The World of Business

For the final programme of the series, John Murphy returns to a selection of businesses th... more

The pandemic and the resulting recession have led to widespread calls to recognise that we... more

As Brexit talks between the European Union and the UK got under way earlier this year, bef... more

Politicians keep promising more trees – seen as good for the environment and for fighting ... more

Robots and Artificial Intelligence have been moving into our workplaces for years. But is ... more

Sparked by the Black Lives Matter protests around the world that followed the death of Geo... more

The UK fitness industry employs twenty thousand people and is worth an estimated £5 billio... more

The coronavirus pandemic and the associated global economic lockdown have had a dramatic i... more

As the UK emerges from the coronavirus lockdown, millions of employees are still furloughe... more

The oil price has crashed - for a while some producers were even paying customers to take ... more

2020 hasn't been good for British business - certainly not since Covid-19 showed up. The g... more

With the highest Covid19 death toll in the world, and 26 million Americans claiming unempl... more

In the 14th century the world was devastated by plague, known as 'The Black Death', in the... more

Since the Covid-19 ‘lockdown’ began, vast numbers of people have been toiling away at home... more

Honey bees, cow dung and mulch - the company in Zimbabwe that is protecting the forests in... more

Ruth Alexander examines whether the complex global web of supply chains can hold up under ... more

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is sinking, and struggling with traffic and pollution. The gov... more

Fashion is a hugely polluting industry and is under enormous pressure to become more susta... more

Hydrogen is a volatile gas with an image problem, but hydrogen evangelists think this coul... more

Jaguar Land Rover, Cadbury, Weetabix are but some of the many British brands now owned by ... more