
World Business Report
Hosted by Bisi Adebayo and Ed Butler · BBC World Service
4.4from 1,041 ratings
- 1,377
- Episodes
- 1,299
- Transcribed
- 1,041
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About World Business Report
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Dec 2020
- Latest episode
- 4 Sept 2026
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1,299 of 1,377 episodes have a transcript.

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Volkswagen cuts 50,000 more jobs
Published 4 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It is as well to stay competitive in a global, very, very competitive market, especially against the light of the Chinese competition. And of course, after the last two years where Mr. Trump invented more tariffs, so the overall cost situation got worse. And this is why they had to move now. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 258 ratings
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- 4.4 / 5
- 783 ratings
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Bisi Adebayo and Ed Butler host the show. Published by BBC World Service.
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