Paul Hargreaves

Paul is one of the leading voices in the UK encouraging and inspiring businesses to make a positive impact on the world, strongly believing that businesses should be a Force for Good, which is the title of his first book.

Paul’s is CEO of Cotswold Fayre, a large speciality food and drink wholesale business supplying over 2,000 retail sites in the UK.  In 2021 the company opened Flourish, its first foodhall, restaurant and home and lifestyle store and has opened a second store in November 2024.

Cotswold Fayre was one of the UK’s founding B Corps in 2015 and the company was named in 2024 as Elite Business’s No 1 in The SME Top 100. It has won the Lloyd’s Bank ‘Purpose before Profit Award’ and a coveted Grocer Gold Award.  Paul’s team of over 150 is constantly looking for ways to be generous and compassionate by putting people and planet before profit; this is at the root of the business’s success.

Paul believes that to bring the radical and systemic change required to reverse climate change and the growing inequality in the world a new compassionate, loving and servant-hearted leadership is required. This is what he calls The Fourth Bottom Line, the title of his second book and his new podcast.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paulhargreaves636

Forces for Good book: https://amzn.eu/d/9S12bFc

The Fourth Bottom Line book: https://amzn.eu/d/etUjwe3

The Fourth Bottom Line Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/4th-bottom-line