they will have all the day's news, business and sport. stay with us on bbc news.. the latest headlines: heavy snowfall and strong winds have led to the deaths of more than 1a people across europe. there are avalanche alerts for parts of austria and the alps. 0pposition leader felix tshisekedi has been declared the winner in the democratic republic of congo's tightly contested presidential election. mike pompeo is in the middle east. he is expected to deliver a speech in cairo later today. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the guardian which refers to theresa may's increasingly "boxed in" position after losing a second parliamentary vote this week. she must now provide a plan b within 3 days should her deal be voted down on tuesday. 0n the front page of the japan times is an article onjapan‘s stake in brexit. prime minister shinzo abe meets with mrs may today and is expected to publically support her efforts but also to urge her to do everything she can to prevent no—deal brexit, which co

any other new business? okay. do we have any public comment for item number 10, new business? seeing none on item 10, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: sf gov please show the office of small business slide. >> commissioner: okay. so it is our custom to begin and end each commission that it's the only place to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when have you questions about what to do next. all you need to do is find us online or in person here at city hall and our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters start here at the office of small business. next item, please. >> clerk: item 11, adjournment action item. >> commissioner: i would like to move to adjourn this meeting in honor of peter mcg

is there any members of the public that would like to suggest any new business? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: sfgovtv, please show the office of small business slide. >> president adams: okay. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. and the san francisco small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. thank you. >> clerk: item ten, adjournment. action item. >> i move. >> i second. >> president adams: all in favor? [voting] >> president adams: meeting adjourned. thank you. >> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people

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any other new business? >> any other new business? i want to thank you and the staff for a great year. it has been challenging but a great year. thank you so much and happy holidays for everyone. >> motion to adjourn. >> motion to adjourn in the memory of bernie mcdonald and mayor lee. all in favor. meeting adjourned. >> merry christmas. >> a big warm welcome, as you are all here and gathered to

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news. business briefing is next. hello there. of eastern england on tuesday. the winds will still be a feature of the weather on wednesday, squeezing between this area of low pressure in the east and this area of high pressure building in from the west, that the winds will not be quite as strong at this stage. still feeling chilly across the eastern half of the uk but further north—west, something a little milder starting to show its hand. with that, some extra cloud into northern ireland and western scotland as the date wears on, eventually the odd spot of rain. elsewhere, a lot of sunshine that. he is a closer look at wednesday afternoon's weather. you can see this frontal system bringing some patchy rain in the north—west scotla nd some patchy rain in the north—west scotland and mildly, nine degrees for stornoway. some sunshine from aberdeen down to edinburgh and glasgow. —— here. again, maybe the odd splash of rain here. just a spec winter showers for some eastern coastal areas, whether wind will still be quite brisk. tempera

any other new business? >> any other new business? i want to thank you and the staff for a great year. it has been challenging but a great year. thank you so much and happy holidays for everyone. >> motion to adjourn. >> motion to adjourn in the memory of bernie mcdonald and mayor lee. all in favor. meeting adjourned. >> merry christmas. >> for tuesday, december 18. miss dowd, would you please read the roll. >> clerk: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: you do have a quorum. >> just a note for the audience, we don't have ms. boomer today. >> clerk: item three, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. please be aware that use of cell phones, pagers, or other sound producing electronic device is prohibited. please know when these devices set on vibrate do cause microphone interference, so please turn them off. number three, approval of the december 4, 2018 regular meeting. >> thank you. do i have any public comment on the minutes? no? seeing none, public comment closed. do i have a motion to approve in. >> so mo

