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:00:00. > :00:00.This is Business Live from BBC News with Ben Thompson and Sally Bundock.

:00:07. > :00:16.Investors are looking for continuity. Bilby Central bank boss

:00:17. > :00:19.to liver? Live from London, that's our top

:00:20. > :00:34.story on Tuesday 4th October. India is a glimmer of hope

:00:35. > :00:37.in an uncertain global economy. We'll find out what's at stake

:00:38. > :00:40.when the central-bank governor It's quintessentially British,

:00:41. > :00:48.but it's got a new Asian owner. Cath Kidston is snapped up by a Hong

:00:49. > :00:57.Kong investment firm for $320m. And we'll have the latest

:00:58. > :00:59.from the markets as sterling It's now below the lowest point seen

:01:00. > :01:03.immediately after the But that's prompted the Ftse to open

:01:04. > :01:09.above 7,000 for the first We meet the man who says

:01:10. > :01:19.getting a new job is all about finding the perfect match

:01:20. > :01:21.for employers and employees. Have you used social media

:01:22. > :01:29.to help you find a job, or do you prefer the

:01:30. > :01:53.old-fashioned methods? Any job offers for us, use the

:01:54. > :01:55.hashtag! We do come as a pair! You get both of us, too for the price of

:01:56. > :01:57.one! We're starting today in India,

:01:58. > :01:59.where it's a big day for what is the world's

:02:00. > :02:01.fastest-growing major economy. The newly-appointed boss

:02:02. > :02:03.of its powerful central bank is getting ready to make his first

:02:04. > :02:06.policy decision since taking office. That will happen in a few hours,

:02:07. > :02:09.and it will be closely watched. That's because, as global growth

:02:10. > :02:12.stalls, India is seen as one of the few bright spots

:02:13. > :02:17.in an otherwise gloomy picture. In 2015, the Indian economy grew

:02:18. > :02:22.by 7.6% and now outstrips its great One of the factors behind India's

:02:23. > :02:28.development is the country's On average, India's population

:02:29. > :02:33.continues to get younger By 2050, the UN says it

:02:34. > :02:38.will have a working-age population of 1.1 billion people,

:02:39. > :02:41.that's over four times the size of the combined

:02:42. > :02:46.North American workforce. India may have cured the problem

:02:47. > :02:50.of runaway inflation, but concerns still remain that

:02:51. > :02:54.India's banks have bad debts, and that Prime Minister Narendra

:02:55. > :02:56.Modi's reform programme Russ Mould is with me now,

:02:57. > :03:17.he is investment director Then outlined some of the issues,

:03:18. > :03:20.but India is an enormous country with a huge population, there is so

:03:21. > :03:26.much going on. In terms of the central bank, will we see no change

:03:27. > :03:30.in rates? There is a strong feeling that if the new governor does not

:03:31. > :03:35.move today, there will be a cut in December. It is not just his

:03:36. > :03:41.decision now. We have got a six person committee deciding when --

:03:42. > :03:47.what the rates will be. That is interesting, because the previous

:03:48. > :03:53.central bank governor was seen as a rock star governor. Very

:03:54. > :03:58.opinionated! He did not line up with the reform programme. Disagreement

:03:59. > :04:02.there. What about this committee? It is not just about his choice. The

:04:03. > :04:11.previous governor only serve one term. Mr Patel was his deputy, so

:04:12. > :04:18.there is a degree of continuity. The other five governors have been hand

:04:19. > :04:24.packed by the administration, but the governor had the casting vote.

:04:25. > :04:29.There is some consistency, but Rajan was a loose cannon anyway. We have

:04:30. > :04:33.had two cuts in the last year and a bit, when disconnect could come?

:04:34. > :04:41.Inflation is pretty much bang on the target. I talked about a glimmer of

:04:42. > :04:48.hope, when it comes to India, the economic picture is very different.

