one of the things the british chambers of commerce is calling for is easing of planning laws to allowbecause if you are ina ruralarea for taller masts because if you are in a rural area that might improve your coverage. the other point is that 0fcom it says must do more to hold providers to account for the service advertised to customers, in other words making sure that if it is advertised people get it. customers not getting a good service at all. some rely on 3g but 60% are only getting two g, which is not internet. not good enough. have you watched paper pig? £a7 million of extra costs, shares down 2%. you're watching business live. just because you're a tech startup doesn't mean you have to think small. instead, london—based virtual reality firm, improbable, has has raised $500 million in a landmark deal for the uk tech sector. japan's softbank is backing improbable in a funding round that values the business at more than $1 billion. well let's get more on this with rory cellan—jones. we should start with what improbable dolls. and improbable story. founded to maggie years ago by

experiencing full or partial ‘not—spots' in their mobile coverage — that's according to the british chambers of commerces', areas of no mobile coverage by any operator, or ‘partial not—spots', where there is some coverage but not from all networks, in their local area. germany's economy grew strongly in the first three months of this year, driven by investment and consumption. first—quarter gdp growth came in at an expected 0.6% — up from 0.4% in the last three months of 2016 more than half a million low earners have had to resort to borrowing money via credit cards, overdrafts and other sources to pay their rent during the past year, according to research. according to the housing charity shelter, many private renters were having to take on "desperate or dangerous debts" to keep a roof over their head. were having to take on "desperate or dangerous debts" to keep a roof over their head. joining me now is kate webb, shelter‘s head what do you mean by these desperate dangerous debt levels? it is quite a scary situation people are around, we find that one in three renters and work on lower earnings and ac

that's what the british chambers of commerce is calling for from the next government.exit and beyond — in which it also calls for clarity on what the uk's departure from the eu could mean for business. mike spicer is director of economics at the bcc — hejoins us from cambridge. good morning to you. so, they are asking for clarity, asking for no more taxes. how hopeful are you that you will get either? what we really want to do is to reinforce the fact that for many businesses, although brexit of course is very important and getting a good deal is important, decisions that are made around domestic policy matter as much if not more. as you said in your earlier piece, we have just had a weak quarter of gdp growth and one of the major components of that story was the u pwa rd components of that story was the upward pressure on prices and the effect that has on consumer spending and investment. we think there are many things the government can do starting with upfront costs that businesses paid, businesses do rates and so on to free up businesses to investigate. you will pr

the british chambers of commerce have issued their demands to the next government, itss priorities andanifesto, for a "frictionless future trade arrangement" with the eu. no new business taxes for the next new parliament, and delivery of investment and telling medications infrastructure. it wants protection for your nationals in the u.k. and an immigration system that doesn't cut companies off from labor. there is a says bump due to the presidents we use of the social network, but the company would love it if every world leader used tweets. twitter reported a jump in monthly active users last quarter, but admitted won't translate right away to increase revenue. >> as we said in the earnings call, we don't today have visibility on seeing the revenue trend improve. first, we need advertisers to recognize the significant increase to our ally. we are much more attractive than we were months ago. we need decisions on what was spent today. not only is our audience accelerating, our prices are down 60%. juliette: that is your bloomberg business flash. manus: thank you very much. let's turn ou

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that's according to the british chambers of commerce. g improved export sales increased in the first quarter of 2017. businesses in both manufacturing and services are also more confident that their turnover and profitability would increase in the coming 12 months. for more on this, we can now talk to adam marshall, who is the director general of the british chambers of commerce. so is it the lower pound that's pushing confidence among exporters up? it is certainly part of it. particularly for those firms who source the product components or —— who source components or other services based in the uk. lots of them are saying to us that the currency has helped. what takeaways are there from business about their ma nifestos are there from business about their manifestos this week, particularly the conservatives' pledge to reduce immigration? i think we saw number of things positive for businesses, for example, trying to do things on business rates or helping firms recruit apprentices but when all of the manifestos censoring —— send certain s

experiencing full or partial ‘not—spots' in their mobile coverage — that's according to the british chambers of commercepartial not—spots', where there is some coverage but not from all networks, in their local area. germany's economy grew strongly in the first three months of this year, driven by investment and consumption. first—quarter gdp growth came in at an expected 0.6% — up from 0.4% in the last three months of 2016. one of modern life's many frustrations is the low — or nonexistent — mobile phone signal in a so—called "not spot". and there are many of them, particularly when it comes to using mobile internet. for businesses, this can be damaging. a survey of almost 1,500 companies says businesses across the uk are being "hobbled" by nonexistent mobile internet coverage. the british chambers of commerce says one in two firms in urban areas complain about their service, while in the countryside it is nine in ten. business around britain sailor recalls a dropout, you can get access to calls on internet and that is stopping them doing business. we wa nt we is stopping them doing business. we want w