that's all the business news. i will be back with more later in the afternoon.man who has been in it iranianjailsince british iranian woman who has been in it iranian jail since thousands 16 and has begun a hunger strike since he was denied medical treatment. retweets from the foreign secretary say: he says he will also meet her husband and they all have nazanin high in their thoughts. for decades the australian island of tasmania was considered a cultural backwater, with little to offer the outside world. but in recent years its reputation has been transformed, bringing a record number of tourists and a property boom. as our correspondent, hywel griffith has been finding out, the capital hobart has now become australia's least affordable city. weird or wonderful? tasmania it seems can be both. mona, the museum of old and new art plays on the island's reputation. the galleries feel more like a nightclub. in eight years it has made hobart genuinely cool and drawn visitors from around the world. we have perhaps opened up that box of curiosities that allows tasmani

but the new businesses have struggled.nd the new building and its remodel has the company $1.5 million in debt. >> i got to take from paul to pay peter and move this down here and tfinagle everything >> if they can't find a way to pay down their debt, this company will become unstitched when i go into artistic stitch, i see racks of clothing, but behind the racks of clothing, i see basketball courts. >>> when i go into artistic stitch, i see racks of clothing. but behind the racks of clothing, i see basketball courts and i look to the right and see an italian restaurant. i feel like i just entered the world's weirdest minimall. their primary business looks like it's shoved in the corner it's an unusual setup to say the least. how you doing? i'm marcus >> fabio nice to meet you >> you doing a big job >> we got jobs. >> sthast really good. >> it's amazing. the machines are amazing >> how long have you been doing this >> 18 years. >> are you a one-man band? >> i am. sometimes it's overwhelming. >> hi, marcus. sal. i'm one of

an entrepreneur with capital gains can find a new business and attract nary a university to bring cutting edge technology from the classroom to the lab to the global marketplace. [no audio] -- subsidiary to build a new production line in a multi-grisons to take advantage -- multi-acre zone to take advantage of tax incentives. a fulfillment company can joint venture to build a new warehouse and logistics facility and a tract near the interstate to better meet customer demand for next day delivery. a real estate developer can establish a partnership with local investors -- [no audio] -- that will enhance the livability of our cities and towns. we are particularly proud of the opportunity zones executive's -- incentives to ensure capital is not only employed in our country, but in a way that will achieve results. by restoring the promise of prosperity in committees of people left behind. we plan to issue a second set of opportunity zone proposed regulations that will provide additional certainty for business and investors. we will clarify, as we've indicated in the press, income is not the s

is coming up at six o'clock with charlie stayt and naga munchetty — they'll have all the day's news, business briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: a tearful andy murray has told reporters next week's australian open could be his last tournament — he said he was in too much pain after hip surgery. the german chancellor angela merkel has praised her greek counterpart alexis tsipras for leading his country out of a very difficult period after nine years of austerity. at least 16 people have been killed in severe winter weather in parts of central and eastern europe. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. and — as so often — we start with brexit. namely, a story in the guardian, which quotes the confederation of british industry — or cbi. it says a no—deal brexit could have profound economic consequences with the uk's gdp shrinking by up to 8% — putting thousands ofjobs at risk. next we turn to gulf news, which is reporting on mike pompeo's tour of the region. in a speech in cairo, the us secretary of state said america was deter

any other new business? >> any other new business? i want to thank you and the staff for a great year. it has been challenging but a great year. thank you so much and happy holidays for everyone. >> motion to adjourn. >> motion to adjourn in the memory of bernie mcdonald and mayor lee. all in favor. meeting adjourned. >> merry christmas. >> commissioner mcdonald has an excused absence pick we welcome you but we ask you turn off any sound producing devices that may go off during the meeting, please. we would ask that you take any secondary conversations outside to. if you would like to speak on an item today, we request but do not require that you complete a blue card. how many minutes per each item today? >> how many people here intend to speak to the commission, by rays of hand? okay. we will do two minutes per. >> okay. each person will have two minutes to speak on each item today for public comment. please, some of you may not have been here before, but a couple of things when you speak, please speak into the microphone microphone.