:04:49. > :04:53.7% growth. It is a different prop. For the central bank, it is trying

:04:54. > :05:01.to manage the growth and manage the growing population in a way that

:05:02. > :05:07.other economies are. India ranked 130th in the ease of business

:05:08. > :05:11.report, right down there with... You not surrounded by economic

:05:12. > :05:15.luminaries. There are big challenges, which monetary policy

:05:16. > :05:19.will not be able to X on its own. How far can the reform programme be

:05:20. > :05:24.pushed? There have been some knobs and buttons on the way. The new boss

:05:25. > :05:30.of the reserve bank of Australia, his job today, they kept rates on

:05:31. > :05:34.hold there, but as all of these new chiefs, into play, there is a big

:05:35. > :05:40.debate about central bank action worldwide. He has a massive job on

:05:41. > :05:44.his hands, Glenn Stevens was not the rock star, but he saw 100

:05:45. > :05:49.consecutive quarters of GDP growth, so the newcomer has a big act to

:05:50. > :05:53.follow. No change there, but they are pricing in a rate cut within 12

:05:54. > :05:56.months. The fact we are talking about rate cuts is interesting, I

:05:57. > :06:02.was at a conference last week, somebody said there have been over

:06:03. > :06:08.670 cuts since 2008. Worldwide. Not just in Australia! We still talking

:06:09. > :06:12.about more and are still complaining about slow growth, things not

:06:13. > :06:18.meeting their so there is a debate, can monitor plus seat do it on its

:06:19. > :06:25.own? So that is why we look to for more fiscal stimulus. When we hear

:06:26. > :06:29.from the reserve bank of India, we will update you.

:06:30. > :06:31.I know you love a story about central banks. Someone has two!

:06:32. > :06:34.Tech giant Google is expected to launch two new smartphones later.

:06:35. > :06:37.Reports say that the Nexus smartphones will be replaced

:06:38. > :06:39.with the Pixel and Pixel XL, which will have more-powerful

:06:40. > :06:43.processors, better cameras and extended battery life.

:06:44. > :06:46.The launch event will take place in San Francisco.

:06:47. > :06:48.Google is also expected to launch a device to manage systems

:06:49. > :06:54.Samsung might be known for TVs and smartphones, but its push

:06:55. > :06:59.It's hoping to raise around $2 billion in what could be

:07:00. > :07:01.South Korea's third-largest ever public listing.

:07:02. > :07:07.The share sale will fund new research and help boost capacity.

:07:08. > :07:09.It comes as the firm's electronics division faces the mounting cost

:07:10. > :07:16.of recalling millions of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones over safety fears.

:07:17. > :07:18.There's been a setback for Republican Presidential

:07:19. > :07:23.His charitable foundation has been ordered to stop fundraising

:07:24. > :07:25.by New York's Attorney-General, who says it isn't

:07:26. > :07:30.A spokeswoman for Mr Trump says the move is politically motivated,

:07:31. > :07:32.since the Attorney-General is a Democrat.

:07:33. > :07:35.But it comes as Mr Trump grapples to regain ground

:07:36. > :07:38.after a New York Times report suggested he may have avoided paying

:07:39. > :07:54.Our page is dominated to a degree by what the pound sterling is doing and

:07:55. > :08:00.what the FTSE 100 is doing. This chart is of the pound sliding to a

:08:01. > :08:06.31 year low earlier today. As low as $1 27. This is off the back of

:08:07. > :08:14.concern about how this economy will fare once we have left the EU.

:08:15. > :08:19.Whether it is a hard or soft Brexit. From Ericsson, telling Swedish

:08:20. > :08:25.television that it will cut between three and 4000 jobs as part of its

:08:26. > :08:32.$1 billion global cost-cutting programme. The company has about

:08:33. > :08:36.116,000 staff right around the world, 15,000 of them are in Sweden.

:08:37. > :08:39.Reports coming in two 4000 jobs could go at Ericsson.

:08:40. > :08:42.Cath Kidston, the brand famous for its floral

:08:43. > :08:53.The British firm has 70% of its stores outside

:08:54. > :08:57.the UK, and is now eyeing big global expansion.

