BBC Radio Podcasts from The World of Business
Still in Business
How some businesses survived lockdown – at least this far
Building Back Better
How can businesses ensure our recovery from Covid is green?
Wine, Widgets and Brexit
Two companies, one French, one German, prepare for post-Brexit trade with the UK.
The Tree Trade
The future of forestry in the UK.
The March of Robots
In a world where everything seems to be changing, will robots take more jobs?
Black Business Matters
The impact of Black Lives Matter on business.
Keep up at the Back!
How healthy is the exercise industry?
The Gatwick Effect
The impact of lockdown on businesses in Crawley, the town near Gatwick Airport.
The Jobs Challenge
Whose jobs are most at risk from the economic wreckage of Covid 19?
Oil Shock 2020
Why should we care if the oil price has crashed? With Lesley Curwen.
Adapt to Survive
Many businesses are struggling in the lockdown, but some are adapting to survive.
Economic Recovery in the USA
Jim O'Neill assesses American business and economic resilience.
Economic lessons from pandemics past
What can the past teach us about economies after a pandemic?
Working From Home
So many of us are WFH. Caroline Bayley looks at the history and pitfalls.
Could carbon offsetting save the world’s forests?
How a company in Zimbabwe is using carbon credits to protect forests
Supply Chains vs Covid-19
How coronavirus is straining global delivery networks
Indonesia’s new capital
Indonesia is planning to move its capital to the jungle – how will this work?
Making fashion sustainable
The British menswear designer, Patrick Grant asks how fashion can be made sustainably.
Hydrogen: The answer to Climate Change?
Once dubbed ‘fuel of the future’ but hydrogen powered transport is now a reality.
Is the UK up for sale?
A third of takeovers in the UK are by foreign companies. A welcome boost or a problem?
Australia’s Coalface
Heidi Pett reports on Australia’s reliance on fossil fuels.
Zimbabwe's Food Crisis: Can Old Crops Fix New Problems?
Meet the Zimbabwean businesses on a mission to change tastes and survive climate change.
Germany’s Energy Transition
What’s happened to Germany’s energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables?
Selling Britain
What is Britain's global business image and where is it heading?
Clean Cooking in Rwanda
We meet the companies trying to give women a cleaner and safer cooking environment.
The Business of Beethoven
Clemmie Burton-Hill looks at the little-known story of Beethoven, the entrepreneur.
The pub is dead! Long live the micropub!
British pubs have been closing down but a new type of pub - the micropub - is popping up.
Keeping the Lights On
How can Britain ensure a consistent supply of electricity when its sources are changing?
What is the value of women’s work?
Iceland has a radical approach to the gender pay gap. What lessons could others learn?
Belarus: Harvesting the whirlwind
The future of farmland ruined by Chernobyl
Can Liberian rubber bounce back?
Liberia is one of the poorest countries yet rich in natural resources. Can rubber help?
How Politics Broke up with Business
Why have politicians gone from cosying up to business, to turning a deaf ear?
Flying Green
Can aviation become sustainable? Katie Prescott asks if a tech fix can be found.
The Business of Clicks
Behind the economics of e-commerce
India’s fashion industry
India has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing fashion markets
Managing Volunteers: Free and Easy?
Twenty million Brits give their time for free each year, but is managing volunteers easy?
Berries Galore!
How do we have fresh berries 52 weeks a year? And at what price?
Who are Huawei?
How has Huawei, one of the world's most controversial companies, become so powerful?
Business Making an Impact
How businesses are changing the way they work by focusing on their impact on us all.
The Berlin Airport Fiasco
What’s gone so wrong at the new Berlin Airport?
Plastic Backlash: The Business Response
How are businesses responding to the public backlash against plastic packaging?
Guyana: Getting Rich Quick
What happens when big oil hits a small, poor nation?
Getting Hired
Lesley Curwen looks at the fast-changing process of getting hired for a job
Green Shoots: growing food in UAE’s deserts
The United Arab Emirates plans to grow vegetables in the desert.
Behind the Facades
How the changing relationship between landlord and tenant is reshaping our high street.
The Irresistible Rise of eSports
Sport, but not as you know it. The irresistible rise of competitive gaming or Esports.
A Tale of Two Towns
How can the British high street be revived?
Portugal’s Ocean Economy
Portugal with its historic links to the sea is now investing heavily in the Ocean Economy
Light Bulb Moments and How to Have Them
How do we create an innovative environment?
Uruguay: the World’s Marijuana Pioneers
Uruguay legalised recreational cannabis five years ago - so how's business?
Brexit: Germany Gets Ready
How are companies in Hamburg in Germany preparing for Britain's departure from the EU?
Hungary’s “Slave” Law
The row over Hungary’s new overtime law.
Koreans in South Africa
How South Korean business is using South Africa as a springboard to the whole of Africa.
Beyond the Barbed Wire - Cyber Security in the UK
Can the UK become a world leader in making the internet safer?
Potholes - the road to the future
Potholes - the hidden costs, and opportunities, lurking in our roads
Home Truths
Meet the companies trying to fundamentally change how houses are built.
On the Rails
Matthew Gwyther asks what's next for the UK's rail industry after a turbulent year.
Selling Sleep
David Baker investigates the growing industry dedicated to improving our 40 winks.
The Golden Opportunity
Will life sciences lead Britain towards a new economic future?
The Business of Tutors
Caroline Bayley delves into the booming industry of private tutoring.
Are Freeports the Future?
Can 'freeports' spark a post-Brexit manufacturing boom?
Changing Realities
Aleks Krotoski explores new ways that we are watching and listening to content.
