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The Kaye Adams Programme: M&S, Working a Four-Day Week and Cat's Wee Day Out.

23/05/2018

M&S, Working a Four-Day Week and Cat's Wee Day Out.

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, M&S, Working a Four-Day Week and Cat's Wee Day Out.

What's gone wrong for Marks and Spencer? And should we all work a four-day week?

What's gone wrong for M&S? Would you pay someone to teach your child how to ride a bike? And should we all work a four-day week?

Marks and Spencer has suffered a steep drop in annual profits, after taking a big charge to cover the cost of closing stores.
The retailer's pre-tax profits fell by 62% to £66.8m from £176.4m in 2017. This follows the news that Marks and Spencer plans to close 100 stores by 2022 - two in Scotland.
What's gone wrong for M & S?

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4 DAY WEEK
We speak to Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark about why she thinks we need to change our 'living for the weekend' culture. Lorraine Gray is Operations Director at Pursuit Marketing who say they are the first company in Scotland to employ a 4 day working week. Dr. Rachel Findlay is a Chartered accountant and lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University.

GIRLS FOOTBALL 
Singer and TV talent show judge Rita Ora is backing a campaign with UEFA to get more girls into football. The aim of the European governing body is to make the beautiful game the number one sport for girls within five years. Is it time to take the gender out of sports? Suzanne Winters is a Former Scotland footballer and Donald Gillies is Head of Girls and Women's football at the Scottish FA.

CAT'S WEE DAY OOT 
On this week's wee day oot, Travel Writer Cat Harvey is taking us to Dunbar. David Anderson is from John Muir's Birthplace Museum.

REPEAL THE EIGHTH 
Ahead of the Irish Abortion Referendum on Friday we speak to Irish women living in Scotland on what it means for them. Ciara Kiely is a member of Scottish Irish Abortion Rights Campaign and also a practising doctor, Margaret Cuthill is a Councillor in Abortion Recovery and Lauren Walker, who lives in Scotland, is in Dublin campaigning with women who do have the vote

WWYDW
Would you pay someone to teach your child how to ride a bike? Gerardo Ballesteros is a Cycling Tutor from Rouken Glen Bike Hub and Alex Seechan is a Mum from Inverleven.

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