In Business: The NHS - The Recruitment Dilemma
Since its inception, the National Health Service has always relied on doctors and nurses who have been trained overseas. How does it plan for the workforce it requires? In the second of two programmes...
19 Jan 201727min
In Business: The NHS and Productivity
The NHS is facing a sustained squeeze. An ageing population, the rising cost of new treatments and increasing patient demand on the one hand, and the impact of continued austerity on the other. What c...
12 Jan 201728min
In Business: Mexico and Mr Trump
How is Mexico preparing for the presidency of Donald Trump? During the election campaign Mr Trump promised to tear up trade agreements with Mexico, build a border wall and send back millions of illega...
5 Jan 201728min
In Business: Transforming Trains?
Work on HS2 is finally due to start next year. And those whose housing will be affected have dominated the headlines. But what will it mean for business? For some it seems a huge opportunity if high s...
29 Dec 201628min
In Business: Corporations and the Arts
Who pays for the arts, who should pay for the arts? In the UK, there is controversy about corporate sponsorship of arts organisations - particularly oil companies. In the US, there is a very different...
22 Dec 201628min
In Business: Brexit and the Future of Farming
What will Brexit mean for the future of British farms? The EU has been subsidising agriculture - via the Common Agricultural Policy - for decades, and there is a tariff-free market for produce. Jonty ...
15 Dec 201627min
In Business: Whatever Happened to Advertising?
Last year, the UK became the first place where spending on digital ads exceeded that spent on all other forms of advertising combined. In this new world, what are ad agencies doing to square up to the...
12 Dec 201628min
In Business: The Italian Banking Crisis
Why are Italy's banks in crisis and what's the impact on business? The country's banks have huge numbers of non-performing loans, the result of nearly a decade of recession. The economy has shrunk by ...
25 Nov 201627min
