face a mental health problem at some time in ourlives, face a mental health problem at some time in our lives, but is business doing enough to support its staff? i m here at the rather grand institute of directors, it represents thousands of companies, to find out if they could be doing more. in sport, i m at a golf club to find out how proposed major rule changes could affect the game. and british cycling admits serious failings as they are criticised by the uk anti doping agency. after the biggest blunder the oscars has ever seen, two accountants behind the mix up are told they ll never work there again. and carol has the weather. good morning. currently we have a band of rain, sleet and snow in the central swathe of the uk, fading through the morning. a lot of dry weather and sunshine around today and wintry showers in the north, and the gusty winds we ve had in the south will also slowly ease. more details later on. carol, thank you. good morning. first, our main story. v
a50, talking about article 50. we will be looking to find out what businesses and workers think. in sport, england, scotland and northern ireland all win in world cup qualifying. jermain defoe returns from nearly four years out with a goal as england beat lithuania 2 0. and there s a new quid on the block. this is it. the new pound coin and tomorrow it enters circulation. we ll be finding out why not everyone is happy at its introduction. it feels lighter. and the weather s been so lovely we ve sent matt out and about. we have had some problems adjudications, but he will whether slater. problems with communications, but he will be with us communications, but he will be with us later. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may will meet scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon later today for the first time since she rejected calls for a second referendum on scottish independence. the visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving
for luxury goods from britain is being turned into an upmarket hotel in the middle east. in the wake of the story that two girls have been grounded by united airlines for wearing leggings we want to know has the airline gone too far? or is it reasonable for an employer to dictate the dress code for the family of employees? what do you think? let us know using the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. lower oil prices might be good for consumers it keeps energy prices down as well as transport and distribution costs for businesses. but it s not good for oil producing nations. and this weekend, many of them met to discuss what they can do to boost prices. one option is to cut output again. when supply falls, prices tend to rise. oil prices rose sharply when producers agreed to cut production in november and whilst prices held up for a while there s been a drop of around 10% in the last few weeks. and that can have a huge impact of the economies of oil producing coun
is about to come in to circulation but at what cost to businesses? good morning. it s monday, 27th march, i m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will meet scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon later today for the first time since she rejected calls for a second referendum on scottish independence. the visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving the european union formally begins on wednesday. it s an important time for brexit negotiations with a number of key discussions across the week. later today, the prime minister is expected to give a speech on unity, saying uk s union will become even more important as britain leaves the eu. tomorrow, msps in the scottish parliament are to vote on a whether scotland should have a second independence referendum following the brexit negotiations. on wednesday, the prime minister will officially begin britain s two year exit from the european union in which she ll write a