tv Worklife BBC News January 13, 2020 8:30am-9:01am GMT
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this is worklife from bbc news, with sally bundock and david eades. troubled plane maker boeing gets a new boss 7 but can he lift it above the turbulence? live from london, that's our top story on monday the 13th of january hundreds of grounded planes and mounting compensation costs — can the new boss of boeing turn things around. a parents work is never done 7 new research says mums and dads are struggling to balance the nine to five with the night time routine.
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and fly me to the moon — we hear about the japanese billionaire seeking a ‘life partner‘ for an out of this world trip. we'll be getting the inside track on a premium chocolate brand that also claims to be as good for the environment as it is for your taste buds. if you were headed to the moon who would you take with you? get in touch let us know — just use the hashtag bbcworklife. hello and welcome to worklife. we start with the us planemaker boeing as it continues to try to get on top of the 737 max crisis. it's dave calhoun‘s first day as the big boss and he has an overloaded in—tray. he got the job after the previous chief, dennis muilenburg was forced out over his handling of the crisis. so who is dave calhoun?
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well, he's been a director at boeing for more than 10 years and has also had major roles at general electric and the data firm nielsen. top of his agenda is the 737 max crisis. 371 of the aircraft have been grounded around the world since march because of two fatal crashes that killed all on board, and production has now been suspended. this best—selling aircraft has already cost the planemaker at least $9.2 billion and the longer it takes to get them in the sky the bigger the bill. with us now is benjamin katz, aviation & aerospace reporter, wall streetjournal thank you forjoining us. in simple terms, the message is really simple for dave calhoun, at the planes back in the sky. absolutely, that was the same message the previous boss was tasked with. for calhoun, it's a much bigger story, story about
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transparency, fixing the company ‘s reputation and it's notjust the max plane they've been struggling with, they've had issues with some of the programmes, but not to the same extent but it there's definitely a big job ahead of him. what does he bring, do you think, that might enable people to believe in him within the company, that he is the right person to do that? as is typical with this kind of thing, what we want to see is action, right? already what we've seen behind—the—scenes, even before he started, he is taken to significant decisions for the company, the first that he encouraged the release of those quite damning documents last week which you know, you would have seen, kind of describe some of the culture and decision—making behind the max crisis, confirming a lot of theories around the mishandling of theories around the mishandling of the entire development process. but in addition to that, he did a u—turn for the company. as reports kind of safe which is that he pushed, he is pushing for training and simulator training and that's a massive deal for boeing, that's really what comes
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down to what started this entire crisis, bones insistence that you didn't need extra training for this aircraft. there's a lot at stake, not just for boeing aircraft. there's a lot at stake, notjust for boeing but some would say that the us economy, the us treasury secretary saying so recently. absolutely. analysts and economists saying gdp will be had by this, we saw spirit aerospace, major supplier to boeing, they cut 2800 jobs last week, so it's really rippling through the supply chain, not just rippling through the supply chain, notjust in the us but across the globe. 9.2 billion already, it's going to go into double figures, isn't it, clearly? some analysts predicting $20 billion in costs that may include compensation and costs to the likes of ryanair, southwest, that haven't been able fly their aircraft. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news reports say walmart, the world s largest retailer, has sacked around 50 of its executives in india as part of its restructuring in the country. the reuters news agency says
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the firings mostly affected staff in the company s real estate division due slow growth. the move underscores the struggles walmart has faced in expanding its wholesale business in india. german engineering group siemens says it is committed to a controversial coal mining project in australia's outback. this comes amid mounting criticism by climate activists, following recent wildfires in the country. siemens was awarded a contract last year to provide signalling technology for a railway line connecting the outback to an australian seaport. ford's sales in china fell just over 26 percent last year as the us automaker continues to battle a long sales decline in its second—biggest market. and in the fourth quarter the michigan—based company delivered nearly 15 percent fewer cars than a year before. fly me to the moon? david, go on!
