On the 19 June, we were delighted to publish the first edition of the new Director magazine.

The Summer 2025 edition of Director – HIGH OR DRY: Can Reeves’ growth plan win back business? – features articles including:

• Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds on the government’s plans to boost the British economy
• An interview with TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak on productivity
• IoD Chief Economist Anna Leach on whether the economy is a game of chance
• Professor Andrew Scott on the silver generation and the need for businesses to have an ageing strategy
• Professor Margaret Heffernan on the trouble with AI
• Dr Tim Hames on why geopolitical ignorance will wreck your business

In this episode, the podcast’s host and Director magazine Editor, Ben Walker, is joined by Dr Roger Barker, Hugo Legh and Anna Leach. As members of the IoD Policy Team and the magazine’s Editorial Board, they discuss the contents of the first edition and the thinking that shaped its direction.