{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/67c844847da2435a87ddca73?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"FTSE 100: Green shoots of growth for UK business","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1741177971915-60e587c3-07b1-4c12-a367-8b97c809d357.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The London Standard’s business editor, Jonathan Prynn, joins us to discuss <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/business/ftse-100-live-05-march-bluechip-index-tariffs-impact-stock-market-turbulence-london-shares-games-workshop-upgrade-de-la-rue-guidance-b1214712.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this year's remarkable rise in the&nbsp;FTSE 100</a>.&nbsp;For an hour or so, the City’s famous index of shares in leading British listed companies grew for the first time in history, above the 8900 mark.&nbsp;So, what has driven this sudden reappraisal of the UK and the London stock market?</p><p>In part two, we’re joined by award-winning children’s author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce to discuss this year’s London Book Fair, could AI write a better story?</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}