Today Andy Silvester talks to Victoria Scholar, Head of Investment at Interactive Investor.

They go through Rishi Sunak's unveiling of a windfall tax today, the Fed's plans to hike rates by 50 basis points in June and July, Elon Musk's painfully slow acquisition of Twitter, and JD Sports founder and CEO Peter Cowgill's shock departure from the firm.

And in other business news: Ted Baker appears to be edging closer to a private equity takeover, transport group FirstGroup is considering a £1.2bn takeover bid from I Squared, and Nadine Dorries has launched a charter review of the BBC.

Today Andy Silvester talks to Victoria Scholar, Head of Investment at Interactive Investor.
They go through Rishi Sunak's unveiling of a windfall tax today, the Fed's plans to hike rates by 50 basis points in June and July, Elon Musk's painfully slow acquisition of Twitter, and JD Sports founder and CEO Peter Cowgill's shock departure from the firm.
And in other business news: Ted Baker appears to be edging closer to a private equity takeover, transport group FirstGroup is considering a &pound;1.2bn takeover bid from I Squared, and Nadine Dorries has launched a charter review of the BBC.

The City View is a new podcast from City A.M. - London's daily business and finance newspaper. City A.M. was launched 15 years ago under the strapline "business with personality" - and The City View podcast follows the same philosophy. Every day, City A.M. Editor Andy Silvester will open the podcast with a quick look at the headlines from the worlds of business, finance, economics and politics, before introducing his guest of the day. Guests will be industry leaders, economists, pundits, investors, journalists, politicians and senior figures from the City of London. Expect insight and analysis mixed with good conversation, humour and expertise as Andy and his guests attempt to make sense of the world in extraordinary times. 

The City View is a new podcast from City A.M. - London's daily business and finance newspaper. City A.M. was launched 15 years ago under the strapline "business with personality" - and The City View podcast follows the same philosophy. Every day, City A.M. Editor Andy Silvester will open the podcast with a quick look at the headlines from the worlds of business, finance, economics and politics, before introducing his guest of the day. Guests will be industry leaders, economists, pundits, investors, journalists, politicians and senior figures from the City of London. Expect insight and analysis mixed with good conversation, humour and expertise as Andy and his guests attempt to make sense of the world in extraordinary times.&nbsp;

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