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Evan is joined by a panel of top entrepreneurs to answer your listener questions. How do you make your business stand out in a crowded marke...

From smartphones to trainers, confectionary and cleaning products, we live in a culture of constant updates. Companies reformulate, redesign...

Across our professional careers, many of us will come into contact with a difficult colleague or hard-to-please superior. But what happens w...

The UK’s private rental market has grown dramatically over recent decades, creating what often feels like a tale of two nations: ‘Generation...

Everyone wants to get the best price they can when they buy, whether that’s a product, a service or an experience. But the ‘best price’ can...

From headline deals like Vodafone-Three or home builder, Barratt buying rival, Redrow, corporate mergers and takeovers are on the rise. Evan...

In the years after the COVID pandemic we are travelling more and expecting more from our journeys. Travel is increasingly viewed as an end-t...

Right now, Artificial Intelligence feels unstoppable. Investors are piling in, expectations are sky-high and claims about a radically differ...

Every country likes to think it’s world-class at something. The Italians claim style, the Germans have their engineering and the Americans h...

Frustrated by the lack of sophisticated non-alcoholic drink options, Ben Branson began experimenting in his kitchen, distilling herbs from h...

Margaret Heffernan didn’t start out in business. Until her mid-30s, she was enjoying a successful career at the BBC, producing and directing...

When Joey Gonzalez took his first class at Barry’s, West Hollywood, he says “it was love at first sweat”. The music, night-club vibe and hig...

Sameer Vuyyuru has spent his career at the cutting edge of technology. From building semiconductors at Texas Instruments to launching an AI-...

Harry Destecroix was studying for his PhD at Bristol University when he co-founded Ziylo. Based on 20 years of Bristol chemistry research, t...

Sophie Mirman was thrown in at the deep end when – at the age of 13 – she was in a car accident with her parents. They were both badly injur...

When Jesper Brodin landed a job as IKEA’s purchase manager in Pakistan, he was only 26. And had no idea he was the only applicant. He’s now...

Heather Vernon never expected to become an entrepreneur. Her goal after university was to become a teacher, through the Teach First graduate...

Three business leaders tackle fictional dilemmas that test their instincts, experience and nerves. To make it more realistic, none of the gu...

Productivity drives prosperity, yet the UK continues to lag behind countries like the US, France and Germany. We work harder, yet produce le...

Do you ever feel the world is stacked in favour of the extrovert people – the most gregarious, the most outwardly confident, the perhaps som...

Once known as “personnel”, Human Resources seems to have become a real centre of power in modern business. No longer just handing out paysli...

Can chaos ever be good for business? From Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff policies to Elon Musk’s disruptive leadership style, some of t...

What happens when university research becomes a business? It’s called a spin-out and it’s built Silicon Valley, with Stanford University at...

It's easier than ever to create a website for your business and talk directly with customers, but what are the pitfalls to avoid? Three busi...

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Greg Jackson left school at 16 to write computer games, later joining Greenpeace before returning to study...

In 2019, Charlie Bowes-Lyon co-founded Wild with childhood friend Freddy Ward, frustrated by the lack of sustainable options in personal car...

Mark Dixon left school at 16 and began selling hot dogs before building a bread roll business. In 1989 he founded Regus, spotting the need f...

Tom Beahon played youth football for Tranmere Rovers from the age of eight, but when he realised he’d never make the very top, he walked awa...

When he finished university Anthony Eskinazi was destined for a graduate scheme with a top accountancy firm, but he couldn’t resist a busine...

When an investor pulled the plug on a £3m cash injection for Joanna Jensen’s fledgling business, it could not have come at a worse time. The...

When Nick Grey started his cordless vacuum business 20 years ago he took a big risk by handing a lot of control to a much bigger rival. The...

Zak Brown didn’t graduate high school – he was thrown out for fighting - but he loved sport. He watched his first Formula 1 race when he was...

Which business leader, or company, has had the most outstanding 12 months? What's been the biggest disaster or blunder? Evan Davis and guest...

It's an industry that has few fans, but how does it really work, and will there be enough spaces in future for the UK's growing fleet of car...

What does it take to grow a new enterprise? Evan Davis hears about the decisions behind creating a multi million-pound business. Founders sh...

Care homes are to be barred from recruiting overseas staff, as part of government plans to cut net migration, but will the sector be able to...

Few things in working life are as familiar or as dreaded as presentations, but done well they can persuade and even inspire. So what are the...

Cyber criminals have seriously damaged some household names recently - M&S, Co-op, North Face, Harrods - but what really happens behind the...

Discussing pay is one of society’s big taboos - it’s just not the done thing to ask other people what they earn. And it can be even more hus...

The definitive business podcast from the BBC. Each week host Evan Davis is joined by company bosses, entrepreneurs and industry experts, who...

President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports have shaken up the global economic order, but why have so many brands turned to China to make t...

Richard Farleigh grew up poverty-stricken in outback Australia as one of eleven children. When he was an infant, he was taken into care and...

The child of immigrant parents to Australia, Erinch was taught to want a stable life. He was having a successful career at Proctor and Gambl...

After 14 years of having a successful career in media, Sophie found herself unemployed. She thought with her skills and experience finding a...

At a time when coding and IT was in its infancy, Sir Kenneth fortuitously took a computer class to get out of cross country running; that ch...

When a family member gets sick, it can mean major changes to our lives. For Chris May, it meant he needed a role that could be done entirely...

Grief hits everyone differently. For Claire Daniels, it changed her life; she had been working as the head of marketing for a technology fir...

An early passion for the high street meant Julian Metcalfe was determined to get into retail from the get-go. He and his partner Sinclair Be...

Sonnaz Nooranvary thought she’d have to be a doctor or a lawyer to please her parents but struggled academically thanks to a combination of...

When high street travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed in 2019, it triggered the biggest ever peacetime repatriation, with 150,000 holidaymakers...
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