Bangladesh is one of the worlds most incredible economic success stories. At the heart of the countrys economic boom is the Garment Industry. The First Factory opened in the 1970s and now it is a 30 billion industry. Barton, arcadia groups, tesco, river island. Almost everybody has visited in my showroom. There are almost 5,000 garment factories in bangladesh, employing mostly women. But could the coronavirus erase decades of progress in a matter of months . You see all this is justjeans. And those made for the. Uk high street. Theyjust keep here like that. How many days i can keep the jeans like that . Where i have the space . factories shut down, leaving thousands of people out of work. And worried about how they will survive. Bangladesh is the second largest manufacturer of ready made garments in the world. This industry employs 4 Million People in the country. 85 of them are women. The southern port city of chittagong. Most of the clothing in these factories is made for fast fashio
Factories in bangladesh, employing mostly women. But could the coronavirus erase decades of progress in a matter of months . You see all this is justjeans. And those made for the. Uk high street. Theyjust keep here like that. How many days i can keep the jeans like that . Where i have the space . factories shut down, leaving thousands of people out of work. And worried about how they will survive. Bangladesh is the second largest manufacturer of ready made garments in the world. This industry employs 4 Million People in the country. 85 of them are women. The southern port city of chittagong. Most of the clothing in these factories is made for fast fashion brands in america and europe. Its all about huge volumes and quick turnaround times. Mostafiz uddin is the owner of denim expert. This is pepejeans london. He employs 2,000 workers making jeans for Big International brands. When he built the factory 11 years ago, mostafiz focused on creating a safe working environment. He wanted to pu
Now on bbc news, our world. 24,000 2a,000 coronavirus cases were reported in the last 2a hour period. We have been looking at the scale of infection. Staff facing a sudden rush of patients with covid 19. They have more cases now than at the peak earlier this year. A patent already emergent in a few other hospitals. What is the latest picture across the uk . This map shows when numbers of infections are highest. In Northern England and parts of wales, Northern Ireland and scotland. The most up to date figures for hospital vision show increases in every english region, some clusters than others. This is not really speculation, this is a fact and we know that, in certain parts of the country, the number of coronavirus patient is significantly over the number they were having to cope with during the aprilfirst they were having to cope with during the april first peak thatis during the april first peak that is not everywhere, fortu nately. That is not everywhere, fortunately. Parts of the c
Largest Garment Manufacturing industry, which, for decades, has fuelled europe and americas appetite forfast fashion. But as Coronavirus Spread around the world, over three billion pounds worth of clothing orders were cancelled and many factories were shut. It was a devastating blow to the sector on which many livelihoods depend. Bangladesh is one of the worlds most incredible economic success stories. At the heart of the countrys economic boom is the Garment Industry. The First Factory opened in the 1970s, and now its a 30 billion industry. Barton, arcadia groups, tesco, river island. Almost everybody has visited in my showroom. There are almost 5,000 garment factories in bangladesh, employing mostly women. But could the coronavirus erase decades of progress in a matter of months . You see all this is justjeans, and those made for the uk high street. Theyjust keep here like that. How many days i can keep the jeans like that . Where i have the space . Factories shut down, leaving thous
Get a first glimpse of how much their healthcare costs are about to rise. They saw spending go up 7. 3 including the amounts spent on insurance premiums plus all of out of pocket costs. In 2012 this 7 may not seem very much, for example, 33 of Household Spending went to shelter. Transportation took up another 13 but healthcare expenditures as a percentage of overall Household Spending rose much faster than most other categories. This little healthcare slice of the pie is getting bigger. That trend is expected to continue, especially for the estimated 55 of all americans who get Health Insurance through their employers. That translates to 171 Million People across the country and rising premiums are now part of the yearly ritual. 2014 will be no different. Employers on average pay 75 of their employee as healthcare each year. Julie stone who helps with health strategies. Thank you for being part of the program. What are employers doing . Are they shifting these costs to employees . Cutt