As unemployment figures unexpectedly rose, Ian is joined by Raoul Ruparel, director of the Centre for Growth at Boston Consulting Group, to analyse what it means for the UK economy.

Expedia’s chief executive and vice chairman Peter Kern discusses how his company is using AI to help people decide where to go on holiday.

There’s more on the technology with Dr Rasmus Rothe, co-founder and chief technology officer at Merantix, to look into the impact it could have on the world and Tony Bates, chief executive of Genesys, who talks about how call centres are using AI.

Marion Laboure, macro strategist at Deutsche Bank, discusses payment trends and the rise of digital currencies – and the state of the steel industry’s scrutinised with Billington’s chief executive Mark Smith.

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