:08:58. > :09:01.Sarah Toms has the details from Singapore, because the new owner

:09:02. > :09:21.Yes, the company sells accessories and homeware, and it will expand in

:09:22. > :09:27.Asia. It has been taken over by a Hong Kong-based investment firm.

:09:28. > :09:32.Baring Private Equity paid an undisclosed sum, and it has

:09:33. > :09:36.identified Asia as the key market. 70% of the shops are outside the UK,

:09:37. > :09:44.and it already has 133 shops in Asia. It will be opening some -- one

:09:45. > :09:50.in India later this year. The firm took a stake in the company, seeing

:09:51. > :09:57.the potential for 100 stores in China, and the website at the moment

:09:58. > :10:01.only list one store in China. A city about 60 miles west of Shanghai. We

:10:02. > :10:09.might see some more cropping up in the not so distant future. One we

:10:10. > :10:14.will talk about a game soon. You saw some of the numbers there on

:10:15. > :10:21.the screen. A slightly stronger session, especially in Tokyo, backs

:10:22. > :10:23.to the rally from the banks. The weaker currency giving a boost to

:10:24. > :10:26.exporters. The pound has taken another turn

:10:27. > :10:28.for the worse. That's below the low point it hit

:10:29. > :10:33.immediately after the result of the EU referendum and the lowest

:10:34. > :10:41.level against the dollar since 1985. Deutsche Bank's shares back

:10:42. > :10:43.in the spotlight again today after the rally on Friday that saw

:10:44. > :10:57.a 14% swing in the share price. It swung the other way on those

:10:58. > :11:06.incorrect report. It saw some big moves last week. We

:11:07. > :11:20.will talk about that again. Republican Vice President shall

:11:21. > :11:24.nominate Mike pence and Tim Kane will hold their first and only

:11:25. > :11:31.debate at Longwood University in Virginia. It will be divided into

:11:32. > :11:36.nine segments, of approximately ten minutes each. International trade is

:11:37. > :11:39.likely to come up. While many tech businesses are migrating to the

:11:40. > :11:45.cloud, it seems Google is going the other way. They will be unveiling

:11:46. > :11:46.new devices at a San Francisco event, where it will launch the

:11:47. > :11:51.first smartphone that carries its first smartphone that carries its

:11:52. > :11:57.own brand. It is also likely to show off a home gadget that compete with

:11:58. > :12:01.Amazon's capital letter macro echo. Brazil's industrial data will show a

:12:02. > :12:05.drop of more than 3%. A decrease in car output is fuelling expectations

:12:06. > :12:09.the economy will not return to growth until the fourth quarter.

:12:10. > :12:11.Joining us is Tom Stephenson, who is director at Fidelity

:12:12. > :12:24.Give us your take on the pound sinking again and the FTSE 100

:12:25. > :12:30.rising, closing above 7000 for the first time in quite some time. They

:12:31. > :12:35.tend to move in opposite directions, because the FTSE 100 is a big

:12:36. > :12:39.international index with a lot of exporters and overseas earners, so

:12:40. > :12:42.as the pound weakens, and we are seeing it at its lowest since the

:12:43. > :12:46.mid-19 80s against the dollar, that is quite good news for big UK

:12:47. > :12:53.companies. I am not surprised to see the foot to 100 up, but it is close

:12:54. > :12:57.to its all-time high, just over 7100, so we are within 40 or 50

:12:58. > :13:04.points of that. A lot of people on both sides of the Brexit camp will

:13:05. > :13:08.seize on this, because some say the market is doing well, but there has

:13:09. > :13:13.been a massive devaluation of sterling, which makes things look

:13:14. > :13:17.better. There is lots to worry about, and that is why the pound

:13:18. > :13:21.sterling has fallen. We had this phoney war situation over the

:13:22. > :13:25.summer, when things have looked OK and people have pretended there is

:13:26. > :13:31.not a problem, but just naming the date, is to reason may did, has

:13:32. > :13:36.reminded people that from next March we have got a two-year period in

:13:37. > :13:39.which we have to rearrange our whole ownership with Europe, that will be

:13:40. > :13:44.very tight, and a lot of uncertainty. For small businesses

:13:45. > :13:47.exporting and importing, managing the next couple of years with

:13:48. > :13:55.sterling all over the place will be a headache. There are winners and

:13:56. > :14:00.losers. If you are importing goods, you are a retailer, it is a problem,

:14:01. > :14:04.because things become much more expensive as the pound weakens.

