Podcast Episodes

Franchising

Is becoming a franchisee a good way to start your own business? Evan Davis and guests discuss the ups and downs of franchising.

GUESTS

Ken Deary, Fran…

8 years, 3 months ago

Is any company ever invulnerable?

Facebook, Apple, Google, or Amazon. Dominant companies that today look unassailable. But similar claims were made about MySpace, Tesco, Microsoft, Ko…

8 years, 3 months ago

Co-working Spaces

Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show.

8 years, 3 months ago

Will 5G revolutionise our lives?

The next generation of mobile technology - 5G - will be rolled out from 2019. It will enable faster streaming on our mobile phones and tablets and sp…

8 years, 3 months ago

Teenage Business Entrepreneurs

As children few of us have had experience of running a business. But this week we'll be hearing from four teenage entrepreneurs who have been honing …

8 years, 5 months ago

The EU after Brexit – A special programme together with The Briefing Room

Radio 4’s Bottom Line and Briefing Room will combine in a special hour-long programme examining the economic and political future of the EU once Brit…

8 years, 6 months ago

Do corporate headquarters still matter?

The tech giant Apple has just spent five billion dollars building a campus in California's Silicon Valley. It's not alone in its architectural ambiti…

8 years, 6 months ago

Is strategy necessary for success?

What is strategy and why do businesses need it? What distinguishes a good strategy from a bad one or a non-strategy? Not to be confused with goals or…

8 years, 6 months ago

The Ethics of Business

Are 'ethical' businesses all they're cracked up to be? Evan Davis and guests discuss the newest type of certification in ethical business, the B Corp…

8 years, 7 months ago

Who Owns British Companies?

What has happened to Margaret Thatcher's dream of creating a nation of shareholders? Over the last decade there's been a big increase in the amount o…

8 years, 7 months ago