you're with business live from bbc news. ate around brexit continues, british businesses are preparing for the uk to leave the eu, in exactly 80 days. one of the key economic sectors that would be affected is food and drink. nina warhurst has travelled to manchester's new smithfield wholesale market this morning and sent us this report. this is smithfield market, one of the north of england's biggest food trading markets. have a look here. we have pavarottis potatoes imported from italy, pearls potatoes from lincolnshire and of course in a few short weeks we get to find out whether the prices, the import costs, of these potatoes from italy are set to change. what are businesses across food retail doing to prepare? in your opinion how is preparation going? i think for big companies preparations are really fairly very far advanced. i've got a lot of members who are really a very very long way down the preparation route. but they are devoting a lot of resource to it so one of my businesses typically is devoting 10% of its sales

statistics between twenty fourteen and twenty twenty four the number of jobs available in the news business will shrink we will see a nine percent loss for all reporters and correspondents positions five percent loss for editors and a shocking nine percent loss for digital reporters and correspondents and this week those estimates are ringing true as a number of major publications and their parent companies and now in staffing cuts buzz feed which is still in the headlines after one of its reports recently was discredited by a special prosecutor muller and his investigation announced it would cut fifteen percent of its staff for around two hundred twenty people this came just one day after verizon media announced plans to layoff seven percent of its staff from horizon media companies such as affected post a.o.l. and yahoo last but not least newspaper giant gannett. is letting go or offering early retirement buyouts to some of their most senior staff including a pulitzer prize winner but what is destroying journalism while the establishment media would tell you that it's trump's fault that w

news. thank you for watching. stay with us. the businessany parts of the uk spent today plagued by cloud. pretty grey skies overhead and many places holding the cloud through the night. the cloud has been trapped under this very slow—moving area of high pressure. this is in no mood to move whatsoever. areas of cloud circulating around it and that is what we continue to see through the rest of the night. that cloud feeding its way in across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. further south i think there isa england. further south i think there is a greater chance we will see the skies squaring a little bit, and whether cloud does clear, those places will see some frost and fog. so potentially some dense fog patches forming for the midlands, east wales, central and southern england through the early hours of friday. north and west, cloud around the area of high pressure. something a little milderfor the north—western corner. for eastern scotland, central and eastern wales and central and southern england, here quite a widespread

business commission with a reminder of the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business here in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online, or in person here at city hall. best of all, all of our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policy that affects the economy --dash economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. >> item one is called to order and roll call. [♪] >> mr president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. next item, please. >> it allows members of the public to comment gingerly on the matters that are within the jurisdiction of the small business commission, but not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items for the commission 's consider -- future consideration. >> are there

business briefing. i'm maryam moshiri. new year nosedive — wall street slumps as fears grow for the health of the world economy. plus, capitol spending freeze — the budget stalemate in washington continues, but how much damage is it doing? taking a look at those markets. the nikkei plunges on its first trading day after the holidays following that 660—point slump on the dow. but news that trade talks will resume between china and the us is lightening the mood a little. we'll have the details for you in a moment. we start on wall street, because after a brief respite over the holiday period, fear has returned. apple's warning about its business in china helped to trigger steep falls in the main stock market indices. the dow closing down 2.8% and the tech—heavy nasdaq off 3.1%. it's another piece of evidence pointing to a looming slowdown in the world economy, or even a recession, as michelle fleury reports from new york. for wall street investors, thursday was yet another day they would rather forget. the dow jones industrial a

the new business is a joint effort by french financial startup to pluck and the association of tobacco retailers around four thousand stores are already on board and many more are expected to take part to play it hopes to help it cohen recover from its collapse in the last year a lot of people now know and for why are interested in bitcoin but don't know how to buy it even online it's quite complicated even if even a bit coin concept and luck chain is quite complicated and then buying or or purchasing vetoing is if it's another step off of complication store owners are also banking on the new business they hope bitcoin can help make up for diminishing tobacco sales. it's a profit is a we already sell a lot of other things apart from tobacco we do money transfers we sell a lot of telephone related stuff we sell credit to buy things on amazon or other shopping websites and i think big coin goes well with the products we already offer people position of course making big coins more accessible does not automatically mean that they will become more acceptable to skeptics of digital currenci

