''World Business Report'' is a television business news programme produced by

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and shown on

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, the

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and

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on weekdays. There are two editions broadcast each weekday, at 0530 and 0630 GMT as a result of the

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. Each edition lasts 25 minutes. The main presenter of the programme is

Sally Bundock Sally Elizabeth Bundock (née Jackson) (born 1972) is a British news presenter who presents ''The Briefing'' on BBC One, BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. She joined '' World Business Report'' in September 2002 and she presents its early mo ...

and Victoria Valentine.

Nancy Kacungira Nancy Kacungira (born 1986) is a Ugandan presenter and reporter at BBC News. She presented '' Focus on Africa'' from 2017 to January 2019 ''and World Business Report'' on BBC World News. After a stint presenting '' World News Today'' in August 2 ...

, Ben Thompson, Ben Boulos,

Samantha Simmonds Samantha Rose Simmonds (born ) is an English newsreader, television presenter and journalist. She was a news anchor for Sky News until July 2016. She returned to presenting for BBC News in March 2017. Early life Simmonds was born to an Iranian ...

, Aaron Heslehurst and

Alice Baxter Alice Baxter (née Hibbert) is a former English news presenter, who currently works for Equinor ASA. She previously presented ''The Briefing'' on BBC One, BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. She joined ''World Business Report'' in the summ ...

act as relief presenters. Other editions of World Business Report are shown on BBC World News at 0745 GMT, 1130GMT and 1430GMT. This is not simulcast with BBC News.

Presenters

Monday to Thursday *Morning (0530GMT, 0630GMT and 0745GMT) -

*Afternoon(1130GMT, 1430GMT) - Aaron Heslehurst Friday *Morning (0530GMT, 0630GMT and 0745GMT) - Victoria Valentine *Afternoon (1130GMT, 1430GMT) - Ben Boulos

Previous presenters

Paddy O'Connell Guy Patrick O'Connell (born 11 March 1966 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC. He presents BBC Radio 4's ''Broadcasting House'' programme each Sunday morning. He is also an occasional ...

Richard Quest Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business. He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-we ...

* Manisha Tank *

Juliette Foster Juliette Foster (born 11 February 1964) is a British journalist and television news presenter. After graduating from the University of Wales, Lampeter, she trained as a Radio Journalist at the London College of Printing. Her first job was as a fr ...

Sally Eden Sally Eden (1967–2016) was a British geographer and Professor of Human geography at the University of Hull. Scholarly contributions Eden’s research and writing focused on how society understands and manages the environment. It included iss ...

Sara Coburn Sara Coburn (born 25 December 1962 in Northern Ireland) is a journalist, and a business presenter on BBC Breakfast and the BBC News channel. Career Coburn joined the BBC in 1985. Her first role was as a reporter with BBC Radio 4's The Wor ...

* Owen Thomas *Susannah Streeter *Jamie Robertson

External links

BBC World Business Report

BBC World Business Report at IMDB.com

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