:14:05. > :14:10.There are definitely winners and losers. We will see you soon, some

:14:11. > :14:14.interesting stories to talk to you about later.

:14:15. > :14:18.Keep your comments come again about whether you have used social media.

:14:19. > :14:24.Lucy says most of her work came via Twitter. Roman, I found a job

:14:25. > :14:28.through a social network, better help has I had a friend who works at

:14:29. > :14:30.Facebook. Let us know whether you have used social media to find a

:14:31. > :14:31.job. We meet the man who wants to change

:14:32. > :14:38.the way we find and apply for jobs. And it's all about finding

:14:39. > :14:40.your perfect match. You're with Business Live from BBC

:14:41. > :14:47.News. Cake and sausage-roll giant Greggs

:14:48. > :15:01.has its figures out this But they are going into more

:15:02. > :15:09.healthier options. I don't see this. Andrew, the point

:15:10. > :15:13.of somewhere like there is you can get the pie or pasty or lunch, but

:15:14. > :15:17.they say that the future is healthy snacks.

:15:18. > :15:27.Indeed, the phrase they use is "Balances choices options." They

:15:28. > :15:30.have been doing salads and yoghurts and they have launched their autumn

:15:31. > :15:35.and winter options which will include a lot of bakes and soups,

:15:36. > :15:39.but the idea is lower calorie and more, if you like, healthy choices.

:15:40. > :15:44.The company says that it is very much been trading in line with

:15:45. > :15:49.expectations. Sales, total sales over the 13 weeks to the beginning

:15:50. > :15:56.of October up 5.6%. Like for like sales up 2.8%. A programme of shop

:15:57. > :16:01.openings going ahead, 103 so far this year with 58 closures. So

:16:02. > :16:05.clearly, the business is on a plan of expansion. Interesting to look at

:16:06. > :16:10.what happened to the share price since the referendum. Greggs, unlike

:16:11. > :16:14.some of those companies you were talking about now, is very much a UK

:16:15. > :16:17.consumer focussed company and there were concerns that the referendum

:16:18. > :16:21.result might hit consumer confidence and here we have the share price

:16:22. > :16:26.falling sharply in the aftermath of the vote. When those concerns about

:16:27. > :16:30.consumer confidence turned out to have no foundation so far, or little

:16:31. > :16:33.foundation so far, share prices recovered and we're almost up to the

:16:34. > :16:39.prereferendum levels of Greggs shares. Thank you very much indeed.

:16:40. > :16:43.Andrew Walker there from our business unit who when he arrived

:16:44. > :16:51.this morning, his backpack was full of fresh fruit. Into sign of any

:16:52. > :16:56.pasties. Not a sausage roll. There is a lot of quotes on our

:16:57. > :17:02.website from Prime Minister, Theresa May.

:17:03. > :17:07.Talking in more detail about the approach to Brexit talks. Every

:17:08. > :17:10.singing comment is being dissected. I loved her comments to the show

:17:11. > :17:13.this morning, asked what's the biggest surprise was as a new Prime

:17:14. > :17:23.Minister. What she was surprised by the job? Well, apparently it is the

:17:24. > :17:27.number of selfies. No one asked her when she was Home Secretary!

:17:28. > :17:37.India's Central Bank boss is getting ready to make his first

:17:38. > :17:39.major policy decision since his recent appointment.

:17:40. > :17:41.Investors will be watching for clues about the future

:17:42. > :17:46.direction of the world's fastest-growing major economy.

