The Bottom Line Episodes Episode guide
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Profit or plunder?
Asset management - or asset stripping? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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EU Referendum
Whether it is trade deals or red tape, how does EU membership help or hinder UK business?
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Life after a Blockbuster
How to sustain business success after achieving a blockbuster hit in apps, drugs and oil.
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Lonely at the Top?
What goes on between a manager and his or her coach? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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Horse Racing
Evan Davis finds out who profits the most from horse racing.
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Tax Avoidance
How much tax should global companies like Google and Starbucks pay in the UK?
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Now We Are Ten
A look back on how the business world has changed in the past decade. Evan Davis presents.
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Data Privacy
How do businesses use customers' personal data to make money?
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Customer Service
Recovering from a reputation for poor customer service. Evan Davis and guests.
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Renewable Energy
The green energy firms generating power from the sun, the wind and from cheese.
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Managing the Boardroom
How should company boards operate, and what is the best way to make them work?
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The Northern Powerhouse
Can the Northern Powerhouse solve the North-South divide? Evan Davis hosts from Manchester
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Breaking the Mould
Rewriting the rules: Evan Davis and guests discuss what it takes to break the mould.
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Fast Fashion
How do fast fashion brands deliver the latest trends in double-quick time?
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Financial Engineering
Can clever maths create value from nothing? Evan Davis and guests look at modern finance.
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Sponsorship
Companies like BP and Aviva use sponsorship to promote their brands. How effective is it?
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Going Public
Royal Mail, Saga and the AA have all floated on the stock market. How must they adapt?
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Crisis at VW: A Bottom Line Special
The Volkswagen crisis discussed by Evan Davis and guests.
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Art and the Business of Taste
Who decides what art is worth? Evan Davis talks to a panel including artist Grayson Perry.
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Supermarkets
Food deflation, more discount grocers and continuing price wars, who wins long term?
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Entrepreneurs and Education
How to get to the top in business after being bottom of the class at school.
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Newspapers - to pay or not to pay?
How are newspapers adapting to digital technologies? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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Newspapers - to pay or not to pay?
How are newspapers adapting to digital technologies? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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Burger Battles
Evan Davis and guests discuss the changing face of the British fast-food market.
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Angel Investors
Successful entrepreneurs willing to invest their own cash to kick-start new businesses.
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Outsourcing
From making chilli sauce to running prisons: the pros and cons of contracting out.
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Corruption
Evan Davis and guests discuss corruption in business.
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Failure
Company bosses explain the important lessons they've learned from their business mistakes.
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Productivity
Increasing productivity and how to measure it. Evan Davis and guests discuss.
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Corporate Scandal
Phone hacking, financial mis-selling and fraud: How to recover after negative headlines.
