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The Bottom Line

BBC Radio 4

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The definitive business podcast from the BBC. Each week, the BBC's Evan Davis is joined by bosses, entrepreneurs and industry experts, to lift the lid on how their businesses work, and what it’s like to be in charge. They discuss a big issue, a big challenge, or a big question facing their industry. From managing AI to managing millennials, from supermarkets to supercharging a new product.And our guests will share their stories of success and failure along the way.  Podcasts are published every...

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Episodes (442)

Meat

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Feb 1, 202433:55pending

Many unhappy returns

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Jan 25, 202436:01pending

Bringing your 'whole self' to work

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Jan 18, 202439:57pending

Meetings

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Nov 16, 202328:49pending

Blockbuster drugs

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Nov 9, 202335:13pending

The Age of the Train?

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Nov 2, 202328:38pending

In denial

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Oct 26, 202332:14pending

Rebranding

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Oct 19, 202332:59pending

Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis

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Oct 12, 202328:34pending

Tradespeople

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Oct 5, 202328:37pending

Back to the office

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Sep 28, 202328:49pending

Does Funny Sell?

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Jul 27, 202328:38pending

What next for water?

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Jul 20, 202330:26pending

Business on 'the box'

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Jul 13, 202328:54pending

Pre-loved

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Jul 6, 202328:38pending

Dame Sharon White

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Jun 29, 202328:42pending

Managing millennials (and Gen Z)

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Jun 22, 202328:38pending

Flying Circus?

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Jun 15, 202328:48pending

Are supermarkets profiteering?

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Jun 8, 202330:29pending

Business Books

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Mar 9, 202339:37pending

How to Hire

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Mar 2, 202329:14pending

Powered by AI

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Feb 23, 202331:31pending

Running Rolls Royce

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Feb 16, 202328:50pending

Podcasting

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Feb 9, 202336:07pending

The French correction?

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Feb 2, 202328:49pending

Too much choice?

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Jan 26, 202328:56pending

How Strikes Come to an End

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Jan 19, 202335:51pending

Opportunists and Optimists

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Nov 17, 202228:39pending

Turning Passion into Profit

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Nov 10, 202231:05pending

A new era for the housing market?

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Nov 3, 202228:48pending

The business of being a GP

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Oct 27, 202228:55pending

Dealing in Defence

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Oct 20, 202229:23pending

Changing Tack

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Oct 13, 202228:43pending

Has Britain stopped working?

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Oct 6, 202227:44pending

Excess Profits, Windfall Taxes and Incentives

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Sep 29, 202229:02pending

Little Boxes?

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Jul 28, 202229:31pending

Russian Exodus

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Jul 21, 202228:27pending

Woke or Broke?

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Jul 14, 202228:53pending

'Sorry, all our agents are busy right now'

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Jul 7, 202228:34pending

Employment Tribunals

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Jun 30, 202228:28pending

How to run a petrol station

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Jun 23, 202229:12pending

Online Reviews

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Jun 16, 202228:26pending

The price of bread

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Jun 9, 202228:22pending

Business and Energy

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Mar 24, 202229:03pending

Levelling Up

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Mar 17, 202228:36pending

Changing China

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Mar 10, 202228:58pending

Russia and the global economy

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Mar 3, 202228:57pending

Buy Now, Pay Later

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Feb 24, 202228:40pending

Alcohol-free drinks

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Feb 17, 202227:37pending

The Price Shock

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Feb 10, 202228:37pending
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