Global Business: How Free are Hong Kong’s Media?
How much influence does China have on Hong Kong’s media?
The US Media: “Enemies of the people?”
Chris Bowlby on the technological, editorial and political challenges facing the US media
Is Tunisia’s Media Freedom in Danger?
Marie Keyworth explores the threats to Tunisia’s cherished media freedom.
Recrafting Serbia's Economy
Can reviving traditional crafts bring an economic boost to Serbia?
Colombia’s Coffee Revolutions
Can the fashion for high-end coffee save Colombia’s struggling farmers?
Retail's AI Revolution
Will artificial intelligence change how we shop and decide which retailers succeed?
On the Trade War Frontline
Jonty Bloom discovers how the US state of Wisconsin is faring in a new global economy.
How Sex Toys Became Sexy
Once objects of embarrassment, sex toys have become a multi-billion dollar industry.
Soft Power Seduction: China Lures Taiwan's Youth
Is China using its economic clout to lure the youth of Taiwan?
Retiring Retirement
More and more of us will have to work into our 70s, so is this the end of retirement?
Banking on Change?
Is old style personal banking dead in an increasingly Online world?
Failures, Flops and Flaws
Ruth Alexander visits the Museum of Failure in Sweden to learn the secrets of success
Has Taiwan Lost Its Roar as an “Asian Tiger” Economy?
Once known as a booming Asian Tiger economy, has Taiwan lost its roar?
The Neopolitan Tech Experiment
Can tech entrepreneurs revitalise Southern Italy's failing economy?
Our 5G Future
With the 5G mobile network looming Keith Moore examines how it could impact business.
Pop for Export in South Korea
As K-pop and K-drama go global, what are the secrets of their success?
How Much is Your Rubbish Worth?
The global recycling industry is in turmoil. Ruth Alexander investigates.
Out of Office: The Rise of the Digital Nomad
What do digital nomads mean for the world of work?
Confronting Sexual Harassment
From training to employing more senior women: How business can stop workplace harassment.
The Economic Impact of America's Opioid Epidemic
How have workers and businesses fared in Ohio, one of the worst hit states?
Ireland's Brexit Challenge
How will the UK leaving the EU impact on business in Ireland? Ruth Alexander reports.
The Global Trade Referee
The WTO has facilitated global trade since the 1990s but is now under threat
Kenya's Basic Income Experiment
Is the best way to bring people out of poverty simply to give them money?
Belarus' Tractor Town
Can Belarus' vast Soviet-era tractor factory survive the latest phase of capitalism?
The Fish Farming Revolution
How off-shore fish farming is changing the price and availability of fish.
Can Frankfurt become Europe’s new financial capital?
Will Frankfurt beat Paris to the top spot as financial capital of Europe post-Brexit?
Putting the Fizz Back into Catalonia’s Cava
Why Spain’s sparkling fizz, Cava, is seeking to re-invent itself.
The Transparency Detectives
Many investment fees and charges have been hidden for years. Is this finally changing?
Mental Health at the Workplace
Why can you phone in sick with flu but not with depression? David Baker reports.
Tanzania’s Second-hand Trade War
Could banning the import of second-hand clothes revive Tanzania's textiles industry?
Ryanair - a Change of Direction?
In September Ryanair was in crisis. Has this forced the company to change direction?
Electric Cars
Can electric cars replace petrol and diesel vehicles in a new motoring revolution?
Putin's Park
What does Moscow's new park reveal about development projects in Russia?
What Keeps the Chancellor Awake at Night?
What keeps the Chancellor of the Exchequer awake at night?
Diversifying Russia's Economy
Can Russia diversify its economy beyond the energy sector?
American Jobs: The Ties that Bind
Why are so many US workers forced into job contracts that make it hard for them to leave?
Starting Up in Bulgaria
Can entrepreneurs at Sofia Tech Park kick-start one of the EU's poorest countries?
Uganda’s Refugee Entrepreneurs
You're a refugee in Uganda, with no money, how on earth do you start a business?
The Business of Food Waste
With food waste a huge global problem, can business find new and profitable solutions?
Playing the Market
Andrew Dickson examines fictional depictions of the worlds of finance and banking.
Crossing the Line
What red lines need to be crossed before companies retreat from foreign markets?
Private Prisons: Who Profits?
Does incarcerating people for profit work?
The Secrets of Germany's Success
From sick man of Europe to world's richest exporter - how did Germany do it?
Community Enterprise
What role can the community play in rejuvenating their local economy?
Fish to Share
Lesley Curwen explores the potential future of fishing in the UK, after it leaves the EU
Managing a Tower Block
Tower blocks are in the news. Matthew Gwyther discovers the challenges of managing them.
Forecasting: How to Map the Future
Why do so many economic and business forecasts fail to correctly map the future?
India's Cashless Economy
Buying habits in India after bank notes were removed from circulation.
Engineering the Future
For decades the UK has not produced enough engineers. What is needed to change that?
Keeping Up with the Burgers
Matthew Gwyther looks at how McDonalds in the UK is trying to present a new image.
The Art of the Meeting
Tanya Beckett looks at the art of the office meeting
Rebooting Rural Russia
Can small businesses revive Russia's rural economy?
The Big Fat Greek Struggle
How have Greek businesses fared in an economy that has shrunk by nearly a third?
From Ex-Offender to Entrepreneur
How entrepreneurship can break the cycle of re-offending for women after prison.
In Business: Northern Ireland and Brexit
How are businesses in Northern Ireland preparing for life outside the EU?
In Business: Why are the French so productive?
Jonty Bloom explores why France appears to get more out of its workers than the UK does.
