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  • Business
  • Episode 766
  • 12 Aug 2026
  • 30 min

How e-bike operator Forest got more Londoners on two wheels

James Starkey

  • The Entrepreneurs
  • Business
  • Episode 766
  • 30 min

We meet Caroline Seton, co-founder of Forest, an e-bike operator in London offering affordable, app-based bike hire across the capital. Plus: Gustav Gyllenhammar, Spotify senior vice-president of markets and subscriptions, talks about the company’s impressive growth as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. 

Host
  • Tom Edwards
Contributors
  • Jack Jewers
  • Laura Kramer

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