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Getting more people on trains, the living wage and the Food and Farming Awards.

Duration:
55 minutes
First broadcast:
Monday 12 November 2012

How can we increase passenger numbers on trains without spoiling everyone's journey and can we make more money from the railways while doing so?

Sheep feed on the roof of this farm shop and restaurant that's a finalist for the BBC Food and Farming Awards.

We look at what the "living wage" should pay for. A week's holiday a year? The occasional bar of chocolate? And should employers be obliged to pay it - or is it more than businesses can bear?

And good news for blind gamers - more video games you can play without needing to see what's on screen.

  • Food and Farming Awards 2012

    Sheep grazing the roof at Cross Lanes Organic Farm
    Sheep grazing on the roof at the Cross Lanes Organic Farm, County Durham. 

  • Global Entrepreneurs Week

    Ned Corbett-Winder is the Founder and CEO of Not Another Bill. Ned started the business after a former colleague said he was jealous of all the great and interesting items Ned received in the post. All his colleague got was bills. The idea for a business delivering exciting gifts every month for a fee was born.


    Emily Mackay is the Founder and CEO of Micro Genius. Emily was trying to solve her own problem. She had been trying to buy shares in a renewable energy project but couldn't find one to invest in. So she started her own. 

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