A stimulus plan to offset the pandemic and another big week for earnings. Results from sap as europes largest tech companys speak year ceo speaks with us and ryanairs cfo. Speaking of ryanair, weve got numbers coming through from the airline. Tax, quarter loss after 185. 1 Million Euros. The estimated loss was 276. 9. That is a smaller firstquarter loss after tax than was expected. What we are hearing from ryanair in terms of commentary is the biggest fear is the virus second wave and fears are already swirling around that in terms of the news over the weekend with u. K. Imposing quarantine from spain. We will no doubt get comments from my ryanair. Losses are mounting. Basically, First Quarter customers, zero point 5 million versus 41. 9 million, the estimate was 96 , theor, 61 versus estimate was 57. 8 but the main number to look at is the first and basically ryanair said it will continue losing money through the summer. It is concerned a second wave could push back to recovery into n
And how to stand out in a crowded market . We meet the firm thats using Computer Games to encourage us to buy more. Well explain how it works. And as critics blame ba for too many cost cuts we want to know is the golden age of travel over . Do you want more frills, not no frills . Let us know, use the hashtag bbc bizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. The no Frills Airline ryanair has reported its latest set of financial results. Europes biggest carrier by Passenger Numbers announced a 6 jump in full year net profit to 1. 46 billion. Ryanairs performance is a sign that its cost cutting measures are helping the business compete as overcapacity continues to dog the industry. Earlier, we spoke to neil sorahan, rya nairs chief financial officer. We saw our unit cost dropped by 11 last year. Excluding fuel, they were down 5 . So we are seeing unit cost savings coming through on all lines. There is a huge amount of uncertainty about brexit. There is no direction as to which way the uk
Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The number of patients on Hospital Wards has been at unsafe levels in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, according to figures obtained by the bbc. Some hospitals were operating at close to full capacity, putting increased pressure on the number of beds available. All week we are taking an in depth look at the state of the nhs in a series of special reports. Heres our Health Correspondent, jane dreaper. Its been a very difficult winter at Yeovil Hospital in somerset. Like many other hospitals in england, theyve had to battle Behind The Scenes here to find enough free beds in recent weeks. You can get periods, particularly over the winter period, when you are managing bed by bed, minute by minute, and teams are having to spend a lot of time and Energy Running around finding a bed for the next patient that needs it. And moving patients between beds isnt ideal, we dont like doing it unless we really have to, but sometimes you have to prioritise
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Irish budget airline Ryanair blamed higher interest rates and low consumer confidence after finding demand was not as intense as anticipated in April, May and June.