Reversing the exodus pressure grows on the g20 to tackle the Migration Crisis, but is more investment in africa the answer . Plus, Making Motorists out of millennials how toyota plans to sell cars to the uber generation welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Also coming up never mind the exploding phones, samsung says its on track for record quarterly profits. But first, we start in hamburg, germany where, as youve been hearing, leaders of the g20 group of the worlds top economies are gathering. High on the agenda, of course, concerns over free trade and the environment, after President Trump set the us on a more protectionist path and pledged to pull out of the paris Climate Change agreement. But for europe, equally pressing is the Migration Crisis. Record numbers of migrants from sub Saharan Africa have been heading into the eu increasingly across the mediterranean via italy, as this map shows. The final destination for many is germany, where migration related costs are p
He was 86, and was suffering from a long illness. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, called him constant friend. Now lets crossover live to singapore. Nokia goes back to the future. We will have the latest on the new designs from the phone maker. Will be new handset their success . And if the stress in yourjob is getting over your head, with a Fitness Session make you more productive, or are companies wasting their money . Would a Fitness Session. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Iam sharanjit and welcome to Asia Business report. I am sharanjit leyl. Nokia has reinvented its 3310 handset which was very popular 15 years ago. This is what it looks like now. It promises to be a simple phone with a battery that will last a week. With limited access to the internet, will anyone actually be interested . The new model was unveiled at the mobile World Congress in barcelona, and our Technology Correspondent is there. Barcelona, and as the Mobile Phone Industry arise for its annual jamb
Carrie lam will become hong kongs new chief executive. But what the new chief executive. But what the new leadership mean for the economy . And what to look for in buying a piece of art. We get a few tips from the experts. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. A 1200 Strong Committee dominated by pro beijing executives have elected carrie lam as the new hong kong chief executive. She has promised to heal wounds over beijings industry. With a slowing economy in mainland china, she could be facing economic headwinds. I spoke with research at Peter Church At that the issues that will be at the top of her agenda. Peter church at that the issues that will be at the top of her agendam hong kong, the Affordability Question on housing has been a huge economic and political hot button in hong kong. And if you look at it rationally, it is really a supply it generated a problem. Hong kong has been producing less than half of the long term average supply of housing in the l
With just hours to go before article 50 is triggered we find out how prepared businesses are for this seismic change. And back in the race, samsung gears up to show off its latest smartphone, but can it regain Consumers Trust after its massive recall last year . Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, well be finding out how exporters are getting ready ahead of the uk breaking away from the worlds biggest trading bloc. Today is the day. After nine months of anticipation the uk is set to become the first country to formally tell the European Union it wants to leave. It means the two year Negotiation Process formally begins. For businesses across the continent it is time to sharpen their focus on how to deal with what, for some, will be some pretty drastic changes. Here in the uk Companies Large and small have been coming up with contigency plans, something that is quite difficult to do given the level of uncertainty. And in the case of the big banks some have threatened to move staff t
The firm that promises to make employing people easier. Hell explain how. Today we want to know, what are your questions about brexit . Well be answering your questions on this fridays edition of Business Live. Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start of course with brexit as the massive task now begins of agreeing the terms of britains departure from the european union. Theres a huge amount at stake for businesses here in the uk and across the remaining 27 eu countries in the form of a trading relationship Worth Hundreds of billions of dollars a year. A failure to strike a trade deal would be damaging to all sides. But who really has the upper hand . Lets look at the numbers. In 2015 the uk exported 274 billion worth of goods and services to the eu. Thats 44 of all the uks exports and represents 13 percent of the entire british economy. Lets look at it the other way. The eu exports far more to the uk than vice versa 360 billion worth in the same