Business Daily

We investigate smartphone thefts - which are rising in number in some major cities. What's the impact, and where are the phones going? And how can people protect themselves?If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, email us at businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Deborah Weitzmann(Image: A phone is taken from a rucksack. Credit: Getty Images)

As the continent aims to grow the sport, we hear from professional golfers who say they’re having to take on other jobs because there’s not enough money in the sport yet. Would a more organised competition structure, with more regular competitions, offer more opportunities to win prize money?If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, email us at businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Zawadi Mudibo(Image: Zambian professional golfer Dayne Moore. Credit: Getty Images)

Generation Z - people born in the mid-to-late 1990s up to the early 2010s - is reportedly the new driving force behind retail investing. We look at the areas they are investing in, and why financial influencers are not always what they seem. To get in touch with the programme, send us an email to businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Rick Kelsey(Picture: Young male investor showing smart phone screen with stock market investment app. Credit: Getty Images)

On the morning of the 28th of April, Spain lost electric power equivalent to that generated by ten nuclear plants, leaving the whole of the Iberian Peninsula, including Portugal and parts of France, without electricity for up to 12 hours. We examine the cause of the blackout that affected millions of people, and the role of renewable energy.If you'd like to email us, our address is businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Ashish Sharma(Picture: People shop for groceries using their phone as a flashlight during the widespread power outage that struck Spain and Portugal in April 2025. Credit: Getty Images)

The South African entrepreneur tells us about his experience growing up under the apartheid regime, before securing a scholarship that would take him to Harvard University in the US.He's now returned home to set up Cloudline, an airship company which aims to deliver goods and carry out surveys in remote parts of Africa.Airships are seeing something of a comeback, with investors seeing an opportunity for quick, green transportation without the need for complex infrastructure.The sector is still in its early stages, but Spencer Horne explains why he's so passionate - and why he believes the technology is the answer to African growth. If you'd like to get in touch with our programme, you can email us at businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Russell Padmore(Image: Spencer Horne. Credit: Cloudline)

The trend has taken off on social media as it's resonated with office workers around the world. So what value does an extroverted colleague bring to a company? And is it fair, or even legal, for businesses to recruit for specific personality types?Produced and presented by Imran Rahman-Jones(Image: Two colleagues laughing together. Credit: Getty Images)

Farmers in Denmark are getting ready for an ambitious new scheme that will transform the country's landscape from 2030.As well as giving land back to nature, the Green Tripartite Agreement will see farmers taxed on the greenhouse gas emissions coming from livestock - the first country in the world to do so.Animals like cattle, sheep and pigs release the greenhouse gas methane as part of their digestive processes. Will the tax push up the price of food as some fear, and put farmers out of business? Or is it a model that other countries can and should follow?Plus - we meet Hilda, the Scottish calf bred to emit lower levels of methane.if you'd like to get in touch with the programme, you can email us at businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Lexy O'Connor(Picture: Calves - including Hilda - in a shed.)

Cyberattacks are on the rise, with retail, banking, and airline industries all targeted in recent months. The cost to the economy is huge and thought to be worth billions of dollars. As businesses scramble to stay secure, we investigate the ransomware gangs behind the breaches and the experts working to stop them. If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, please email us at businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresenter: Sam Gruet Producer: Megan Lawton(Photo: A computer popup box screen warning of a system hack. 3D illustration. Credit: Getty Images)

Does a row between one of the world's most powerful politicians, and one of the world's most powerful bankers, have real consequences for the global economy?We look at the showdown between US President Donald Trump and the head of the US central bank, Jerome Powell, who was appointed by President Trump in 2017 during his first term. We’ll hear how the relationship appears to have broken down - and try and work out what happens next.If you'd like to email the programme, email businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresenter: Will Bain Producer: Matt Lines Business Correspondent in New York: Erin Delmore(Picture: US President Donald Trump with Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project, on 24 July 2025, in Washington, DC. President Trump has been critical of the cost of the renovations. Credit: Getty Images)

Tiguidanke Camara shares how her experience of modelling jewellery in New York led her back to her home country - Guinea - where she set up her own business mining gold and diamonds. If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, our email address is businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresenter: Rob Young Producer: Amber Mehmood(Picture: Tigui Mining Company owner Tiguidanke Camara at a mine in Guingouine, a small town in the Logouale locality, near Man, western Ivory Coast. Credit: Getty Images)

B Corp certification is meant to signal that a company is socially and environmentally conscious. The logo graces the packaging and advertising of anything, from shoes and snacks, to steak houses. But as the movement nears nearly 10,000 companies globally, and includes multinational food and beverage giants, is it getting too big to be meaningful? If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, email us at businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Josh Martin(Picture: David Bronner, CEO of Doctor Bronner's Magic Soaps. Credit: Dr Bronner's Magic Soaps.)

