The World of Business Podcast
Insights into the business world - featuring content from 大象传媒 Radio 4's In Business programme, and also Global Business from the 大象传媒 World Service.
Episodes to download
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In Business: The NHS - The Recruitment Dilemma
Wed 18 Jan 2017
The NHS has relied on staff from overseas all its life. Will Brexit change this?
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In Business: The NHS and Productivity
Thu 12 Jan 2017
With demand soaring and austerity continuing to bite, can the NHS do more for less?
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In Business: Mexico and Mr Trump
Thu 5 Jan 2017
How is Mexico preparing for the impact of Donald Trump's economic pledges?
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In Business: Transforming Trains?
Wed 21 Dec 2016
With work on HS2 close to starting, what does big infrastructure mean for business?
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In Business: Corporations and the Arts
Wed 21 Dec 2016
Andrew Dickson asks: Who pays for the arts? Who should pay for the arts?
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In Business: Whatever Happened to Advertising?
Mon 12 Dec 2016
Matthew Gwyther asks if the digital revolution is creating a crisis in advertising.
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In Business: Brexit and the Future of Farming
Mon 28 Nov 2016
Jonty Bloom looks at the future of farming in the UK.
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In Business: The Italian Banking Crisis
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Why are Italy's banks in crisis, and what is the impact on business?
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Global Business: Estonia鈥檚 e-Residents
Mon 3 Oct 2016
Ruth Alexander applies to become a virtual citizen of Estonia
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In Business: Brexit: The Response of the French Abroad
Thu 22 Sep 2016
How has London's French business community fared since Brexit?
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Global Business: A Tree of Life
Tue 20 Sep 2016
Follow a tree, from the forest to the sawmills and finally to shops across the world.
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In Business: Start-up Scotland
Thu 15 Sep 2016
Douglas Fraser asks what more can be done to encourage new businesses in Scotland.
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In Business: Making Babies - the business of fertility
Wed 7 Sep 2016
Matthew Gwyther looks at the multi-billion pound fertility business.
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In Business: Has 3D printing lived up to the hype?
Wed 31 Aug 2016
Peter Day asks whether 3D printing has lived up to its early promise.
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In Business: A Virtual World
Tue 23 Aug 2016
Adam Shaw looks at how Virtual Reality could change our world.
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In Business: Supportive partner = success at work
Fri 5 Aug 2016
Who's your partner: the crucial career choice.
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In Business: How Safe Are Your Secrets?
Thu 4 Aug 2016
What can business do to defend itself against the growing army of corporate spies?
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Global Business: Pitch Night
Fri 29 Jul 2016
A young Malawian entrepreneur has one chance to get the backing she needs. Can she do it?
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In Business: Return to Teesside
Wed 20 Jul 2016
Job losses have plagued Teesside for decades. What does the future hold?
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Global Business: Chattanooga - the High Speed City
Wed 1 Jun 2016
Does speed matter? Peter Day visits America's first "gig city," Chattanooga, to find out.
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Global Business: Growing Malawi
Thu 19 May 2016
How a Malawian sugar cane business is turning lives around.
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In Business: Steel in the UK
Wed 18 May 2016
Peter Day examines the history of Britain's steel industry.
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In Business: Turnarounds
Fri 6 May 2016
Matthew Gwyther discovers how to turn around a failing company.
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In Business: Recruiting by Algorithm
Fri 6 May 2016
Peter Day discovers how computer programmes are being used in recruitment.
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In Business: Colorado's Big Marijuana Experiment
Wed 27 Apr 2016
Marijuana is now legal in some US states. How is the experiment working in Colorado?
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Global Business: Selling Shakespeare
Thu 21 Apr 2016
Selling Shakespeare - the business of the Bard.
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In Business: European Unicorns
Thu 14 Apr 2016
Caroline Bayley reports on Europe's unicorns, tech firms with billion dollar valuations.
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In Business: Tax transparency - Norway's model
Fri 8 Apr 2016
Jonty Bloom goes to Norway to find out what happens when salaries and tax are made public
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Economic Rebellion
Thu 31 Mar 2016
Why is there so much dissatisfaction about how economics is taught at universities?
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Going Online the Cambodian Way
Fri 26 Feb 2016
The story of one of Cambodia鈥檚 first and most successful e-commerce businesses.