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well, there is someone who actually could. a japanese billionaire, who is set to become the first civilian passenger to fly around the moon, is looking for a female "life partner" to accompany him. that discounts you, i'm afraid. but imight be that discounts you, i'm afraid. but i might be in with a chance. he said a p pa re ntly i might be in with a chance. he said apparently you've got to be single and over 20. and so i'm wondering if oui’ and over 20. and so i'm wondering if our reporter in singapore might be interested as well? let's go to our asia business hub where karishma vaswani is following the story. sadly, it's hard enough trying to find a partner in real life, but imagine trying to find one to accompany you in space but that is what yusaku maezawa is attempting, he is looking for a female life partner to accompany him on the maiden tourist voyage, space nexus, the flight to the moon but you get to hang out with the fashion tycoon on this starship rocket and be part of the first civilian couple to fly around the moon. yusaku maezawa has taken to the internet to try and
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find his match, saying he wants to share this experience with a special woman. sadly, any takers? the mission is planned for three years from now, you've got time to make up your mind. a couple of conditions as your mind. a couple of conditions as you were saying, you must be single, over the age of 20, always positive, and have an interest in going to space. who doesn't, i would say to that! perhaps people who don't want to go with him. taking him to the moon and back. promises, promises. thank you. let's look at the markets. japan close for the public holidays, it will reopen soon. in the philippines we had no markets because trading suspended because she may have heard about this volcano in the south of the capital manila. that is belching out ash, so schools closed, businesses shut, people evacuated and the stock market close, so no surprise. but looking at european trading session which has been going for nearly a0
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minutes. games pretty much across the board. the big event markets will be watching this week is the expected signing of phase one trade talks between the us and china. that should take place on wednesday. now to the us, where the internet streaming service, netflix is hoping for glory at this year's academy awards to help cement its reputation as as a serious movie maker. michelle fleury has more from new york. marlon brando famously said i could have been a contender in the 195a film on the waterfront. until recently, netflix executives could have been forgiven for feeling the same way about hollywood's biggest night, the oscars. not anymore. this year, the streaming giant 0scar prospects are stacked with multiple acclaimed films including the irishman and marriage story. winning a golden statuette, while it confers prestige, does not necessarily translate into signing up new
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subscribers. but it seems executives believe 0scar calibre movies are needed to stand out in an increasingly crowded market. it includes new streaming services like disney+ and apple tv. and the success last year of the netflix film roma suggests the industry is warming up to the idea that the company is not just warming up to the idea that the company is notjust a disrupter, but also a legitimate competitor. absolutely, michelle there in new york. time now for our daily look beyond the headlines. we'rejoined by benita matofska, global sharing economy expert and author of generation share — a book which highlights the positive impact of sharing. thank you for sharing your time with us. let's start on an issue that i think was in the guardian, we are honing in on this, you are always on, if you are working, you are never off, forever you are working. this is the problem, a new report shows aa% of parents in particular
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talk about the fact they are on e—mailat home, talk about the fact they are on e—mail at home, they are having to work in the evenings, it's having an impact on family life with 57% claiming is causing rows with their partners, sa% saying it's closing arguments with children so this whole notion of a work life balance is really being caused by this tech revolution. the fact you can switch off. but part of this is also about, far more people can work from home and do. so they are not even having to go through the commute and all the other hassles and this is just a bit of the offset of that, isn't it, for many of them? the problem is we have just under half, 48% of parents saying working from home is actually increasing their workload, so this whole idea that working parents, the charity, talking in this report about how this is affecting work life balance but also what's happening is we are moving away from this idea of even sized jobs, the workload isjust too much this idea of even sized jobs, the workload is just too much and this idea of even sized jobs, the workload isjust too much and it's having an impact on family life.
