Chancellor will bring you an angle a makeover as youve never tired to have before surprise yourself with what is possible to this miracle really what moves her and what all some who talk to people who followed her along the way admirers and critics alike how is the worlds most powerful woman shaking her legacy joining us from eccles last august. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the divisions in our societies. Time and again we see that economic background affects the likelihood of one catching cold 19 people from less wealthy communities are more likely to have jobs that put them in harms way. Working from home meanwhile as most of the. Serv of white collar employees or members of society to the face more risk of exposure living in tight quarters and finding distance a luxury. Existing Health Problems also make the coronavirus more dangerous to the poorer parts of society. So what can be done to close the gap how can we ensure that everyone has the same chance of escaping the virus
To wall street chinese mobility giant is planning a listing in hong kong instead all of its rising chinese american tensions. And tunisian glass blowers in move around know who are struggling to weather the coronavirus pandemic. But come to me a business i want to johnsonville and good to have you with us. The head of the bank of england 100 bailey has painted a dreary picture of britains economy which shrunk by 20 percent in the 3 months to june now thats the biggest fall of any large advanced economy in the u. Of the coronavirus pandemic betty is warning the u. K. Faces an unprecedented level of Economic Uncertainty and things could get even worse should there be no deal breaks it talks between london and the e. U. Are stalled and with a transition period ending on the 31st of december the clock is yet again taking a lot is at stake almost half of all British Imports come from the e. U. And around 46 percent of all british exports go to the e. U. Making the e. U. Britains most import
Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
I came in with an impression of what i thought auditing was overcommitted to audit what i knew about auditing with the irs be was i actually knew nothing about auditing in my mind it was purely financial. With people get audited if the pain no one wants to deal with it now i see a lot of time ask my new auditing is not just about taxes oftentimes most times students believe auditing is only financial whereas when they come into a government in diamond we do much more than financial audits. We do operational audits. Or look at the operations of the department for economy efficiency and effectiveness. When i hire an intern some of the things im looking for first of all is is this individual agile and flexible because our environment is so fastpaced and we are switching from project to project depending on what is going on in the government at any given time. I merrily i have been working with audits on Facilities Management practices across many different city guide this obese management
Ask the public to participate remotely by writing to the board or leaving a voicemail message. For all comments received in advance of the meeting we have received and we appreciate these comments. While Technology Allows us to hold these meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as it would like to be. There will be gaps in some airtime, staff at times the staff transitions between the speakers and the callers. Know that we are doing the best that we possibly can and we ask for your understanding and patience as we are all learning this new way of working together. A reminder to the Board Members to mute themselves to minimize the background noise. Board members will have to remember to unmute themselves to comment. Again, were going to ask everyone to be patient as we make these adjustments. Madam secretary, roll call, please. Clerk [roll call] we do have a quorum. President bridges . Number two, communications. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and t due to the covid1