Toast - Phones 4u

About this episode

<p>The mobile phone retailer, Phones 4u, was hugely profitable, so why did it have to close all of its 700+ shops? </p><p>The BBC Business journalist, Sean Farrington and the entrepreneur, Sam White discover how Phones 4u ended up toast with help from expert guests including:</p><p>John Caudwell - Phones 4u founder </p><p>Nikki Barrow &amp; Chris Papageorgiou - former Phones 4u staff members</p><p>Ian White - editor of Mobile News magazine</p><p>Produced by Jon Douglas. Toast is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.</p><p>You can email the programme at toast@bbc.co.uk</p><p>Feel free to suggest topics which could be covered in future episodes.</p><p>Sliced Bread returns for a new batch of investigations in December, where Greg Foot investigates so-called wonder products to find out whether they really are the best thing since sliced bread. In the meantime, Toast is available in the Sliced Bread feed on BBC Sounds</p>