12T07:27:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Fuel Store co-founder on the discipline behind scaling to £100m, cold-calling customers and hiring a successor]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Inside Maslow's: The coworking club blurring wellness and work]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/maslow-coworking-club-blurring-wellness-work" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/maslow-coworking-club-blurring-wellness-work</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-06T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-06T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A growing chain of premium coworking spaces in London is tapping into an emerging consumer need, which could be relevant at all price points]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nick Jenkins on building Moonpig and selling it for £120m]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/nick-jenkins-building-moonpig-selling-it" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/nick-jenkins-building-moonpig-selling-it</id>
                        <updated>2026-08-05T11:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-08-05T11:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The founder and Dragons' Den investor on why he's never set a marketing budget and the price change that turned Moonpig around overnight]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Airtasker CEO: AI bosses are selling fear, not science]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/airtasker-tim-fung-ai-fear-marketing" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/airtasker-tim-fung-ai-fear-marketing</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-30T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-30T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The AI bosses warning about their own products aren't scientists, says Tim Fung. They're salespeople who found a better pitch.]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dame Irene Hays on grief, rescuing Thomas Cook and growing Hays Travel]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/irene-hays-grief-rescuing-thomas-cook-hays-travel" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/irene-hays-grief-rescuing-thomas-cook-hays-travel</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-29T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-29T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The company's owner on leading Hays Travel through Thomas Cook, Covid and personal tragedy, without ever borrowing a penny]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Success leaves clues”: How one founder rebuilt her company's culture]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/success-leaves-clues-rebuilt-company-culture" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/success-leaves-clues-rebuilt-company-culture</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-29T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-29T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Case Studies" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[How admitting an uncomfortable truth about her own business helped Kate Lester build a more diverse, resilient company]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Explore Learning's CEO turns company values into daily practice]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/values-mean-nothing-what-makes-real" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/values-mean-nothing-what-makes-real</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-27T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-27T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Case Studies" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The boss of the UK's largest independent tuition provider on why she treats culture like teaching a six-year-old]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The beauty of AI in action: Hair Syrup and Dr Adams Aesthetics]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/beauty-ai-hair-syrup-dr-adams-aesthetics" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/beauty-ai-hair-syrup-dr-adams-aesthetics</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-23T11:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-23T11:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs in the beauty space are experimenting with AI in different ways to scale their businesses]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mia Drennan: The city temp who built a billion-pound business]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mia-drennan-glas-billion-pound-business" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mia-drennan-glas-billion-pound-business</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-22T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-22T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The founder of GLAS built a category the banks didn't want, then scaled it past a unicorn valuation]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Company culture: How Signable CEO Olly Culverhouse tells real values from empty ones]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/signable-people-come-first-how-to-mean-it" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/signable-people-come-first-how-to-mean-it</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-22T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-22T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Case Studies" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The company's founder reckons you can spot a real culture by what a company refuses to cut in a bad month, not what it boasts about in a good one]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Janine Chamberlin</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[LinkedIn's UK boss: Why being small is suddenly a genuine AI advantage]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/linkedin-uk-boss-small-suddenly-ai-advantage" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/linkedin-uk-boss-small-suddenly-ai-advantage</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-21T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-21T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Janine Chamberlin on why the country's smaller businesses are hiring and founding at record rates, even as the wider jobs market cools]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Cultural add”, not “cultural fit”: How Medialab protects its values]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/cultural-add-not-cultural-fit-medialab-values" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/cultural-add-not-cultural-fit-medialab-values</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-20T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-20T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Case Studies" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The agency’s chief people and culture officer explains how three simple values shape everything from recruitment to parental leave]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Donat Rétif: How Loveholidays hit £350m revenue without a single plane]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/loveholidays-tripled-revenue-without-single-plane" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/loveholidays-tripled-revenue-without-single-plane</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-14T15:12:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-14T15:12:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[CEO Donat Rétif explains how Loveholidays tripled its revenue – and why the toughest market comes first in scale-up]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Brexit warning hiding in a Mayfair housekeeper's pay packet]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/brexit-warning-hiding-mayfair-pay-packet" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/brexit-warning-hiding-mayfair-pay-packet</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-10T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-10T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[When the wealthy decide a country has lost its pull, the people who staff their homes know first]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sister: The Manchester hub looking to spin out success]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sister-hub-spin-out-success" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sister-hub-spin-out-success</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-09T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-09T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A multi-million pound science and tech hub in Manchester is showcasing the city’s ambitions and the spirit of a new kind of entrepreneurialism]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Szu Ping Chan</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Return to EU is no silver bullet for UK