is that where hmv was losing out to?neral malaise on the high street. their share has remained relatively co nsta nt o n their share has remained relatively constant on the last years, and they represent a third of the film market and a quarter of the music market in physical terms. the are not losing share but suffering from a poor high street environment. you mentioned, i know it's not quite your area because you are interested in the retailers, how much money actually goes back to be people who make the music, the artist themselves? does the money get fed down there? the stars get them but what about lower down the pecking order than? absolutely if you look at spotify and digital services, they are handing back 70% of their revenues duly record labels, so that money is making its way to the artist. it's making its way to the artist. it's making ina making its way to the artist. it's making in a different way to previously where you would get all your money up front as seen sold an album, now it is trickling through as

another struggling uk retailer — hmv — could be saved from administration by mike ashley.hain is struggling because of business rates and consumers move to digital music and films. it is unclear how much of the company the owner of newcastle united and several other uk retail chains wants to buy 01’ when any announcement on its future might be made. the chair of glaxosmithkline — philip hampton is stepping down after three and a half years with the uk's biggest drugmaker. it comes after the firm's new chief executive — emma walmsley — announced plans to split the company into two businesses — one for prescription drugs and vaccines — the other for over the counter products. a bail hearing set to take place in tokyo today will decide whether ousted nissan chairman carlos ghosn will be released as he awaits his trial over alleged financial misconduct. ghosn has been detained injapan for two months and has offered to wear an electronic bracelet and to pay for guards to make sure he remains in tokyo for his trial. let's now cross rupert wingfield—hayes, who's in tokyo... bring

hmv have been fighting back.ey have done a pretty good job of that and they sell exclusive products, steal books, collective things, but at the moment high street is tough for everyone and so i think you have almost got to write it out and hope that those sales continued to appear a year down the line —— ride it out. really nice to see you. kym bayley is chief executive of the entertainment retailers association that compiles this report. and we will have figures from next in around eight minutes. and you didn'tjust do that to have that little clip of the fantastic film, did you? maybe. i really wanted mary poppins as well, which i may have washed over christmas. thank you very much. stacey dooley may have onlyjust popped the strictly glitterball trophy on her mantlepiece, but there's already a new dance talent show waiting in the wings. in "the greatest dancer" cheryl is one of the experts casting her eyes over the auditionees. she's been telling us about her ballet past, and sharing some truly horrific dance in

this weekend, a lot of chat about hmv. mike ashley circles hmv in fresh move to add to his empire.into administration, but has been made of my sports direct with serious talks. the stricken music chain. house of fraser. 0f serious talks. the stricken music chain. house of fraser. of course, huge empire into our more and more. thought it was a chill is sought —— chills -- thought it was a chill is sought —— chills —— the skills shortage in the construction sector. skills shortage is asked to dash of skills shortages are so is asked to dash of skills shortages are so high at the minute, it could ta ke are so high at the minute, it could take up to seven months from finding a decent tradesperson to getting it done. anybody who is actually good enough to do the job will have that backlog because of such a shortage. this is quite a good time of year because tried to book a builder, january is good. they will squeeze you in if you want a shortjob. who needs the federation of master builders? i think if they are really good, they will get work. it's like when you go for curry. if you orde

another struggling uk retailer, hmv, could be saved from administration by mike ashley. is struggling because of business rates and consumers' move to digital music and films. it is unclear how much of the company the owner of newcastle united and several other uk retail chains wants to buy or when any announcement on its future might be made. let's check the markets, they are difficult to gauge because the news from china has already been factored in. the japanese market and the hong kong market are both keeping their heads in positive territoryjust about. coming up next is news briefing and i will take you through the papers. do stay with us here on bbc news. greek riot police have clashed with crowds of protesters outside parliament who are opposed to the recognition of the countries neighbour under the name macedonia. protesters stormed the steps that they were pushed back. feelings run high in greece about the name macedonia. a clear majority of greeks feel the name belongs to them and them alone. while today's protest was largely peaceful, more radical elements in

we saw one retailer in particular suffering, hmv, demand.aining a very challenging place. we will have a rather better idea probably by this time next week. i wanted to get your thoughts on the stockpiling story. we are being told it is brexit related, inevitably, the pound is often seen as a barometer of sentiment regarding the whole brexit story. so, we have seen the pound falling, and analysts are linking it to the stockpiling data. how much do you think it is attributable? inevitably, as we get nearer and nearer to march, there is going to be, in the absence of any clarity, and let‘s face it we are looking for clarity for the last two or two and looking for clarity for the last two ortwo and a looking for clarity for the last two or two and a half years, they have got to have contingency plans in place. perhaps in certain key elements, certain key goods, there is inevitably going to be a kind of plan b. if those figures are slightly inflated from where we might have expected them, perhaps it is not too surprising. when a question lasts m

sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy music chain hmv.on in six years, putting over 2,000 jobs at risk in 125 stores. if you're shopping around for energy — gas, electricity — you'll get better value for money and service from a small energy supplier according to the consumer charity which? they surveyed 8,000 energy users. the top five favourites were small suppliers. the big six — british gas, edf energy, eon, npower, scottish power and sse — in the bottom third. let's stick with energy because it turns out that the citizen's advice has come up with some similar findings — it says a large number of households are dropping the big six — 41.6% of all switches last year were away from big six suppliers to other suppliers. it's running a big energy saving week this week to help people cut their energy bills and get all the financial support they are entitled to. it turns out that people in yorkshire and humberside switch their energy supplier more than anyone anywhere else. and chorley has been named the uk capital of switching for 2018. dh

in an otherwise gloomy retail environment which was made much worse in the week after christmas when hmv administration, and we know that last year, the high street was very bad as a whole. you had your christmas sorted months in advance, i am sure! next up 6%. m&s, by mark, all higher on the news. —— pre—mark. you're watching business live. our top story: shares in apple plunged after—hours following a rare cut to the tech giant's quarterly sales forecast and a warning on its revenue. it's blaming economic weakness in china. and sales of its iphone. innovation is changing many industries — and is considered the lifeblood of growth. but how do you innovate underwear? that's not as flippant as it might at first sound. according to one study, the market is worth around $40 billion. iamat i am at least 10 billion of that! well, our next guest has set out to disrupt the sector — with technology. that sounds a bit scary! he's the boss of heist, which makes tights and other bodywear, with the emphasis very much on what it calls "intelligent design". toby darbyshire is the boss of heist and joi

sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy the music chain hmv.ny collapsed to its second administration in six years, putting over 2,000 jobs at risk in a hundred and twenty five stores. mr ashley owns more than sixty per cent of sports direct and has bought the retailer house of fraser, as well as having stakes in french connection and debenhams. an 18—year old will appear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14—year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police are still looking for four other suspects who fled the scene. more questions emerged for the royal family today about how the duke of edinburgh's car crash on thursday has been handled — and about the fact that he's been seen since driving on a public road without a seat belt. the woman who suffered a broken wrist in the collision near the sandringham estate in norfolk says no—one from the royal household has spoken to her. simonjones reports. the queen attends the sunday service at sandringham

sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy music chain hmv.you're shopping around for energy — gas, electricity — you'll get better value for money and service from a small energy supplier, according to the consumer charity which? they surveyed 8,000 energy users. the top five favourites were small suppliers. the big six — british gas, edf energy, eon, npower, scottish power and sse — in the bottom third. over the last ten years the uk has lost nearly 8000 pubs — around a fifth of all pubs nationally. however, there is a thin silver lining here in the form of community pubs. not a suge numbers of them, onlky 14 opened last year, only 14 opened last year, but they do have an impressive success rate 100% yet. none have failed so far. the plunkett foundation offer help and financial support through its more than a pub programme. harriet english is from the plunket foundation who carried out the research. while community pubs more successful than other pubs on the decline? they do every thing they can to engage the local community. when communitie

of course, we have out issues with a source, super drive, hmv. —— asos. it is tough out there.s that we're probably going to see a lot of profits down when a report of next month. and that was a problem for john lewis as well to a large degree, the probability was hit by people buying products but they were discounted? yes, john lewis has done well on fashion because it has now introduced its own brands so does not have to price match across other sectors, price matching hits its profits. bank is much forjoining us. growth in the uk's construction sector without a three—month low in december according to the index compiled by ihs market. this was despite the fast is rise in civil engineering businesses. your orders the pressure business work like shops and offices are behind this. and ministry deserving cause and for hmv before christmas, a debate was marred about the future of the entertainment industry. as you've been hearing new data today show that 32 million cds were sold in 2018, that is almost 100 million fewer than into thousand eight at ‘s. the growth of migratory is b

sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy music chain hmv. billing. the top five were small suppliers, with the big six — british gas, edf energy, eon, npower, scottishpower and sse — in the bottom third of the table. excuse my news reading, that is in the bottom third! china‘s economy is growing at it‘s slowest rate in almost three decades. in the last few hours the government said the world‘s second biggest economy grew by 6.6% last year. it comes amid a broder global slowdown and a trade war with the united states whose effects are starting to be felt. economic growth of 6.6% for the whole of 2018 was broadly in line with analysts expectations and is the slowest rate of expansion since 1990. but it fits in neatly with the government‘s target of growth of "around 6.5%". over the last decade china‘s growth has slowed as the government tries to more carefully manage the economy. in fact on friday the 2017 growth figure was revised down from 6.9% to 6.8%. the government in beijing is wary of too sharp a slowdown and announced a string of measu