Now We Are Ten

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The Bottom Line first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006. At the time, Tony Blair was Prime Minister, interest rates were 4.5%, petrol was 90 pence a litre and a first class stamp cost 32p (half today's price). In a special edition, to mark ten years since the programme came on air, Evan Davis and guests discuss some of the big changes that have happened in the past decade, including: the global recession, record high and record low oil prices, a technology boom and China's extraordinary economic growth. How have businesses adapted to the changing world? Guests: Nicola Horlick, CEO, Money & Co Sir Ian Cheshire, Chairman, Debenhams Nicola Shaw, CEO, HS1 Ken Olisa, Founder and Chairman, Restoration Partners Producer: Sally Abrahams.