Mexican remittances on the rise
Why are Mexicans working abroad sending more money back home?
Denmark's Wind Power Progress
Denmark is on course to generate 50% of its electricity from wind power
In Business: The NHS - The Recruitment Dilemma
The NHS has relied on staff from overseas all its life. Will Brexit change this?
In Business: The NHS and Productivity
With demand soaring and austerity continuing to bite, can the NHS do more for less?
In Business: Mexico and Mr Trump
How is Mexico preparing for the impact of Donald Trump's economic pledges?
In Business: Transforming Trains?
With work on HS2 close to starting, what does big infrastructure mean for business?
In Business: Corporations and the Arts
Andrew Dickson asks: Who pays for the arts? Who should pay for the arts?
In Business: Brexit and the Future of Farming
Jonty Bloom looks at the future of farming in the UK.
In Business: Whatever Happened to Advertising?
Matthew Gwyther asks if the digital revolution is creating a crisis in advertising.
In Business: The Italian Banking Crisis
Why are Italy's banks in crisis, and what is the impact on business?
Global Business: Estonia’s e-Residents
Ruth Alexander applies to become a virtual citizen of Estonia
Global Business: A Tree of Life
Follow a tree, from the forest to the sawmills and finally to shops across the world.
In Business: Brexit: The Response of the French Abroad
How has London's French business community fared since Brexit?
In Business: Start-up Scotland
Douglas Fraser asks what more can be done to encourage new businesses in Scotland.
In Business: Making Babies - the business of fertility
Matthew Gwyther looks at the multi-billion pound fertility business.
In Business: Has 3D printing lived up to the hype?
Peter Day asks whether 3D printing has lived up to its early promise.
In Business: Supportive partner = success at work
Who's your partner: the crucial career choice.
In Business: A Virtual World
Adam Shaw looks at how Virtual Reality could change our world.
In Business: How Safe Are Your Secrets?
What can business do to defend itself against the growing army of corporate spies?
Global Business: Pitch Night
A young Malawian entrepreneur has one chance to get the backing she needs. Can she do it?
In Business: Return to Teesside
Job losses have plagued Teesside for decades. What does the future hold?
Global Business: Chattanooga - the High Speed City
Does speed matter? Peter Day visits America's first "gig city," Chattanooga, to find out.
Global Business: Growing Malawi
How a Malawian sugar cane business is turning lives around.
In Business: Steel in the UK
Peter Day examines the history of Britain's steel industry.
In Business: Turnarounds
Matthew Gwyther discovers how to turn around a failing company.
In Business: Recruiting by Algorithm
Peter Day discovers how computer programmes are being used in recruitment.
In Business: Colorado's Big Marijuana Experiment
Marijuana is now legal in some US states. How is the experiment working in Colorado?
Global Business: Selling Shakespeare
Selling Shakespeare - the business of the Bard.
In Business: European Unicorns
Caroline Bayley reports on Europe's unicorns, tech firms with billion dollar valuations.
In Business: Tax transparency - Norway's model
Jonty Bloom goes to Norway to find out what happens when salaries and tax are made public
Economic Rebellion
Why is there so much dissatisfaction about how economics is taught at universities?
Going Online the Cambodian Way
The story of one of Cambodia’s first and most successful e-commerce businesses.
Germany’s New Workforce?
As the German workforce shrinks can over one million new migrants be the solution?
Global Business: Oil – How low will it go?
Peter Day and guests discuss the low oil price and the global implications.
Norway's European Vision
Jonty Bloom learns how Norway does business with the European Union.
Global Business: Making Money Out Of Germany's Migrants
Paul Henley speaks to businesses in Munich benefiting from the arrival of new refugees.
In Business: Truckers: women behind the big wheel
The trucking industry has a staffing shortage so why aren't more women behind the wheel?
Global Business: Investing in Iran
Global Business looks at the business prospects in Iran when sanctions are lifted
In Business: Not so small beer
Peter Day explores the rise of craft beer and how the big breweries are fighting back
Global Business: The Business of Trust
How important is trust and can it be won back if it's lost? Matthew Gwyther investigates
In Business: The Sexy Salaryman
How the white collar worker has become a cult hero in TV series and comic books in Japan.
Global Business: Christmas, Made In China
Peter Day visits the Chinese city which makes most of the world's Christmas decorations
Antony Jenkins talks to Kamal Ahmed
The former Barclays CEO, Antony Jenkins, talks to Kamal Ahmed
Global Business: The Rise of the Executive PA
Sathnam Sanghera discovers how important the executive assistant is to the modern day CEO
Global Business: The Violins of Cremona
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive?
What makes a company last?
Peter Day asks what makes a company last and whether longevity still matters.
Global Business: Online Shopping in Rural China
How is internet shopping changing rural villages in China?
China Going Green
Peter Day reports from China on the country's efforts to reduce pollution and go green
Global Business: A Tale of Two Farms
Two family farms – united by the drought but separated by heartless geology.
Global Business: The California Drought
How are Californian farm communities coping with their fourth year of drought?
Global Business: Steinway
Peter Day visits Steinway and Sons in New York to hear what makes it's pianos special
Global Business: Graphene
Peter Day tries to discover how the material - graphene - can be used in the future
Global Business: Companies without managers
Who's your boss? Peter Day asks how three companies, without managers, do business.
A Night at the Opera
Peter Day looks at the business of opera - how does this expensive art form survive?
In Business: Driverless Cars
Peter Day investigates a future of driverless cars - how soon will it come?
Global Business: Entrepreneurs Explain
Remarkable start-up stories of entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia, Israel and New Zealand.
