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reefs or to britain's exit from the e.u. single market small you take of the news in particular are struggling with the bureaucracy life outside the block is bringing about. a microscope. first call many have been waiting. in his 1st phone conversation with chinese president jiang ping u.s. president joe biden criticized what he sees as quote unfair economic practices at the same time he announced that heavy terrorists remain in place and new restrictions for certain technology exports may be implemented try to stress the need to uphold dialogue and calls for tolerance of differing political views was the 1st phone call between the u.s. and chinese presidents since almost a year. now here in germany federal and state governments have agreed to extend their broad lockdown affecting retail restaurants and hotels into march citing

concerns over fast spreading variants of the corona virus trancelike americans said she was called satisfied by a recent decline in cases but worried new coronavirus strains could robert lead to a 3rd wave of infections the new plan pushes the end of the lock down from this saturday to march 7th business groups have pushed for early openings warning of in solvency. for some more analysis i'm not joined by our financial correspondent chelsea delaine in frankfurt chelsea what have some of their reactions been to this decision to extend the lockdown. well many businesses are obviously very disappointed that they're going to be remaining and lock down heard several more weeks especially for companies and businesses in the retail sector and the hospitality sector hotels all of these companies have really been pushed to the brink by the past over 3 months of lock downs they've really basically gone through

all of their resources and they now are on the brink of bankruptcy and there's also a big concern because the government has set up help for these companies bridging aid and which the government is helping to cover some of their fixed costs like rent or electricity bills but for many companies they haven't even received the help from november and december that they were promised so even though they they are being promised aid they're not getting it so that raises a lot of concerns among these businesses as well now there are a few exceptions here dresses for example are allowed to reopen sooner is there a plan on how to move ahead with other businesses should in such numbers continue to decline. so they've decided that once the level of infections falls below $35.00 infections per 100000 residents that

businesses should be allowed to reopen countrywide we're now at about $68.00 infections per 100000 residents so we're still a bit away from falling to that level but this is also been a big point of criticism from the business community while the government is laying out at the rush holt for reopening they haven't really put forward what the actual steps would be what businesses would be allowed to reopen so there still isn't a lot of clarity on when and what will be able to reopen once we do have that threshold now the slow moving vaccination campaign here in germany has been urging many people here germany's economics minister has offered support to covert vaccine makers what is that supposed to look like so this is from a letter that. peter outlier that the economy minister sent to 9 back scene manufacturers it was a very specific he offered state aid and the german government has offered already hundreds of millions a year is that aid to some of these companies but it's obviously intended to get

vaccine manufacturers on on their feet and really producing at a higher level. in frankfurt thank you. bars and restaurants have been closed in many parts of the world that's been no surprise irving beer makers heineken is cutting $8000.00 jobs for profits lunged due to the long down the brew of tiger and morality said 2020 hrs a year of quote precedented disruption and here in germany the beer making industry is also struggling with the measures intended to stop the. this archive footage shows munich south tobar fest in 2019 will the world's largest beer festival ever return to normal this year's october fest hasn't been cancelled but in 2020 it was shut down completely germans can't even drink beer in restaurants which can only

offer take away the country's 1500 breweries are reporting a slump in sales smaller beer makers are struggling to survive. and that meant the fact. last year we had 40 percent less sales than in a comparable year a business like ours can't survive without 8. heller brewery has 15 employees and normally produces 400000 liters of beer annually but that figure will probably remain out of reach this year the company is staying afloat with the help of government aid beers still being brewed in bottles but it can't sell its biggest profit maker draft beer for restaurants the brewery hopes the government will be a reliable partner and it has to be clear that once we open we can close after 2 weeks that's not possible it would break our necks. meanwhile the firm sells its bottled beer to customers who may be sitting alone at home both the brewery and

