Ian King looks over the latest results for companies - particularly in the energy sector. He's joined by Andrew Bell, Chief Executive of Witan Investment Trust to discuss the change in interest rates at the US Federal Reserve. And Nick Luff from RELX talks about their analytics business and ongoing recovery from the pandemic.

Ian King reports on the fall-out of Coutt's closure of Nigel Farage's bank account which has resulted in some changes to the sector and a big meeting at the Treasury this morning. Meanwhile, the chief executive of Lloyds banking group Charlie Nunn joins Ian to discuss half-year profits.

Ian King discusses the latest figures from the company behind Marmite and Dove soap, Unilever with Charlie Huggins, Manager of the Quality Shares Portfolio at the investment service, Wealth Club. He's also joined by Lisa Hooker from PwC who unpicks data from their consumer confidence survey. And Jo Robinson from EY-Parthenon examines rising profit warnings from UK companies.

Ian speaks to Ryanair's chief financial officer about a surge in profits after a strong Easter.

Plus, we discuss artificial intelligence and how among the many activities tipped to be disrupted by AI, is foreign language learning.

And why producers of single malt Welsh whisky have received a huge boost.

On Ian King's show - all the latest business stories including:

David Dagger from the Institute of Customer Service talks about the dangers of companies using AI to handle customer engagement.

Anthony Impey from Be the Business explains why small firms in the UK lag behind their G7 counterparts on productivity.

Lexi Novitske from the African tech growth fund, Norrsken 22, has details on attracting interest from investors.

Plus Bill Dinning at Waverton Investment Management analyses the markets for us.

On Ian King's show - we've got the latest on soaring supermarket prices...

Sarah Cardell from the Competition and Markets talks about their review of food inflation among the big grocery chains, and concerns that consumers may struggle to compare prices; there's also Charlie Kerr from With Intelligence talking about its future within the asset management industry; Micha Kaufman from Fiverr discusses how firms are trying to fill skills shortages; and we've got Janet Mui from Brewin Dolphin with all the latest market analysis.

Ian King's show has all the top business stories and analysis.

Tim Symes from the law firm Stewarts talks about a rise in insolvencies; Chris O'Shea from Centrica discusses net zero targets; and Andrew Bud from iProov discusses his app which could cut queues at Eurostar.

On Ian King's show: Rachel Barton from Accenture speaks about their new survey suggesting UK companies are considerably more confident than their European counterparts; Chris Sheldrick from What 3 Words tells us about their latest deal with the Mongolian government; and there's Julien LaFargue from Barclays Private Bank with the latest from the markets

A deadline is extended for Microsoft's multi-billion dollar takeover of the games publisher Activision Blizzard. Also - how a multi-million pound takeover of the firm behind Franco Manca and The Real Greek will affect the UK restaurant chains. And a new 2-billion-dollar agreement encorouaging investors to reduce carbon emissions - following Joe Biden's visit to the King.

On today's episode, Ian King takes us through the economic picture for May, which reveals a contraction in part down to the King's Coronation Bank Holiday.

The chief executive of Wood Group tells us how the British firm intends to lead the transition to green energy.

And how the results from Watches of Switzerland show luxury goods remain one of the most robust sectors in the global economy.