On today's episode, Ian King discusses which retailers have had the most successful Christmas trading period.


He also speaks about sustainable food with the owners of Clipper Tea and Whole Earth peanut butter.


And with statistics due out next week, Ian speaks to the chief executive of Co-operatives UK about the number of insolvencies expected across the UK.

On today's episode, Ian King speaks to our city editor, Mark Kleinman, about how Barclays is understood to be in the process of removing 5,000 roles from its global workforce. Plus, hear from Deloitte's chief economist about how optimism among finance leads is rising. And Rolls-Royce says it had "extraordinary sales" last year - with electric vehicles helping the surge.

Ian King is joined by Mark Shepherd, from the Association of British Insurers to discuss the impact of the widespread flooding disruption. Mike Hawes, from The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders talks to Ian about car sales. And Randall Atkins, from Ramaco Resources discusses a new discovery at a coal mine in Wyoming.

Ian King talks to Patrick Farrell from Charles Stanley about business confidence. Rightmove's property expert, Tim Bannister discusses house prices with Ian. Paddy Power, from Paddy Power, and Matt Hobbs, director of research at Prostate Cancer UK join Ian to discuss the real winner of last night's World Darts Championship.

Ian King talks to Fraser McKevitt, from Kantar about supermarkets' profits over Christmas.

Mark Makepeace - the founding Chief Executive of FTSE International - discusses the 40th anniversary of the launch of the FTSE 100 with Ian.

And Chief Executive of Gong cha, Paul Reynish talks about the continued success of the Bubble Tea market.

Ian King welcomes in the New Year by speaking to investment expert Russ Mould about the latest downturn in British manufacturing.
He also discusses trading with the chief executive of the furniture retailer The Cotswold Company.
And discount retailers Aldi and Lidl have posted record Christmas trading results.

On today's episode, Ian King speaks to Simon French, from Panmure Gordon about fears of a recession and improved retail sales.

Richard Donnell - Executive Director of Research at Zoopla - discusses a pick-up in housing activity.

And Ian interviews Amine Raji, the founder and chief executive of Spore.bio, about a device that can detect bacteria in food, drink, and cosmetic products.

Ian speaks to a guest from the Institute of Chartered Accountants as government borrowing is higher than expected with interest payments on the national debt hitting a monthly record. He also discusses the possibility of a big media merger as the Chief Executives of Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global meet for talks and Ian speaks to the world's largest logistics company about Christmas shopping and deliveries.

There's been a suprise and siginificant drop in inflation, the Financial Conduct Authority lays out plans to shake up the UK's listing rules to make it more attractive for international businesses to list here, and one of the UK's leading alternative investment managers Gresham House has been delisted.