
Published: 7 months ago
Duration: 23:14
Size: 10.7MB
Andy Verity and Mickey Clark present this morning's business stories, including:
The net is widening in the Office of Fair Trading's latest crackdown against price fixing on the high street. We discuss the latest probe.
We also look at HBOS, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, who will today decide whether to ask shareholders for 4 billion pounds to repair some of the damage it's suffered in the credit crunch.
Also, from this morning music fans can listen to tracks from the entire back catalogue of the record label Sony BMG - provided you're willing to hear an advert first.
Finally, Rachel Elnaugh, former Dragon on Dragon's Den tells us what we can learn from her new book, "Business Nightmares".

Published: 7 months ago
Duration: 23:31
Size: 10.8MB
Andy Verity and Margaret Doyle present this morning's business stories, including: With the Grangemouth strike set to start on Sunday, what will the impact on businesses in Scotland be? We also look at how some lenders are getting personal loans secured against the borrower's house. Finally, who is cashing in as a result of the credit crunch?

Published: 7 months ago
Duration: 24:37
Size: 11.3MB
Andy Verity and Margaret Doyle present this morning's business stories, including: motorists in Scotland and northern England face fuel shortages as an oil refinery strike is set to go ahead, a High Court decision on bank charges today could set a precedent for thousands of consumer cases, and we ask if there should be more regulation of the sunbed industry.

Published: 7 months ago
Duration: 24:35
Size: 11.3MB
Andy Verity and Margaret Doyle present this morning's business stories, including: Britain's energy suppliers will be meeting ministers today at the OFGEM Fuel Poverty Summit, so we ask what the industry is doing to combat high prices and shortages. We also speak to the ASA about their decisions to ban un-PC gambling ads and ask what Yahoo! results could mean for takeover bids. And finally, as MacDonalds hire a top designer we ask whether fashion and fries can change fast-food's fortunes.

Published: 7 months ago
Duration: 24:15
Size: 11.1MB
Andy Verity and Margaret Doyle present this morning's business stories, including: We look ahead to the Competition Commission's first thoughts on it's investigation into BAA and ask what it could mean for Britain's airports. The Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to announce a £10bn rights issue this morning, and we discuss the implications. And finally the World Food Programme is at No10 to discuss international shortages.