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How are car dealerships coping with the downturn?

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Last broadcast on Fri, 27 Jan 2012, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only).

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Pub companies are to be allowed to continue regulating themselves, despite failing to meet a government target to improve the way they are run. So what does it mean for the future of our pubs?

Our series on the British car industry continues with a look at how dealerships are coping during tough economic times.

And as more cracks are found in the wings of an Airbus A380 plane where does this latest setback leave the superjumbo which was supposed to revolutionise air travel?

Presented by Peter White
Produced by Jon Douglas.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Hospitals in England are writing off tens of millions of pounds owed by foreign patients who are not entitled to free care from the NHS.

  2. Chapter 2

    They’re big in the States but can drive-through pharmacies, laundrettes and coffee shops really work here?

  3. Chapter 3

    Pub companies are to be allowed to continue regulating themselves, despite failing to meet a government target to improve the way they are run. So what does it mean for the future of our pubs?

  4. Chapter 4

    The driver who unwittingly bought fake car insurance and is now facing action by the police.

  5. Chapter 5

    The latest setback for the superjumbo supposed to revolutionise air travel.

  6. Chapter 6

    Can car dealerships survive tough trading times?

  7. Chapter 7

    For the first time in 30 years Nitendo has reported a loss instead of a profit. So what deos the future hold?

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  1. Fri 27 Jan 2012
    12:00

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