Aodhán Connolly has risen to become one of the doyens of the business group community, fuelled by the debate around Brexit. He's director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium and has become a familar face across regional, national and international media. John Mulgrew chats to him about how the big grocery sector is adapting to a surge in demand amid coronavirus, a minority of people not playing by the rules and mistreating staff, a move to prioritise deliveries to those most vulnerable, and dealing with Twitter trolls.

John Mulgrew speaks to economist and CBI director in NI, Angela McGowan, about how businesses are dealing with lockdown, the measures in place to mitigate major cash flow issues, the economic implications for Northern Ireland, how the fallout will compare to the 2008 crash, what needs to happen next as society and business adapts to a new way of working, and whether this crisis will make us think more globally, or nationalistic, on the outside.

Ulster Business editor John Mulgrew speaks to one of the best names in Northern Ireland food production. Peter Hannan of Hannan Meats sells his top end dry-aged steaks to some of the world's best chefs across the global, and is the sole supplier of beef to one of the world's most prestigious department stores, Fortnum & Mason. He chats about helping feed a nation amid a global pandemic, what's around the corner, and how he built a meat empire.

In the inaugural Ulster Business Podcast, editor John Mulgrew speaks to Simon Hamilton, chief executive of Belfast Chamber and former Stormont Health and Economy Minister about the challenges facing society and the economy amid the coronavirus crisis