Sarah Vizard

London

Deputy Editor in Chief at Business Leader UK

Deputy editor-in-chief @businessleader. Formerly @raconteur and @marketingweeked. Ever anxious @arsenal fan

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Jaguar's rebrand: The claws are out

Nov 22, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard

This week, Jaguar Land Rover revealed a new look and branding for Jaguar. It is fair to say it has caused a stir. This is the new logo:And it’s new ad campaign. There has been a mixed reaction, to put it mildly. These were some of the headlines. The Times:The Daily Mail:And the Financial Times:In the FT story, Rawdon Glover, the managing director of Jaguar, said: “If we play in the same way that everybody else does, we’ll just get drowned out. So, we shouldn’t turn up like an auto brand.
Donald Trump as president: What the US election means for UK business

Nov 8, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard

This article is an online version of our Weekend newsletter. Sign up to receive it straight to your inbox. “If liberals are so f***ing smart, how come they lose so god-damn always?” I was reminded of that quote from the TV show The Newsroom this week after the result of the US election, which saw Donald Trump elected president.
Your guide to the autumn Budget

Oct 30, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard

Skip to content Catherine Baker explains three things that can take your leadership to the elite level In our latest podcast, we speak to Huel CEO James McMaster about the importance of culture, its marketing strategy and lessons from expanding to the US Joanna Carman, director of broadband provider Plusnet, explains how she learned to develop an authentic leadership style
How Huel cracked the US

Oct 29, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard

Skip to content In our latest podcast, we speak to Huel CEO James McMaster about the importance of culture, its marketing strategy and lessons from expanding to the US Huel is one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK. Its latest annual results show revenues of £185m and a pre-tax profit of £4.7m. The company was valued at $560m in a funding round in 2022 and has grown further since then.
How to lead a not-for-profit organisation

Oct 22, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard

Have you ever wondered what the differences are between running for-profit and not-for-profit organisations? In the latest episode of the Business Leader Podcast, we speak to not one but four chief executives of the UK’s biggest housing associations. They are Patrick Franco at Notting Hill Genesis, Andy Hulme of Hyde, Sarah Jones of Anchor and Greg Reed of Places for People.
English football needs a CEO factory

Oct 18, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard

This article is an online version of our Weekend newsletter. Sign up to receive it straight to your inbox here. Hello and welcome to the first edition of Business Leader Weekend. This week I want to merge two of my passions: sport and business. One of the top leadership roles in the UK got filled on Wednesday with the announcement that Thomas Tuchel will be the new manager of the England men’s football team.
£25bn tax rise needed to avoid austerity

Oct 9, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard |Dougal Shaw |Josh Dornbrack

This article is an online version of our Off to Lunch newsletter. Sign up to receive it straight to your inbox here. By Sarah Vizard1. The government is reportedly considering increasing employer national insurance contributions in a move that experts say could raise as much as £17bn. The change would see the introduction of national insurance on employer pension contributions. The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates Reeves needs a £25bn tax rise to avoid austerity. You can read more here and here.
How Rightmove became such a hot property

Oct 8, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Dougal Shaw |Sarah Vizard |Josh Dornbrack

This article is an online version of our Off to Lunch newsletter. Sign up to receive it straight to your inbox here. By Dougal Shaw🔥 ‘Utterly obscene margins’: How Rightmove became such a hot propertyThe Telegraph has this interesting deep dive into the story of Rightmove, the UK property search portal that Rupert Murdoch is keen to buy (but was recently rebuffed). It speaks to founder Harry Hill, who founded the FTSE100 company “partly by accident”.
John Lewis removes CEO position

Oct 7, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Josh Dornbrack |Sarah Vizard

This article is an online version of our Off to Lunch newsletter. Sign up to receive it straight to your inbox here. By Josh DornbrackGrocery prices climbed by 2 per cent in September compared to a year ago. According to Kantar data, this has been driven by rising costs in items like soft drinks, chocolate and skincare. Despite the overall increase, supermarkets have reduced prices on essentials like toilet paper and pet food.
Great British Billion-Pound Businesses

Oct 4, 2024 | businessleader.co.uk | Sarah Vizard

Meet Britain’s entrepreneurial elite. Here are the leaders who have managed to create a UK business worth £1bn – and kept going. These are people who have built ventures spanning everything from artificial intelligence and virtual reality to hoodies and craft beer. You’ll find discount retailers and a diamond dealer, bookmakers and the woman behind a world-leading cybersecurity outfit. The 56 businesses are listed in order of our valuation.