Preparing For Brexit

MPs to grill Arcadia chiefs and BHS pension trustees. Richard Fletcher, business editor, Deirdre Hipwell, retail editor, and Alex Ralph, markets reporter, discuss what to expect from the evidence to Parliamentary committees, the possible outcome for bidders of BHS stores, and likely outcome of results at M&S.

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Why is the Eurozone more worried about Brexit than Greece? Bruno Waterfield, The Times’ Brussels Correspondent, Tom Knowles, Economic Correspondent, and Deirdre Hipwell, Retail Correspondent, discuss the issue, as well as unemployment in Britain, Burberry and the downturn in luxury goods and the BHS crisis.

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The Times assistant editor Anne Ashworth, our economics editor Philip Aldrick, and our energy editor Robin Pagnamenta join us for this week's podcast. With Robert Miller away, Callum Jones is in the chair.The Bank of England is preparing publish its quarterly assessment of the current state of the economy. It comes amid warnings that the economy is now close to stalling after a “triple whammy” of particularly weak services, construction and manufacturing figures in April. What should we expect?An £18 billion pound plan to build a new nuclear power station in Somerset has been hit this week by an admission that engineers may have falsified vital safety tests. The Hinkley Point project has already been hit by delays - and it may well face more. How did it get into this mess?And parents helping their children onto the property ladder will be involved in a quarter of all property transactions this year. But how did the "Bank of Mum and Dad" get so big?

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What went wrong at BHS? What happens now? And what is Sir Philip Green, its infamous former owner, really like?Richard Fletcher, business editor of The Times, Simon English, deputy business editor, and Deirdre Hipwell, retail correspondent, joined us to discuss all this in a special edition of our Business podcast.

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Are the banks in a better shape? What will BP's interim results mean for company shareholders? Where next for Facebook?Katherine Griffiths, Banking Editor, Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor, and James Dean, Technology Correspondent, join Robert Miller to discuss all this in the latest episode of The Times Business podcast.

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Patrick Hosking, The Times Financial Editor, Callum Jones, Business Reporter, and Alexandra Frean, US Business Editor discuss what George Osborne can expect when he faces questions from MPs about the EU referendum; a disappointing US earnings season, and what the future holds for Marissa Mayer.

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Business Editor Richard Fletcher, Retail Correspondent Deirdre Hipwell and Economics Editor Philip Aldrick preview Tesco's annual results, Burberry pay and power problems; President Obama's crackdown on Wall Street deals and what the IMF chief wants finance minister's to address at the Spring meeting in Washington

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Goodbye Tata, hello uncertainty. Industrial Editor Robert Lea, Industrial correspondent Marcus Leroux and US Business Editor Alexandra Frean discuss the changing face of British manufacturing and where it is heading.

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Housing boom and other cuckoos in Britain’s economic nest. Economics editor Philip Aldrick, Market reporter Alex Ralph and Retail correspondent Deirdre Hipwell take stock of the housing market, consumer spending, a slowing economy and unsettled markets.

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Business editor Richard Fletcher, Economics editor Philip Aldrick and Banking editor Katherine Griffiths look at how the measures have been received and how they stack up.

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