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James Reed: all about business — 98 episodes

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93. How to start a business: The step by step guide | Emma Jones

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92. When should you hire, raise or expand? The lessons from Forest Bikes | Caroline Seton

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91. How to build your own talent pipeline | Lisa Bryer OBE & Charlie Kennard MBE

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90. The lowest-risk way to scale a start-up | Jake Wilmot-Sitwell

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89. The business decision you'll thank yourself for in 5 years | James Perry

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88. How to build a disruptive product without outspending industry giants | Mark Rushmore

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87. How to start and scale a charity: Supporting 7000 kids a week through football | Charlie Hyman

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86. Lab-grown diamonds were underestimated. Here's how they're disrupting luxury | Nathalie Morrison

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85. "We were £1.5M in debt": The turnaround strategy that could save your business | Zoe Paskin

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84. How to grow your business without losing control | David Palmer

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83. Are you selling too early? The succession model most founders have never heard of | Victoria Stapleton

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82. Start now. The sign your business idea is ready to build | Sahar Hashemi OBE

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81. How Gousto is taking on the ultra-processed food industry | Timo Boldt

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80. How a £5,000 workshop became a global luxury brand | Tom Faulkner

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79. What businesses should learn from museums about innovation | Elizabeth McKay

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78. The crisis facing UK retail and food businesses | Sarah Bradbury

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77. What it’s really like running a funeral directors business | Damian Melville

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76. How to get a pay rise: Salary negotiation that works | Connor Scully

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75. How to calculate what you're worth in the job market | Leanne Appleton

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74. How to grow a business fast and exit successfully | Andrew Hulbert

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73. No cows here: Could your pint become your next leather wallet? | TJ Mitchell

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72. How to build a successful brand in a competitive market | Steve Perez

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71. The interview method that actually works in 2026 | Will Moore

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70. The 7 Second CV: What recruiters wish everyone knew | Libby White

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69. The career mistake smart people keep making (and what actually matters) | Sophie Clarke

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68. Ex Gordon Ramsay Group CEO reveals his turnaround playbook | Stuart Gillies

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67. How to evolve your offering to grow a service-based business | Gregory Nice + Jack Stanton

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66. From miniskirts to stem cell therapy: How a fashion leader is changing heart failure treatment | Jenifer Rosenberg OBE

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65. From Dragon’s Den to Startup Success | Jinesh Vohra

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64. How to convert visibility into sales and long-term growth | Penelope Chilvers

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63. The future of PR and business in an AI world | Francesca Gamble

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62. How to stack revenue: The 3 levers that optimise growth of any local food business | Pete Russell

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61. The email that saved HomeServe and sparked a £4bn business | Sir Richard Harpin

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60. Gold medal to boardroom: The one olympic method I applied that turned my workforce elite | Adrian Moorhouse MBE

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59. From rejection to £100m deals: The Netflix pitch that changed British TV | Andy Harries OBE

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58. Behind the doors of Downton Abbey: Managing the 1,300-year-old Highclere Castle | Lady Carnarvon

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57. How to spot the next billion dollar opportunity before everyone else | James McHugh

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56. Banishing bureaucracy: How Octopus Group built a culture of entrepreneurship leading to a $9 billion valuation | Chris Hulatt

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55. Fame, failure & a 12-stone weight loss: The journey to 2 Michelin stars | Tom Kerridge

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54. The secret behavioural prompts brands use to influence your choices | Raphy March

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53. Titan of the hotel industry reveals the 3 things you need to know to open a luxury hospitality business | Sir Rocco Forte

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52. Karma Capitalism: Why being a good business IS good business | James Reed CBE

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51. Celebrity Traitors finale week: The REAL big dog! Producer and Founder of Studio Lambert | Stephen Lambert OBE

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50. How to spot a charity that's a red flag (and how to give smarter) | John Spiers

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49: Is your passion a business worth starting?: The simple method to find out | Johnnie Boden CBE

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48: Is this platform a new era beyond OnlyFans?: Innovation VS ethical responsibility | Felix Henderson

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47: The power of PR: Controlling your brand reputation and the steps to handling a media crisis | Sarah Woodhouse

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46. “We lost 11 million in one month!”: What Hays Travel did to go from crisis to smashing £3 Billion | Dame Irene Hays

