declared in five regions, including auckland, as strong winds and heavy rain have brought down trees and damaged power lines. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. the cities that went to sleep for the pandemic are waking up, but how much are the world s great metropolises bouncing back and can they ever get back to where they were? with hybrid and remote working still in place in much of the world, what is the impact on our great cities, their restaurants, economies and property prices? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. dr megan walters, global head of research at allianz real estate, and julian metcalfe, the big boss of the asian food chain itsu. plus, i sit down with yuriko koike, the governor of tokyo, to get her view on how one of the world s great capitals is faring after the olympics and the pandemic. and if that wasn
now on bbc news, talking business hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. the cities that went to sleep for the pandemic are waking up, but how much are the world s great metropolises bouncing back and can they ever get back to where they were? with hybrid and remote working still in place in much of the world, what is the impact on our great cities, their restaurants, economies and property prices? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. dr megan walters, global head of research at allianz real estate, and julian metcalfe, the big boss of the asian food chain itsu. plus, i sit down with yuriko koike, the governor of tokyo to get her view on how one of the world s great capitals is faring after the olympics and the pandemic. and if that wasn t enough, we ve got the global boss of christie s who talks dealing with antiques, technology and real people i
as predicted, harry styles is one of the night s big winners. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go take a look at what s on the show. the cities that went to sleep for the pandemic are waking up, but how much are the world s great metropolises bouncing back and can they ever get back to where they were? with hybrid and remote working still in place in much of the world, what is the impact on our great cities, their restaurants, economies and property prices? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. dr megan walters, global head of research at allianz real estate, and julian metcalfe, the big boss of the asian food chain itsu. plus, i sit down with yuriko koike, the governor of tokyo to get her view on how one of the world s great capitals is faring after the olympics and the pandemic. and if that wasn t enough, we ve got
are really invited to tokyo. governor yuriko koike, a real pleasure having you on the show. thank you so much for your time. arigato gozaimashita. good luck with everything. today, we have been looking at how the world s biggest cities are coming back after covid. christie s london it s the largest auction house in the world. it is active in 46 countries with showrooms in ten and boy, the pandemic was one of the company s toughest challenges in its 257 year history. i popped into its london headquarters to catch up with its big boss. guillaume cerutti, a real pleasure having you on my show. thank you for your time. we have been looking at the impact the pandemic has had on the big cities around the world. you have offices in some of the largest cities on the planet. i m wondering, guillaume, how did you pivot christie s during what was a horrible time? that s a great question and thank you, aaron, for having me today. 2020 was a tough year