Is through to the second round of the australian open, with a straight sets win over american Madison Brengle. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, Roger Federer reaches round two in melbourne but isnt expecting another fairy tale year after two grand slams aged 35 in 2017. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A growing number of businesses are saying they are facing big losses and have already had to lay off staff because of the collapse of carillion. Firms working on private sector deals for the construction giant have been told theyll receive only two days of government support. One Industry Group estimates that up to 30,000 firms are owed money by carillion. The government has ordered a fast track investigation into the companys directors. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. This is the sort of work, painting offices in newly built flats that the carillion collapses putting in question. A london decorating company which had 30 people turn up for a job to find sud
But with ever growing pressure on the health service, theres more and more demand for their services. Weve been speaking to some of the nhss longest serving nurses. And after forty years of serving and operating in at least five conflicts with the british army, the Lynx Helicopter has made its final flight. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The governments ordered a fast track investigation into what went wrong at the failed construction firm, carillion. The company which also runs services in schools, hospitals and prisons went into liquidation yesterday after running up huge debts. Concerns are growing for Small Businesses connected to the firm amid fears some could collapse. 0ne industry body estimates that 30,000 companies are owed money. The business secretary greg clark has been Meeting Union leaders tonight. The gmb trade union has warned that the clock is ticking for thousands of workers worried about possible redundancies. Heres our Business Editor simonjack. Just how many
The 30 year plan to revolutionise transport in the north of england but it gets a rather mixed response. Iceland becomes the first supermarket to say that plastic will be eliminated from its own Brand Products within five years. A new National Health service starts, providing hospital and specialist services. And the changing role of nurses in the nhs we talk about the challenges they face. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Could leicester overcome jamie vardys former club, fleetwood town, in tonights fa cup third round replay . Good evening. Thousands of workers and small firms facing an uncertain future, are demanding answers from ministers following the collapse of carillion, the construction giant which went into liquidation yesterday. Ministers have ordered a fast track investigation into the firms directors, but labour wants an independent assessment of the potential costs facing the taxpayer. Carillion, the uks second biggest construction firm, employs 20,000 people in the
Leaving thousands ofjobs at risk. Ministers have ordered a fast track investigation into its directors. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Us banking giants taking major financial hits from President Trumps new tax reform programme. And australias pokie problem tops the list of the largest gambling losses in the world. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its a wednesday. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start off with the us burning season. Some of americas biggest banks are putting this week. Likely announce large one time charges in the fourth quarter. That will surely erode their profitability. That is a result of President Trumps tax overhaul at the end of last year. I am joined by marika oi. Last weekjp morgan showed better than normal earnings, but are taking a hit. It is a similar story with city, also reporting overnight. If you are wondering, wasnt the tax reform of President Trump supposedly good for big corpo