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Ian King

@IanKingSky

Business Presenter, @SkyNews, business columnist, @thetimes & advisory board member, @AllianceMBS. Business Live is on Sky News at 1130 & 1630 UK time Mon-Fri

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Thanks to my guests this afternoon: Leeny Oberg of Marriott International; Nnamdi Emelifeonwu & Feargus MacDaeid of Definely and Bill Dinning of Waverton IM. Sky Business Live is now taking a brief break for the election campaign - but I'll still be popping up at various points. Stay tuned!

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Greg Clark has become the latest MP not to stand in the election. Here is my souvenir - now presumably a collector’s item - from his time as Business Secretary.

Greg Clark has become the latest MP not to stand in the election. Here is my souvenir - now presumably a collector’s item - from his time as Business Secretary.
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Fact check: yes, this is absolutely fantastic news, but - as is clearly stated in National Grid’s stock exchange announcement - the UK’s share of that investment is roughly £31.2billion (52%), with the other 48% being deployed in the US.

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Many thanks to my guests on this afternoon's edition of Sky Business Live: Amanda Blanc from Aviva plc; John Pettigrew from National Grid and Nigel Newton from Bloomsbury Books UK. No programme tomorrow morning due to the PO Inquiry but please join me again at 1630 BST.

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To everyone who has tuned into Sky News for Sky Business Live - please stick around. We’ll be on very shortly with three big name interviews you won’t want to miss.

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April UK CPI 2.3% - that will disappoint those who were looking for a bigger fall, the market consensus was 2.1%. And core CPI up 0.3% month on month - a reminder that inflation can often prove stickier than expected. Forget any hopes of a rate cut in June.

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Many thanks to my guests on this afternoon's edition of Sky Business Live: Victoria Cleland from Bank of England and Anna Macdonald. No morning edition tomorrow morning due to the PO Inquiry - many apologies to our regular viewers - so please join me again at 1630 BST tomorrow.

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Many thanks to my guests on this morning's Sky Business Live: Tom Steel from Kantar; John Collison from Stripe & jonathan from Assura. Please join me again for our next edition at 1630 BST when my guests will include Victoria Cleland from the Bank of England.

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Please join me for Sky Business Live in just over half an hour from now when my guests will include John Collison, co-founder of Stripe, one of America's most valuable private companies and one of the world's most exciting tech businesses. We're live on Sky News at 1130 BST.

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Many thanks to my guests on this morning's Sky Business Live: Neil Sorahan from Ryanair; Julia Hoggett from London Stock Exchange; Gerard Piqué from Kings League World & Russ Mould from AJ Bell. Please join me again tomorrow morning for our next edition at 1130 BST.

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Thanks to my guests on this afternoon's Sky Business Live: Mark Allan from @LandsecGroup; Colin Godfrey from Tritax Big Box; Ruth Mortimer from Advertising Week and Tineke Frikkee from Waverton Investment Management. Please join me again for our next edition on Monday at 1130 BST.

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Sincere apologies to viewers who have tuned in for Sky Business Live. We had some great guests lined up for you this morning. The good news is that we have recorded interviews with them which you will be able to watch in our afternoon edition at 1630 BST.

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Many thanks to all of my guests on this afternoon's edition of Sky Business Live: Richard Madden from DC Advisory; Mark Ashton from I(P)SWICH TOWN and Victoria Scholar from interactive investor (ii). Please join me again tomorrow morning for our next edition at 1130 BST.

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Many thanks to all of my guests on this morning's edition of Sky Business Live: Johan Lundgren from easyJet; Helen Gordon from Grainger plc; Lindsay James from Quilter and Steve Hare from Sage. Please join me again this afternoon for our next edition at 1630 BST.

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To everyone who has tuned into Sky News for Sky Business Live - we will be on once this Starmer event is over. We’ve a fantastic line up of guests for you this morning, including two FTSE-100 CEOs, so please stay tuned.

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Sincere apologies to those hoping to watch Sky Business Live this afternoon. We're off-air due to events in Slovakia. Please join me again tomorrow morning for our next edition at 1130 BST.

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Many thanks to my guests on this morning's edition of Sky Business Live: Robert Forrester; Laura Foll from Janus Henderson UK and Daniel Pell from Workday. Please join me again this afternoon for our next edition at 1630 BST.

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Many thanks to Shaun Morton from On the Beach and Luís Rodrigues from TAP Air Portugal for joining me on this afternoon's Sky Business Live. Apologies to viewers that we couldn't bring you the markets update and to Natasha Ebtehadj from Artemis who was all set to comment on them.

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Many thanks to my guests on this morning's Sky Business Live: Victoria Clarke from Santander UK Business; Agate Freimane from Norrsken; John Wynn-Evans from Investec and Odisseas Athanasiou from Lamda Development SA. Please join me again this afternoon for our next edition at 1630 BST.

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