, are experiencing full or partial not—spots in their mobile coverage according to the british chambers of commerceator, or partial not—spots, where there is some coverage but not from all networks, in their local area. germany's economy grew strongly in the first three months of this year, driven by investment and consumption. first—quarter gdp growth came in at an expected 0.6%, up from 0.4% in the last three months of 2016. cast your mind back to heady days of the us presidential election when now president trump accused china of being a "currency manipulator" or "unfair trade partner". well, those days are long gone. the us and china have signed a ten—point trade deal that opens the chinese market to us credit rating agencies and credit card companies. under the deal, china will also lift its ban on us beef imports and accept us shipments of liquefied natural gas. in return, chinese cooked chicken will be allowed into the us market and chinese banks can enter the us market. we arejoined from we are joined from the new york stock exchange by our reporter. this announcement has been a month in th

i will be talking to the british chambers of commerce about their manifesto. the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the sound of spring, but for how much longer? we join the the sound of spring, but for how much longer? wejoin the dawn patrol as they go in search of the nightingale. in sport: a third crucible crown for mark selby. he fights back to beatjohn higgins and become only the fourth man in the modern era to successfully defend a world title. and carol has the weather. good morning. again today we are looking at a fair bit of cloud coming in across the east of the uk, accompanied a noticeable breeze. there will be a few showers, but for many of us it will be dry. there will be some sunny spells, the lion's share of which will be again gci’oss lion's share of which will be again across the north—west of the uk. i will have more details 15 minutes. —— inis minutes. good morning. first, our main story: there has been further fallout from last week's talks on brexit between theresa may and european commission president jean—claude juncker. sen

the british chambers of commerce says a good brexit deal is important, but only if domestic policies they want no new business taxes, better infrastructure, and an immigration system that gives them access to skilled labor. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you. the mostand of influential leaders are in beverly hills for the milken institute global conference. we have been talking with top names, including pimco's new ceo. he spoke with john micklethwait. first thee risk is political risk, such as north korea. something we do not really understand and do not really know, not to mention the situation in the middle east. sectorsaw the energy under significant arrests in 2016 in the space of six weeks and the stock market reacting very strongly, something few of us had seen company. it turned out to be a good investment opportunity, but that could change, and you could see a collapse of one sector, just or 2001, to look back further. is it really sustainable? ma

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election coverage -- the discussion with someone who shares the desk chairs the british board -- iranian chamber of commerce here are some highlights for your week ahead. president trump continues his first overseas trip to israel. then the government budget request sent to april 1 $.7 trillion of cuts as part of plans to balance the budget. >> on wednesday, the fed releases its minutes of its fomc. delegates gather in vienna on thursday. they will also be there with the partners to decide whether to extend their regime supply cuts. >> trump runs of the week by joining chief seven leaders for their annual summit sicily. any comments from that we're keeping an eye on. so i try to put these things together, we saw a great deal of volatility for change. this was also in emerging markets. what is your attitude towards emerging markets right now? we get volatility even in developed classes because of what we had last week from president trump, where does e.m. had? >> into -- emerging markets surprise us by how strong they have them and the beginning of the year. is sowing the outperformance emerging markets of d

american chamber of commerce there in the country, whether it be, you know, hong kong we're talking about hong kong, and often we go there and we don't see americans there but we'll see british there or new zealanders there, australians there as executives in u.s. companies based overseas. so i think had we address the territorial, the global -- the territorial system, we need to zras how our sit zends are treated as well. particularly for their earned income and look at that as a residency based taxation and align our citizens along with our suspects as to hcompanies a yield back. >> thank you. ms. sul you're recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank all of our guests today. had a critically important first hearing. i'm a new member of the house ways and means committee and i can tell you that the people i represent sent me to washington to try to be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem and i'm really excited that we are having a hearing today about tax reform. you know, i think it's really important that the tax reform be comprehensive and truly be a tax reform. i'm eye true believer that our tax code is in dire need of meaningful reform. i hav