The Business - 14/06/2009

Graham Stewart hosts a round table discussion live from The Gleneagles Hotel as world business leaders gather for the Forbes CEO Forum 2009. Robyn Meredith from Forbes explains why the publishing company chose Scotland as the location for its annual CEO conference. Erik Berglof, chief economist to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, tells us about the project financing his organisation provides to banks and businesses from central Europe to central Asia. There's an assessment of how the tiger economies of China and India are faring during this global recession with Philip Carmichael, president of the white goods manufacturer Haier Asia Pacific. The founder of Living Island Resorts, Kimberly Delape, talks about her Carribean resorts and how the high end of international tourism is holding up. And we find out what the hosting of this year's Forbes CEO Forum - and Homecoming 2009 in general - will do for Scotland's tourism industry. Caroline Packman, head of Visit Scotland's business tourism unit, shares her optimism.