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workload isjust too much and it's having an impact on family lifem finding the right way of working, isn't it? we want flexibility, we wa nt to isn't it? we want flexibility, we want to be able to work from home when it suits us and for some pa rents when it suits us and for some parents at night time, and very young children are asleep, that's when it suits them. absolutely, and of course the benefits of flexible working, as you say, we are able to working, as you say, we are able to work when we want to, the problem is there is no off switch because we know you know, of the 3000 interviewed, over a third saying there is no switch off but also, they are expected to be working. so there's an expectation from your employer that you will be switched on at all and that's what causing problems. let's look at big in january, something we've talked about a few times already, for obvious reasons. you've been looking atan obvious reasons. you've been looking at an organisation veg economist, who have calculated what vegan january will mean at the end of the month. it's interesting, calculated, we note last year 250,000 people
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signed up for vegan january whilst 1.3 million participated last year. this year its expected 350,000 signing up with over one and a half million participating. this organisation veg economist have calculated that will save this month the c02 equivalent of 450,000 flights, saving the life of about! million animals. incredible statistics. it is a growing phenomenon, we know that, but with the assumption be that will continue, the momentum is there. we know a7% of those who participate, who actually sign up to vegan january in fact continue to be vegan which is quite a high statistic. it is interesting from a market perspective, the market is currently valued at about $1 billion but it's expected to rise to 24.3 billion by 2026 so certainly a fast growing market. you are doing it. are you
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doing 0k? market. you are doing it. are you doing ok? i am, market. you are doing it. are you doing 0k? lam, doing market. you are doing it. are you doing ok? i am, doing 0k. market. you are doing it. are you doing 0k? lam, doing ok. in fairness, i have almost been vegan for many years. it wasn't so difficult for me. people have been saying you've been doing this all along but i've made some more improvements. it feels like a big step. honestly. for me to come it to be fair. we will get there. we need to get to the moon and back first. thank you so much. still to come, the sweet taste of success. we speak to the boss of seed and bean, a family—run chocolate maker, that claims its good for the enviroment. you're with worklife from bbc news. passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility are sometimes being left humiliated, deprived of their dignity and in some cases even physically hurt when travelling through airports, putting them
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off flying altogether, a new investigation from the consumer magazine which? has found. passengers have said that they felt robbed of their dignity and left in degrading situations by inconsistency in the assistance provided, accessibility staff not doing theirjobs properly and poor communication between airlines, airports and service providers. joining us now is rory boland the travel editor at which? a lot of this has been discovered by your organisation, it sounds absolutely appalling. it's shocking, yes, some of the stories we heard in this investigation are really heartbreaking. people who have been forced to drag themselves along airport corridors because staff or equipment word available. you weren't able to use toilets because staff and equipment weren't available. you were left waiting for hours on a plane because staff or equipment weren't available. and the key statistic we found from this was
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that nearly half of disabled people don't feel confident enough to fly, to take a holiday, because they think airport accessibility services aren't good enough.|j think airport accessibility services aren't good enough. i would have said from going to airports, there are more and more examples of people being taken to the gate from the departure area on a little buggies and what have you and there would seem to, those of us who don't have to use that, that there is more involvement now than there was before? i think that's fair, i think your assessment is correct and we heard that from disabled campaigners that we spoke to as well. things have got better over the last 5—!0 years. but when you hear about the stories that people experience, the indignities they experience, really, nobody should go through some of these things and airports who contract these third—party services, they remain responsible for the quality of the service, whether staff are available, whether or equipment is available and it's clear from some of the stories we
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heard that there simply isn't either enough staff money going into provide staff or equipment. rory, thank you for your time. a story we will be keeping an eye on as well, flybe, proving to be very tight—lipped over media reports that say it's in crisis talks with a bid to try and get a fresh rescue deal, saying nothing on that. you're watching worklife. a reminder of our top story — troubled plane maker boeing gets its new boss today as concerns grow over the future of the 737—max now onto one of my favourite things — chocolate. its undeniably fun, delicious and many of us consume a staggering amount of it. but it's not always an innocent indulgence. well, recent studies have found that the industry as a whole produces around 2.1 million tonnes of greenhouse gases every year ? roughly the equivalent of the combined emissions
