The Ian King Business Podcast

Ian King's speaking to Scott White from Pragmatic Semiconductor; Debbie Crosbie, the Chief Executive of Nationwide; Mark Ashton, the Chief Executive of Ipswich Town; CEO of Orbital Witness, Will Pearce; and there's analysis from Financial Markets Commentator, Neil Collins.

Ian King's speaking to Rain Newton-Smith from the CBI; the chair of Water UK, Ruth Kelly; Holly Bishop, Chief Operating and Commercial Officer at NME Networks; Ruth Mortimer, Global President of Advertising Week Europe; Nick Burns, the Chief Executive of Reward Gateway; as well as Investec's Group Chief Executive, Fani Titi.

Ian King's speaking to Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer about his vision for reforming planning laws; there's also Brian Gilvary, the chairman of Ineos Energy; Inmarsat’s Chief Executive, Rajeev Suri; JD's chief executive Regis Schultz; Sage's CEO Steve Hare; GXO Logistics' chief investment officer Mark Manduca; and analysis of the markets with Victoria Scholar from Interactive Investor.

Ian King's speaking to Andrew Opie at the British Retail Consortium about today's summit looking at food inflation and supply issues; there's Chris Gray, Director at ManpowerGroup UK, react to rising unemployment figures; Jaeger Glucina, who's the MD of AI company Luminance, talking about law-focused Artificial Intelligence; and there's analysis of the headlines from The Times' Economics Correspondent, Arthi Nachiappan.Also on the show: Arsjad Rasjid from Indonesia’s Chamber of Commerce and ASEAN’s Business Advisory Council talks about the country's economic growth; and the chief executive of Land Securities, Mark Allan explains why it's had to write down the value of its assets.

Ian King speaks to James Stafford from Eurovision sponsor TikTok and Barak Eilam from global enterprise software provider NICE. And our correspondent has the latest on the extradition of businessman Mike Lynch.

Ian King speaks to Liz Martins, the Head of Economics at HSBC UK Commercial Banking. Also on the show: Sky's Tamara Cohen has the latest on Transpennine Express after the government decided not to continue its contract and Ian speaks to the chief executive of Grainger about the outlook for the rental market.

Ian King speaks to Esme Harwood from Barclays about consumer spending, which looked pretty subdued before the Coronation weekend. Also on the show: the latest from Royal Mail, where the chief executive looks set to leave, and why bubble tea is turning into one of Taiwan's biggest exports to the UK.

Ian King speaks to an energy economist as oil firm Shell reports better than expected profits. Plus, hear from the chief executive of the Norwegian cybersecurity firm Promon about the latest breeding ground for hackers. And the chief special adviser to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Tourism joins the show to discuss global tourism.

Ian King speaks to the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority about its proposal to simplify the UK's listing rules. Plus, hear from Zoopla's executive director about latest housing trends. And the CEO of Pandora, the world's biggest affordable jewellery retailer, joins the show to discuss its latest results.

Ian King speaks to the National Chair of The Federation of Small Businesses about a rebound in confidence. Plus, hear from Greene King's chief executive about its latest results. And an AI expert joins the show to discuss concerns that technology is distorting the benefits of exercise.