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
Thats could come later. Well assess what the markets make of today. The pound is moving and well get the inside track on the Fastest Growing publishing market, audiobooks. Its a Global Industry valued at 3. 5 billion and the boss of the Biggest Company in the business audible is here. And so let the negotiations begin as the Brexit Process formally gets underway how do you think it will go . A good deal, bad deal or no deal . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Nine months after voting to leave the eu today begins that process. It kicks off two years of negotiations. And for businesses in the uk and across the continent its likely to be two years of uncertainty and preparation. In the financial heart of the country, several big banks have threatened to move staff overseas if they dont get the brexit deal that they want. So whats at stake for the city . Latest figures show it contributes 159 billion a year to the uk economy it employs almost 1. 2 Mill