yes, a very warm welcome to all the business news. and we start here in the uk, where skyrocketing inflation is causing big problems for retailers. just how big will be revealed in a few hours when we get those retail sales numbers forjuly. if we look back, sales fell 0.1% month on month injune, and that was a better than expected result as rising energy and fuel prices dented consumer confidence. now that inflation is topping 10%, the british independent retailers association is calling for 100% rates relief to be introduced for smaller retailers, and an energy price cap for businesses. let us get more. andrew goodacre, ceo, british independent retailers association. good morning. thank you for joining us. you are calling for the smaller retail, rate relief and an energy price for business in general. just talk about energy, energy prices have gone through the roof stop how much is it hurting our retailers? how much is it hurting our retailers? ,., ., ., , retailers? good m
just the latest marker in the rise of women s sports, but with fans and brands hungry for more, are the building blocks in place to fulfil all that potential? i will be discussing all that with the director of the english women s football association soccer to many of us. and a four time us olympic medal winner now running the sports innovation lab that focuses the spending focuses on the spending habits of women sports fans around the world. plus, levelling the playing field why is there such a difference in pay between men s and women s sport? when will that gap start closing? i ll find out from sophie goldschmidt, who has hammered out deals from basketball to rugby to golf and brought in equal prize money to the world of surfing. she s now the big boss of us ski and snowboard. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, a warm welcome to the show. women s sports is on the rise. here in the uk, the recent euro women s football championship drew record crowds at sta