:17:47. > :17:51.A quick look at how markets are faring.

:17:52. > :17:57.The FTSE 100 stealing the headlines. Still above 7,000. Opened above

:17:58. > :18:03.7,000 for the first time in many months. A very weak pound causing

:18:04. > :18:08.shares to go higher. So as the exchange rate falls as the

:18:09. > :18:13.pound weakens, you can see the FTSE 100 strengthen there. Up 1%.

:18:14. > :18:15.Now, ever fancied a change of career?

:18:16. > :18:17.But don't really know where to start the job hunt?

:18:18. > :18:20.Well, our next guest says it's not just about your would-be

:18:21. > :18:26.The jobs website Jobbio says it's a career marketplace.

:18:27. > :18:28.Each company it hosts has a profile page where it

:18:29. > :18:39.Jobseekers then can connect with a company by following them

:18:40. > :18:41.opening up a two-way channel for both parties to "get

:18:42. > :18:44.Currently Jobbio has 3,000 companies using its platform including eBay,

:18:45. > :18:47.Airbnb, and Intel and operates in the US, UK and Ireland.

:18:48. > :18:50.Jobbio is hoping to double its workforce in the next year

:18:51. > :19:10.And US while also opening a Toronto hub.

:19:11. > :19:12.And it has just attracted new investment to the tune

:19:13. > :19:14.of $5.6million that will be used to expand the site,

:19:15. > :19:16.take on more staff and grow overseas.

:19:17. > :19:17.Stephen Quinn, founder and Chief Executive

:19:18. > :19:26.Your brother John, who can't be with us today is the other founder,

:19:27. > :19:33.isn't? He is indeed. He just became a dad. Is he watching? A two week

:19:34. > :19:37.old baby. Tell us about the website. You started this not long ago, I

:19:38. > :19:40.believe last year in Dublin and there are hundreds of recruitment

:19:41. > :19:45.websites out there. Why did you think it would be a good idea? I

:19:46. > :19:51.suppose when you look at space, there is lots going on, but actually

:19:52. > :19:56.the old world mechanisms are being used by companies on recruitment

:19:57. > :20:03.fees, a cost centre for businesses and we want to democratise the

:20:04. > :20:08.process. People should be able to look for a job and for a company to

:20:09. > :20:12.discover the right fit for them. It is about finding an employer that

:20:13. > :20:16.likes you and an employer you like. It is a two-way process. It sounds

:20:17. > :20:20.good in theory, how does it work in practise? Well, we did a lot of

:20:21. > :20:23.research into what people are looking for when they go to find a

:20:24. > :20:28.career that suits them. It is less about salary and more about ambition

:20:29. > :20:30.and career and you know the people they're working with, what they are

:20:31. > :20:35.doing day-to-day, where career progression and things like that and

:20:36. > :20:39.Jobbio allows you to show case your business in a way that can attract

:20:40. > :20:46.the most relevant person to the company. What is it in the firm? If

:20:47. > :20:49.you are getting the right person then turn over becomes less of a

:20:50. > :20:52.problem. If you get to market your brand to attract the right person to

:20:53. > :20:59.the role then a better fit often happens. Tell us how you make money?

:21:00. > :21:03.You mentioned that the high recruitment fees put employers off?

:21:04. > :21:07.Of course, yes. So it is a platform, it is a service model, you pay an

:21:08. > :21:11.annual subscription, you can start for as little as ?600 up to, it

:21:12. > :21:16.depends how many people you're connecting to. We don't charge for

:21:17. > :21:21.hire or job postings so you pay a fee to be on the platform, represent

:21:22. > :21:25.your company and the more people you connect to, the more you pay. The

:21:26. > :21:28.most companies you're working with at the moment are technology

:21:29. > :21:35.companies, but you've got a few in the leisure industry like big

:21:36. > :21:40.hotels? Yeah, the hospitality space and the technology space are the two

:21:41. > :21:44.took to us the quickest. They have more to show case, they are hiring,

