''Business Today'' is a television business news programme produced by

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

and shown on

BBC News Channel BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...

and

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News ...

on weekdays. Each edition lasts 25minutes. The 05:30 edition is also seen on

and the 11:30 edition also airs on

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream ...

during their simulcasts of

. The main presenters of the programme are

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 ...

, Ben Thompson, Aaron Heslehurst,

Michelle Fleury Michelle Fleury (born 1971) is a journalist who is the BBC's New York business correspondent and a reporter for BBC World News. In 2019, she co-hosted the BBC News programme ''Beyond 100 Days'' with Christian Fraser while Katty Kay had a three mo ...

(New York) and Steve Lai (Singapore). Other business journalists act as relief presenters. This show was introduced to replace ''

World Business Report ''World Business Report'' is a television business news programme produced by BBC News and shown on BBC World News, the BBC News Channel and BBC One on weekdays. There are two editions broadcast each weekday, at 0530 and 0630 GMT as a result of t ...

'' and also

Asia Business Report ''Asia Business Report'' is a business news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News during the Asian morning hours. This programme used to be available exclusively in Asia-Pacific, South Asia and Middle East but, as of a 1 Fe ...

that has been run for almost 20-30 years. During the 14:30 segment the show is renamed ''Business Today - NYSE Opening Bell'', focussing on the

New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed ...

Programme details

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