Peter Day's World of Business Podcast
Insights into the business world with Peter Day - featuring content from BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, and also Global Business from the BBC World Service.
Episodes to download
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In Business: Truckers: women behind the big wheel
Yesterday
The trucking industry has a staffing shortage so why aren't more women behind the wheel?
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Global Business: Investing in Iran
Saturday
Global Business looks at the business prospects in Iran when sanctions are lifted
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In Business: Not so small beer
Thu 31 Dec 2015
Peter Day explores the rise of craft beer and how the big breweries are fighting back
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Global Business: The Business of Trust
Boxing Day 2015
How important is trust and can it be won back if it's lost? Matthew Gwyther investigates
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In Business: The Sexy Salaryman
Thu 17 Dec 2015
How the white collar worker has become a cult hero in TV series and comic books in Japan.
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Global Business: Christmas, Made In China
Sat 12 Dec 2015
Peter Day visits the Chinese city which makes most of the world's Christmas decorations
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Antony Jenkins talks to Kamal Ahmed
Thu 3 Dec 2015
The former Barclays CEO, Antony Jenkins, talks to Kamal Ahmed
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Global Business: The Rise of the Executive PA
Thu 22 Oct 2015
Sathnam Sanghera discovers how important the executive assistant is to the modern day CEO
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Global Business: The Violins of Cremona
Thu 15 Oct 2015
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive?
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What makes a company last?
Thu 8 Oct 2015
Peter Day asks what makes a company last and whether longevity still matters.
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Global Business: Online Shopping in Rural China
Thu 1 Oct 2015
How is internet shopping changing rural villages in China?
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China Going Green
Thu 24 Sep 2015
Peter Day reports from China on the country's efforts to reduce pollution and go green
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Global Business: A Tale of Two Farms
Thu 17 Sep 2015
Two family farms – united by the drought but separated by heartless geology.
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Global Business: The California Drought
Thu 10 Sep 2015
How are Californian farm communities coping with their fourth year of drought?
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Global Business: Steinway
Thu 3 Sep 2015
Peter Day visits Steinway and Sons in New York to hear what makes it's pianos special
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Global Business: Graphene
Thu 27 Aug 2015
Peter Day tries to discover how the material - graphene - can be used in the future
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Global Business: Companies without managers
Thu 20 Aug 2015
Who's your boss? Peter Day asks how three companies, without managers, do business.
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A Night at the Opera
Thu 13 Aug 2015
Peter Day looks at the business of opera - how does this expensive art form survive?
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In Business: Driverless Cars
Thu 6 Aug 2015
Peter Day investigates a future of driverless cars - how soon will it come?
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Global Business: Entrepreneurs Explain
Thu 30 Jul 2015
Remarkable start-up stories of entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia, Israel and New Zealand.
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MisBehaving with Richard Thaler
Thu 25 Jun 2015
Peter Day talks to Richard Thaler, one of the founding fathers of behavioural economics.
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Global Business: The Circular Economy
Thu 18 Jun 2015
Peter Day talks to Dame Ellen MacArthur and others about the 'Circular Economy'
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Global Business: Out of the Desert
Thu 11 Jun 2015
How Mohed Altrad went from orphan in the Syrian desert to billionaire
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Global Business: Colombia’s Women Mean Business
Thu 4 Jun 2015
Peter Day investigates the advances for Colombian women in business.
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Global Business: Medellin’s Lessons
Mon 1 Jun 2015
What lessons does Medellin’s remarkable turnaround have for other troubled cities?
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In Business: Medellin Miracle
Thu 21 May 2015
Medellin used to be one of the most dangerous cites on earth; with a reputation for as...
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Global Business: Silicon Alley
Thu 14 May 2015
New York City has its own Silicon Alley and Manhattan is fast becoming a hub for high...
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In Business: Thinking Machines
Thu 7 May 2015
One of the most famous computer systems in the world is called Watson, developed by IBM.
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In Business: Immigration - The Business View
Thu 30 Apr 2015
Immigration is one of the key issues of the General Election campaign.
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In Business: Circular Economy
Thu 23 Apr 2015
As Dame Ellen MacArthur circumnavigated the globe she got first-hand knowledge of the...
