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May 17, 2023 • 45min

Labour's planning reforms, post-Brexit trading, and the energy windfall tax

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.
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May 16, 2023 • 41min

Food summit, jobless rate rises, and Vodafone cuts workforce

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.
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May 12, 2023 • 48min

The economy shrinks, a software tycoon extradited and a new boss for Twitter

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.
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May 11, 2023 • 33min

Rail services, rental markets, and rates

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.
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May 9, 2023 • 49min

Green investment, all change at Royal Mail and bubble tea

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.
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May 4, 2023 • 36min

Shell results, cyber security and sustainable travel

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.
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May 3, 2023 • 41min

UK listing rules, house prices and Pandora sales

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.
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May 2, 2023 • 43min

Boost to business confidence, Greene King profits soar, and the power of AI

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.
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Apr 27, 2023 • 49min

Gambling regulations, electric refuse lorries and Klarna

Sarah Cardell, the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority talks to Ian King about why they blocked Microsoft's takeover of Activision Blizzard. Neil Banbury, the UK General Manager of the gambling operator, Kindred Group, discusses regulation of the gambling industry.Ian also interviews Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the chief executive of Klarna, about the company's products, plus Chief Operating Officer at Biffa, Maxine Mayhew, reveals more details about plans to convert the first ten of its 2,900-strong fleet of diesel lorries to electric
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Apr 26, 2023 • 42min

Microsoft shares, bio gas and hospitality

Dan Ives, who's Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst at Wedbush Securities talks to Ian King about a surge in Microsoft shares. Plus James Pirie, Vice President for Planning and Logistics at Arla discusses a possible scheme to help farmers convert million of tonnes of cow dung into biogas.Ian's also joined by Pano Christou, the Chief Executive of Pret-A-Manger about how changing work patterns in London have affected their business and Pamela Harper from luxury goods maker Halcyon Days talks about opportunities offered by the Coronation.

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