The Ian King Business Podcast

• How the conflict in the Middle East might put Donald Trump in the White House

  Sky News and NBC News have joined forces for a new podcast - The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim.   For the first episode, Yalda is in Jerusalem and Richard is covering events in Lebanon.   They discuss what they are seeing and hearing on both sides of the border as the conflict appears to be "spiralling into an abyss".  And with the US election now four weeks away, they ask whether the economic and military consequences of the war could determine where it’s Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in the Oval Office.  Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube. To get in touch or to share questions for Engel and Hakim, email [email protected]. 

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• Jobs, 5G and The Spectator

  Paul Kelso discusses the purchase of The Spectator magazine with Sky's City Editor, Mark Kleinman.He also talks to James Reed, Chairman and Chief executive of the REED group employment agency about the latest job figures.And the Chief Executive of EE  Marc Allera  joins Paul to talk about their latest 5G launch.

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• Retail sales, energy price cap and Marriott

  Ian King looks at retail sales after they unexpectedly fell 2.3% in April due to the wet weather.Household energy bills will also drop this summer after the energy regulator announced it's lowering the price cap by 7%.And the chief financial officer of Marriot International, Lenny Oberg, talks about what she wants to see from the next government. 

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• Aviva, National Grid and Bloomsbury

  On today's episode Ian chats to Aviva's chief executive Dame Amanda Blanc, who's calling for a decisive general election result, because businesses need certainty.The boss of National Grid joins the show after it announced plans to raise 7-billion pounds from investors to double spending on the electricity network over the next five years.And the founder of Bloomsbury Publishing speaks to Ian, about posting the best results in its 38-year history.

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• Yellen, Cazoo and cross-border banking

  On today's episode, the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tells Sky News there's a chance G7 nations will support Ukraine's war effort by using billions of dollars in loans linked to seized Russian Assets. Hear the latest on the future of online car retailer Cazoo after it falls into administration putting 200 jobs at risk. Plus Ian speaks to the Bank of England's executive director about the future of cross-border banking. 

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