The Ian King Business Podcast

Emma Crosby speaks with Heathrow's Chief financial officer Javier Echavey over potential airfare rises. CNBC's senior technology correspondent Arjun Kharpal gives his thoughts as big tech companies see record earnings. And book publisher Bloomsbury's Chief Executive Nigel Newton speaks as a boom in fantasy fiction leads to record profits.

The recovery operation after Storm Babet is expected to cost more than £500m - Emma Crosby talks to Sarah Aspinall, Head of Communications at the Association of British Insurers. She also speaks to Daniel Ives, Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Wedbush Securities about revenue growth at both Microsoft and Google in the last quarter exceeding expectations. Plus, Chris Allen from Decathlon UK on how unused bikes can be recycled.

Emma Crosby's joined by Chris Williamson, the Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence as British businesses report another decline in activity. Ian Humphreys, the CEO of Brickflow, also speaks as leading industry figures call for reforms to kickstart housebuilding.

Emma Crosby is joined by Olivia Gallarati, who's an oil markets analyst at Energy Aspects.Chris Noice from the Association of Convenience Stores speaks to Emma about shoplifting.And Vistry announces job cuts after a slump in demand.

On today's episode of the Ian King Business podcast, economist Simon French looks into how the unusually warm weather in September led to a larger than expected fall in retail sales.Elsewhere, consumer confidence in the UK has suffered its biggest monthly drop since March 2020 - the month of the first Covid-19 lockdown.Ian also looks at UK government borrowing, and the artificial intelligence company behind the chatbot ChatGPT is reportedly in talks with investors about a possible sale of employee shares.

The rate of inflation remaining unchanged at 6.7% features on today's episode of the Ian King Business podcast, where the chief executive of Saxo UK Charlie White-Thomson discusses its potential impact on the next interest rate decision.Premier Inn owner Whitebread continues to see strong demand and remains confident about the outlook, in its figures for the six months to August.And mobile phone operator EE has announced a shift from traditional telecoms services with a new digital platform.

On today's episode of the Ian King Business Podcast, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson suggests the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has no scope for unfunded tax cuts or spending increases – either this year or next, as he prepares to deliver his Autumn Statement next month, against the backdrop of a pending General Election.There's confirmation of job cuts at Rolls-Royce, first reported by Sky's city editor Mark Kleinman.And Ian explores the rapid rise of Fintech in Africa.

As the conflict in the Middle East enters its second week, we hear from the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about military support for Israel. Lisa Hooker from PWC talks about consumer confidence in the run-up to Christmas with Ian. And, Andrew Noble, from Par Equity, discusses venture capital investments.

As the UK competition watchdog gives the green light for Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard, Ian King is joined by the CMA chief executive, Sarah Cardell.Sky's Economics and Data Editor Ed Conway speaks with the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as he attends the IMF-World Bank meeting in Marrakesh.Sophie Lund-Yates at Hargreaves Lansdown speaks to Ian about the latest from the markets.

On today's episode, the head of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva, warns that the Israel-Hamas war is threatening an already murky global economic outlook. Ian King is joined by Sky's Economics and Data Editor, Ed Conway from Marrakesh.Former Barclay's chief executive Jes Staley says he'll appeal a decision handing him £1.8million fine and banning him from the City. Regulators say he misled them about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Sky's Business Correspondent Paul Kelso has the latest.Plus, Ian is joined by Chris Beauchanp, Chief Market Analyst at IG Group to discuss the latest on the stock market.