Rare earths have been a major sticking point in trade negotiations between China and the United States. China dominates the production of these critical resources – which power everything from electric vehicles to fighter jets and data centres – with Beijing disrupting production around the world when it cut off supplies earlier this year. But one project in Australia is hoping to ease the bottleneck. We visit one of the key sites.If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, our email address is businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresenter: Suranjana Tewari Producer: Jaltson Akkanath Chummar(Picture: A rare earth mining site in Western Australia.)

It is three and a half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Homes, businesses, transport and energy infrastructure have been severely damaged or destroyed.Amid Russia’s onslaught, economists are compiling a list of what has been destroyed and are attaching a value to its rebuilding. They put the cost of reconstructing Ukraine at more than $500 billion.We look at how companies are preparing for the moment they can rebuild.If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, email businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Rob Young(Picture: Rubble of a service station building destroyed by a Russian drone strike in Pisochyn, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Credit: Getty Images)

The country was the economic success story of the 2000s. But declining natural gas production has lead to a downturn. Now, fuel and food prices are soaring and Bolivian businesses are floundering. Inflation is around 15% - one of the highest rates in the region. There are protests in the streets - so what could help this once prosperous country?And will the upcoming general election change things? Produced and presented by Jane Chambers(Image: El Alto shoe salesman Fernando Gutierrez in his store. He says business is slow)

It was a significant moment when Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was declared president of Liberia in 2005 - Africa's first elected female head of state. Although she made significant progress in promoting peace and development - which earned her a Nobel Peace Prize - her accomplishments were overshadowed by allegations of corruption and nepotism. She discusses her journey, which includes both achievements and controversies; what she would have done differently; and the various economic challenges that African countries are facing today. If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, email businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresenter: Rahul Tandon Producer: Amber Mehmood(Picture: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speaks after receiving the "Lifetime Achievement Award" during the Forbes 30/50 Summit International Women's Day Awards Gala 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Getty Images)

We take a tour of one of the world's most famous luxury hotels, the Raffles in Singapore. Raffles' 83-year-old resident historian Leslie Danker tells us about some of the famous guests who have stayed in the Beach Road suites, including the author Somerset Maugham. But with Sikh doormen manning the lobby and a cocktail bar designed to evoke the days when British miners and planters dominated the local economy, the hotel can be read as an unapologetic celebration of the country's colonial era. As Singapore marks 60 years of independence, does it matter how hotels - and tourists - frame the past?If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, please email businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Vivienne Nunis(Picture: Leslie Danker, resident historian at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore.)

In 2023, Business Daily met Chinese people trying to get into the US using an unexpected route – the established migrant trail through South and Central America. We’ve re-connected with some of those migrants who have made it across the border and are now living in California.Have they managed to find work and accommodation? And what are their plans for the future given US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration?Presented and produced by Shawn Yuan Additional production by David Cann and Helen Thomas (Image: Pan, a man in his fifties from China, now works at a Chinese restaurant in Barstow, California, after having come to the US by way of Latin America two years ago)

WiFi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks are familiar names in wireless communication - but there’s a fourth contender transforming everything from city water systems to African wildlife conservation. LPWAN - or Low Power Wide Area Network technology - is used when you need to send small amounts of data over long distances, using very little power. We head to rural Portugal where it's used for solar and water systems, and from conservation parks in Africa to find out how this low-cost network could become the most influential wireless tech of them all.Produced and presented by Alastair Leithead(Image: An adult female Iberian Lynx named Lava with GPS tracking collar on January 12, 2023 in Toledo, Spain. Credit: Getty Images)

France, the world's second-biggest arms exporter, is expected to double military spending in the next two years. We visit a factory in the north of the country that's switched production from civilian to military equipment, as part of what French President Emmanuel Macron is calling a "war economy".If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, please email businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by John Laurenson(Picture: President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to army leaders at l'Hôtel de Brienne in Paris on July 13, 2025, on the eve of the annual Bastille Day Parade in the French capital. Credit: Getty Images)

The university academic was working in Australia when he developed an interest in Myanmar.He then became an adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi but was jailed for nearly two years by the country’s military regime following the 2021 coup.Sean Turnell recalls the moment of his arrest and tells us about the harsh conditions he endured – and how books, along with pacing the length of his tiny cell, helped him survive.He also reflects on Myanmar’s deepening economic crisis – and shares his hopes for the country’s future.Produced and presented by Sam Fenwick(Sean Turnell with Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi)