Podcasts

The Business Leader team are joined by the political editor of The Times Steven Swinford to cover what you need to know about the tariffs

Steve Jobs. Jeff Bezos. Taylor Swift? A new book makes a compelling case for why the world’s biggest pop star belongs in the pantheon of business masterminds

Pip Murray talks about how she took her idea from the kitchen table to supermarket shelves, through food markets, rigorous product testing and more

Udemy chief executive Hugo Sarrazin talks about its plans and the challenges of scaling-up a new tech giant

Graham Ruddick speaks to chief executive Roisin Currie to find out the secret behind the success of Greggs

We speak to personal branding expert Amelia Sordell to uncover the truth about building a personal brand that actually works

CEO Richard Davies on the story behind Allica, why small and medium-sized businesses need a better bank and the outlook for the UK economy

The UK economy is stagnating, productivity is falling and fewer than one in 20 promising businesses goes on to become a large company. So how do we fix this?

David Abrahamovitch built Grind from one cafe in Shoreditch to a multimillion-pound business that is now expanding beyond London. This is the story of how he did it.

LinkedIn is the leading social network for businesses around the world. Now it wants a stake in real-life interactions too.

Founder Timo Boldt explains how AI tech is embedded in Gousto and how coaching and mentorship have transformed him as a leader

IBM UK chair Nicola Hodson discusses how businesses can implement artificial intelligence, the state of Quantum computing and much more

We talk to former Sainsbury's CEO Justin King about its turnaround, his rivalry with Tesco and chief executive Sir Terry Leahy and more

We sit down with Duncan Wardle, Disney's former innovation chief, to explore how breaking the mould can transform a business

Serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore shares how to develop original consumer products, hire the right people and much more.

NEC Group CEO Melanie Smith talks about why she has the best job in Britain, why private equity ownership is better than being listed on the stock market and more

Jordan Schwarzenberger shares his advice on how to connect with Gen Z and stand out on social media as a business leader.

Zenobe co-founder James Basden talks through the story behind one of the UK's fastest-growing companies and much more.

Stuart Machin, the chief executive of Marks & Spencer, he discusses his leadership style and why he has concerns about the UK economy and government in 2025

Stuart Machin's focus on the in-store experience, products and culture of the business have proved key to boosting the retailer's fortunes

John Cleese reveals how creativity isn’t just for the arts — it’s a vital skill for problem-solving, strategy and innovation in business

Behavioural scientist and hypnotist Paul McKenna explains the powerful role that manifestation can play in business success

How does a tech leader navigate a post-pandemic slump and harness AI to redefine an industry? Allan Thygesen shares how he’s steering the company

The Business Leader editorial team look at the year ahead, the trends we expect to see, what leaders should stop doing and much more

Will Shu, the chief executive and co-founder of Deliveroo, weighs in on the founder mode debate and shares what he wishes he had done differently

We talk to some of the UK's top investors on the business world in 2025 and whether they are optimistic or pessimistic about the outlook for the UK

Graham Ruddick, Sarah Vizard and Dougal Shaw get together to discuss what they have learned in 2024 and their top business tips

Peter Jelkeby started his career at Ikea as a forklift truck driver. Here he talks about how it became one of the biggest retailers in the UK and his career to the top

Jesper Brodin, the CEO of Ingka Group, the business behind Ikea's global retail operations, on how Ikea became one of the biggest retailers in the world

Fraser Smeaton turned MorphCostumes into a multi-million-pound business but had to reinvent when it became a victim of its own success

Simon Brownell, CEO of the World Snooker Tour, reveals how innovative strategies and a focus on China have propelled snooker to new heights

The company behind Andrex, Kleenex and Huggies is challenging the philosophy that 110 per cent effort gets the best results

In the new episode, we hear John Blakey's teachings on how to be a purpose-driven leader who can get the best out of yourself and your team

We speak to Versuni chief executive Veronique Pauwels about the business, why it is capable of producing innovations like the air fryer and more

Co-founder and co-CEO Eran Zinman speaks on this episode about how global software giant Monday.com has scaled so rapidly.

This is the story behind Huel's unique recruitment, marketing and growth strategy with the company's CEO James McMaster

We speak to the chief executives of Notting Hill Genesis, Hyde, Anchor and Places for People in a unique roundtable discussion

Dr Mark Slack guides us through how CMR built a robot to do keyhole surgery and became a business valued at more than $3bn

We speak to Fawn Weaver, who has been building a new global whisky brand, Uncle Nearest, from Tennessee in the US

We speak to Alex Depledge, the co-founder of Resi, to find out what is it like building a business for the second time and more

This is the story of how Sir Rocco Forte fought back and his thoughts on how to grow a business

We speak to Mark Dixon about how he scaled IWG in a story that involves rapid growth, Chapter 11 bankruptcy and flashy new rivals...

We look at the story of how Yorkshireman Richard Harpin built Homeserve into a £4.1 billion company despite the business nearly failing twice

Rishi Khosla, the co-founder and chief executive of OakNorth, talks about building OakNorth into the most valuable fintech in the UK

We speak with Tim Steiner, the co-founder and chief executive of Ocado, about the Ocado and Waitrose split and much more