In the Press

Interviews, Profiles & Commentary

 

 

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January 2017

City A.M.

Serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson on Channel 4 sell-off, dodging journalism and having no Brexit regrets

May 2016

The Stage

Luke Johnson: ‘I’d love to own a theatre – it’s a great business for risk-takers’

May 2016

Spear’s

Luke Johnson: On Brexit, British start-ups and the ‘monsters’ of enterprise

April 2016

CNBC

Food costs would fall if UK left EU: Luke Johnson

March 2016

The Business Reporter

The Big Interview: Luke Johnson, entrepreneur

March 2016

The Pulse – Bloomberg TV

The Dollar Dynamics of the Commodities Rebound

April 2015

City A.M.

Unfinished Business: serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson talks sentimentality, curves and the General Election

Sept 2014

London Business School

My 20 Entrepreneur Maxims (video)

July 2014

Quoted Companies Alliance

Keynote address at the Quoted Companies Alliance Conference 2014

Nov 2013

BBC News

Luke Johnson: the boss who likes to be very busy

Nov 2013

Telegraph Finance

How we grew Pizza Express’ profits 20 fold

Aug 2013

Times Higher Education

Let researchers get rich to incentivise commercialisation – Times Higher Ed Supplement

Aug 2013

The Sunday Times

We could breed hundreds of Bransons

Aug 2013

The Daily Mail

Too many young British job seekers lack grit. That’s why we bosses end up hiring foreigner – Daily Mail

Apr 2013

The Daily Mail

A gigantic parasite: Forget the touchy-feely posturing. Google’s tiny tax bill shows how greedy and ruthless it really is

Apr 2013

City A.M.

Thatcher unleashed the forces that allowed my business career to flourish – City A.M.

Aug 2012

London Loves Business

Holidaying abroad is hurting our deficit – London Loves Business interview

July 2012

Standpiont Magazine

USA Still A-OK – Standpoint magazine

May 2012

Retail Insider

Retailer Insider profile

May 2012

This Is Money

This Is Money interview

Apr 2012

Jazz FM

Jazz Shapers interview on Jazz FM (audio)

Mar 2012

BBC News

My Bottom Line: BBC News(video)

Jan 2012

Brand Republic

Innovate to accumulate – Brand Republic

Oct 2011

Design Business Association

An evening with Luke Johnson at the Design Business Association (video)

Oct 2011

Reuters

Reuters interview (video)

Oct 2011

BBC Radio 4

The Bottom Line (audio download)

Sept 2011

The RSA

Creating a Successful Enterprise (video)

Sept 2011

Eat Out Magazine

At the table with Luke Johnson –Eat Out Magazine

Sept 2011

The Telegraph

Telegraph Festival of Business (video)

Sept 2011

Manchester Business School

Manchester Business School interview (video)

Sept 2011

Like Minds

On what makes a succesful entrepreneur – We Are Like Minds (video)

Aug 2011

Unquote

Interview with Unquote.com(video)

May 2011

British Institute of Innkeepers

Speech to British Institute of Innkeepers (video)

April 2011

The Guardian

Guardian 2011

Sept 2011

Independent

A culinary empire: The man who ate Britain

Mar 2011

The Telegraph

Entrepreneur with a eye on the next deal and a monkey on his back

Sept 2007

The Guardian

How the new Mr Books plans to change the way we read

Jan 2006

The Guardian

£80m capitalist at the controls of state-owned TV

2005

Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton interview