Business Weekly
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4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of Business Weekly, we look at Britain’s drive to go green, and how effective the proposed ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars might be. The Chief Operating Officer of the electric vehicle maker Polestar tells us what help the automotive industry needs from the government to persuade people to buy electric. Plus, we meet the first British Royal Air Force officer to openly transition from male to female and chat to her about transgender rights in the workplace. We also look at the digital afterlife and hear from some of the companies promising to manage our online affairs once we’ve passed away. And we discuss why the British Royal Family are still seen as fashion icons. Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, if a week is a long time in politics, a day is a long time in business at the moment, |
| 0:06.1 | and it can be exhausting trying to keep up with all the latest developments. |
| 0:10.1 | That's why we've interrupted your Business Daily pod feed to bring you Business Weekly, |
| 0:14.4 | a new weekend programme which brings you an hour of the most interesting, inspiring and thought-provoking stories you might have missed |
| 0:21.7 | from the BBC's business team. |
| 0:27.8 | Hello and a warm welcome to Business Weekly with Lucy Burton. |
| 0:32.1 | The Green Revolution is upon us. At least that's what the British government is hoping for, |
| 0:37.1 | as it promises the UK |
| 0:38.3 | a future that causes less damage to the planet. In a 10-point action plan, the Prime Minister |
| 0:43.6 | detailed his desire for more offshore wind power, more nuclear power and greater energy efficiency |
| 0:49.2 | in homes. But there's one announcement that got everyone talking this week, and that's that he |
| 0:53.6 | wants to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. |
| 0:57.6 | That's 10 years earlier than the government's original target. |
| 1:01.3 | On the programme, we'll be asking whether the country, and the automotive industry, is ready for this. |
| 1:06.6 | We'll also look at life after death, and of course we haven't turned into a philosophy program, |
| 1:11.3 | but rather we'll explore what happens in the digital afterlife |
| 1:14.7 | and meet some of the companies who promised to manage our online affairs once we're dead. |
| 1:19.9 | Plus, we'll meet the first British Royal Air Force officer to openly transition from male to female |
| 1:24.9 | and chat to her about transgender rights in the workplace. |
| 1:28.9 | First, though, it was supposed to be a big reset for the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. |
| 1:34.2 | After a week of political infighting at number 10 and accusations of cronyism, as personal protective |
| 1:39.9 | equipment contracts were awarded to political allies, the government released their big plan |
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