Carl Reader

Carl Reader
Born (1981-01-22) January 22, 1981
Rochford, 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 4
Website http://www.carlreader.com

Carl Reader is an English author of two business books,[1][2] the Affiliate Forum Chairman of the British Franchise Association,[3] and serial entrepreneur. 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 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]

Media

Reader has frequently been cited in the media, including national press such as The Telegraph,[20][21]The Times (Raconteur supplement),[22] Daily Express', The Guardian,[23][24] Forbes,[25]Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and i (newspaper).[26] He was interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Two[27] regarding the business view of maternity rights, and was also featured on BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat. He is also a regular contributor to the franchising press.[28][29]

Reader was also invited to be a panellist in the 2015 series of The Apprentice;[30] however the panel was changed at the request of contestant Joseph Valente.

In 2016 Reader became a columnist for the Daily Express website,[31] and also provided columns for the business pages of the Daily Mirror and The Sun. He is also a contributor at City AM [32] and several business focused websites, together with Share Radio.

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.[33]

Bibliography

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. ↑ Reader, Carl. "New bfa board of directors confirmed". The BFA. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Reader, Carl. "Accountancy Age". 2020 Vision.
  5. ↑ "Amazon.co.uk: Carl Reader: Books, Biogs, Audiobooks, Discussions". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. ↑ "Meet Carl Reader - Author of The Startup Coach". BreathR. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  7. ↑ "Best Practice: Dennis & Turnbull's Carl Reader". www.accountancyage.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  8. ↑ "#AAYP 2013: The 35 under 35". www.accountancyage.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  9. ↑ "2014 Shortlist - British Accountancy Awards". www.britishaccountancyawards.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  10. ↑ "Judges - British Accountancy Awards 2016". www.britishaccountancyawards.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  11. ↑ "Year Ahead Q&A: d&t's Carl Reader". www.accountancyage.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  12. ↑ "What will the firm of the future look like?". www.quickbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  13. ↑ "The future of accounting software is online" (PDF). www.xero.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  14. ↑ "An accountant for life?". www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  15. ↑ http://www.accaglobal.com, ACCA -. "Networking goofs and bloopers | Student Accountant magazine archive | Students | ACCA Global". www.accaglobal.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  16. ↑ "2020 Vision: Taking a macro view on better practice technology". www.accountancyage.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  17. ↑ "How an innovative marketing approach has enabled a 'small' accounting firm to build a phenomenal client list". www.theprofessional.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  18. ↑ "The Startup Coach - Carl Reader - interview". www.theinterview-london. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  19. ↑ Coleman, Alison. "Crowdfunding: Why Startups Are Ignoring The Risks And Betting The Farm". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  20. ↑ "Business owners braced to lose thousands due to dividend tax rise". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  21. ↑ Burn-Callander, Rebecca. "Start it up". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  22. ↑ "Franchising attracting more women and millennials - raconteur.net". Raconteur. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  23. ↑ Mcgill, Olivia. "Red tape: small businesses reveal which regulations are stunting their growth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  24. ↑ Scrimgeour, Heidi (2016-01-19). "Is a room of one's own a luxury or essential?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  25. ↑ "Brexit: For Or Against, Why Britain's Entrepreneurs Are Seeing A Glass Half Full". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  26. ↑ "Emma Watson's reason for going offshore 'unlikely to be whole truth'". www.inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  27. ↑ "Teenage mum 'told to stay home', Victoria Derbyshire - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  28. ↑ "Business Franchise: investing". www.businessfranchise.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  29. ↑ "Franchises: how to make the right choice | Franchising - | What Franchise". www.what-franchise.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  30. ↑ "Does Lord Sugar need an Apprenticeship in Franchising? | Fresh Business Thinking". Fresh Business Thinking. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  31. ↑ "Carl Reader on how to start a business post Brexit". Daily Express. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  32. ↑ "Carl Reader - City A.M.". City A.M. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  33. ↑ Haslett, Emma (2016-03-25). "The 100 most powerful entrepreneurs in the UK". City A.M. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
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