As growth slows to its weakest in a quarter of a century. And as Extinction Rebellion protestors descend on the uks capital, we find out how companies, not governments, are under intense scrutiny over their climate credentials. And well be getting the inside track on the s word, sustainability, its a business buzzword for yonks, but is itjust about Climate Change and why should Companies Care . Well find out later. Today, we want to know about e mail overload, should compamnies ban staff from work emails outside office hours . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to our new business show, and we start today in the uk where its cruch time for brexit. While Prime Minister borisjohnson is working out how he will sell his new brexit deal to parliament, businesses are weighing up how it could affect future trade between britain and the eu for decades to come thats if the deal gets approved. Mrjohnson has written an open letter to busin
Countrys president ial election. Given to you thanks for joining us here. More than 3 years since the u. K. Voted to leave the European Union we are still no closer to finding out whether the country will walk through the blocks exit door after him hes voted in favor of an amendment to delay their approval of the new regs that deal negotiated by Boris Johnson in response to that the Prime Minister has postponed the vote until next week the latest from westminster. For the 1st time in almost 40 Years Parliament has been sitting to discuss Boris Johnsons new breaks it deal the Prime Minister needs the support of 320 m. P. s to get it through but opposition parties are against it. Was trying. Now is the charge mr speaker to get these things done and i say to all members they dont come together to end i didnt come together as democrats to end this debilitating future you cannot trust a word got to. Mrs radio voting for a deal today wont break suge it wasnt delivered certainty and the peopl
We will find out. This is the picture across the markets across europe. Positive sentiment lifting them towards the end of the week. And well be getting the inside track on the past week in business from all the latest developments in brexit to the us plan to tax billions of dollars of european imports after it won its dispute over state aid to airbus, with our economics correspondent andrew walker. And as uber test launches its new uber Works Service that puts casual workers in touch with employers we want to know if you think its a good move . Would you sign up as a worker or business . Let us know just use the bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. For one last time and ill explain later. We start with uber, the taxi giant has been branching out into everything from food delivery to electric bike hire and later today its launching this uber works, an app that puts casual workers in touch with employers. It will allow say a waiter or a cleaner to compare pay rates and condit
Devastated the bahamas just over a week ago. If youre the uk Prime Minister and youre having to deny that you lied to the queen, and youre denying it because in edinburgh yesterday, scotlands highest civil court found that your suspension of parliament was unlawful and effectively said that you did lie to the queen, then youre first few weeks in office may not be going to plan. But thats where Boris Johnson got to today. Did you lie to the queen when you advised her to prorogue, suspend parliament . Absolutely not. Indeed, as i say, the high court in england plainly agrees with us, but the Supreme Court will have to decide. Weve been going on in this parliament now for longer than any time since the civil war, we need a queens speech, we need to get on with things. And parliament will have time, both before, and after that crucial summit on october 17, 18th, to talk about the brexit deal. To reiterate what he was saying. The Supreme Court will rule next week if he behaved lawfully when
We start with brexit, and the Business World has been reacting to the uk governments decision to suspend parliament in the run up to britains departure from the eu. Its being seen by many as a move to stop mps blocking a no deal brexit which a majority of them are against. The pound reacted immediately to the news, losing around 1 against the us dollar before recovering some of that ground. Traders say it may make a no deal brexit a little more likely, but these jitters are nothing new as our economics correspondent Andrew Walker explains. Ever since the referendum there has been a pattern in the Financial Markets and it was repeated after Boris Johnsons plan markets and it was repeated after borisjohnsons plan was announced. A brexit related development seen as likely to impede trade between the uk and the eu is also seeing as bad for economic growth. The Prime Ministers proposal perhaps makes a no deal proposal more likely because parliament would have less time to block it. But in t