City week

Title

City week

Genre

Interview; Speech; Discussion; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:24:41

Description

City Week. A review of the week’s news as seen by IRN’s Financial Unit, hosted by Douglas Moffitt and Tom Maddocks. Topics covered include: financial support for firms involved in industrial disputes; the Government’s sale of British Petroleum; computer technology; British language aptitude and effect on foreign trade. Speakers include: Dick Grace, Conti Commodities; Sir John Methven, Confederation of British Industry; Geoffrey Howe, Chancellor; Jerry Culvert(?), Financial Weekly; John Silkin, Labour industry spokesman; John Anderson, Portable Business Machines; Michael Hicks Beach, Royal Society for the Arts; Nigel Bryant, Inbucon. Reporters include: Vivian White; Robin Jackson. Studio engineer is Alvin Fuggle.

Contributors

John Methven; John Silkin; Geoffrey Howe; Vivian White; Tom Maddocks; Douglas Moffitt; John Anderson; Dick Grace; Robin Jackson; Jerry Culvert(?); Alvin Fuggle; Michael Hicks Beach; Nigel Bryant

Keywords

Budgets; Trade unions; Reports; Government; Labour Party; Exports; Prices; Inflation; Taxation; Economics; Conservative Party; Monetary policy; Business; Exchange rates; Surveys; Economic policy; Finance; International trade; Foreign exchange; Computers; Foreign aid; Economic forecasting; Currencies; Costs; Economic statistics; Financial markets; Sudan; Commodities; Languages

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