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later in the programme we ll get the inside track on a tech company which aims to tackle the worldwide problem of poor eyesight. a new survey has found that online spending in the uk has fallen for the first time since 2013. today we want to know whether your expectations of the future are affecting your spending decisions? do get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. so emmanuel macron has won the french presidency, and now the hard work begins. his first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. the outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. france has had a high unemployment rate for decades: currently around 10% of the workforce or 3 million people. that compares with less than half 4.3% across the border in germany. the problem is worse for young people: 24% of those between the ages of 15 and 2a don t ha ....
by one of our weather watchers of lots of sunshine. west east split through the afternoon, the cloud on the eastern side means it is quite chilly and breezy but some cloud will show signs of breaking up, particularly in the north east of england. we will keep lots of the cloud in the afternoon across the north and north east of scotland whereas central and western parts of scotla nd whereas central and western parts of scotland have a lovely afternoon, 1a 01’ scotland have a lovely afternoon, 1a or 15 degrees and maybe 16 in northern ireland with plenty of sunshine. as the cloud breaks up across the north east of england it is still quite chilly under the cloud, temperatures may not get into double figures. for the west we have 15 or 16 degrees in the sunshine and the wind is a bit lighter. further east there is cloud across east anglia & beast, maybe some drizzle but mostly fine and dry. and east. don t forget the sun is quite strong. when the sun sets this evening ....
news. emmanuel macron has attended his first official event as president elect of france less than 2a hours after the polls closed. he joined president hollande at a world war ii commemoration in paris. mr macron beat marine le pen convincingly in yesterday s presidential run off vote but in his victory speech last night said he wanted to unite the country. let s go over to our europe correspondent in paris damian grammaticas nesta has already begun work preparing to take power as president. we know that will happen on sunday. mr macron said he would be standing down as the head of his en marche! movement he created just a year ago as he becomes president. he is also becoming, discussing his choice of prime minister, a key decision for him early on. before that he was here at the arc de triomphe paying homage to france s war dead, standing alongside the outgoing president francois hollande, the man who brought him into politics in the first place. our correspondentj ....
memorial service at westminster abbey to celebrate his life. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the leaders of the main political parties are crisscrossing the country on the final day of campaigning before the general election tomorrow. the conservatives and labour say there is all to play for, with the polls narrowing in the closing stages. the prime minister theresa may is promising brexit will lead to morejobs theresa may is promising brexit will lead to more jobs and theresa may is promising brexit will lead to morejobs and homes, and better transport links. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn is to speak at rallies in england, scotland and wales, with a warning that there are 24 wales, with a warning that there are 2a hours to save the nhs. the lib dem leader tim farron has urged people to vote tactically in order to prevent a landslide conservative victory. let s go live night to westminster and get the latest from oui’ westminster and get the latest from our ass ....
what is a more normal rate? years.o motown s moving production north of the border. who is in the drivers seat when it comes to the auto sector? matt: happy new year. i have not seen you since. let us take a look at futures. we are up across the board. you can see the ftse futures are up about .5%. we have gained more than a quarter of a percent over in .aris on the cac and a third of a percent on the dac. looks like a positive week were equities. guy: i think that could relate to what i m about to show you on the gmm. the british pound is down by nearly a full percent. johnson-ferrohe cross rate. the dollar index up by 0.2%. keeping a firm i on what is happening with the potential candidates to replace janet yellen. i think that is coming on the a gender as we see a more hawkish stance being taken. we will talk about oil later. firmly in focus. here is the bloomberg first word news with juliette saly. agreede: mcdonald s has to sell 80% of its operations in china and h ....