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My Business Leader Secret - Julie Chen, CEO of Cheeky Panda

Cheeky Panda CEO: ‘Wear your brand’ to stand out

Julie Chen, co-founder and CEO of Cheeky Panda, on how to make an impact with potential customers and investors

Dougal Shaw

Microphone, laptop and on air lamp on the table

CEOs turn to podcasts to control their message

Plus, retail footfall improves for first time in over a year, Labour commits to green clusters and the new watchdog for workers will need "real teeth"
Person writing on a tablet with a cityscape in the background

The role of technology in reviving the UK economy

While the government plans to prioritise economic expansion through a modern industrial strategy, digital adoption remains a key hurdle

Emma Jones

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI’s £5bn funding raise

Plus, BoE hints at lowering interest rates, Starling Bank “shockingly lax” and Tesco sales rise
Adam Peaty looks on during a training session on day eight of the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Recovery vs hard work: What can elite sport teach us?

Running a business is all about working hard. But Catherine Baker says that leaders need to learn the power of recovery from elite-level athletes

Catherine Baker

Nike store is a fashion and sporting goods store

Nike strategy reset

Plus, fear over AIM's future, Canary Wharf 🤝 Eden Project and would you respond to a heckle with an 11-second pause?
alex dupledge

How to build a business for the second time

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

Graham Ruddick

Smiling businesswoman shaking hands with client before meeting in office

Business confidence hits a two-year low

Plus, Greggs' sales growth slows, Beyoncé and Levi's team up for an ad campaign and more in today's Off to Lunch newsletter
Aston Martin car

Aston Martin warns on profits

Plus, more than 85 per cent of businesses say they have faced a crisis, what Rick Astley can teach us about giving up and 60 years of the bullet train in our Off to Lunch newsletter
My Business Leader Secret - Richard Peake, managing director of Merchant Gourmet

Merchant Gourmet boss: Boring products offer big opportunities

Richard Peake, managing director of Merchant Gourmet, on bringing excitement to 'begrudged' consumer products

Dougal Shaw

La Station F

A start-up utopia in Paris?

Plus, changes at OpenAI, lessons from England cricketing great James Anderson and Yuval Noah Harari's new book
James Anderson of England walks through the guard of honour on his final test appearance

Great success can come from sharpening your focus

Ed Smith explores the journey of England bowler James Anderson and why it holds lessons for business leaders on career development

Ed Smith

Library, research and row of books on bookshelf for reading, knowledge and educational learning

The origins of self-help books

Plus, Rightmove bid rejected...again, Co-op announces plan for new stores and £1m worth of phones left on trains a year
Amy Knight standing in front of Must Have Ideas' warehouse

Must Have Ideas: The online retailer dominating social media and consumer trends

Gut feeling and a keen eye for customers has helped Must Have Ideas go from homebased start-up to an online success story

Josh Dornbrack

James Daunt, Waterstone's, Mantova, Italy, 2012

James Daunt on how to run successful shops

In our latest podcast episode, we get a masterclass from James Daunt, the man who turned around Waterstones in the UK and Barnes & Noble in the US

Graham Ruddick

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves leave after an interview at the London Stock Exchange

Upcoming Budget affecting growth

Plus, AIM under threat, ISG collapse "devastating" and zombies and iPhones
Rachel Reeves Delivers First Major Speech As New Chancellor Of The Exchequer

Rachel Reeves on growth: “It means working with business”

Plus, Rightmove bid increased, JCB results boost and how FIFA was outplayed by Electronic Arts
My Business Leader Secret - Jordan Schwarzenberger, co-founder of Arcade Media

Sidemen manager: I was C-suite at 20, it was hard

Jordan Schwarzenberger, manager of YouTube sensations The Sidemen, discusses the pitfalls of being a young leader

Dougal Shaw

Nike's CEO Elliot Hill

From intern to CEO: former Nike exec returns

Plus, UK consumer confidence drop, public sector debt hits new high, the spreadsheet artist and more
Paperplanes letters

The power of paper in a digital age

Online marketers call people who live offline ‘the unreachables’ but Paperplanes co-founder Dan Dunn has shown that direct mail can still hit home

Dougal Shaw

How Signable turned its institutional knowledge into gold with Slack and AI

eSignature software provider Signable has embraced digital transformation and an AI-powered collaboration with Slack to propel its business to new heights
Business Leader South West Awards 2024 winners

Business Leader South West Awards 2024 winners revealed

Business Leader has revealed the winners of this year’s Business Leader South West Awards at an event at Aerospace in Bristol

Josh Dornbrack

Bank of England Museum located within the Bank of England in the City of London

Interest rates held

Plus, UK’s offices at risk of becoming redundant, Ocado and Next give reasons to smile, 4,500 jobs TGI Fridays at risk and is the UK the 'sick man of Europe'?
Caspar Lee standing in front of a brick wall

Gen Z ushers in the end of the untouchable boss

Casper Lee argues that with the stakes higher than ever, today's executives must navigate a new landscape where sincerity is key to trust and success

Caspar Lee