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the social entrepreneurs who are also in davos to discuss new business models with experts working together rather than at cross purposes that's what indian social entrepreneur neil i'm cheap come here to emphasize in the new social order collaboration is going to be the key word and globally collaborating social enterprises are going to make the change the vision of a feral world and the need to work towards common goals ideas and also found a voice in davos. during w a s week complete strangers stop muhammad how someone like on the street to ask his opinion and experience is unfamiliar as the freezing weather conditions mom and her son came here straight from a refugee camp in kenya a world away from the upscale ski resort of davos. the suffering we have is the stuff of living without hope and certainty not to knowing where i will be i don't have a passport i don't have documents i don't have an identity. his home is the kakuma refugee camp in north western kenya on the border to south sudan he shares it with one hundred eighty five thousand other refugees the residents need special permi

you know what kinds of people are needed for new businesses expanding in your communities, and you probably know a few folks with additional education could thrive in some of those jobs. you all want your communities to grow and prosper. so you must play the important role of bringing together education and industry. that demands a rethink. i talked a lot lately about re-think. some ask why that's necessary. well, education is the least disrupted industry in america. and let's not kid ourselves. it is an industry. the one-size-fits-all approach is a mismatch for too many kids. every student is different and therefore learns differently. and education is too siloed. pre-k, community college, i read, etc., etc. the rest of the world is not siloed. so by re-think, i mean this. everyone question everything to ensure every -- nothing limits students for being prepared to what comes next. you may ask, who is everyone? well, everyone is everyone. students themselves, students of every age, parents, grandparents, educators, safe leaders, business leaders, servicemen and women, workers of every kind

so when people are doing everything they can do find new uses, does the small business commission have some recommendations as to how we and bic can really assist more greatly in making it easier for new small businesses to come in, whether they be temporary uses, whether they be, you know, expansions of existing businesses? you know, when we talk about properties being vacant, you know, clearly, we know sometimes the approval process takes a very, very long time, and you can have an interested tenant, but it's a vacant property. do you have some suggestions where we as a commission can work with you and your constituents to incentivize the positive things that we all care so much about. >> right. so supervisor fewer has built into the ordinance having d.b.i. with oewd do a reach out to the registered property owners. so for those that may need some help or assistance in finding tenants, with the new planning changes for allowing new popups or flexible use spaces, then, we can work with the property owner to help sort of kind of bring different entities together to perhaps fill the spa

streamlined permitting for new businesses, and the accessible business entrance program to curb drive-bywsuits and increased access for individuals with disability. what we forgot is when you worked with carmen to, you did, every may, the free waving of the overhead banners for businesses and i know you are part of that because you spoke in our commission about that. further supervisor tang's activity, active engagement of her promotion and small businesses exemplifies her passion and dedication. it is for these reasons that the small business commission is proud to recognize supervisor katy tang for her contributions as a dedicated city representative for the people of san francisco and its small businesses. thank you. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> i will give you this and this >> thank you so much. >> it is all up to you now. >> thank you. >> do you want to say anything? >> thank you so much. i didn't know you did honouring here at the commission, but i want to say i am so appreciative if money were never a concern of mine, people ask me what i would do, i would say, i wish i could

you know what kinds of people are needed for new businesses opening or expanding communities and probably a few folks with additional education could thrive in some of those jobs. you all want your communities to grow and prosper. so, you must play the important role of bringing together education and industry. that demands a rethink. i've talked a lot lately about rethink. some ask why that's necessary. education is the least disrupt did industry in america. let's not kid ourselves, it is an industry. the mismatch for too many kids. every student is different and therefore learns differently. education is to sideload. pre-k, k-12, cte, community college, higher ed, etc. the rest of the world is not sideload. so, by rethink i mean this. everyone questioned everything to ensure nothing limits students from being prepared for what comes next. everyone is everyone. students themselves. students of every age. parents, grandparents, educators, readers, community leaders, workers of every kind elected officials, everyone. what is everything? everything is everything. where, when, how, what and

