For european markets. They are all headed in One Direction at the moment. Well be getting an expert view on how long it will last. A vision for the future. Well be talking interactive billboards and Digital Advertising with one of the industrys leading companies. Dentists are calling for an end to the workplace cake culture. Is there too much junk food at your work, or does it make a happier office . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. It is never too early for cake and chocolate, just get some false teeth today, markets in the us, the uk and most of asia have been open for the first trading session of the year. In 2016, surprise political results caused tremors on both sides of the atlantic, but a new report suggests theres been a sharp increase in Business Confidence for the year ahead. The professional Services Firm Grant Thornton says the number of companies expecting to grow their annual profits is at a two year high. Indeed, here in the uk, the
European companies are more cash-rich than they've been in recent history. And Europe's "rarely looked cheaper on an absolute and relative basis," Goldman says.