

The Sky News Business Podcast
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Catch up on the day's big business and economics stories Monday to Friday. Reports, discussion and interviews from the heart of the City and beyond.
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Jul 30, 2025 • 18min
Gary Neville, YouTube and online protections
In today's episode of the Sky News Business Podcast, Darren McCaffrey speaks to former England footballer - and business owner - Gary Neville about Labour's planned rises to national insurance. Darren also discusses YouTube becoming the second most-watched TV service in the UK.And he chats to the chief exeuctive of EE about what the mobile network's doing to comply with the Online Safety Act.

Jul 28, 2025 • 19min
Trade negotiations, bond risks and a rise in botulism cases
The British Chambers of Commerce's take on the US-EU trade deal. Sky's Wilfred Frost speaks to one of the world's most successful investors about the bond market. And a warning from health officials who believe imported illegal Botox-like-products are behind a rising number of Botulism cases.

Jul 25, 2025 • 16min
Slow summer sales, phone launches and new online protections
Darren McCaffrey talks to Deann Evans, Europe Managing Director at e-commerce platform Shopify about slower-than-expected sales. Samsung's Annika Bizon,who's vice president of product and marketing, discusses a new line of devices.And Andy Lulham - the Chief Operating Officer at Verifymy - talks about tough new age verification rules online.

Jul 24, 2025 • 22min
A profit boost for Lloyds, working mums and a trade deal with India
Darren McCaffrey talks to Allie Renison, director of SEC Newgate about the new trade deal between the UK and India.Darren's also joined by Lloyds banking boss Charlie Nunn to discuss a rise in profits.And Sophie Maunder from maternity coaching provider Matri talks about why women aren't going back to work after having children.

Jul 23, 2025 • 2min
A new plant for Sizewell and the latest challenges at Boeing
This episode looks at two developments in the business world. We speak to a representative from Centrica about plans for a new nuclear plant at Sizewell and what it means for the UK's energy future. We also hear from an airline executive about Boeing's current challenges following the Air India crash and what it means for safety, trust and the wider aviation industry.

Jul 21, 2025 • 19min
Changes to water regulation and HS2
As OFWAT is abolished, Darren speaks to Sir Jon Cunliffe who's set out 88 recommendations toi fix the industry.We also get reaction from the Chief Executive of Water UK, David Henderson. And a group of manufacturers are calling for the original route of HS2 to Leeds and Manchester to be resurrected. The survey was conducted by Make UK and Barclays UK Corporate Bank. Darren speaks to Ben Fletcher, Chief Operating Ofiicer at Make

Jul 18, 2025 • 14min
Tax, interest rates and water
Sky News can exclusively reveal that accountants advising people who entered into a tax avoidance scheme which later was found to be illegal by HMRC. Gareth Barlow speaks to a tax specialist about this. We also hear about new data on water firm pollution incidents, interest rates and streaming giant Netflix's revenue forecast.

Jul 14, 2025 • 23min
Cost of living, tariffs and household appliance insurance
EU Foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels, after Donald Trump threatened the bloc with 30-percent tariffs. Professor of International Economics, Richard Baldwin joins the show to discuss. Matthew Crummack, Chief Executive of Domestic & General and Darren look at the companies partnership with manufacturers and retailers to offer repairs on household appliances. And Darren is joined by two experts to discuss Jaguar Land Rover which is exploring ways to update its range of vehicles.

Jul 4, 2025 • 22min
Flight cancellations, Trump and the arcade game inspired by cricket
Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary claims families are being 'held to ransom' as French air traffic controllers walk out over staff shortages and equipment. It's resulted in hundreds of flight cancellations.There's victory for Donald Trump as the House of Representatives passes his 3-point-4 trillion dollar package that cuts taxes and spending. Analyst Chris Beauchamp explains the likely impact.Andy Waugh, co-founder of the cricket inspired arcade game Sixes, announces an expansion of the popular franchise.

Jul 1, 2025 • 23min
Energy prices, ISAs and robotics
A major part of household energy bills are to rise next year - to pay for improvements to the energy network. Darren McCaffrey speaks to Joe McDonald, the Chief Executive of Tem Energy as Ofgem announces a 24-billion pound plan to transition to greener alternatives.The chancellor is expected to announce plans to cut the annual tax-free cash ISA allowance next month, in an effort to encourage savers to put their money into British companies. Brian Brynes from Moneybox explains what it could mean for you.And, labour shortages have affected many of Britain's industries but one company thinks it may have the answer in the form of humanoid robots. Arnaud Robert, President of Hexagon's Robotics division explains why.