if you did not know cancelled. if you did not know what the event was before today you do know. it is an important industry event began with mobile phones but all take players come to barcelona every year. 110,000 people rock up in the city so it is vital for barcelona. 500 million euros of wealth is generated during the event and it is suddenly cancelled. the people and the authorities in barcelona, the mayor, they say they have had a couple of cases, nothing to be concerned about. and that is of coronavirus? exactly. but the pressure is coming from big corporations saying they do not feel comfortable sending stuff there. they have responsibility to their staff and they say we cannot put you in this environment. big chinese companies had already pull back numbers of people coming and begun to wonder whether it was sensible for them to be there

a nyway full sensible for them to be there anyway full up you mention some statistics. a 500 million euros impact for the local economy and 111,000 fewer temporary workers who will not be needed, hundred thousand visitors not coming. while way and other big names from china are usually a huge part of this event. are you surprised with the decision to cancel this? you surprised with the decision to cancelthis? i don't you surprised with the decision to cancel this? i don't think the decision was in the end down to the planners or to the city. when you have companies who know that they will get in trouble if their staff start suing them saying you sent me there and i caught coronavirus, when they pull out the whole thing begins to tumble. it is a concern for big companies but a lot of small people going to this event to showcase their new ideas and win contracts and get is nurse so the ripple effect is huge for counselling something like this. and it is a huge blow for barcelona and the spanish economy which is not one of the strongest in

southern europe. and especially barcelona which has had a lot of problems in recent years with demonstrations and political strife. they encourage people not to go there and away and the last thing they need. as i mentioned, the spanish press dominated by this story and we have been looking at some of the front pages. looking at the bangkok post. it looks at the news that the chinese grand prix now, which was scheduled to start on april 19, this has been postponed because of the continued spread of coronavirus. again, a sensible decision, perhaps. teams saying that they have 2000 people in their teams coming to this event and will they be safe? they are concerned and i think the organisers knew that this was not going to a well of the pushed ahead. the interesting thing is it is such a tight schedule, 22 races, although they say it is postponed no—one knows when they will be able to slot it back into this season

and some say maybe there will not be an additional race, someone not be an additional race, someone saying maybe someone else could host it. there are questions raised because it is meant to be the first race in vietnam and similar concerns, will people want to go to the region? for the people in formula 1, there are some big questions over the next few days. and we also hear singapore are talking about moving the rugby sevens, which isa moving the rugby sevens, which is a big event, hugely sponsored et cetera. that is taking place in april and they are considering postponing that towards the end of the year. the singapore airshow is still ongoing and we have had a team there, we have been reporting. this is a big issue going forward as it is very unclear how the spread of the disease will develop from here on in. we have seen a spike in the number of cases reported from the chinese authorities today and when you think of the 0lympics and when you think of the olympics in the summer in tokyo... there are many things

here. looking at every category of tradeshow, many are cancelled. and events going ahead where you are dependent on chinese buyers, things like the luxury industry. if you need if you run a fashion show you need buyers. but they not travelling. luxury houses. that is why you see pressure on their share prices. and when you think about how the country thatis you think about how the country that is very health—conscious who always wear a mask if they have a sniffle, they will be very concerned about the numbers of people coming into tokyo for the games. the financial times, looking at bp's vow to hidden emissions target. this was an announcement from the new chief executive of bp are making his mark. even before he took on this role, the topjob mark. even before he took on this role, the top job at bp, we knew he had a green agenda.

the big question everyone is now asking is what does that mean? does that mean you. looking for new oilfields or new gas fields? it does not seem new gas fields? it does not seem that he is saying that because when we look at the numbers where he is spending, he is still spending on exploration and they are investing a small amount in comparison in wind farms. many campaigning organisations are wondering what he is really thinking. does he think there will be enough to elegy around to carbon and offset the emissions that they generate or is he saying there will be a fundamental change in the way they do their business. i think it will be a little of a mix of both. a transition, yes, but there will also be hoped that he can offset some of that stop but very on message this year. we saw the boss of black rock at the beginning of this year saying that they will invest in