MisBehaving with Richard Thaler
Peter Day talks to Richard Thaler, one of the founding fathers of behavioural economics.
Global Business: The Circular Economy
Peter Day talks to Dame Ellen MacArthur and others about the 'Circular Economy'
Global Business: Out of the Desert
How Mohed Altrad went from orphan in the Syrian desert to billionaire
Global Business: Colombia’s Women Mean Business
Peter Day investigates the advances for Colombian women in business.
Global Business: Medellin’s Lessons
What lessons does Medellin’s remarkable turnaround have for other troubled cities?
In Business: Medellin Miracle
Medellin used to be one of the most dangerous cites on earth; with a reputation for as...
Global Business: Silicon Alley
New York City has its own Silicon Alley and Manhattan is fast becoming a hub for high...
In Business: Thinking Machines
One of the most famous computer systems in the world is called Watson, developed by IBM.
In Business: Immigration - The Business View
Immigration is one of the key issues of the General Election campaign.
In Business: Circular Economy
As Dame Ellen MacArthur circumnavigated the globe she got first-hand knowledge of the...
Global Business: What’s Ailing Argentina
Businesses in Argentina say they suffer from too much red tape, rampant inflation and...
In Business: Blank Screens
The Information Technology department used to be a mysterious backroom operation, but...
Global Business: Second Curve
Business commentator and social philosopher Charles Handy speaks to Peter Day about if...
In Business: The Freelance Economy/Micros
The growing freelance and micro-business economy is explored by Peter Day.
Horse Play
Innovation is hard work, says the British-born author and entrepreneur Kevin Ashton.
Global Business: Shake Up Your Company
Peter Day talks to Gary Hamel, one of the best known management gurus in the world.
In Business: Ttip: The world's biggest trade deal
Ttip: Peter Day asks how the world's biggest trade deal, currently being negotiated US...
Global Business: The Circular Economy
Peter Day talks with the record breaking yachtswoman, Ellen MacArthur, and Unilever to...
In Business: Money Making
Peter Day explores the future of money and payments and asks how "cashless" we may become.
In Business: Meet the Vloggers
Peter Day meets the vloggers who start off making videos in their bedroom and end up...
In Business: 21st Century Unlimited
New ways of doing business are making people think hard about how companies function.
Global Business: Cabin Fever
Up in the air stuck in a metal tube for hours, can flying ever be a nice experience? a...
In Business: Kindness Revisited
Random acts of kindness can help businesses grow in surprising ways. Peter Day talks...
In Business: For Ever and Ever
Britain's cathedrals have defined the landscape for centuries but what's their role of...
In Business: Cabin Fever
Up in the air stuck in a metal tube for hours, can flying ever be a nice experience? a...
Young Horizons
On last week’s Global Business from the Drucker Forum we heard grim predictions for...
Can We Manage?
Peter Day asks leading experts at the Drucker Forum how we can get out of the mess by...
In Business: A Tale of Two Sanctions
Peter Day talks to companies affected by economic sanctions imposed against Russia, by...
The Philosophical Business Plan
As Peter Day has been discovering, business people have much to learn from – even...
It's the Little Things
Peter Day talks to the Professor Robert Cialdini, an expert in the scientific study of...
Sovereign Wealth Funds
They’re worth a staggering $5 trillion – and growing fast. Should we worry about...
Myanmar Challenges
Insights from two home-grown marketing companies into a country emerging after decades...
In Business: Learning to do Business
Peter Day meets the local entrepreneurs of the new Myanmar and discovers their and of...
In Business: Myanmar Awakening
Peter Day travels to Myanmar, formally known as Burma, to find out how the country is...
In Business: Which way now for Scottish businesses?
Peter Day ask Scottish entrepreneurs whether the referendum debate has changed the in...
In Business: Thanks for the Memory
The internet creates the possibility of total recall forever for many of life's most...
In Business: Take a Bow
Peter Day visits Cremona in northern Italy to see how a centuries old centre of violin...
Health Technology
Peter Days goes to Silicon Valley to discover the innovations that are promising to...
Inside Silicon Valley
Can Silicon Valley's enormous success as the global centre of innovation continue Day...
In Business: Fast and Furious
Peter Day reports on how the influence of UK motor racing is now reaching out into and...
Silicon Valley: Steve Blank
In the first in a three-part series about and from Silicon Valley, Peter Day talks to...
In Business: Philosophy
Peter Day talks to business people who are being inspired by the great philosophers...
Companies and Innovation
Peter Day talks with two authors, the business guru Lynda Gratton and the innovation...
What does the future hold for the African economy?
Peter Day talks to Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank about of...
Global Biz: The Clash of Generations
Peter Day hears from some of the leaders of tomorrow at the 44th St Gallen Symposium.
Global Biz: Packaging in a Pickle
Modern living generates increasing amounts of packaging to wrap up the things we buy.
Raghuram Rajan
Peter Day talks to Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
In Business: Packaging in a Pickle
Modern living generates increasing amounts of packaging to wrap up the things we buy.
Sharing Economy 2: Rachel Botsman
Rachel Botsman is a guru on the sharing economy. She coined the phrase consumption’...
In Business: Price Conscious
Manufacturers were banned by law from fixing retail prices 50 years ago, ushering in a...
In Business: The Sharing Economy
Sharing your neighbour's car, tools and clothes: the sharing economy. But existing and...
In Business: Battery Matters
What are businesses doing to reinvent the battery?
Korea Change: The end of the South Korea model?
South Korea has gone through a huge transformation in the last sixty years.
In Business: Has the book a future?
