threatens a french institution the baguette. we find out how many of the country s 35,000 bakeries will survive. good to have you with us. it s that time of year when the global elite gather in the swiss alpine ski resort of davos. the theme for the world economic forum is cooperation in a fragmented world, and top of the agenda will be the global economy which according to the world bank is perilously close to falling into recession . it expects the world economy to grow byjust 1.7% this year. what can the global leaders do who are gathered in davos? critics argue it s a talking shop that rarely leads to significant change in solving the worlds problems. brian coulton is chief economist at fitch ratings. brian, good morning to you. when we look at the official agenda for davos, the list is long. there is an awful lot to discuss, but when it comes to the state of the global economy, that will dominate, won t it? it economy, that will dominate, won t it? ~ , won t it? it
private health care do during the pandemic and how are they doing now? i have got the global boss of bupa talking covid, staff, brexit and the future. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and warm welcome to the show. you know, it has been a record breaking few weeks for temperatures in europe. wildfires have raged across mediterranean countries like spain, portugal, italy and greece. here in the uk, we had our hottest ever day on record. and yet, it is the coming winter that has been focusing minds, in particular how western europe and other parts of the world are going to keep warm amid the rising oil and gas crisis? following the russian invasion of ukraine and heavy sanctions on russia s oil and gas exports, which are to come in at the end of the year. president biden in the last few weeks was in saudi arabia and the middle east. while he didn t secure more oilfrom the country many think trying to do so was one of the reason for his vis
wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and warm welcome to the show. you know, it has been a record breaking few weeks for temperatures in europe. wildfires have raged across mediterranean countries like spain, portugal, italy and greece. here in the uk, we had our hottest ever day on record. and yet, it is the coming winter that has been focusing minds, in particular how western europe and other parts of the world are going to keep warm amid the rising oil and gas crisis? following the russian invasion of ukraine and heavy sanctions on russia s oil and gas exports, which are to come in at the end of the year. president biden in the last few weeks was in saudi arabia and the middle east. while he didn t secure more oil from the country many think trying to do so was one of the reason for his visit. and in europe, the european commission has set out plans asking countries in the union to cut their gas consumption by 15% until the spring. the p
because of soaring energy prices. now the government has stepped in to help allowing them to renegotiate their contracts with energy suppliers. but will it be enough to save small bakers from going bust? let s go live to paris to talk to anne sophie nahmany from the national confederation of french bakers. good to have you on the programme. when i m in france on holiday, going to the laundry in the morning is the highlight for the fresh french patisserie. took us through this crisis, what is happening? first of all, bakeries are closing while new ones opening. they are closing for several accumulative reasons, which is increase of energy prices, raw material prices, increase of packaging prices. therefore
were we caught up with foreign with florian bockermann who owns a microbrewery in northern germany. this crisis is even bigger than the covid crisis, the second crisis in a row. the packaging prices for example, they rose and increased 200%. the buying prices increased by 30%, gas prices increased by 100%. so, we see a big increase in every part of our business. at the moment we have a big reduction in our margin. we tried to keep the prices as long as possible in that area that we are in now. but i think, there will be the time in the next month where we have to raise prices, up to five to 10% to survive. but, here s the question. where in all of this is renewable energy? with oil and gas supplies being an issue, why a country