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of an entire city. that s why our next guest — 0liver shorts — says he s prioritising sustainability over profits for his confectionery brand, seed and bean. his uk—based firm makes organic and ethically sourced chocolates. and he is waiting very patiently here for us to finish the introduction. you have some chocolate there that i want to taste, i will do afterwards! tell us why you and your dad and others decided to buy this company, it was already established but you bought it some years ago? the business, we knew and we were fully aware of how great the chocolate tasted. for us, it was all about the test. but we knew that we could have the expertise to bring it to the next level. adding in more ethical values to the business. such as introducing a fully compostable foil, and making sure that we are doing flavours that
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no one else is doing in the chocolate world. so for us, it was really important to take what the business was doing but take it to the next level. given that that is, not just the only selling point, the next level. given that that is, notjust the only selling point, but perhaps your unique positioning here, you have also put yourself up asa here, you have also put yourself up as a target in a way, you've got to maintain that sense of being ethically stronger than anyone else? what are you doing to keep that position, if you like? are there products you simply realised already, you can't do that, you have to abandon that particular ranger what have you because you can't get the right product from the right sources? absolutely, it's really important for us to make sure we are making sure we are staying ethical in what we are doing so packaging is so important for us, as i mentioned, having a compostable foil. we can't doa having a compostable foil. we can't do a lot of products because we can package it in the right way so for us, it's about making sure that we stay true to the values that the business started on. and looking about how we can change that. is
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there a different way to package it, what is the best environmentally sustainable way of doing that? and for us, we know that it's very difficult, and we know that other brands can do things that we cannot do because it's not at the top of their priority list and for us, we are also organic and we make sure that everything is !00% organic and sometimes, it's very hard to buy 100% sometimes, it's very hard to buy !00% organic ingredients. sometimes, it's very hard to buy 100% organic ingredients. it's hard 10096 organic ingredients. it's hard to buy, it's also expensive and so you are at the top end of the price point for a bar of your chocolate compared to others. it's really crowded, green and blacks, the most well known, there's other chocolatiers we've had on this programme like divine, for example who say very similar story, we are ethical, organic, we invest in the cocoa farmers ever. how ethical, organic, we invest in the cocoa farmers ever. how do we want to buy your chocolate as opposed to others? for us, as! to buy your chocolate as opposed to others? for us, as i mentioned before, flavours are really important so we do flavours that no one else is doing in the chocolate world. we do lemon and cardamom,
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mandarin and ginger, lavender flavour. so these are really unique, botanically inspired flavours, what you cook within the kitchen, you don't necessarily associate with chocolate and it's about doing a really exciting, wild flavour but making sure we stick to as mentioned, our ethics so for us, it's really important, about doing adventurous ... sorry it's really important, about doing adventurous sorry to keep going on with his point, it's really crowded, and there's so much competition and you're not on the shelves, really, are you we can find you at the moment, that's the problem. absolutely, for us, being ina problem. absolutely, for us, being in a major supermarket would make sure we in a major supermarket would make sure we get the appeal in the uk but we sure we get the appeal in the uk but we know that it's very difficult because as you mention, it's very crowded and saturated industry to be involved in but if we continue to do what we do, continue with our ethics, we know that those opportunities will come about. we we re opportunities will come about. we were talking about vegan january and the importance of the health of the body as well as the environment. chocolate is lovely but it's full of
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sugar, it's not good for us in that regard. do you have any issue with that? no, chocolate should be an indulgent product that you buy. i sometimes find it difficult to understand why people would say, are you doing less sugar because that takes away from the flavour and the enjoyment as you mentioned, it's one of life 's greatest enjoyments, having a piece of chocolate so i ta ke having a piece of chocolate so i take that away? presumably you have a vegan bar? all the dutch chocolate is vegan, !5 flavours. fair trade? that's good enough? for us, we think it's really important, it's very difficult to look at the business and say, what can we do, but we know that we can go fair trade, we know we can that we can go fair trade, we know we can be !00% organic, we know that we can we can be !00% organic, we know that we can have a compostable inner foil and therefore, it's really important in todaypos microworld, you can take your fall and put it in your home compost bin. obviously, what's in your chocolate comes from lots of different parts of the world, you