business]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/return-eu-no-silver-bullet-uk-business" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/return-eu-no-silver-bullet-uk-business</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-07T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-07T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As calls grow louder to rejoin the EU, Szu Ping Chan argues the cost, time and control implications make it a bad bet for business]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Barclays CEO Venkat on running a bank through cancer]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/barclays-ceo-venkat-interview" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/barclays-ceo-venkat-interview</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The CEO has added roughly £40bn in shareholder value to Barclays, all while battling cancer]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why the AI revolution favours your business]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-revolution-favours-your-business" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-revolution-favours-your-business</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-02T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-02T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The businesses best placed to win with AI are not the ones with the deepest pockets, which should reshape how you plan your next move]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Brexit barrier this CEO is grateful for]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/q5d-brexit-barrier" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/q5d-brexit-barrier</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-02T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-02T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Case Studies" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[EU rules are a burden, admits this robotics CEO. But clear them and they become a barrier that locks out your weaker rivals]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nadine Merabi: why scaling up 800% nearly broke her fashion brand]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/surge-nearly-broke-nadine-merabi-brand" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/surge-nearly-broke-nadine-merabi-brand</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-01T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-01T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Former England hockey player, Nadine Merabi explains how discipline, culture and a decade of grit built her luxury fashion brand]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Brexit-ready and still caught out: A lesson for every exporter]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bridgnorth-aluminium-brexit-ready-still-caught-out" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bridgnorth-aluminium-brexit-ready-still-caught-out</id>
                        <updated>2026-07-01T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-07-01T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Case Studies" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Bridgnorth Aluminium knew what questions to ask when Brexit hit. It still lost ground to EU rivals overnight]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Suddenly, nobody liked us”: What a decade of Brexit taught Britain’s scaling founders]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/what-decade-brexit-scaling-founders" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/what-decade-brexit-scaling-founders</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-30T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-30T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Brexit argument may never settle. The survival strategies have. Founders and economists on what changed and what it taught]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Brexit didn't cause Britain's skills shortage. It exposed it]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/brexit-skills-shortage-exposed" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/brexit-skills-shortage-exposed</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The shortage was years in the making. This recruiter explains what it exposed and where the talent is hiding now]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Steven Swinford</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Keir Starmer's downfall should teach every CEO about vision]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/keir-starmer-downfall-teach-vision" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/keir-starmer-downfall-teach-vision</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-25T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-25T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The outgoing prime minister had 30 priorities, four chiefs of staff and 15 major U-turns. What he never had was a vision anyone could follow]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Brexit broke their biggest deal. Then 20 million tourists saved them]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/brexit-broke-deal-the-protein-ball" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/brexit-broke-deal-the-protein-ball</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-24T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-24T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Case Studies" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Protein Ball Co lost a third of its business almost overnight. Founder Matt Hunt on surviving Brexit and where he found growth instead]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Blue Light Card went from start-up to six million members]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/blue-light-card-growth-story" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/blue-light-card-growth-story</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-23T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-23T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[How a discount platform for frontline workers became a fast-scaling commercial success – without abandoning its mission]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Polestar UK tore up the Tesla sales playbook]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/polestar-tore-up-tesla-sales-playbook" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/polestar-tore-up-tesla-sales-playbook</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-18T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-18T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Polestar UK's MD Matt Galvin on the four moves that lifted sales, fixed service and made AI earn its keep]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vivien Wong: The 10 year journey that made Little Moons an overnight sensation]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/little-moons-britain-growing-food-brands" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/little-moons-britain-growing-food-brands</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-16T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-16T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Little Moons co-founder Vivien Wong on a decade of groundwork, the TikTok moment that changed it all and scaling with a replacement CEO]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How one CEO turned meeting waffle into a competitive advantage]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/turned-meeting-waffle-competitive-advantage" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/turned-meeting-waffle-competitive-advantage</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-15T09:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-15T09:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The co-founder of Otter.ai thinks information silos are quietly costing you a fortune. His solution is to capture everything]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why this $4bn CEO deliberately leaves his laptop at home]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/4bn-ceo-leaves-laptop-at-home" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/4bn-ceo-leaves-laptop-at-home</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-11T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-11T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[One Silicon Valley CEO says this method is the fastest way to see where his business is really falling short]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Adam Jay and the "massive pivot" that saved Vinted]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/pivot-saved-vinted" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/pivot-saved-vinted</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-09T15:49:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-09T15:49:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In his first-ever podcast interview, Vinted CEO Adam Jay explains how a single counterintuitive decision turned a failing start-up into an €8bn powerhouse.]