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The Ian King Business Podcast

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May 10, 2024 • 25min

UK out of recession: What's next for the economy?

As the latest GDP figures show the UK economy's emerged from its shallow recession, Ian King hosts a special edition of his business show.To analyse what the numbers mean, he's joined by Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, Vivek Paul from BlackRock Investment Institute and Interactive Investor's Victoria ScholarPlus Lucian Cook from estate agents Savills is here to discuss the impact of the economy and interest rates on the property market.
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May 9, 2024 • 18min

Interest rates, watches and weapons

Barclays Chief UK Economist Jack Meaning, talks to Ian King about interest rates.Ian is also joined by Rachel Winter, Partner at Killik and Co to discuss all the latest from the markets.And we hear about Watches of Switzerland buy-out of Italian jewellery brand Roberto Coin for 104 million pounds
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May 8, 2024 • 25min

Recession, oil and an economic boom

Ian King talks to Craig Beaumont, Chief of External Affairs at the Federation of Small Businesses, about the UK coming out of recession.Sky's economic and business editor Ed Conway joins Ian to talk about Russian profits from oil and gas. And Khanh Vu, Co-manager of the VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund speaks to Ian about Vietnam's growing geopolitical influence.
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May 7, 2024 • 23min

Tech start-ups, new cars and an enterprise award.

Ian King talks to Alex Kendall, co-founder of British driverless car start-up Wayve about their new investment. Gerald Chappell, Chief Executive and co-founder of Abound also joins Ian to discuss their latest financing. And Mark Crabtree, Managing Director of sound-engineering firm AMS Neve reveals they've been awarded the King's award for enterprise.
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May 2, 2024 • 21min

Goldman Sachs removes bonus cap, demand for gold and Novo Nordisk forecasts

Ian King looks at news that Europe's biggest company, Novo Nordisk, is once again raising its sales and profits forecasts for the year.John Reade, the chief market strategist of the World Gold Council joins Ian to discuss why demand for gold has has enjoyed its best start to a year since 2016 .And Pandora's chief executive Alexander Lacik speaks to Ian after the world's largest jewellery producer said sales will be better than expected this year.
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May 1, 2024 • 18min

House prices, electric vehicle chargers and store advertising

Ian King discusses Nationwide's figures showing a surprise fall in UK house prices, down for the second month running. He's also talking to a company that's installed its first Electric Vehicle charge point powered from a street cabinet. And Ian speaks to the founder of a new platform that claims to give retailers a better deal when it comes to advertising
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Apr 30, 2024 • 17sec

Commercial property values, Whitbread job losses, and HSBC boss steps down

As commercial property values fall by less than expected during the last year, Ian is joined by Grosvenor's Chief Executive, Mark Preston. Plus, Premier Inn owner Whitbread looks to expand hotel business, and HSBC's chief executive resigns after nearly five years in the role.
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Apr 29, 2024 • 16min

Profit warnings, motor insurance rises and the mental health of CEOs

Ian King discusses profit warnings - as nearly one in five UK listed companies have issued one in the last year. He's also talking about the average cost of comprehensive motor insurance as it's risen by a third over the past year. And a mental health clinic which specialises in the treatment of businesspeople say it's seen a spike in referrals of CEOs.
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Apr 26, 2024 • 20min

Defence, NatWest and cannabis

On today's episode of the Ian King Business podcast, the founder of Argonaut Capital, Barry Norris, discusses what Rishi Sunak's planned increase in defence spending will mean for the industry.NatWest's become the latest bank to report a sharp drop in profits. And this week saw one of the biggest deals yet in the cannabis sector, when Curaleaf Holdings completed its takeover of smaller rival Northern Green Canada.Ian speaks to Curaleaf's chief executive.
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Apr 24, 2024 • 22min

Tesla, Ryanair and Lloyds

On today's episode, Ian King reveals Tesla's plans to introduce new vehicle models before the second half of next year as Elon Musk's company reports a dip in sales and net profits.He gets reaction from Daniel Ives, Managing Director at Wedbush Securities.Lloyds Banking Group also reports a dip in profits.Plus, Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary announces plans to boost traffic.

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