Later in the programme well get the inside track on a tech company which aims to tackle the worldwide problem of poor eyesight. A new survey has found that online spending in the uk has fallen for the First Time Since 2013. Today we want to know whether your expectations of the future are affecting your Spending Decisions . Do get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. So Emmanuel Macron has won the french presidency, and now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. France has had a high Unemployment Rate for decades currently around 10 of the workforce or 3 million people. That compares with less than half 4. 3 across the border in germany. The problem is worse for young people 24 of those between the ages of 15 and 2a dont have a job. The other big iss
What is a more normal rate . Years. O motowns moving production north of the border. Who is in the drivers seat when it comes to the auto sector . Matt happy new year. I have not seen you since. Let us take a look at futures. We are up across the board. You can see the ftse futures are up about. 5 . We have gained more than a quarter of a percent over in. Aris on the cac and a third of a percent on the dac. Looks like a positive week were equities. Guy i think that could relate to what im about to show you on the gmm. The british pound is down by nearly a full percent. Johnsonferrohe cross rate. The dollar index up by 0. 2 . Keeping a firm i on what is happening with the potential candidates to replace janet yellen. I think that is coming on the a gender as we see a more hawkish stance being taken. We will talk about oil later. Firmly in focus. Here is the bloomberg first word news with juliette saly. Agreede mcdonalds has to sell 80 of its operations in china and hong kong to a Consor
Investors holding fire. We will find out why later in the programme. Will the music stop playing for the dj who founded his own social media start up . Later in the programme well speak to the young entrepreneur hoping to connect students on campus. Today we want to know. And netflix are reported to be working on choose your own adventure tv programmes, with actors filming alternative endings, so let us know, what Ending Withjuly alternative endings, so let us know, what ending with july to alternative endings, so let us know, what Ending Withjuly to change . What Ending Withjuly to change . What Ending Withjuly to change . What ending would you like to change . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. European car makers are gathered in geneva for the annual motor show, and they are celebrating record breaking sales figures. More than 15 million cars were sold in europe last year thats the best result since the financial crisis. But a sneaky peak under the bonnet of
It rbs back in the red. The buildout british lender posted a loss. We asked the companys cfo about the numbers. Ananna we are less than half hour until the open. A bit of Risk Appetite out there. We saw asia but tire asia flat tire. Up. 4 on the euro stoxx 50. The domestic focused Company Getting a push by the bank of england stimulus yesterday. Lets get a look at some of the other assets. Asia tracking higher. It is down on the week but msci asiapacific has been managing to perform. Japan is basically flat but china has been pushing higher. The pound of higher, making up for the losses yesterday. Meanwhile, i want to keep a close eye on the u. S. Data,l important jobs will we see the Unemployment Rate fall . Keep an eye on the rand. The anc losing their power in the elections should elections. , it is all about anna lets bring that to our viewers. World bank of scotland has royal bank of scotland has posted a loss. A 20 80compared to Million Pounds profit a year earlier. Cfoking to bl