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THE BOTTOM LINE
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The Bottom Line
Saturday 5.30-6.00pm
The Bottom Line
Insight into business from the people at the top
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1 March 2008
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Evan Davis
On the programme this week, punctuality and holidays.
This week we talk to three top executives about punctuality. How do you ensure that your goods, or your trains or buses, turn up on time, over and over again?

Also on the programme – holidays. On average in the UK we get 20 days annual leave, with bank holidays, usually, on top of that. That’s quite mean compared to the rest of Europe, but generous compared to the Far East or the USA. But what is the link between the number of days worked and the amount of work done?

Our guests this week:

Harriet Green
CEO, Premier Farnell

Keith Ludeman
CEO, Go-Ahead Group

Garry Watts
CEO, SSL
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The Bottom Line cuts through confusion, statistics and spin to give you a clearer view of the business world through discussion with people running leading and emerging companies.
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