Amidst mergers, ebooks, and self-publishing the book business is in the throes of...
Engineers in the City
Peter Day looks at some of the big challenges facing cities around the world through a...
In Stradivari's footsteps
Cremona in northern Italy is the home of the Stradivarius violin and 280 years after ,...
In Business: The New Manufacturing
Peter Day reports from Britain's former steel capital, Sheffield, on what it takes for...
Business in the Veneto
Peter Day reports from the Veneto region of Italy, where family owned businesses reach...
Creative Economy
John Howkins – Peter Day talks with John Howkins, an expert on the creative economy...
Ambitious Korea
South Korea has rapidly become one of the most advanced internet connected nations in...
Korea Change
Sixty years ago post war South Korea was one of the poorest nations on earth.
In Business: Cork
Peter Day travels to Cork in Ireland to find out what life is really like in a country...
In Business: Cyber Town Malvern
The small spa town of Malvern is rapidly becoming a hub of science and innovation in...
In Business: Stitch in Time
Peter Day asks how serious an option manufacturing in the UK is for the British as and...
In Business: The Music Industry
Peter Day investigates how much the music industry has changed in the past decade and...
Global Look Ahead 2014
Peter Day talks with three experts in their fields about the trends that will be our...
In Business: Panto
Pantomime time means weeks of lots of bums on seats for hardpressed theatres across...
Workplace Revolution
Peter Day asks why office design has lagged behind the digital revolution and whether...
In Business: Disability at Work
Employers are now ultra sensitive to discrimination at work, but what does that mean...
Entrepreneur of the Year, Part 2
Stories of business struggle and success – Peter Day interviews four country winners...
In Business: Longevity War Game
The rich people of Newcastle live 11 more healthy years than the poor.
Water
Peter Day learns more about global trends affecting one of the world's most precious...
Mass Made to Order
Peter Day hears from Joe Pine about how his theory of mass customisation has developed...
Brand China
Huawei, Shang Xia and Xiaomi may not be names you have heard of but they are examples...
Smashed Fridges and Catfish: The Story of Haier
Zhang Ruimin transformed Haier from failing fridge manufacturer to one of the largest...
The Tale of Two Chinas
The music from Chairman Mao’s era and the sound of posh coffee being brewed are two...
The World Turned Upside Down
Peter Day argues that since he first presented In Business 25 years ago, the internet...
The Entrepreneurial State
Peter Day talks to the author and economist Mariana Mazzucato who argues that the has...
China's Economic Crossroads
The Chinese government plans to have 200 million graduates by 2020. But cracks in the...
Survivors' Stories
In Peter Day's 25 years of presenting this programme, he has seen a succession of and...
The Internet of Things
Techies are talking about the coming Internet of Things: 50 billion interconnected to...
The Road to Zambezi Street (2/2)
Zambia has the potential to serve as a trade hub at the crossroads of southern Africa,...
Civilian Drones
Peter Day investigates the business use of what some call, with a shiver, drones.
The Road to Zambezi Street (1/2)
Zambia is poised on the brink of success – so what key problems are holding the Day...
Kit of Life
How come soft drinks can often be found in some of the most remote places in the but a...
Design Thinking
Peter Day finds out about the concept of 'design thinking' and how designers are out...
Regenerating Margate
Peter Day explores the relationship between Commerce and Art in the seaside town of...
Sir Ian Wood
Peter Day talks to Scottish businessman, Sir Ian Wood, who tells us his fascinating of...
Gene Patenting
A recent US Supreme Court ruling found that companies cannot patent things found in...
North Sea Oil
Peter Day reports from Aberdeen where Britain's energy revolution began under the Sea...
Kenya's tech hopes
The Kenyan government has big plans to boost the country’s technology sector.
Mobile Money in Kenya
Peter Day visits Nairobi’s high-tech incubators and talks to the innovators building...
Entrepreneur of the Year
The annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards brings together innovative talent from the...
Paul Omerod
Peter Day talks with economist and author Paul Ormerod about what is wrong with economics.
Designs For Life
Peter Day explores the new trend of Design Thinking to find out why it is becoming to...
Breakthrough Designs
Peter Day visits the Design of the Year Awards in London and finds how modern design...
St Gallen
Peter Day attends the 43 annual St Gallen Symposium - a student organised gathering of...
3D Printing/New Dimensions
Peter Day hears from the pioneers of the rapidly-advancing world of digital manufacturing
Strike up the Broadband
The internet is fast becoming as important to firms as electricity or running water.
Vorsprung durch Technik or Universitat?
Experts worry that Germany's economy is running out of steam. Where is German they ask...
New Dimensions
Manufacturing is evolving for the 21st century. Peter Day hears from some pioneers in...
Feeding the Nine Billion
Peter Day asks a panel of experts how we ensure there is enough food to feed an world...
Job Search
Millions of young people want to work but do not know where to find it.
Potash of Gold
Peter Day reports on controversial plans to dig for polyhalite - a type of potash that...
Skoll World Forum: Disrupting Big Finance
Peter Day presents a debate about disrupting big finance at the annual Skoll World Forum.
Battle of the Business Schools
Peter Day examines the rivalry between two Boston business schools - Harvard and MIT.
The Sick Note
From next year a government-backed scheme will try to help ill people get back to work...
Productivity Puzzle
The UK economy is in a quandry: employment is rising but the productivity of its is...
Race Against the Machine
Peter Day talks with the authors of the book Race Against the Machine and finds out of...
Mahindra&Mahindra
Peter Day talks to Anand Mahindra, the CEO of Indian group of companies about how that...
India Identity
India is attempting to give each citizen get an individual identity. It’s the...
