Big Boss Interview - John Roberts
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
We hear from AO.com's founder and chief executive John Roberts. It forms part of the BBC's new Big Boss Interview podcast available on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p016tl04. Also on the programme, as Jaguar Land Rover confirms production in its factories will remain suspended until at least next month, we get reaction from the CEO of The Black Country Chamber of Commerce.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:07.3 | Right, you feeling ready? I'm feeling ready. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm Amal Rajin. Join me on my new podcast for in-depth conversations with pioneers and |
| 0:16.0 | innovators, talking about the trends and ideas that could help shape and change our future. |
| 0:21.4 | We are going to be digital citizens of this AI world, whether we like it or not. |
| 0:26.2 | From declining birth rates to disinformation online, can they solve the world's biggest challenges? |
| 0:32.0 | What I would love to do is go to the transfer and say radically cut the taxes of those with children. |
| 0:37.3 | Radical with me, Amul Rajin. |
| 0:39.3 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:41.8 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. |
| 0:47.3 | Today we're launching a brand new podcast, Big Boss interview. |
| 0:51.1 | We'll be hearing from some of the biggest names in British business. |
| 0:54.8 | We're going to kick things off with the man at the top of the retailer A.O.com, |
| 0:59.7 | who has a stark warning about the economy. |
| 1:02.5 | We've lived through a few recessions in the last 25 years, and for what it's worth, |
| 1:06.6 | I think we're heading into another one. |
| 1:08.0 | Plenty more to come from John Roberts on an array of topics, |
| 1:12.6 | many affecting our day-to-day lives. |
| 1:15.9 | Also this morning, I'm going to hear why Donald Trump was at one point offering financial support to Argentina. |
| 1:21.7 | And as it's confirmed, the shutdown at Jaguar Land Rover will continue into next month. |
| 1:27.1 | We're going to hear how businesses in the black country are dealing with the impact of that next month. We're going to hear how businesses |
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