queen guitarist brian may and members of england s women s football team are among those celebrated in the uk s new year s honours list. over a thousand people have received recognition for their service. i will be back at the top of the error, no it is time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to a special edition of talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. this week, we re going to revisit some of our interviews that defined 2022. of course, a momentous year of disruption for the global economy. over the last 12 months, we ve continued to feel the impact of covid, the russian invasion of ukraine, and suffered a cost of living crisis as energy prices have soared. i ve spent the year speaking to some of the most influential chief executives, business leaders and policymakers on the planet. the head of the imf, the international monetary fund, told me herfears for the planet s prosperity, and the
for the planet s prosperity, and the us energy secretary explained what her country was doing to tackle soaring oil and gas prices. i also heard from the boss of plane maker boeing about how the post covid bounce was helping it put years of turbulence in the rear view mirror. but it wasn t all doom and gloom because we also celebrated a year of huge growth for women s sport. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, 2022 has been a year of huge disruption to the global economy, with many of us forced to rethink everything from what we eat to how we work and well, even how we heat our homes. the world went into the year still very much feeling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. restrictions, economies everywhere have found it impossible to return to life as it was before. a major reason why was russia s decision to invade ukraine on the 24th of february. as well as costing thousands of lives, it s d
yes, a very warm welcome to all the business news. and we start here in the uk, where skyrocketing inflation is causing big problems for retailers. just how big will be revealed in a few hours when we get those retail sales numbers forjuly. if we look back, sales fell 0.1% month on month injune, and that was a better than expected result as rising energy and fuel prices dented consumer confidence. now that inflation is topping 10%, the british independent retailers association is calling for 100% rates relief to be introduced for smaller retailers, and an energy price cap for businesses. let us get more. andrew goodacre, ceo, british independent retailers association. good morning. thank you for joining us. you are calling for the smaller retail, rate relief and an energy price for business in general. just talk about energy, energy prices have gone through the roof stop how much is it hurting our retailers? how much is it hurting our retailers? ,., ., ., , retailers? good m
just the latest marker in the rise of women s sports, but with fans and brands hungry for more, are the building blocks in place to fulfil all that potential? i will be discussing all that with the director of the english women s football association soccer to many of us. and a four time us olympic medal winner now running the sports innovation lab that focuses the spending focuses on the spending habits of women sports fans around the world. plus, levelling the playing field why is there such a difference in pay between men s and women s sport? when will that gap start closing? i ll find out from sophie goldschmidt, who has hammered out deals from basketball to rugby to golf and brought in equal prize money to the world of surfing. she s now the big boss of us ski and snowboard. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, a warm welcome to the show. women s sports is on the rise. here in the uk, the recent euro women s football championship drew record crowds at sta
A private company, the biggest rocket in the world successfully with the most unusual cargo weve probably ever seen. He sent his car into space. It is headed to mars at this hour after sending back some spectacular pictures. Three, two, one. Reporter now the biggest rocket in the world, Spacexs Falcon heavy, three rockets strapped together launched a new era of American Space travel. Successful separation. Reporter but this was different. The boosters separated and then flew back to earth landing together reusable. And the falcon has landed. Wow. Reporter the center rocket coming back to earth ran out of fuel and slammed into the ocean. It was lost. A setback for the 90 million test flight which needed some cargo, and rather than concrete, spacexs ceo elon musk who also runs the electric Car Company Tesla decided the payload, the weight at the head of the rocket under the skin, would be his electric car, a red roadster. So there it was, a car with a dummy in a space suit exposed to spa