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The Women’s Engineering Society is celebrating National Women in Engineering Day. The UK has less than 10% of female engineering professionals, the lowest percentage in Europe. James Brydges has been hearing from Anusha Shah, Technical Director at the US based technical professional services firm, Jacobs, to find out why young women have not been keen to go for a career in the industry.

Guests: James Brydges,Anusha Shah

Published: Thu 23 June 2016

Homebase is about to be renamed Bunnings, but will the struggling DIY retailer, now under Wesfarmers ownership, see its fortunes change? Branding expert Jennifer Janson joined Nigel Cassidy and Louise Cooper to discuss the rebranding.

Guests: Louise Cooper,Jennifer Janson

Published: Thu 23 June 2016

It’s World Productivity Day and Leesman, the largest measure of workplace effectiveness, can reveal the biggest workplace and productivity inhibitors, including noise, natural light, temperature, air quality, not having enough space, and even the provision of tea and coffee! Chris Moriarty, Director of Leesman, joined to discuss the findings.

Guests: Chris Moriarty

Published: Mon 20 June 2016

Majestic Wine’s retail business Managing Director, John Colley, and Group Chief Financial Officer, James Crawford, joined Nigel Cassidy and Louise Cooper to discuss their company’s full year results to March 2016. After the recent acquisition of Naked Wines, how did the pair assess the performance and what does the future hold?

Guests: Louise Cooper,John Colley,James Crawford

Published: Mon 20 June 2016

Steve Darragh, Director of affordable housing developer Uprise, launched their report on affordable housing in London. Uprise is an affordable housing developer using a commercial model to build additionality into London's housing stock. The report is compiled with the input and consensus of over one million Londoners. So what's wrong with the structure? What can be done? And how will it be spread to other cities?

Guests: Steve Clarke,Rachel Winter,Steve Darragh

Published: Mon 13 June 2016

Growth is expected to slow to 4.1% this year, according to the latest ICAEW Economic Forecast for Q2. Stephen Ibbotson, Director of Business at the ICAEW, who are a leading organisation for chartered accountants in the UK, joined to looks at the numbers and discuss the implications it will have.

Guests: Paul Sedgwick,Stephen Ibbotson

Published: Fri 10 June 2016

In France, Uber has been slapped with a £625,000 fine for running the illegal UberPop service using unlicensed drivers, and its arrival has challenged the cost base of taxi companies all over the world. In the UK, Addison Lee has responded by offering a new pay deal to drivers, and Catherine Faiers, Chief Operations Officer at Addison Lee, discussed this.

Guests: Catherine Faiers,Paul Sedgwick

Published: Fri 10 June 2016

Plastic 3D printers have slipped into the public consciousness and are used by companies to print bespoke plastic parts - but what if the same could be done with complicated metal structures for use across industry and manufacturing? Matt Cox has been hearing from Dan Michaels, German Business Editor at the Wall Street Journal, who's recently written about the new industrial process.

Guests: Matt Cox,Dan Michaels

Published: Thu 9 June 2016

Kully Samra, Managing Director at Charles Schwab, discussed the US economy ahead of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, after the recent non-farm data release. Janet Yellen, the Chair of the US Fed, said that the tone was “fundamentally solid, but laced with uncertainty”, in a speech in Philadelphia indicating that the next rate cut has been kicked further down the road.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Kully Samra

Published: Tue 7 June 2016

The latest spending data from Barclaycard shows that consumer spending jumped 3.6% in May, after weak figures in March and April. But what are the reasons behind this? Paul Lockstone, Managing Director from Barclaycard, joined to discuss.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Paul Lockstone

Published: Tue 7 June 2016