peter lovers are hoping that drinking with friends will soon become the norm again . and not just some of the other global business stories making news singapore airlines begins flights today manned by crews that are fully vaccinated against over 19 the 1st of all to do so the carrier says pilots and cabin crew on 3 international flights from singapore have received their to those of the biotech far as our vaccine. post saw the big loss for the final quarter of 2020 the company it was down $970000000.00 were says that food delivery options helped partially to offset the big heads but declines and ride sharing earning deep endemic are still hurting fed chairman jerome paul gave markets a boost saying the united states should be focusing on achieving full employment not worrying about federal debt levels mr powell says the american job market was a long way from total recovery called on lawmakers and businesses to support

workers. but even with the gradual rollout of vaccines social distancing and avoiding cause. tag remained the best way to prevent infections with the corona virus in kenya infection rates have skyrocketed and past weeks front line workers are now getting help from an unlikely source japanese robots. japan has sent 3 of them to kenya to help the east african country battle the coronavirus crisis. the robots are named hero brave and hope and they're skilled at protecting frontline workers from infection as the manufacturer explains. it comparing different vital symptoms detection studies body temperature measurements of growth between $100.00 to $200.00 people per minute it's good to do musk wearing a fossil it is good to decide to spray massive areas like

a wrist look at ports and all for you to collect. and analyze and report to your time japan and the un joined forces to develop the robots japan leads the world in robotics and has been using robots and its health center for years now kenyans can benefit from that experience. one of the beings that will be such retort of war is that children. are not respected by diseases and they're well you know very well. one of the challenges that was a bit unique is that we didn't work disease. because nobody is this good in this disease and this will be you know these little bit about what . kenyan frontline workers now hope that their shiny new friends from japan can help them stem the tide of the coronavirus pandemic. it's been 6 weeks since

britain has all of them and left that you single market and you can companies are still trying to get used to the fact that seamless export to some of the most important customers is a thing of the past small businesses are particularly hurting as they have less resources to hire experts dealing with the extra paperwork some of them are now seeking a future outside of. the tasks of stream cutting and punching down by small and mid-sized companies an important part of the u.k. to come. any in london kind that produces trades in cambridge to raise and makes retailers this place both companies export to china you and i've many small exporters they know face problems delivering their products abroad already since managing director andrew must try to explain to you customers that they now had to pay the $80.00 sales takes up front to get the deliveries. not one of them was

willing to do so because it involved too much paperwork it just wasn't worth it but them anymore a real desperation because we had hundreds of thousands of euros of goods sat here in the warehouse that we just couldn't deliver we had customers desperate to receive these materials we had customers in italy and germany you know demanding deliveries that we can we simply couldn't do it we were letting customers down. the huge increase in administration is the main problem the kind that just well. managing director mark really is most annoyed by a lack of support from british authorities we did what we could to prepare because we kept being told prepare prepare prepare and then we realize it was the government that wasn't prepared because the information isn't there it's not easy for us to figure it out to do what we need to do with spending time.

looking searching on why asking other people what do we do. we approach the department for business energy and a desk this strategy for comment but received no response the u.k. government insists that brags it does bring new economic opportunities and also that they're working closely with businesses to guide them through the changes however it's not clear whether the problems that many small firms are currently facing are merely teething problems or whether they here to stay displayed make a andrew moss doesn't think these problems would simply go away the issues that we're facing now will be the issues that we face in 6 months time and in 6 months time we won't have any customers and if we don't have any customers in europe we don't have a business in the new where it's going to be up and running we've got 7 the horizon solution is to set up a warehouse and legal subsidiary in the netherlands and relocate the company's

sales operations to it we very quickly locate some warehouse space we've signed a 3 year agreement with we're starting the process of incorporating horizon in europe. the relocation means some u.k. workers will lose their jobs while their company begins hiring in the netherlands. and that's our show thanks for watching i'm ever so often successful that. everything on mine. the labor market completely digital at this startup even much comes out of the printer. what about working from up an email here a child misses there ones who call away from burnout more psychological hygiene or you'll get a remote telling off from the doctor maybe he needs more screen time is out of the question we have to turn back it's really going to be good for made in germany.

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