Podcast Episodes

Business daily meets: Janelle Jones

Janelle Jones is currently the chief economist of one of the biggest union movements in America and before that she worked in White House. Janelle was the first black woman to serve as chief economis…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The chocolate village

Peter MacJob visits Eti-Oni village in south-west Nigeria, home to the oldest cocoa plantation in the country. It's king, HRH Oba Dokun Thompson, is on a mission to transform the economy of the commu…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The new Panama Canal?

The Bioceanic Highway, aims to link Chile's Pacific coast with Brazil's Atlantic coastline.

We’re in landlocked Paraguay to find out how one of the world’s biggest infrastructure projects, could chan…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Is Georgia benefitting from Russian money?

Georgia has seen huge economic growth but is there a cost to doing business with Russia?

Tens of thousands of Russians moved to the small South Caucasus nation since the war began and they brought alo…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Women's football: Life after retirement

Remember Brandi Chastain? She scored the winning goal in the 1999 Women's World Cup final. She celebrated the goal by whipping off her shirt and swinging it round her head. The image of Brandi in a s…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Women’s football boots: A bad fit?

Questions are being asked about the footwear that is currently on offer to women and girls.

Men and women's feet are very different, so why have large sports companies only just started to do researc…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Women's football in South America

South America is football crazy, but its women’s teams have never enjoyed the same success as the men’s. Brazil have never won the Women’s World Cup. Argentina have never even won a match at the tour…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Australia and New Zealand: The perfect sporting hosts?

As the countries prepare to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup for the first time, we find out why they were chosen, and what the legacy of the games will be for them.

We take a look at the hospital…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Is women’s football a good investment?

Ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, we look at the business case for growing the sport.

Investment in women's football is increasing, in line with greater confidence in i…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Business Daily Meets: Gary Neville

The eight-time Premier League winner on his successes and failures in business.

Gary Neville tells us why building companies in his home city of Manchester matters to him and explains what level of i…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago