North Sea oil - Should Andy Burnham U-turn? | Power Struggle: part 2
Is expanding North Sea oil production climate vandalism or the key to lowering energy bills? Dominic O’Connell explores whether Andy Burnham...
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Could the UK electricity grid fail? | Power Struggle: part 1
Earlier this summer, the UK's power network came close to being plunged into a blackout. In part one of our new series on energy, Dominic O’...
Does Andy Burnham’s government have the guts to deliver growth?
Andy Burnham is officially in No. 10, and his cabinet is in place. Replacing Rachel Reeves’ as Chancellor is John Healey - not, in fact, Sha...
Peppa Pig World: What UK hospitality sector hopes for from Andy Burnham
In the words of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Peppa Pig World “is very much my kind of place.” But how does Paultons Park, one of the...
EasyJet Takeover: Inside the £5.7bn US private equity bidding war
What does the high-stakes easyJet takeover bid mean for the future of budget travel? We unpack the intense bidding war between US giants Apo...
Grindr CEO on Madonna, AI and UK age verification
How have UK age restriction laws affected Grindr’s users? What changes will AI bring to the dating app? And where does Madonna fit into all...
BONUS: The AI bubble, deepfakes and the future of UK tech
Is the AI bubble bound to pop? How can UK companies prevent the malicious use of AI? And is there a role for increased regulation in the AI...
UK unicorn CEO: why Europe is lagging behind on AI
Synthesia, the AI video generation platform that allows users to generate avatars from plain text, is one of the UK’s biggest AI success sto...
Burnham and Business - what could a PM refresh do for the UK economy?
Sir Keir Starmer has resigned, and all eyes are on Andy Burnham as likely new Prime Minister. On The Times Business podcast, Richard Fletche...
BONUS: Kemi Badenoch on UK economic growth at The Times CEO Summit
What will it take to see growth in the British economy again? In this bonus episode of The Business, Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, set...
Inside Keir Starmer's social media ban
This week on The Business, our sister series, The Times Tech Podcast is taking over the feed. Find full episodes wherever you get your podca...
BONUS: How UK companies can land their big, American break
What does it take for a British business to make it in the United States? In this episode, we hear from the people who’ve managed to pull it...
Rivals or partners? What the US relationship means for UK business
This episode is sponsored by PwC. Is the so-called 'special relationship’ between the United Kingdom and United States alive and well? Amid...
BONUS: ARIA's Kathleen Fisher on AI in business, risk-taking and the future of the UK economy
Kathleen Fisher, chief executive of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), joins Hannah Prevett for her first major interview si...
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 eco...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, acc...