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James Reed: all about business

'James Reed: all about business' puts you at the heart of fun, dynamic, candid conversation with business leaders, philanthropists and charitable celebrities as they use their journeys to give clear, actionable advice. Hosted by James Reed CBE, the Chairman and CEO of Reed Group, you’ll hear the highs and lows of what it means to be a true business leader to empower you to implement smarter, more meaningful strategy in your business or career.

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“Business rates… was nationalized in 1990, right? So we're talking 35 odd years ago. And we're still stuck with that same principle of taxing businesses on property. So pre-internet… This is how I describe it. It was during the time of Ask Jeeves… So about a fifth of sales are done online. And that's not reflected in the business rates.” — Ros Morgan, James Reed: all about business
Ros Morgan · 19 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I remember saying to the investors when the last lot came in, do you think we should discuss the F word before you arrive? And they went, what's that? I went, founder.” — Cath Kidston, James Reed: all about business
Cath Kidston · 12 Oct 2026 Listen →
“No one interferes when the graphs are going up… And it's when it starts to flatten that the interference happens.” — Cath Kidston, James Reed: all about business
Cath Kidston · 12 Oct 2026 Listen →
“We went down this compostable packaging route, which has probably cost us, I'm going to say, between a million and two million pounds. We could have put up a wind turbine with that, that would have made us completely self-sufficient with green energy on the farm. … Being driven by customer perception is not always good enough.” — Guy Singh-Watson, James Reed: all about business
Guy Singh-Watson · 5 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I do remember her once saying, Guy, you need to be gratuitously offensive less often. And when you are, you need to recognise it and apologise quickly and publicly.” — Guy Singh-Watson, James Reed: all about business
Guy Singh-Watson · 5 Oct 2026 Listen →
“It's normally cheaper to tell a good story than it is to do a good thing, and unfortunately that is just the truth. And that's what a shareholder will demand because that's what they can make money from.” — Guy Singh-Watson, James Reed: all about business
Guy Singh-Watson · 5 Oct 2026 Listen →
“When they repealed the corn laws in 1846, 75% of the cost of a loaf of bread went to a farmer. Today, it would be about 5%. And the loaf of bread is cheaper as well.” — Guy Singh-Watson, James Reed: all about business
Guy Singh-Watson · 5 Oct 2026 Listen →
“…I was always taught only fools forecast. And a plan is a sort of forecast. And the world is so unpredictable that it's, you know, the plans I've been involved with never come true.” — James Reed, James Reed: all about business
James Reed · 31 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

James Reed: all about business is hosted by James Reed .

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