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45. Should you hire ex offenders? Reed's report is here and the verdict is in! | Alex Head

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44. Can we save the post-covid schooling crisis with THIS AI tool? | Phillippa De’Ath

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5 top summer takeaways you should hear to grow your business - Part 2

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43. 5 top summer takeaways you should hear to grow your business - Part 1

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42. Silent Disco Founder: "I didn’t want to build a company; I wanted to build a feeling" | Toby Burns

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41. The new poverty line: How working professionals are being pushed into hardship and what to do about it | Mark Game

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40. Microsoft’s 6 principles for developing the best AI strategy | Jed Griffiths

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39. Smarter, fairer, faster: How AI is redefining graduate hiring | James Uffindell

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38. The chemistry of growth: turning a mould problem into a thriving business | Byron Dixon OBE

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37. Hitting rock bottom to building a global brand from scratch | Matthew Jones

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36. How to get users on your app from day one | Michelle Kennedy

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35. Cargo without borders: How airships are about to connect the unreachable | Mark Dorey

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34. The importance of being idle: A serious case for doing less | Tom Hodgkinson

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33. Surfers Against Sewage: Are we sitting on a public health time bomb? | Giles Bristow

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32. What a venture capitalist is REALLY looking for when deciding to invest in your business | Sasha Kaletsky

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31. MIND GYM: The work-out that will enhance your brain for ultimate productivity | Octavius Black CBE

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30. How the Princess of Wales’ favourite designer would build a jewellery brand in 2025 | Kiki McDonough

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29. From nail art in Dalston to global beauty-tech icon | Sharmadean Reid MBE

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28. Adapt or die: How can businesses improve efficiency? | Livio Manzini

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27. Lewis Hamilton’s brand expert reveals the key to building a winning reputation | David Robertson Mitchell

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26. "Net Zero is a Fantasy!" 5 ways to save the economy according to former Gails Chairman | Luke Johnson

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25. Human-like AI is rewiring our kids' brains! Educating the future generation | Philip Colligan

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24. Responding to a crisis: The force behind getting life-saving vaccines to the public | Dame Kate Bingham

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23. From shop floor to CEO of Kurt Geiger: How to climb to the top in fashion | Neil Clifford

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22. 82% of management are 'accidental managers'. Here's how to fix it | Ann Francke OBE

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21. Fix your ops issues and save thousands every year by looking at THIS data | Anita Dougall

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20. LADbible Founder: The contract I signed that put me in hospital | Alex Partridge

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19. GOOD SQUISH: Harnessing the power of an instagram personality to generate thousands of sales | Billie-Jo Cronin

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18. What The UK needs to learn from Silicon Valley about AI | The Hollingsworth Brothers

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17. The world's #1 mental health clinic for the rich and famous: Spotting the signs before it's too late | Jan Gerber

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16. A British business legend at 91 | Sir Alec Reed

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15. Making big decisions whilst sticking to your values | Steph Rix

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14. Is your workforce frazzled? The science of mindfulness and increasing productivity | Ruby Wax OBE

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13. Taking on a family zoo business and making a success of it | Reggie Heyworth

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12. How to deliver social impact to drive more profit | Isabel Kelly

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Bonus Ep: The Darker Side of Journalism: One Woman's Journey to Fleet Street | Shorts with Sue Douglas part 3

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Bonus Ep: Balancing Business Leadership and Family Life | Shorts with Sue Douglas part 2

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Bonus Ep: Breaking the Blood Scandal | Shorts with Sue Douglas part 1

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11. Property is not a rich man’s game! How to turn debt into millions | Rob Moore

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10. How to bootstrap your hobby into a successful business | Nicola Reed

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9. Entry level to managing director: How to make it happen | Donna Murrell

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8. The 10 second customer journey: stop friction and increase growth | Todd Unger

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7. Drive big business by understanding your customers on a local level | Andy Cook

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6. The 4 questions you need to answer to attract and retain top talent and customers | Becky Willan

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5. The business model to smash a £30 million target | Alex Day

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4. This is how you get millions of followers (whilst remaining authentic) | Philip & Molly King

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3. How to build a digital empire | Oli Green

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2. The key to profit-growing advertising campaigns revealed | Paul Weiland OBE

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1. Why 'diversity' isn't the goal for a thriving workforce | Dr. Heather Melville OBE

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