news. let's go to asia now — and chinese telecoms giant huawei has said sales at its consumer business hit phones. rico hizon is following the story. a different tie today. yesterday you are wearing a tie with doughnuts on it. today, it's more of a paisley pattern. you are absolutely right and i'm sure you love it. i have a thing about tyres, and you know it. let us talk about huawei. consumer business hit by a new record last year. good news, at least, for the chinese helicopter giant. smiling from ear to ear, $52 billion in consumer sales. that is a lot of smartphone sales. that is a lot of smartphone sales. a record, despite those revenues. huawei continues to face heightened global security concerns over its relationship with china's government and us— that allegation devices could be used by beijing. the company could never do anything to harm customers. its allies, including australia and new zealand, have restricted while a's message. at the request of the us. the bottom line, huawei is making money. as we know, that's all that matters. now let's brief you on some other business stor

please. >> each small business commission meeting, small business is the only place to start a new business in san francisco. the san francisco small business commission is the official area to voice your concerns. next item. >> i would like to adjourn tonight's meeting and honour our member who passed away a year ago. it is hard to believe it has been a year. >> second. >> i have a motion by the commissioner and seconded. all in favour? opposed? motion passes. 5-0. with two absent. and the meeting is adjourned at 7:00. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. >> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was somethi

news. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news.t deadlock. millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for ‘settled status‘ from today — allowing them to continue living and working here after brexit. the government is planning to change the law to give domestic abuse victims more protection. now for a look at your business news. china has announced it slowest growth since 1990 — it's significant becasue remember it's the world's second largest economy so it's sparked worries about a wider global slowdown. it grew by 6.6% in 2018. the official figures were released today. sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy music chain hmv. the music retailer collapsed last month, the second time it's gone into administration 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 s

in regards to legacy businesses, rick and i are scheduled meet beings with the new supervisors and to inform them and their staff about the legacy business program and how to nominate and we'll be providing them with a list of businesses that are in the business registration that are 30 years and older. and want to let you know of a situation that has occurred regarding massage. there is one building in the mission that has wide a few massage practitioners and it's not zoned for that that. so d.p.h. went in and had to inform all the individuals they're not operating and so we have -- >> commissioner: 23rd and mission? >> clerk: >> the active space building. supervisor ronen reached out to me to see what was happening and i did a meeting with d.p.h. and planning the number and supervisor ronen is concerned about putting these businesses out of work immediately and is looking at pathways but it's going to be a pretty complicated process. it may be a good time for us to revisit the zoning codes as when that legislation was before you in 2014, 2015 the commission did identify the fact tha

matters of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. first 5a.pproval of minutes from november 6, 2018. madam chair. >> madam secretary do you have any speaker cards for this item? >> no speaker cards. >> since there is no request i will close public comment. now, i turn to my commission members for comments and questions. do i have a motion to apbrief the minutes? moved by commissioner bustos seconded by commissioner scott. roll call. >> please announce your vote. (roll call). >> it is four ayes and one absent. >> the item carries. >> next is item 5b election of chair and vice chair for discussion and action. >> fellow commissioners, we have before us election of chair and vice chair. first we will elect the chair. do we have any nominations for chair? yes, commissioner bustos. >> i would like to nominate our current chair, commissioner mondejar. >> i would like to nominate our chair as well. >> i would like to nominate our chair as well. >> thank you. any other nominations for chair? nominations for the chair is closed. any members of the publi

improve their lives by keeping more of their hard-earned wages, taking the chance of starting a new business or continuing to expand an existing one, in short building an opportunity. i invite my colleagues to join