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and lower consumer confidence are to blame. our business editor simonjack has been to cardiff to talk to small businesses about the financial pressures they re facing. going, going gone. this wine merchant is picking up the last of the stock as he shuts down his business. 2023 shaping up to be a little shop of horrors. the number of companies in critical financial distress up caught in the last three months and this year is expected to see business failures than any since the crisis of 2009. i realised the shot wasn t valid anymore, i had to close the shop i went back online where i started originally but there was not the same, not the same spending power in the markets i could not make ends meet, i could not make ends meet, i could not make ends meet, i could not pay my suppliers or myself and the additional cost. that s when i realised it was not a valid business. insolvency experts say thousands of other business owners may find themselves in the same boat. it owner ....
hello, there. on thursday we are electing a new parliament. voters here will choose 18 new mps. we are live from belfast debating the big talking points that matter to go. joining us. gavin robinson, the leader of the dup. we invited the leader of the dup. we invited the sinn fein leader and the party tonight is represented by chris hazzard. colum eastwood is a leader of the sdlp and the leader of the alliance party is naomi long. and we also invited the of the ulster unionists, the deputy leader, robbie butler, completes the line up. on the order they are positioned in was determined by the drawing of lots. the questions come from our studio audience. largely made up of grassroots party supporters from across all parties standing in northern ireland. we also have a number of undecided voters. at home, join the discussion on social media. a hashtag is #bbcnidebate. i should point out the team of bbc news correspondents are fact checking this debate on the news nite webs ....
are you optimistic or are you pessimistic? i am optimistic but i don t want to deny the reality. there are things that are not fair. there is inequality, there is racism, there is sexism, there is discrimination. so we cannot deny that. but i m optimistic about the change that we can bring. and i m also optimistic about the fact that we have seen change throughout history. but we have seen that because people in our past have stood up. now it s our time that we do it for our future generation and ourselves that we bring that change. fanfare malala, the youngest person to be awarded the nobel prize for peace, has become an influencer with international reach, a global brand of sorts, with her own charity, book club, social media following and now this new tv production deal. proof that in a new world of content it s not who you know that counts but how many millions of people know you. will gompertz, bbc news. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. h ....
Focus, yellow australian consumer price inflation falling to the lowest level in two years. falling to the lowest level in two yew- two years. according to the latest data two years. according to the latest data release. - two years. according to the | latest data release. monthly consumer index rising at an annual pace of 4.3% in the month of november, down from 4.9% in october. basically reinforces market expectations that rates will not need to to rise any further. japan has long been known for its relentless work culture where employees are reluctant to go on holidays and almost never leave the office before their bosses do. yet, for more than 50 years, japan has ranked the lowest in employee productivity among the g7 group of advanced economies. ourtokyo economies. our tokyo correspondent found economies. ourtokyo correspondent found that some workplaces are now trying to do things a little differently. japan s salary man and its notorious russia have become symbols of this wor ....
What s known as a warm space. that s when we were removing all the darkness. this one was set up last year. the original plan, to help people cope with the biggest rise in prices in 70 years. b, the biggest rise in prices in 70 yew- the biggest rise in prices in 70 ears. , ., ., ., . the biggest rise in prices in 70 ., ., . , 70 years. a year on not much is chance. 70 years. a year on not much is change- as 70 years. a year on not much is change. as far 70 years. a year on not much is change. as far as change. as far as cost of living is concerned, even people, low income families at such a squeeze at the moment. families at such a squeeze at the moment. far from being a side of desperation the moment. far from being a side of desperation this - the moment. far from being a side of desperation this place | side of desperation this place has become a beacon of hope for those that live nearby. there are almost 300 of these spaces out across the capital. what they do is usuall ....