Business Talk - February 3, 2009

WAS shadow chancellor Ed Balls right to call the treasury “cack-handed” in engineering the departure of RBS boss Stephen Hester? In this edition of the business programme from the Yorkshire Post, we speak to him in depth.

THE cost of resources and the impact of digital technologies on the labour market are among the barriers likely to prevent Western economies from returning to post-war growth rates, according to one of the best-known names in economics. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

A RESCUE plan for the Co-operative’s troubled banking arm has been unveiled in a bid to plug a £1.5 billion hole in its balance sheet. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

Yorkshire will be home to one of the largest renewable plants in the world when the £700m biomass project at Drax power station is complete, according to its operator. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

THE green shoots of recovery are finally sprouting, the outgoing Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King insisted this week. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

MANUFACTURERS are returning to Britain from overseas for cheaper transportation and the benefits of having suppliers closer to home. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

THE leading global manufacturer and distributor of the Raspberry Pi microcomputer has urged the Government to exploit the educational potential of the British invention and unleash the next generation of entrepreneurs. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

THE winners and losers of Yorkshire’s post-2010 economy are revealed in new jobs data which shows glaring disparities between different towns and cities across the region. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

SHE was the woman who changed Britain, but also divided it. Margaret Thatcher's legacy is felt as keenly in Yorkshire's coalfields as in its business centres, and in this week's programme, we take stock of what the Iron Lady left behind. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.

TRINITY Leeds, the huge new covered shopping complex in the heart of the city centre, has finally opened its doors - but will it revive the economy? Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.