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How one founder is using AI to land a knockout business opportunity]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bowraw-ai-knockout-business-opportunity" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bowraw-ai-knockout-business-opportunity</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-04T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-04T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[What began as a boxing apparel brand is now becoming a lesson in how founders can use AI to unlock new growth]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Alice Cumming</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Europe’s scaling problem is down to infrastructure, not ambition]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/europe-scaling-problem-infrastructure" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/europe-scaling-problem-infrastructure</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-04T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-04T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Sponsored" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sponsored content: Pleo’s Søren Lonning explains why better finance infrastructure is key to scaling across Europe]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kim Innes: How Humble Crumble turned nostalgia into growth]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/humble-crumble-turned-nostalgia-growth" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/humble-crumble-turned-nostalgia-growth</id>
                        <updated>2026-06-03T03:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-06-03T03:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Humble Crumble founder Kim Innes shares how customer feedback, viral moments and a simple love of crumble helped turn it into a profitable London success story]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How AI is changing the product launch playbook]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-changing-product-launch-playbook" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-changing-product-launch-playbook</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Global recession warning, cyber investment push, Ferrari's electric leap and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Definely: How a blind lawyer inspired a $40m AI firm]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/build-ai-start-up-uk" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/build-ai-start-up-uk</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-26T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-26T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nnamdi Emelifeonwu explains how a problem faced by a visually impaired colleague became the legal tech scale-up, Definely]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[AI disrupts meetings]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-disrupts-meetings" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-disrupts-meetings</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[IPO bonanza, gov's SME payment protection, breaking free of thought spirals and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Christopher de Lapuente: How the former Sephora CEO built a €16bn brand]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sephora-risks-mistakes-breakthroughs" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/sephora-risks-mistakes-breakthroughs</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-19T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-19T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Chris de Lapuente on why he abandoned his own strategy at Sephora, and the P&G habits that shaped his career]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[AI behind the wheel]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-behind-wheel" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-behind-wheel</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Avoiding Black Swans, JPMorgan London threat, surprise growth and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Jonathan Spry: How Envelop Risk taught an entire industry to use its data]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/envelop-risk-insurance-age-ai" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/envelop-risk-insurance-age-ai</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-12T15:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-12T15:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Envelop Risk's co-founder and CEO, Jonathan Spry on bringing insurance into the AI era – and raising $130m to boot]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Beyond banks: How UK entrepreneurs are rewriting the rules of fundraising]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/how-uk-entrepreneurs-rewriting-rules-fundraising" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/how-uk-entrepreneurs-rewriting-rules-fundraising</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-11T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-11T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From crowdfunding to media-for-equity, entrepreneurs are finding new and inventive ways to fund growth beyond old-school banks and venture capital]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[AI encounters of the SME kind]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-encounters-sme-kind" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-encounters-sme-kind</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[RAMageddon, SaaSpocalypse, first one-person $1bn company soon and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kai Feller on the pricing pivot that built (and sold) Bark.com]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bark-the-british-tech-platform-helping-small-businesses" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bark-the-british-tech-platform-helping-small-businesses</id>
                        <updated>2026-05-05T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-05-05T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Bark.com co-founder on the pricing pivot he bet the business on, scaling into nine countries with no local office and his new AI venture]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[BT: The strategy to revive a 180-year-old giant]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bt-strategy-revive-180-year-old-giant" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bt-strategy-revive-180-year-old-giant</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-30T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-30T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[AI tech titans clash, UK drug investment boost and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Ed Smith</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The attention crisis costing your business more than you think]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/attention-crisis-costing-business-more" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/attention-crisis-costing-business-more</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-29T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-29T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Constant connectivity is eroding focus, productivity and creativity across the modern workplace]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Allison Kirkby: how BT’s first female CEO is transforming the brand]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bt-group-ceo-allison-kirkby-upgrading-the-worlds-oldest-telco" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/bt-group-ceo-allison-kirkby-upgrading-the-worlds-oldest-telco</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-28T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-28T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Allison Kirkby on why she's bringing the BT brand back to consumers, and her advice for leaders who want to step outside their comfort zone]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Ellen Hammett</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The disappearing first job and what it means for your business]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/disappearing-first-job-means-business" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/disappearing-first-job-means-business</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-27T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-27T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As AI reshapes work, the disappearance of entry-level roles is creating a dangerous gap in the talent pipeline]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The founder who built fast and learnt the hard limits of growth]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/founder-built-fast-learnt-limits-growth" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/founder-built-fast-learnt-limits-growth</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-24T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-24T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Castell