India Economy
The Indian economy, once one of the world’s fastest growing, is stalling.
Ageing in Japan
Japan is the fastest ageing country in the world. As Peter Day reports, this is a big...
Growing Old
As baby boomers turn 65, many countries are growing old. As Peter Day reports, this of...
Jeremy Grantham
Peter Day talks with the prominent investment manager Jeremy Grantham about managing a...
Red Hook Brooklyn
Peter Day takes a walk through one street in Red Hook Brooklyn to find out how the is...
The Art of Strategy
Peter Day talks about business strategy with the former head of Proctor and Gamble, AG...
The New Normal
Peter Day travels to the British Midlands, the country's manufacturing heartland, to...
Gas Leak
Russia's giant energy company Gazprom has the biggest reserves of natural gas in the...
Starting Young
Leave college, start a business. That is the idea behind a high-powered new project 30...
Sounds Familiar
After years of promise, voice recognition is at last becoming a significant method of...
2013 Look Ahead
Peter Day talks to three experts from the field of trends, technology and leadership...
The Business of Kindness
Random acts of kindness can help businesses grow in surprising ways. Peter Day talks...
The Business of Kindness
Random acts of kindness can help businesses grow in surprising ways. Peter Day talks...
Can The Co-op Cope?
Britain's venerable Cooperative movement is 168 years old, and now it is poised to a...
Strong Medicine
Big problems loom over the pharmaceutical industry which influences so many people's...
Strike up the broadband
Peter Day visits businesses struggling with slow web speeds and evaluates the targets...
Turkey (2)
Turkey is rethinking its’ geographical position in the world. In the second of his...
Strong Medicine
Big problems loom over the pharmaceutical industry which influences so many people's...
Turkey (1)
Peter Day reports from Turkey which is fast developing into a significant economic power.
Start Up City
Every city wants to become a high technology business hub, but ambitious entrepreneurs...
Brooklyn Start-Ups
Peter Day reports from the New York City borough of Brooklyn, that used to be the and...
On Their Metal
Peter Day travels to the Midlands to find out how beleaguered manufacturers are coping...
Start Up City
Every city wants to become a high technology business hub, but ambitious entrepreneurs...
Silicon Somewheres
Peter Day asks how you create a high technology hub exploding with entrepreneurial...
The Innovator's Dilemma
With innovation there are often unseen consequences. Managing what is expected and can...
School for Entrepreneurs
Peter Day talks to the US enterprise teaching young school students to be entrepreneurs.
Global Fashion 1
This week in Global Business, Peter Day is getting fashionable. He talks to 3 family...
A Great Disruption
Cries have gone up from all corners of the working world that things have got to that...
Face the Music
Public spending cuts are putting a big squeeze on orchestras all over the world.
Iceland (2) – Crisis Refugees
The Banking bubble in Iceland not only created a bust but it also took many of the its...
In from the Cold - Iceland (1)
It is less than four years since Iceland was plunged into financial disaster.
Emerging Markets
Peter Day talks to three experts about a new wave of companies with multinational up...
Iceland - In From The Cold
In 2008 Iceland's three main banks went bust plunging it into financial disaster.
Join the Crowd
Short of cash to start a business? More and more people are using the Internet to get...
A Great Disruption
Amid economic turmoil and diminished public trust businesses are coming under great to...
New Gateway
Britain is getting a new port on the River Thames near London, the first for many years.
Face the Music
Public spending cuts are putting a big squeeze on orchestras all over the world.
Coal Comfort
Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel and the dirtiest. With insatiable demand from to...
Join the Crowd
Short of cash to start a business? More and more people are using the Internet to get...
Coal Comfort
Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel and the dirtiest. With insatiable demand from to...
Computer Games 2
In the second of two parts on the rapidly developing business of mobile gaming, Peter...
The Fizz Biz
There's a new boom in English sparkling wine. It is taking on Champagne and beating it...
Computer Games 1
Peter Day looks at the business of mobile gaming and how smart phones have opened up...
New Gateway
Britain is getting a new port on the Thames, the first for many years.
Euro Peril
As the euro struggles for survival, continental businesses are caught up in the crisis.
Japan Gone Grey
Japan is ageing faster than anywhere else, and the population is shrinking.
Family Entrepreneurs
Peter Day reports from the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Summit, where...
Euro Peril
As the euro struggles for survival, continental businesses are caught up in the maelstrom.
African Entrepreneurs 2
Peter Day finds out more about entrepreneurship in Africa by talking to three who are...
African Entrepreneurs 1
Peter Day finds out more about entrepreneurship in Africa from two men who took over...
Japanese Work Culture
Japan has a very strict corporate culture which has been in place since World War II.
Anne Glover
Peter Day talks with Anne Glover, an expert in spotting companies which excel at the...
Diaspora Bonds
Peter Day looks at the investment possibilities of diaspora bonds and how well off are...
Japan Gone Grey
This week Global Business is in Japan, a country that is growing old fast.
For Sale
The art of selling goes back centuries and can be the difference between a company or...
Called to Account
The global Big Four accountancy groups are under sharp scrutiny from the authorities...
Anders Dahlvig
Peter Day talks with the former CEO of Ikea about how the company's new ideas changed...
Called to Account
The global Big Four accountancy groups are under sharp scrutiny from the authorities...
Through The Mill
The Lancashire cotton industry, in the north of England, was at the heart of the and...
Dragon's Den (2)
In the second of two reports from China, Peter Day looks at private financing.
Bank to Basics
Britain's big four banks are being challenged by newcomers. Peter Day asks what new on...