future companies, companies that acclimate friendly. a davos greta thunberg was talking about investment in fossil fuels having to stop. companies like bp have to rethink their strategy, don't they? in davos and i met a lot of bankers as well and when you speak to people they are already saying that their clients do not want to put money into anything that seems not clean. they do not want to put money into oil and gas companies, they ask questions about it. there is already a huge shift in investment patterns. now for the i. social media plans shelved. what is happening here stop yesterday the headline was about a much greater crackdown in the uk on the activities on social media when there is harmful information and misinformation. we had this message coming from

the likes of priti patel saying that we will give 0fcom some teeth and they can take on the tech giants. she has been picking up on messages from children's charities saying, look, there is so much harmful information on the sides we must do something about it stop what happened is that tech giants have a good few contacts within number 10 and they said don't do this, we do not like the idea of a levy on our industry and we don't like the idea that you say our managers and our bosses could be held liable for things that are put up liable for things that are put up with third parties force it will be interesting to see how this progresses and develops because sajid javid did say that we will go ahead with the digital services tax from april this year. that put them at loggerheads with the likes of facebook dougal and the rest. it will be interesting to see how this goes. the companies have a lot of power. they say that they are not sure the uk is the best place to be. and at

this entering trade negotiations with the eu, they don't want it to be seen as a place that is not good for business. number 10 is now thinking let's be a little more calm about this and take our time. they say it may be delayed into autumn and we will see what happens. hiring a big body shop. what is this radical idea? it came from a bakery that makes brownies in north carolina where they had an idea that the kind of stuff they neededin that the kind of stuff they needed in their warehouses did not need to answer a lot of questions. all they needed to know was with a turn up on time and could they lift a pallet? that is now being picked up by the body shop, in their warehouses initially, thatjobs will be offered on a first come first served basis. they will not ask if you have a drugs record a criminal record, nor if you will take any test, or your knowledge of the company. it is can you do this job was to mark three basic questions. what is the argument for this?

is it more efficient? how do you know you are employing the right person? firstly, it is for simplejobs. they right person? firstly, it is for simple jobs. they will not get a ceo like this, for example, it is cheaper for them. they said they got rid of dozens them. they said they got rid of d oze ns of them. they said they got rid of dozens of agencies and they will just look at dozens of agencies and they willjust look at one hiring agency for temporary staff. it frees you of the risk of prosecution. how can you be accused of having terms and conditions that were against any minority if it is literally offered on a first—come first—served basis. offered on a first—come first-served basis. thank you for coming in and being with us hereunder rethink. and thank you for your company as well. whatever you are to today. —— here on the briefing. and on bbc one in five minutes time you will bejoining bbc one in five minutes time you will be joining the brea kfast tea m.

hello there. wednesday saw a break in all this wild weather as more parts of the country enjoyed some sunshine and the showers became fewer. mind you still a wintry scene in the hills across the northern half of the uk and here in southern scotland in particular. it is still cold in scotland as well. we are seeing the weather changing. the wind is strengthening from the south—west, pushing in all the cloud. for many parts of the country we will find rain continuing overnight, pushing in from the south—west of england where it will be particularly mild. further north we still have colder air so it is notjust rain but also snow and even in the rush hour some snow falling in the central belt of scotland. most snow over the hills and central southern scotland and for northern ireland so it could be wintry for a while but it is mostly rain, even that petering out during the morning. further south, heavy showers and those will be driven on by some gale force winds across southern england through the english channel and channel islands with gusts of 60 mph. further north, an improving story with many places drying off and brightening off, still damp and grey and cold for south—east scotland and north—east of england.

the area of low pressure bringing all that weather is going to push away during thursday evening and by the time we get to friday we have the next weather system approaching from the north—west. in between overnight, a ridge of high pressure and clear skies and it will get cold enough for a touch of frost, icy patches and a few fog patches first thing. the wind will pick up as it is already in northern ireland in the morning where we see wind and rain here and that will come down from the north—west. snow over the mountains of scotland this time and elsewhere the snow will melt because we get a south south—westerly wind, much milder and temperatures will rise. not a lot of rain for eastern parts of england. it is getting milder on friday and that mild weather continues into the weekend but we also see the arrival of this deepening area of low

pressure that is running between scotland and iceland and that is storm dennis and dennis will be a menace through the weekend into monday. two main elements to the weather. first, the wind strength reaching 60 mph, and there will be some very big waves as well. secondly, the rain. that will be heavy at times, particularly across england and wales, over four inches possible over the hills of wales and the south—west.

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