Group founder Dorian Payne has built more than 250 affordable homes in Wales, but his biggest growth challenge is learning when to say no]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[AI vs AI has begun]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-vs-ai-begun" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-vs-ai-begun</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-23T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-23T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Tim Cook hands over the reins, billionaires up, unemployment down and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Jake Humphrey</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The productivity myth that’s holding UK leaders back]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/productivity-myth-holding-back" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/productivity-myth-holding-back</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-22T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-22T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The real reason you’re not as productive as you want to be, according to Jake Humphrey]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Matthew Pohlson: the Omaze CEO on the importance of storytelling]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/omaze-ceo-storytelling-conquering-your-fears" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/omaze-ceo-storytelling-conquering-your-fears</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-21T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-21T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Omaze flopped in the US. But, as CEO Matthew Pohlson reveals, ditching instinct for data turned things around in the UK]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Rupert Neate</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The mid-market is Britain’s growth engine. So why is it ignored?]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mid-market-britain-growth-engine-ignored" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mid-market-britain-growth-engine-ignored</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-20T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-20T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Medium-sized businesses are driving growth across the UK but remain overlooked by policy and attention]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Sarah Vizard</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ask Richard: Capital]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ask-richard-capital" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ask-richard-capital</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-17T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-17T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sir Richard Harpin shares practical advice on debt equity and choosing the right funding strategy for growth]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[AI and water: An opportunity in plain sight?]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-water-opportunity-plain-sight" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-water-opportunity-plain-sight</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-16T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-16T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Shock economic growth, Amazon's acquisition to create a Starlink competitor and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Amelia Sordell</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The simple way to make social media pay]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/simple-way-social-media-pay" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/simple-way-social-media-pay</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Personal branding expert Amelia Sordell outlines the step-by-step ‘automation stack’ that helped her make $4m from LinkedIn]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mitie: The CEO who flipped the org chart on its head]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mitie-ceo-flipped-org-chart" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mitie-ceo-flipped-org-chart</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-14T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-14T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The leader of one of the largest employers in the UK shares his thoughts on leading large, public-facing teams]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Capital is flowing but only for the best storytellers]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/capital-flowing-best-storytellers" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/capital-flowing-best-storytellers</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-09T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-09T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Altman worries, tax raid concerns, away day hell and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[“What have you got to lose?”: The mindset powering a care-tech disruptor]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/tech-tool-inspires-caring-sharing" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/tech-tool-inspires-caring-sharing</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-08T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-08T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From running a multi-site care business to building a tech platform, Kay Morley-Cooper is on a mission to put people at the heart of care]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Harry Stebbings: How a podcast turned into a $400m+ venture fund]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/harry-stebbings-podcast-into-100m-venture-fund" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/harry-stebbings-podcast-into-100m-venture-fund</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-07T13:17:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-07T13:17:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The 20VC founder shares why belief, discipline and consistency matter more than strategy alone]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why UK businesses aren’t seeing AI results]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/why-businesses-arent-seeing-ai-results" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/why-businesses-arent-seeing-ai-results</id>
                        <updated>2026-04-02T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-04-02T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[OpenAI soars, deal frenzy, Apple at 50 and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[D Louise: The discipline behind building a modern consumer brand]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/d-louise-building-modern-consumer-brand" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/d-louise-building-modern-consumer-brand</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Jewellery brand founder Olivia Jenkins on belief, discipline and building a business with purpose]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why transformation at M&S never really ends]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/relentless-leadership-style-turnaround" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/relentless-leadership-style-turnaround</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-30T12:45:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-30T12:45:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[M&S CEO Stuart Machin on leadership, transformation and why switching off is not an option]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The forgotten middle steps up]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/forgotten-middle-steps-up" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/forgotten-middle-steps-up</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-26T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-26T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Cost acceleration, Huel acquired and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Catherine Baker</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why leaders should train like athletes for high pressure moments]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/leaders-train-athletes-high-pressure-moments" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/leaders-train-athletes-high-pressure-moments</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-24T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-24T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Elite sport shows that success under pressure isn’t about talent, it’s about preparation for the moment]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Gary Lubner built a glass empire in Belron and Autoglass]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/belron-autoglass-glass-empire" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/belron-autoglass-glass-empire</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-24T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-24T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Belron CEO, Gary Lubner focused on customers, insurers and employees to build one of the world’s leading automotive service brands.]