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sell it to 20 countries, brexit has caused chaos for you, hasn't it? yeah, we planned a lot for brexit, those plans didn't come to fruition which was a good thing at the time but we know it takes away from the day—to—day business of how we plan to exit. so, it did cost us time and we to exit. so, it did cost us time and we didn't ever implement it but it was a big factor in the back end of the year. challenge for everyone, it's fair to say! 0liver, thank you so much, great to see you.|j it's fair to say! 0liver, thank you so much, great to see you. i will try a little bit later! i'm sure 0liver will leave some. try a little bit later! i'm sure oliver will leave some. sadly, there are only five bars there! in a moment, we'll run through some viewer responses to our twitter question. but first, let's turn to india — where the smartphone market has seen unprecedented growth. but despite all the hype, customers are facing are sharp rise in prices. monica miller explains. india is the worlds second—largest telecom market and has some of the
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cheapest mobile plans and the talent planet, one gigabyte cost 26 cents, compared to within $12 and the united states, $16 in south korea and 75 bucks in zimbabwe. but two of the market leaders, vodafone and hertel are facing a mountain of debt. they have to pay large sums of money to gain 3g and ag spectrum during 2013 — 17. and they haven't actually made a return on investment. these companies own the indian government a whopping $13 billion in licensing fees and taxes. india head of vodafone says the situation is crucial and they may have to shut down if the indian government doesn't help. these companies are struggling due to one disrupter. it came on the
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scene in 2016. backed by asia's richest man it offered free voice calls and supercheap data. they could afford to offer the services for free for could afford to offer the services forfree for six months could afford to offer the services for free for six months and four incumbents it was impossible to compete. this is a critical time in the sector. the rest of the world moves towards the next generation of mobile networks. china's huawei is the global leader and it's blocked from doing business in the united states so it's counting on its investments in india but the main telecom companies lack a proper fibre infrastructure and in our view, fibre infrastructure is critical to providing 5g services. looking at the current state of the telecom industry it may be a long time before india comes calling for sg. at the top of the show, we asked you about who you like to go
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to the moon with. let's take a look at how some viewers have responded. but neville, you wouldn't get any of the chocolate. but would he get a word in, david? that's another story. who would you take? i would, of course, take my wife. of course, is she watching? i would take aretha franklin. we'd be singing all the way there and back. goodbye for now.
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see you soon! good morning. don't be fooled by the fairly pleasant started the day, lots of sunshine out their bad things will turn much more turbulent this afternoon. sterne brendan brewing in the atlantic over the last 2a hours. moving eastwards, the white lines really close together. —— storm brendan. it will cause disruption today to some trouble, particularly for scotland, northern and western areas, gail is developing in heavy rain weaving its way eastwards. the rent not reaching eastern and central areas until much later in afternoon. maximum temperatures getting up to 7—11d. if you are are travelling this afternoon strong winds widely across the uk but around irish sea coast,
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65-70 the uk but around irish sea coast, 65—70 mile an hour gusts of winds, potentially storm force 85—90 miles an hour gusting around the west of scotland, travel disruption right across scotland, through northern areas of england in particular. that rent will continue moving eastwards through this evening and tonight. eventually clearing away. —— the rain. this next area of low pressure moving in, the white lines really quite close together, another spell of very wet and windy weather. this time, the rain coming from the south—west, quite heavy as it moves northwards, and being into colder air, some snow over the higher ground, those wind gusts on tuesday, 50-60 ground, those wind gusts on tuesday, 50—60 miles an hour, 70 miles an houragain around 50—60 miles an hour, 70 miles an hour again around irish sea coast and the west of scotland. for some of us, tuesday could be a windier day than today. temperatures 10—13 in the south, further north, chilly at four or in the south, further north, chilly atfouror5 in the south, further north, chilly at four or 5 degrees. into wednesday, the weather system will gradually care. something a little
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bit quieter on wednesday. the wind will be lighter, the rain clearing, for most of us a drier day, some showers coming in, sunny spells, maximum temperatures about 7—10d. but then into thursday, another deep area of low pressure will develop in the south—west, moving its way in and again those white lines get closer together so the wind picks up again during their stay. could well be some gales again on thursday, some heavy rain, staying very u nsettled some heavy rain, staying very unsettled throughout this week, spells a very heavy rain, the gales, severe gales, but it will be quieter by friday and into the weekend. goodbye.
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you're watching bbc news at 9 with me joanna gosling. the headlines. the queen will hold emergency talks with senior royals later today — about the future role of the duke and duchess of sussex. iam in i am in sandringham where the meeting is due to take place, the first time the royals have met face since the couple's statement was released last week. —— face to face. nominations for the labour leadership close at 2.30 this afternoon — some of the contenders could be knocked out of the race a volcano in the philippines has begun spewing lava, as authorities warn that a "hazardous eruption" is possible "within hours or days". now there is lava flowing from the volcano. a weak flow at the moment but that is causing this black smoke
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