Firms must not and can not tell workers what to wear. Johanna konta has been knocked out the Australian Open. She lost her quarter final to Serena Williams 6 2 6 3 in just over an hour in melbourne. She was the last brit left in the competition. Also this morning well be hearing a toy story with a difference. Which ones yours . I would say this is lego, this is not. Ok, this is lego . This is lego. Well find out how one of the worlds best known brands is counting the cost of counterfeits in china. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Once again today with starting off with some patchy freezing fog and it is particularly dense across parts of the south. Its also slippery underfoot so take extra ca re. Its also slippery underfoot so take extra care. There will be some sunshine around today, also some drizzle and strong winds in the north west. Ill put all that together in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Mps have stepped up demands for the government to publish its pl
Anna a warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak Europe Santander novartis kicking off earnings. Hasourthquarter net profit come in at 1. 6 billion euros, better than the estimate. The estimate was for 1. 40 8 billion. Theyre telling us the bad loan ratio is moving in the right direction, saying the ratios at 3. 93 . An update on their fully loaded 10. 55 , a little higher than it was in september. Chair sayingk, the that the 2017 environment is even better than the main market in which they operate. Thats at 7 30 london time. Plenty more to come on the european banking story. No doubt that will talk about political change in europe and the United States and much more beyond. Novartists talk about , one of the huge drug companies. Net sales coming in at 12. 3 billion. ,elow what the market wanted which was 1. 13. This is the critical point, net sales will be in line with the prior year. In the eye care business their problems, you have the heart drug that will be critical, fourthquarter adjus
Have changed. The situation has changed with the new owners coming in and actually we have one or two things coming our way. Its the start of another week of preparation for the home nations as they look ahead to the second round of fixtures in the six nations this weekend. Wales top the table on Points Difference at the moment but ahead of a crucial match against england, captain Alun Wynjones has been preparing a little differently. Hes been pulling pints of ale wyn, which is being served in pubs around wales in his honour. His side have a tight turnaround to prepare for that england game on saturday they have some Injury Concerns and only six days to recover. We could make a big fuss and say its going to make the difference but that would be an excuse. As domestic teams and regions we do that quite often, short turnarounds with more games. Its something you have to deal with. It is an added intensity, physicality at International Level but we experience it in the season and weve jus
This to you first. Everyone has dealt with the global sudden stop of the virus and now we have the restart and planning of the future. We had the uk chancellor setting out his plans this past week, what did you make of them . Yes, rishi sunak, he really does love his branding. He came out with a series of catchy programmes. I think the remarkable thing is, he announced £30 billion of new spending, which sounded small, and that is only because already 160 billion has been spent supporting the economy through the crisis. Look, some of his policies were really positive. The kick starter scheme in particular, to support employment of young people in private companies for six months. I think that is going to be potentially hard to roll out in the middle of the crisis when you still have a lot of private Companies Operating remotely. His meal deal, the eat out to help out scheme, was kind of criticised as being gimmicky. I understand what he is trying to do here, which is to sort of push pe
Simonjack. Welcome to you all. Stephanie, lets take this to you first. Everyone has dealt with the global sudden stop of the virus and now we have the restart and planning of the future. We had the uk chancellor setting out his plans this past week, what did you make of them . Yes, rishi sunak, he really does love his branding. He came out with a series of catchy programmes. I think the remarkable thing is, he announced £30 billion of new spending, which sounded small, and that is only because already 160 billion has been spent supporting the economy through the crisis. Look, some of his policies were really positive. The kick starter scheme in particular, to support employment of young people in private companies for six months. I think that is going to be potentially hard to roll out in the middle of the crisis when you still have a lot of private Companies Operating remotely. His meal deal, the eat out to help out scheme, was kind of criticised as being gimmicky. I understand what