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Crisis made him, will it make you?]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/leadership-playbook-tough-times" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/leadership-playbook-tough-times</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-19T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-19T07:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Companies House security failure, how the Iran War is reordering global capital and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rentokil: The ‘unglamorous’ business that became a global powerhouse]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/rentokil-unglamorous-global-powerhouse" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/rentokil-unglamorous-global-powerhouse</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-17T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-17T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As he steps down after more than a decade as CEO, Andy Ransom explains how he turned a century-old British company into a global leader in pest control]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 10 year journey behind The Beauty Tech Group’s IPO]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/behind-the-beauty-tech-group-ipo" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/behind-the-beauty-tech-group-ipo</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-16T06:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-16T06:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Founder Laurence Newman explains how more than a decade of patient growth turned a Manchester start-up into a newly listed global beauty technology company]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The AI question every business leader is asking]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-question-every-leader-asking" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ai-question-every-leader-asking</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-12T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-12T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Revolut gets banking licence, private markets clients ‘glad’ about Iran war ‘distraction’ and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Dash Water turned wonky fruit into a scale-up success]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/dash-water-scale-up-success" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/dash-water-scale-up-success</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-10T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-10T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Alex Wright drew on his farming background to find a breakthrough drinks product that appeals to people’s consciences as well as their tastebuds]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[A week that changed the economic outlook]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/week-changed-economic-outlook" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/week-changed-economic-outlook</id>
                        <updated>2026-03-05T09:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-03-05T09:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Formula 1’s pivotal year, US tariff uncertainty and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw and Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dealing with reliable uncertainty]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/dealing-with-reliable-uncertainty" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/dealing-with-reliable-uncertainty</id>
                        <updated>2026-02-26T12:19:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-02-26T12:19:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="News Analysis" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As US trade policy swings wildly, UK businesses are left grappling with disruption and more in our weekly newsletter]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ben Askins: 'Nail' hiring and the rest falls into place]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ben-askins-nail-hiring" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/ben-askins-nail-hiring</id>
                        <updated>2026-02-24T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-02-24T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ben Askins started out in the world of luxury branding before moving into the carbon credit space. The two very different industries have taught him one key lesson: hiring is key in business]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Steven Swinford</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Turmoil at No 10 shows governing is a tough call]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/turmoil-no-10-tough-call" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/turmoil-no-10-tough-call</id>
                        <updated>2026-02-23T11:31:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-02-23T11:31:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Relentless political churn, restless backbenchers and jittery markets are turning policymaking into a high-risk exercise]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Sam Stoffel built – and nearly derailed – his business]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/shiny-object-syndrome-sam-stoffel-business" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/shiny-object-syndrome-sam-stoffel-business</id>
                        <updated>2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[After starting out broke, Sam Stoffel built a matched betting platform into a £10m exit – learning hard lessons on pricing, rebranding, cashflow and dealmaking along the way]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Catherine Baker</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Four productivity hacks for sustained insight]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/four-productivity-hacks-for-sustained-insight" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/four-productivity-hacks-for-sustained-insight</id>
                        <updated>2026-02-16T12:14:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-02-16T12:14:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Expert" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[High performance isn’t about pushing harder – it’s about leading smarter. These four practical hacks help you protect energy, focus and lasting impact]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Josh Dornbrack</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Inside leadership’s most underrated partnership]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/inside-leaderships-most-underrated-partnership" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/inside-leaderships-most-underrated-partnership</id>
                        <updated>2026-02-16T10:29:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-02-16T10:29:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Features" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The right executive assistant will save time, filter out noise and make everyone more productive. They might just be the most important hire your business makes]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
                    <entry>
                        
                        <author><name>Dougal Shaw</name></author>
                        
                        <title type="html"><![CDATA[From Red Bull to Tenzing: How one founder built a natural energy drinks brand]]></title>
                        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.businessleader.co.uk/huib-van-bockel-tenzing" />
                        <id>https://www.businessleader.co.uk/huib-van-bockel-tenzing</id>
                        <updated>2026-02-10T16:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <published>2026-02-10T16:00:00+00:00</published>
                        <category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Podcasts" /><category scheme="https://www.businessleader.co.uk" term="Interviews" />
                        
                        
                        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A decade ago, Huib Van Bockel pitched his wife a risky plan at their kitchen table. Today, that idea has grown into Tenzing – a brand backed by Heineken and stocked by the UK’s biggest supermarkets.]]></summary>
                    </entry>
                
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