{"podcast":{"title":"Business Leader","slug":"business-leader-5718807","podcast_index_feed_id":5718807,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/665f2584aa134f0012248c29","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/665f2584aa134f0012248c29","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/665f2584aa134f0012248c29/1773238209478-64865cc5-209d-41cb-b0c3-06a01ee13ffd.jpeg","author":"Business Leader","episode_count":212,"summary":"Richard Harpin grew his business HomeServe from a single idea to a £4.1bn sale. On the Business Leader Podcast , he speaks to entrepreneurs and business leaders about the moments that shaped their success and failure, unlocking original advice and practical insights for anyone building or leading a business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807"},"episode":{"title":"The Beauty Tech Group: From start-up to IPO","slug":"the-beauty-tech-group-from-start-up-to-ipo","published_at":"2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807/the-beauty-tech-group-from-start-up-to-ipo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807","url":"https://shows.acast.com/business-leader-podcast/episodes/the-beauty-tech-group-from-start-up-to-ipo","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/665f2584aa134f0012248c29/e/697cbad0dd5e887c52d74af1/media.mp3","summary":"The Beauty Tech Group is a British business success story. Laurence Newman founded the home-use beauty tech firm in Manchester in 2009. It’s probably best-known for its LED face masks for skincare treatments. In late 2025 it went public on the London Stock Exchange, valued at more than £300m. Newman explains to Dougal Shaw how he scaled the business, in an emerging category that not everyone had faith in. He set out by focusing on four key pillars of aesthetic technology, including LED and radio frequency, to offer clinical results at home – treatments usually associated with expensive aesthetic clinics. He shares insights on the challenges of securing investment in a niche market and the complexities of managing international regulation and manufacturing and supply chains for a global e-commerce brand. Business Leader is a membership community for ambitious CEOs and founders of mid-sized UK companies, designed to help them grow with purpose through strategic support, peer-to-peer learning, expert coaching, and high-impact events. Join the Business Leader community here and sign up for our newsletter here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Beauty Tech Group is a British business success story. Laurence Newman founded the home-use beauty tech firm in Manchester in 2009. It’s probably…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2589,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/business-leader-5718807/episodes/the-beauty-tech-group-from-start-up-to-ipo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807/the-beauty-tech-group-from-start-up-to-ipo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}