Global Business

Insights into the business world from the BBC.

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The pub is dead! Long live the micropub!
British pubs have been closing down but a new type of pub - the micropub - is popping up.
15 Feb 2020,26 mins
Zimbabwe's food crisis: Can old crops fix new problems?
Meet the Zimbabwean businesses on a mission to change tastes and survive climate change.
08 Feb 2020,26 mins
The business of Beethoven
Clemency Burton-Hill looks at the little-known story of Beethoven the entrepreneur
01 Feb 2020,26 mins
Indonesia’s new capital
Indonesia is planning to move its capital to the jungle – how will this work?
25 Jan 2020,26 mins
Hydrogen: The answer to Climate Change?
Once dubbed ‘fuel of the future’ but hydrogen powered transport is now a reality.
18 Jan 2020,26 mins
Australia’s Coalface
Heidi Pett reports on Australia’s reliance on fossil fuels.
11 Jan 2020,26 mins
Germany’s energy transition
What's happened to Germany's energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables?
04 Jan 2020,26 mins
Clean cooking in Rwanda
We meet the companies trying to give women a cleaner and safer cooking environment.
28 Dec 2019,26 mins
What is the value of women’s work?
Iceland has a radical approach to the gender pay gap. What lessons could others learn?
26 Oct 2019,26 mins
Belarus: Harvesting the whirlwind
The future of farmland ruined by Chernobyl
19 Oct 2019,26 mins
Can Liberian rubber bounce back?
Liberia is one of the poorest countries yet rich in natural resources. Can rubber help?
12 Oct 2019,26 mins
Managing volunteers: Free and easy?
Twenty million Brits give their time for free each year, but is managing volunteers easy?
05 Oct 2019,26 mins
Booming private security in Rio
With high crime levels and poor policing, private security companies are booming.
28 Sep 2019,26 mins
Flying green
Can aviation become sustainable? Katie Prescott asks if a tech fix can be found.
21 Sep 2019,26 mins
Plain sailing?
How is Rotterdam, Europe's biggest port, preparing for Brexit?
14 Sep 2019,26 mins
Inside India’s multi-billion pound fashion industry
India has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing fashion markets
07 Sep 2019,26 mins
Berries galore!
How do we have fresh berries 52 weeks a year? And at what price?
06 Jul 2019,26 mins
Who are Huawei?
How has Huawei, one of the world's most controversial companies, become so powerful?
29 Jun 2019,26 mins
Business making an impact
How businesses are changing the way they work by focusing on their impact on us all.
22 Jun 2019,26 mins
The Berlin Airport Fiasco
What has gone so wrong at the new Berlin Airport?
15 Jun 2019,26 mins
Plastic backlash: The business response
How are businesses responding to the public backlash against plastic packaging?
08 Jun 2019,26 mins
Green shoots: Growing food in UAE’s deserts
The United Arab Emirates plans to grow vegetables in the desert.
01 Jun 2019,26 mins
The irresistible rise of e-sports
Sport, but not as you know it. The irresistible rise of competitive gaming or e-sports
25 May 2019,26 mins
Guyana: Getting rich quick
What happens when big oil hits a small, poor nation?
18 May 2019,26 mins
Beijing to Belarus - a new Silk Road to Europe
Will a giant industrial zone in Belarus become the European hub of China’s New Silk Road?
16 Mar 2019,26 mins
Portugal’s Ocean Economy
Portugal with its historic links to the sea is now investing heavily in the Ocean Economy
09 Mar 2019,26 mins
Lightbulb moments and how to have them
How do we create an innovative environment?
02 Mar 2019,26 mins
Uruguay: the world’s marijuana pioneers
Uruguay legalised recreational cannabis five years ago - so how's business?
23 Feb 2019,26 mins
Brexit: Germany gets ready
How are companies in Hamburg in Germany preparing for Britain's departure from the EU?
16 Feb 2019,26 mins
Hungary’s 'Slave' Law
The row over Hungary’s new overtime law.
09 Feb 2019,26 mins