Paula MacKenzie took over as chief executive of PizzaExpress in 2022, six months after a debt restructuring had closed 73 restaurants. The brand had cycled through seven chief executives in eleven ...

Sir Richard Harpin built HomeServe from scratch into one of the UK's largest home emergency businesses, before leading its £4.1bn sale to Brookfield Asset Management in 2022. He has since founded the ...

Dougal Shaw speaking with Louise Newbury-Smith, head of Zoom in the UK & Ireland You know your company's done well when it becomes a verb. “Shall we meet in person or Zoom?” is a common refrain in ...

Stephen Johnson on the cash rule that saved Quooker UK From rejection to £100m in revenue, Quooker UK's MD Stephen Johnson on the cash discipline and the help that got him there Dame Irene Hays on ...

Join us for an informal breakfast networking morning built around the latest edition of Business Leader magazine. We’ll share a quick look at what’s inside this issue, plus a preview of upcoming ...

Having come through a rigorous judging process featuring judges such as Gallagher’s managing director Andy Ferguson, Heat Recruitment CEO Steve Preston, Ovo’s Alison Jaap and Strike Communications MD ...

Anthony Eskinazi founded the start-up JustPark in 2006, two years before Airbnb launched. Originally called ParkatmyHouse, the idea was to let people rent out their driveways or parking spaces on a ...

Alidad Moghaddam knew his business was gaining real traction when he spotted a shop create a makeshift, handwritten sign for its window, saying it accepted Blue Light. Blue Light Card is the UK's ...

Press play for the full interview, or skip to our summary below. “Windscreens are not a product that you wake up in the morning really excited about,” Gary Lubner joked to Sir Richard Harpin on the ...

Chris Galvin set up the Galvin Restaurants business with his brother Jeff in 2005, having already built up a lot of experience in the industry working for others, including Sir Terence Conran. The ...

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses,” Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, once quipped. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, didn’t conduct focus groups ...

Cross the road from Manchester Piccadilly rail station, then walk down a narrow alley between imposing Victorian red-brick buildings and an impressive vista unfolds before your eyes. The modern, ...