Well be live in shanghai. And its been a hard days night but sony finally seals a deal to sell beatles merchandise see you in court well talk to the man looking to revolutionise the way we access legal services. And today as a local hardware shops christmas video starring a two year old has captured peoples hearts and costjust £100 to make we want to know. Are you influenced by christmas video ads . Do they make you buy . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. If you havent seen that video ad james mentioned, its the nicest thing, i guarantee it. We will show you it later. But starting this morning we start this morning looking at investment for small and medium sized businesses. They are arguably the backbone of any economy but new Research Suggests firms known as sme s are struggling to get investment because they are seen as a risky bet by big banks. Analysis by the experian Credit Rating agency has found there are 1. 6 million sme s in the uk
Powerhouse, posts a huge loss as its latest gamble on stricken wework and other tech bets turn sour. And do you fancy a cuppa . I will never say no. But think before chuck out the bag, there could be plastic in the bag. And seaweed has long been a staple food in asia, but now it is making its way to our shores and our plates. Today we want to hear from you, the and our plates. Today we want to hearfrom you, the booming market in audio books and podcasts for kids, can youngsters be weaned off screens . Let us now with the hash bag bbc worklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with how much time your kids are spending glued to their screens. Were all being encouraged to limit their exposure to video games and social media and that could benefit one sector in particular kids audio. Across all ages, audiobooks are the Fastest Growing publishing format with 13 growth in 2018. Now big Us Public Service broadcasters like npr and wnyc are joining Podcast Networks such as gimlet and pan
Liver. More and san jose. And it might be a late seabreeze, and its already pretty warm. 8463. Last week we couldnt get the low or the high. They were both below this week. They were starting off a little low coming in spinning in high clouds. Before they come, 40s, 50s and 60s in the temps. Some on the mild side and component coming off, and humidity is 23 , and tomorrow though, we will start with a cool down in 70s and 80s and a few near 90 degrees. Well, the east bay commute is getting busier steve as you might expect. Right now here we are. You will see the traffic is going to be slow coming around the corner to the bay bridge. It is not really that bad once you get to the bay bridge, but that backup is just a little longer than normal, so you should give yourself 5 or 10 minutes. Not a big deal. As we look at these commutes, you can see that some of them are heavier than others. And its heavy from 92 down into union city, and the bridge is okay. Peninsula has been fine. As we look
Watching us from the united states. These are your markets. We are seeing a bit of a lift to european stocks, actually, not so much. They were lifting, but now they are flat. About 56. 65 after that opec plus meeting. Gold is down a touch. Remember, because it is fourth of july in the u. S. , treasury markets are closed. Coming up, dont miss our coverage of the boston pops fireworks spectacular, it is a bloomberg special and starts at 8 p. M. New york time. So if youre watching from asia or europe, its definitely worth it. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. The tanks are ready to go and the fighter jets are set. All part of President Trumps changes to the traditional fourth of July Celebration on the National Mall. The present will speak from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and critics say he is turning the event into a campaign rally. President trump warned iran against stepping up uranium enrichment. Iran says it will restart the model reactor if europe fails to offer
And just say, i have a few slides from some of the cleanups that our newest staff member has been conducting. You can see that these plastic bags that are supposed to be reusable are also being considered litter. They are easily littered. We do need to get people to have an incentive for people to bring, to switch to the truly reusable bags. Thank you very much. Good afternoon chair peskin, supervisor brown and haney. My name is kathy brown and i work for the general manager there, we are a manufacturer of the supermarket packaging, the reusable bag as well as the precheckout bag. I am here in support of supervisor browns ordinance, much to probably my surprise and others. We manufacturer Sustainable Packaging items including compostable precheckout bags. We can work with your department of environment to ensure that the bags fit in the compost pile and to ensure there is an Education Program so that consumers know how to properly use and dispose of the compostable produce back. We hav