Dragon's Den (1)
This week on Global Business Peter Day reports from China where political strife is in...
Frugal Feast
Big companies may have lots to learn from the cheap and cheerful improvisation which...
Reverse Innovation
Peter Day hears about 'reverse innovation' – innovation that is adopted first in the...
Through The Mill
In the 19th century the Lancashire cotton industry was at the heart of the world's and...
Dragon's Den
After 30 years of tearaway economic growth, there are fears that China may be rapidly...
Two Views of Japan
The last twenty years in Japan look to have been abject grey economic failure.
French Lessons
As the EuroZone struggles for survival, France remains at the heart of Europe.
Growing Old
As Baby Boomers start turning 65, many countries are quite suddenly growing old.
New Capitalist Manifesto
Peter Day hears from Umair Haque about a new set of business ideals.
Diaspora Bonds
The investment possibilities of the money the African Diaspora sends to their own...
No Straight Lines
Peter Day hears from Alan Moore author of No Straight Lines: making sense of our world...
Frugal Innovation
Peter Day hears from innovators keeping things simple and looking hard at what people...
The Start Up of You
Reid Hoffman is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn and has just a...
Future Pharma
The global pharmaceutical industry is facing some difficult strategic choices.
Africa’s Future?
In this programme you can hear from the author Duncan Clarke. His new book, Africa’s...
A New World of Wine
Peter Day hears from far-apart places where the wine industry is changing the global...
The Road Ahead For Electrical Engines?
Alexander Schey is just 26, and in the garage of a fairly ordinary house in west where...
Do It Yourself Jobs
If times are hard, why not set up your own business rather than try to find a job Day...
Class Struggle
In nearly every country in the world, there's one sector that everyone seems to think...
Do It Yourself Jobs
If times are hard, why not set up your own business rather than try to find a job Day...
Two Authors
Global Business hears from two authors about their recently published books.
All Together Now
In these tough times, are there better ways of doing business: worker cooperatives, In...
The Curse of the Bonus
It started off as a nice pat on the back for exceptional work. But then the bonus some...
Class Struggle
In nearly every country in the world, there's one thing that everyone seems to agree...
Future Tech
It’s that time of year when Mark Anderson tells us which way the technology winds in...
A Glass of Its Own
It's the perfect time of year for a celebratory gin-and-tonic, and these days the at...
A Glass of Its Own
It's the perfect time of year for a celebratory gin-and-tonic, and these days the at...
21st Century Unlimited
The American business guru Joe Pine thinks we have moved into an era of what he calls...
Cuba (pt 3): Cuba Now
In this week’s Global Business Peter Day is back in Havana, Cuba for the third and...
Cuba Now
After 53 years of revolution, President Raul Castro is trying to change the Cuban with...
Cuba (pt 2) A view from Havana
In this week’s Global Business Peter Day reports from Cuba in the second of three on...
The Curse of the Bonus
It started off as a nice pat on the back for exceptional work. But then the bonus some...
Cuba 1: The view from Miami
In the first of two programmes about Cuba, Peter Day reports from Miami.
Don’t Cry for me, Argentina
Is there life after a sovereign debt default such as Greece is now facing ? Peter Day...
Mass Customisation and the Experience Economy
Joe Pine's career as a business coach began at IBM when he brought business partners a...
Survival Strategy
As economic gales blow even harder, are there lessons to be learnt from previous Peter...
Politics and Economic Policies in Argentina
Argentina is familiar with huge political, economic and social ups and downs, currency...
Argentina - Ten Years On
Nine years ago Peter Day visited Argentina at its lowest economic ebb.
Doing Business in Russia
Three businessmen tell Peter Day about doing business in Russia. William Browder was...
Unfair Trade
When you buy a pair of trainers or that new mobile phone or laptop do you ever stop to...
Richard Florida
Peter Day hears from Richard Florida, author of The Great Reset, who tells him about...
Consulting India
Global Business hears from the man at the head of India's largest high tech Tata - N...
Mondragon
Peter Day visits a very unconventional business in the Basque country of Northern Spain.
Silicon Roundabout
Hundreds of small companies have set up shop in East London. But could ‘Silicon...
Bitter Pill
Peter Day returns to what was, until recently, a famous centre of excellence in the UK...
Cyber Security
Peter Day asks how safe is Cyberspace? Mobile phones and social Networking sites like...
The Apprentices
With big increases looming in the cost of going to university, the number of people is...
Bad Company
Business leaders make a lot of fuss about corporate governance, but the scandals keep...
Silicon Roundabout
Hundreds of small companies have set up shop in East London. But could ‘Silicon...
Poland 2.
In the past year several member countries of the European Union have been facing...
Prize Performers
At a time of grave crisis, some of the world's top Nobel Prize winning economists have...
Crunching the Crisis
As global economic confusion continues, maybe it is time to rethink the way the world...
Leader of the Brand
How important is the brand today? Think of Apple, Coca-Cola, Burberry, Nike and the...
Made In India
In 1995, Peter Day visited India as it was just starting to take off, fuelled by and a...
New Dimensions for Manufacturing (2)
Peter Day finds out more about 3D printing and its potential to revolutionise...
Bad Company
Business leaders make a lot of fuss about corporate governance, but the scandals keep...
New Dimensions for Manufacturing (1)
3D printing may be poised to revolutionise the manufacturing industry.
Bitter Pill
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is closing most of its giant research facility at in...
Europe on the Edge
In this week’s Global Business, Peter Day reports on the continuing crisis in the...
New Dimension
Three-D printing may be poised to revolutionise the manufacturing industry.
Banking on a Crisis
Bill Rhodes has worked with senior business leaders, statesmen, and strongmen and the...