:21:45. > :21:49.I suppose, both areas that are exploding. That's where the jobs

:21:50. > :21:53.are, that's where we're seeing it. An Irish business. I'm interested in

:21:54. > :21:56.your take on Brexit. We are talking about Theresa May setting a

:21:57. > :22:00.timetable now for when things might start happening. What does it mean

:22:01. > :22:04.for the jobs market and the number of people coming to the UK? We are

:22:05. > :22:08.all learning, but it is an economic reality now. The previous guest say

:22:09. > :22:14.there is a date in the diary now, the questions have ramped up for

:22:15. > :22:20.Theresa May apart from selfies, we are driven by our companies. Our

:22:21. > :22:23.customers are posting roles in countries across the world. They are

:22:24. > :22:27.still doing that and that hadn't changed. The funding to expand, you

:22:28. > :22:32.got after the Brexit vote? Just after it. It didn't change the

:22:33. > :22:35.investors minds. We're largely focussed on London. A lot of that

:22:36. > :22:38.funding, a lot of that investment will be in the UK. So that's very

:22:39. > :22:40.exciting. Interesting. Thank you very much indeed, Stephen for coming

:22:41. > :22:44.in. Thank you for having me. In a moment we'll take a look

:22:45. > :22:47.through the Business Pages but first here's a quick reminder of how

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:23:09. > :23:12.on Facebook at: Business Live on TV and online

:23:13. > :23:33.whenever you need to know. We asked you if you would use social

:23:34. > :23:42.media or the internet to get a job. A viewer says we have used social

:23:43. > :23:49.media to recruit. Another viewer says, "I prefer to use the old

:23:50. > :23:52.methods." Handwritten with an ink pen.

:23:53. > :23:57.Tom Stephenson, Director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment joins us again.

:23:58. > :24:07.How did you apply for your jobs? I never used social media. A nice

:24:08. > :24:14.fountain pen. Is there a feeling that it is still the old boys

:24:15. > :24:19.network, it is a friend of a friend is that how it works? I look at the

:24:20. > :24:23.quality of the graduates we get in our business and I can't believe how

:24:24. > :24:27.good they are. They are more impressive than people of my

:24:28. > :24:30.generation! It is true, it is still true nonetheless that it is helpful

:24:31. > :24:34.to know the right people to get that foot in the door. That's key. I

:24:35. > :24:39.would agree with you on that one. Let's have a look at this story

:24:40. > :24:44.which is really interesting. There has been the launch of the movie

:24:45. > :24:48.that covers the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP's incredible oil spill

:24:49. > :24:51.of some years ago. I remember it well, so do you Ben, we covered it

:24:52. > :24:57.every twist and turn. It was a great story. This is suggesting about

:24:58. > :25:01.whether Hollywood, it loves to portray big business, but bash

:25:02. > :25:08.capitalism because it is an easy whipping boy, sometimes. Well, it is

:25:09. > :25:12.and we have seen lots of films over the years that bashed big business.

:25:13. > :25:15.This has a combination of big business and the sort of towering

:25:16. > :25:20.inferno disaster movie as well. If you can put those two together,

:25:21. > :25:23.that's an attractive proposition because the trouble with a lot of

:25:24. > :25:26.these films about the financial disaster, it is difficult to

:25:27. > :25:29.explain, but when an oil rig is going up in flames, that's not

:25:30. > :25:35.difficult to explain. It is great film making. On this article, as

:25:36. > :25:41.well, it has the trailer from The Big Short and I think about the

:25:42. > :25:43.Steve Jobs film as well. There is so many films that are about

:25:44. > :25:49.significant stories in business. Tom, thank you for coming in today.

:25:50. > :25:54.Thank you for your company. Tomorrow, Sally and I will be back

:25:55. > :26:05.unless you want to send us a job. See you soon. Bye-bye.

:26:06. > :26:13.Hello there. Good morning. Our weather in just a moment. First of

:26:14. > :26:15.all an update an Hurricane Matthew sitting out in the Caribbean heading

:26:16. > :26:16.northwards.