Of child nudity and sexual abuse. And. The secret weapon in the war on waste. How packaging could soon be telling you how to recycle it fitness apps on your mobile are now a multi billion dollar industry well be talking to one entrepreneur for whom exercise really is a big money spinner so in the interest of pay equality would you be happy with your colleagues knowing what you earn . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. We start with the gender pay gap because campaigners here in the uk are calling today equal pay day. They calculate that from today because of the pay gap with men women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. The Fawcett Society which does the calculations each year says there has been a slight improvement on 2018. But female full time workers earn on average 13 less than their male counterparts. A group of 100 top uk businesswomen including former royal mail boss dame moya greene, and glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley want a change in the
And we want to know, as sales of luxury loungewear goes through the roof, is staying in officially the new going out . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. And some news from amazon. Their big one day delivery pushes costing them huge amounts of money, 800 million. We will have more on that. Thank you for being with us here on worklife. We will be focusing, not least among other stories, on brexit, and one or two other things. How safe are you at work . We will find out with a special inside view on building design. We start with the countdown to brexit. 0r christmas, or both. As things stand, the uk is due to leave the eu in less than a week. Ambassadors from the rest of the eu will meet in brussels today to discuss whether to grant the uk a brexit extension. In the meantime, the Prime Minister Boris Johnsons government wants a general election. Nick eardley is in westminsterfor us it seems the only thing that is clearer behind you is the weather. That is a Fair Assessment be
She would if she could. This is where the markets are starting the day. And well be getting the inside track on pizza. Whats your favourite topping . Four cheeses or a classic marguerita . And when did you last go to pizza hut . Well hear from the boss of the uk and europe part of the Company Later in the programme. And, with the prospect of a no deal brexit still on the table, today we want to know what preparations, if any, are you making for brexit. Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in the uk, where the clash over brexit is coming to a head. Yet again, you might say Prime Minister borisjohnson faces a showdown in Parliament Later after officials in downing street warned he would call for a snap general election on m october if rebel tories and labour mps try to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october. Meanwhile scotlands highest court is set to hear arguments on whether mrjohnsons move to suspend Parliam
Well be live on the us east coast as Hurricane Dorian brings flooding. Meanwhile in the bahamas, the situation is desperate. Record breaking winds and massive storm surges flipped cars and even shipping containers far onto the land. But all around here is an area that is been totally leveled. Thats been totally leveled. And facebook launches a dating service in the us well be live in new york to hear all about it. If youre confused by brexit, if youre struggling to keep up with all the developments, dont worry, were all feeling like that. But dont worry, were going to take you through another mind bending day in british politics and why it matters so much. Before we get into today a reminder that already this week, borisjohnson has lost his parliamentary majority, kicked out 21 mps from his own party some of them giants of the conservative party, lost an mp to the liberal democrats, lost an effort to call an election, been defeated in 4 parliamentary votes thats every one hes faced as
And prospects for the Tech Industry after the us opened an anti trust probe. In a few hours time borisjohnson will enter the door behind me as the uks next Prime Minister. Brexit is of course the big issue facing the new leader and throughout the contest for the job he made a series of key pledges about leaving the eu. So, what can we expect . Mrjohnson has vowed to leave the eu by the 31 october deadline come what may. He claims that the chance of a no deal brexit is a million to one he wants to negotiate a new deal, including replacing the irish backstop designed to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic. Mrjohnson says the backstop could be replaced with so called alternative arrangements, including a technological solution to avoid physical customs checks for lorries crossing the border. He says he wont hand over the 48 billion or £39 billion divorce settlement with the eu until the uk gets a new deal. If a new deal is not agreed, he will ask the eu fo