23/02/2011
Investment in Britain's coastal fossil fuels rises, the extra ads we'll soon be seeing on ITV, how small businesses are coping worldwide, and better timeshare protection comes in.
News and views from the business world with Mickey Clark and Robert Millar.
Investment in the production of oil and gas off the UK coast has risen by 60% over the past 2 years, but how long can this be sustained? We talk to Malcom Webb, the chief executive of Oil and Gas UK.
Under new rules published by Ofcom, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be able to show longer adverts in films and dramas - up to 12 minutes an hour, instead of the current 7. Former ITV executive Roger Laughton joins us to discuss the effect on commercial TV as a whole.
High on the agenda for major economies is how millions of small businesses around the world are currently coping. The CEO of the software company Sage tells us more.
And consumers across Europe can now enjoy better protection when buying timeshare holidays, with a new set of EU rules coming into force. Jeff Chapman, director of the timeshare association TATOC, helped draft these new rules and joins us in the studio.
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