islam, bbc news, in cardiff. janet mui is investment director at the wealth managers brewin dolphin here in london. what are you expecting to hear today? good morning, victoria, thanks for having me. we are not expecting the bank of england to raise interest rates today, primarily because of the omicron uncertainty. so basically inflation is at a decade high and the labour market is pretty strong, so it is not because of omicron, we would look at them planning to raise interest rates, but because of omicron i think they have to busche back until sometime next year instead. the bank of england has often adopted this sort of wait and see approach, but what was often described as transitory inflation is clearly not going away. is there another way to deal with inflation without killing companies struggling with staff shortages as a result of omicron and also supply chain problems that happening globally? it
to the soaring cost of energy now, because two more uk energy suppliers have been forced out of business by record wholesale gas prices. pure planet backed by the oil giant bp and colorado energy both ceased trading on wednesday their customers will be moved to another supplier in the coming days by the regulator 0fgem. it brings the toll of failed energy firms to 14. some two million uk consumers have now been affected. janet mui is investment director at the wealth managers brewin dolphin. thank you forjoining me. bp said, despite considerable work over an extended period, we concluded it is no longer commercially viable for bp to continue this relationship . what does it mean for a $100 billion company to turn its back on