James Reed
British businessman
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| 2024 | Received the Spears Impact Award for philanthropy and social change. |
| 2024 | Inducted into the Staffing Industry Analysts Staffing 100 Europe Hall of Fame. |
| 2024 | The Big Give successfully raised £2.1m specifically for women and girls charities. |
| 2024 | James Reed launched his podcast 'James Reed: All About Business', interviewing leading figures from business, management, and entrepreneurship. |
| 2024 | Led The Big Give Christmas Challenge, which surpassed Comic Relief and Children In Need to become Britain's largest fundraising event of the year. |
| 2023 | In an interview with The Times, called on the UK's wealthiest 1% to increase their charitable giving, emphasizing personal responsibility in philanthropy. |
| July 2023 | Reed warned about a potential imminent recession, citing declining job postings as an indicator of economic contraction, contrary to official projections. |
| July 2023 | Reed Group launched Reed Environment, an initiative aimed at establishing Energy Academies across the UK by 2025, focusing on skills training for net-zero technologies, including solar power, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. |
| March 2023 | During an interview with Spears, James Reed expressed his intention to expand The Big Give internationally by recruiting affluent families and charitable institutions from other countries. |
| January 2023 | Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year Honours for services to business and charity. |
| 2022 | The Big Give raised over £3.67m for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Reed accurately predicted the UK would avoid a recession, contradicting the Bank of England's economic downturn forecast. |
| January 2022 | Signed the Armed Forces Covenant on behalf of Reed Recruitment, supporting current and former service personnel in their military transition. |
| 2021 | Added to the Saffery Champness Hall of Fame by the TIARA Recruitment Awards for contributions to the recruitment industry. |
| 2020 | Featured in CEO Today magazine's list of notable CEOs. |
| 2020 | Gave an interview to Management Today, discussing Dale Carnegie's influential business book and sharing his perspectives on professional development. |
| 2020 | Relaunched the Keep Britain Working campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on CEOs to protect jobs by sacrificing management salaries. Declined his personal salary from the family business and donated £100,000 to the National Emergencies Trust, which was matched by a £100,000 donation from the Reed Foundation. |
| January 2020 | Published his career guidebook 'Life's Work: 12 Proven Ways to Fast-Track Your Career', offering insights on career development and professional success strategies. |
| 2019 | Voted top recruitment CEO on Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards and ranked 20th CEO across all industries. |
| June 2019 | James Reed published 'The Happy Recruiter', a book providing career advice specifically for professional recruiters. |
| 2018 | Concludes the long-running commercial series with Rufus Jones, which has accumulated over 73 million YouTube views. |
| 2017 | After the Grenfell Tower fire, established a Big Give charity appeal that raised £1m within 48 hours and £2.6m in total. Personally donated £100,000, with the Reed Foundation donating another £100,000 to support local residents, with proceeds going to The K&C Foundation. |
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