UK in recession for first time in 11 years
The UK has suffered its biggest slump on record, under "unprecedented" conditions.
The UK has suffered its biggest slump on record, under "unprecedented" conditions. We find out how business is going from Sarah Davis, director of a wedding venue, and Rob Brown, managing director of a company exporting specialist industrial lubricants to more than 90 countries. And we get wider context from Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Gordon. Also in the programme, millions of Americans face loss of benefits and eviction, after Congress failed to extend the CARES Act. The economic and human repercussions could be devastating, as the 大象传媒's Ed Butler reports. Plus, adverts that track consumer behaviour through mobile phones could soon be coming to a billboard in Europe near you, as William Eccleshare, chief executive of advertising company Clear Channel, explains.
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