The Business

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Hannah Prevett and Dominic O’Connell bring you one big business story you need to know every week. Uncovering the personalities, power plays, boardroom dramas and sheer ambition that drive the world of business, Hannah and Dominic get the inside story from the people who are in the room when the deal goes down - from start-ups to tech titans, market movers to City CEOs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 hr ago

Business secretary Peter Kyle: how to produce a British SpaceX

Labour's Secretary of State for Business, Peter Kyle, joins us in the studio to answer some of the most pressing questions facing the UK economy: how does Britain position itself as a legitimate global destination for business, investment, and innovation? “We have the potential to scale fast, but too often companies are leaving this country when they get to a need for a certain size of investment,” Kyle says on the show. “They're going to go and find that in America with a higher risk threshold, and they're gonna find a boldness and an urgency of getting capital into businesses. We have to have an environment here where that is met.” While Labour may be keen to call itself a pro-growth government, there is no secret that the business community - from the small enterprises to the top chief executives - are deeply unimpressed. We ask how the government's relationship with the business community really going? "There is a fundamental issue at the heart of this whole debate, and that's that until we get solid, sustained, sizeable growth into our economy ... Then no business as a sector is going to be able to move forward at the pace at which I would like." And as the world's most valuable tech giants continue their march toward the public markets, the IPO pipeline is overwhelmingly American. SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI - the names generating the most excitement among investors are filing to list in New York. The NASDAQ continues to offer valuations that the London Stock Exchange simply cannot match. " "I hope that the plus side for Britain when it comes to these big American IPOs is that it will create a sense of excitement about IPO' ing itself because, of course, most of the trend in recent years has gone from private investment into private companies," he says on the show. The London Stock Exchange is now doing a regular drumbeat of IPOs. It's now back in the business." Presenters: - Hannah Prevett, associate business editor of The Sunday Times - Dominc O’Connell, Times columnist and Times Radio business reporter Guest: - Peter Kyle, Business Secretary Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

34 min
4 Jun

IPOs go ‘mega’ – should we be worried?

The three largest share listings ever are about to happen. SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are set to sell their shares to the public, and each will be valued at one trillion dollars or more. On this episode of the Business, we ask: How will the markets find the money? Should we be worried about the world stock market being even more dominated by a tiny handful of companies? And will we ever see something like this in the UK? Presenters: - Hannah Prevett, associate business editor of The Sunday Times - Dominic O’Connell, Times columnist and Times Radio business reporter Guests: Maike Currie, VP of personal finance at PensionBee Check Warner, co-founding partner of Ada Ventures Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

34 min
29 May

Nuclear fusion, holy grail of clean energy

Nuclear fusion proponents believe their technology will supply power through the grid by the 2030s. These hopes come at a time when private investment in the commercial industry exceeds $10bn globally. Is the industry on the cusp of greatness? What companies are getting in early? Presenter: Dominic O’Connell, columnist at The Times and business correspondent at Times Radio Guests: Warrick Matthews, CEO of Tokamak Energy Dr Melanie Windridge, founder of Fusion Energy Insights, Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Tokamak Energy Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 min
27 May

BONUS: Inside the SpaceX monopoly

SpaceX - which last week confirmed its plans to go public - dominates orbital launches. So what does its monopoly mean for other players in the space tech world? In this bonus episode, part of our recent conversation with Mark Bogett, chief executive of Seraphim Space, we discuss the commercial impacts of SpaceX's market control. Presenter: Dominic O’Connell, columnist at The Times and business correspondent at Times Radio Guest: Mark Boggett, CEO at Seraphim Space Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 min
26 May

Could an AI revolution keep Britain working?