Europe on the Edge
The Euro crisis in Greece is creating effects that can be felt across the continent.
UpStart Stories
Peter Day hears the success stories of internet entrepreneurs Brent Hobermann, Reid of...
Take a Copy
Intellectual property sounds an innocuous enough idea, but patents and copyright have...
Made In India
Peter Day is in Bangalore sixteen years after he first visited the city.
Club of Rome: Not Built in One Day
In this week's Global Business, Peter Day is in St. Gallen, Switzerland where he hears...
The Trouble with Capitalism
In the aftermath of the credit crunch people are thinking about the way banks work, of...
Watch Your Language
There is no reason why the words used in corporate communications should be pompous is...
The Essential Advantage
Paul Leinwand and Cesare Meinardi talk to Peter Day about their book - The Essential...
Continental Drift
As the sovereign debt crisis continues what next for the Euro? What next for Europe?...
For Your Information
Information seems to be moving right to the heart of the 21st century economy but what...
Take a Copy
Intellectual property sounds an innocuous enough idea, but patents and copyright have...
Quick on the Draw
In an age of high technology communications, two long-established companies in a city...
Watch Your Language
There is no reason why the words used in corporate communications should be pompous is...
Watch This Space
America’s space effort faces big upheavals as President Obama reigns in government...
Keep it Local
As pubs struggle to survive, Peter Day travels through villages in Yorkshire and to to...
Managing China: 30 Apr
Charles-Edouard Bouée from strategy consultants Roland Berger tells Peter Day how is...
For Your Information
Information seems to be moving right to the heart of the 21st century economy but what...
Growing Rich in China
Peter Day is back in China to hear from some of the newcomers making a splash on the...
Watch This Space
America's space effort faces big upheavals as President Obama reigns in government and...
Over a Barrel (part 2)
Peter Day continues his look at the future of the world energy industry.
Quick On The Draw
In an age of high technology communications, two long-established companies in a are...
Over a Barrel (part 1)
Turmoil across the Middle East sent oil prices jumping and has raised big questions of...
New Bric On The Block
Brazil, Russia, Indonesia and China are the BRICs - the developing countries experts...
Thinking about Thinking
Peter Day has his 'thinking hat' on for this edition when he hears from two academics...
Over a Barrel
Turmoil across the Middle East sent oil prices jumping and has raised big questions of...
Two Women
Investment bankers are talking up Indonesia's chances of joining the BRICs nations.
Here Comes Indonesia
Brazil, Russia, India and China are the developing countries many experts think are on...
Brown by Name, Green by Nature
Peter Day hears from Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, about his...
Luxury Brands
New places are leaping to prominence in the pampered world of luxury. Peter Day hears...
All at Sea
It's a long time since Britain ruled the maritime world, but ocean transport is still...
Operation Robot
The revolution in the operating theatre is only just beginning, but robotic surgery we...
Non Consuming Passion
Peter Day hears from Chandran Nair, Management Consultant and Founder of The Global...
Off to Market
This week on Global Business, Peter Day continues his reports from China this week at...
Power Play
Peter Day makes a return visit to BYD in Shenzhen, in the Pearl River Delta to meet to...
A New Capitalism
One of the world's most influential business professors thinks it is time for to their...
China's Dispossessed
In the first of a short series of programmes, Peter Day reports from China.
All At Sea
It is a long time since Britain ruled the maritime world, and North Sea oil has peaked.
Bitter Pills
Britain's pharmaceutical giants invest millions in the search for better cures but has...
China Dispossessed
The vast national urbanisation plan to take Chinese people out of poverty leaves many...
Back on the Road
The United States auto industry has just limped through the biggest industrial car in...
Michael Porter
Peter Day hears a challenge to capitalism from one of the most influential business in...
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson takes a look ahead at 10 of the key things he thinks will prove to be 12...
Asia Bling
New places are leaping to prominence in the pampered world of luxury. Peter Day hears...
Dame Barbara Stocking
Peter Day hears from the Chief Executive of Oxfam, Dame Barbara Stocking.
Euro on the Rocks?
As the Euroland crisis spreads from one country to another, In Business joins forces...
Not for Profits
Why are they no really large not for profit organisations? Peter Day hears why from...
Bitter Pills
Britain's pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of pounds in a...
Chinese Hare, Indian Tortoise?
Peter Day asks two expert witnesses to compare the two countries vying for the of one...
Operation Robot
The revolution in the operating theatre is only just beginning, but robotic surgery we...
Growing Pains
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great us...
Growing Pains
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great us...
Singapore Start-ups
The Singapore government is dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. Peter Day takes a...
Aamir Khan
Peter Day hears about one of the world’s most buoyant movie industries from a right...
Crystal Lagoons
Many of us will pay a premium to live by water – whether it’s the sea, a river or...
Are CEO's up to the job? (part 2)
In this programme Peter Day continues his investigation in to what makes a good chief...
Are CEO's up to the job?
Global Business asks: are chief executives really up to the job in our top companies?...
Small World
Outsourcing used to be something only big companies did to save money.
Innovation
How do companies generate new ideas turn them into products? Peter Day hears from...
Power Play
Huge hopes (and vast sums of money) are being pinned on the so-called Intelligent a of...
After The Crunch
... comes what? Double dip or W-shaped recovery? Or something much more uncertain? Day...
Hidden Depths
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies a...
Chips off the old Block
Once upon a time, British computing led the world. In a mobile world, some people it...
It's Only a Game
The story of the video company Ubisoft is pretty compelling ... five brothers in a in...
Hidden Depths
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies a...