Carl Reader

Carl Reader
Born (1981-01-22) 22 January 1981
Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Nationality British
Education Southend High School for Boys
Known for Author, broadcaster, columnist, entrepreneur
Notable credit(s) BBC News
BBC Radio 1
BBC 2
Home town Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Spouse(s) Sarah Reader
Children 5
Website http://www.carlreader.com

Carl Reader is an English author of two business books,[1][2] serial entrepreneur, and was the resident business advisor at the Daily Express website.[3] He is also a regular columnist[4] in trade publications, and often featured in the national press.

Early life

Reader left school at 16 to start an apprenticeship in hairdressing.[5] He returned to school to take his GCSE exams,[6] and then pursued a career in accountancy.

Career

After leaving school, Reader started training in an accountancy practice, moving to d&t (then Dennis & Turnbull) in 2002. He progressed through the firm, becoming partner in 2010 and completing management buy-outs in 2010 and 2014.[7] He was listed in the Accountancy Age "35 under 35" in 2013,[8] and was a finalist in the British Accountancy Awards Practitioner of the Year in 2014.[9] Having taken his firm to winning the British Accountancy Awards in 2013 and returning as a finalist in 2014 and 2015, he was elected onto the judging panel in 2016.[10]

Reader has been regularly featured in the accountancy press, and is a regular commentator about the future of the profession,[11][12] having accurately predicted the rise of cloud technologies in the late 2000s.[13][14] He is regularly featured in journals such as Economia and Accounting & Business,[15] and has a regular column in Accountancy Age.[16] His views are also sought by those outside of the accounting world to understand how a traditional practice can attract well known clients.[17] Reader openly admits that he was a "square peg in a round hole" in the accounting world,[18] and that accountancy was a platform for him to learn and then offer business advice.

He wrote his first book, The Startup Coach, in 2014 which was published in 2015; it was followed by The Franchising Handbook in 2016, both published by Hodder. According to his website, Reader has co-founded Selling A Franchise and The Bear Group, and is a pro bono advisor to The Trussell Trust. He is also an early-stage investor in startups.[19]

Reader was elected as Affiliate Forum Chairman of the British Franchise Association in December 2014 and was re-elected in 2015; however he stepped down in 2016 to put himself forward as a board director, and was successfully elected in December 2016.[20]

Media

Reader has frequently been cited in the media, including national press such as The Telegraph,[21][22]The Times (Raconteur supplement),[23] Daily Express', The Guardian,[24][25] Forbes,[26]Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and i.[27] He was interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Two[28] regarding both the business view of maternity rights, and on BBC News about whether a degree is needed for career success. He was also featured on BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat. He is also a regular contributor to trade journals in both the accountancy and franchising worlds,[29][30] together with many business focused websites.

Reader was also invited to be a panellist in the 2015 series of The Apprentice;[31] however the panel was changed at the request of contestant Joseph Valente.

In 2016 Reader became a columnist for the Daily Express website,[32] and also provided columns for the business pages of the Daily Mirror and The Sun. He is also a contributor at City AM[33] and several business focused websites. He also has a monthly show on Share Radio alongside Georgie Frost, in which he speaks about a range of business issues.

He was listed in the City AM Top 100 Entrepreneurs in February 2016, entering the list at number 66, and rising to number 36 in May 2016.[34]

Bibliography

  • Reader, Carl. The Startup Coach. Teach Yourself. ISBN 978-1444796179
  • Reader, Carl. The Franchising Handbook. John Murray Learning. ISBN 978-1473621114

References

  1. ↑ Reader, Carl (14 July 2016). The Franchising Handbook (First ed.). United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 1473621119.
  2. ↑ Reader, Carl (26 February 2015). The Startup Coach (First ed.). United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 1444796178.
  3. ↑ Hodgkin, Emily (23 November 2016). "Business expert Carl Reader dissects the Autumn Statement 2016". Daily Express. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Reader, Carl. "Accountancy Age". 2020 Vision.
  5. ↑ "Amazon.co.uk: Carl Reader: Books, Biogs, Audiobooks, Discussions". Amazon.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Meet Carl Reader – Author of The Startup Coach". BreathR. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Best Practice: Dennis & Turnbull's Carl Reader". accountancyage.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "#AAYP 2013: The 35 under 35". accountancyage.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "2014 Shortlist – British Accountancy Awards". britishaccountancyawards.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Judges – British Accountancy Awards 2016". britishaccountancyawards.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Year Ahead Q&A: d&t's Carl Reader". accountancyage.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "What will the firm of the future look like?". quickbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "The future of accounting software is online" (PDF). xero.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "An accountant for life?". businesscomputingworld.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  15. ↑ http://www.accaglobal.com, ACCA -. "Networking goofs and bloopers | Student Accountant magazine archive | Students | ACCA Global". www.accaglobal.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "2020 Vision: Taking a macro view on better practice technology". accountancyage.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "How an innovative marketing approach has enabled a 'small' accounting firm to build a phenomenal client list". theprofessional.org.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "The Startup Coach – Carl Reader – interview". theinterview-london. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  19. ↑ Coleman, Alison. "Crowdfunding: Why Startups Are Ignoring The Risks And Betting The Farm". Forbes. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "British Franchise Association". thebfa.org. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  21. ↑ "Business owners braced to lose thousands due to dividend tax rise". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  22. ↑ Burn-Callander, Rebecca. "Start it up". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  23. ↑ "Franchising attracting more women and millennials – raconteur.net". Raconteur. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  24. ↑ Mcgill, Olivia. "Red tape: small businesses reveal which regulations are stunting their growth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  25. ↑ Scrimgeour, Heidi (19 January 2016). "Is a room of one's own a luxury or essential?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  26. ↑ "Brexit: For Or Against, Why Britain's Entrepreneurs Are Seeing A Glass Half Full". Forbes. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  27. ↑ "Emma Watson's reason for going offshore 'unlikely to be whole truth'". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  28. ↑ "Teenage mum 'told to stay home', Victoria Derbyshire – BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  29. ↑ "Business Franchise: investing". businessfranchise.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  30. ↑ "Franchises: how to make the right choice | Franchising – | What Franchise". www.what-franchise.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  31. ↑ "Does Lord Sugar need an Apprenticeship in Franchising? | Fresh Business Thinking". Fresh Business Thinking. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  32. ↑ "Carl Reader on how to start a business post Brexit". Daily Express. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  33. ↑ "Carl Reader – City A.M." City A.M. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  34. ↑ Haslett, Emma (25 March 2016). "The 100 most powerful entrepreneurs in the UK". City A.M. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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