This episode of the Business is sponsored by PwC. Anxiety about how artificial intelligence will impact companies, employees and careers is reaching a fever pitch. Workers are beginning to ask: will technology wipe out entire sections of the employment base? On this episode of The Business, we consider how organisations can turn that uncertainty and fear into hope and opportunity. How can employees make better use of the tools available to drive productivity? How can technology education better prepare the next generation of workers for the workplaces of the future? Presenters: - Hannah Prevett, associate business editor of The Sunday Times - Dominic O’Connell, Times columnist and Times Radio business reporter Guests: - Carol Stubbings, PwC Managing partner - Sir Charlie Mayfield, Lead reviewer, Keep Britain Working Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

33 min
22 May

Lift off for the space economy

This week, Elon Musk’s satellite and rocket production company SpaceX confirmed its plan to take the company public. As part of the IPO, according to the securities filing, the company plans to offer retail investors the chance to buy stock. Could it all be a game changer for the space sector? And will this mean a wall of money chasing space-related opportunities? Presenter: Dominic O’Connell, columnist at The Times and business correspondent at Times Radio Guest: Mark Boggett, CEO at Seraphim Space Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 min
14 May

A new PM? What next for the economy and business

The uncertainty dominating British politics in the last half decade has ramped up to a full-blown drama in recent days. As uncertainty hangs over Prime MInister Keir Starmer's premiership and a possible leadership challenge looms, we consider: what does this chaos mean for the British business community? Presenter: Dominic O’Connell, columnist at The Times and business correspondent at Times Radio Guests: Richard Fletcher, business editor, The TimesMehreen Khan, Economics Editor, The Times Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 min
13 May

BONUS: An insider’s guide to building a LinkedIn following

LinkedIn is not without its critics, but there is no doubt it provides a great way for professionals and founders to build a following, a presence and to share their ideas. We asked LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer Aneesh Raman about the best ways to use the platform. Read more: Crying videos on LinkedIn? It’s not a good look, says top exec Presenter: Hannah Prevett, associate business editor of The Sunday Times Guests: Aneesh Raman, Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn Producer: Hope Federico Executive Producer: Miriam Hall Photo credit: Getty Get in touch: thebusiness@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Introducing The Business

A new weekly podcast all about the world of business starts on Thursday 9th October. Today's biggest companies wield more influence than many countries. The people who run them are visionaries, philanthropists - and sometimes crooks. With new technologies and business opportunities emerging daily, never before has navigating this ever-changing landscape been more important. Uncovering the personalities, power plays, boardroom dramas and sheer ambition that drive the world of business, Hannah Prevett and Dominic O'Connell get the inside story from the people who are in the room when the deal goes down - from start-ups to tech titans, market movers to City CEOs. If you want to know what’s really going on, join Hannah and Dominic for The Business every Thursday. Hannah Prevett is an expert voice on the tech sector, new enterprise and entrepreneurship. Associate business editor of The Sunday Times, Hannah understands the business world inside out. Her contacts include female founders, small business owners and the CEOs of some of the UK’s biggest companies. Dominic O’Connell is an award-winning business journalist, prized for his unmatched knowledge of markets and the corporate world. A Times columnist and Times Radio busines reporter, from a 1999 interview with a fractious Donald Trump, to conversations with leading CEOs, Dom has broken dozens of big stories and reported on booms, busts and boardroom dramas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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08/11/2025

Mjocyp

A very well presented business podcast.
Exceptional

08/10/2019

Venn Digital

Absolutely brilliant insight into the real people and real stories behind an otherwise unreal universe.
Could be so much better without the PWC sycophancy.

06/11/2025

skt9999

I like the host. He’s a great commentator on business issues and news. I like the interviews, but the whole PWC sycophancy drives me mad so I’ve stopped listening to it. It’s demeaning to the presenters to say what they say and it’s embarrassing to listen to because it’s just so insincere
Misguided

03/11/2025

Nathan C UK

Listening to a show about affordable housing with someone from Grainger. Having just looked at their website the cheapest places to rent in cities like Sheffield and Cardiff is £1400 for a 1-bed. Not sure how this in any way reflects the issues in this country. This is expensive housing still aimed at sharing professionals and the middle classes. Real shame The Times is that out of touch.

Hannah Prevett and Dominic O’Connell bring you one big business story you need to know every week. Uncovering the personalities, power plays, boardroom dramas and sheer ambition that drive the world of business, Hannah and Dominic get the inside story from the people who are in the room when the deal goes down - from start-ups to tech titans, market movers to City CEOs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.