Beggars' Paul Redding: 'We won't be going on a signing frenzy'

It’s often said that high staff turnover at the world’s biggest record companies is a worrying trend - but raise the subject in front of Paul Redding, and you might get a blank look in your direction.

Redding, the CEO of the world’s biggest independent music group, Beggars - and its label family of Rough Trade, XL, Matador and 4AD - started life in the warehouse of Martin Mills’ empire in 1989, assisting the company’s A&R whizz Lesley Bleakley.

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