Listen "Cost of living: Dresden, Germany"
Episode Synopsis
For the final episode of our cost of living series, the Business Daily team are in Dresden, a manufacturing powerhouse in the east of Germany. Leanna Byrne speaks to small business owners, students considering taking on extra paid work and a big manufacturing boss about how the rising cost of living is affecting them and their livelihoods.Detlef Neuhaus, the chief executive of one of Germany's biggest renewables companies - Solarwatt - tells us how the war in Ukraine has changed the mindset of some people when it comes to the value of renewable energy and how their manufacturing costs have gone up in recent months.Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Production: Izzy Greenfield and Alex Bell
Image: Dresden; Credit: Getty Images
Production: Izzy Greenfield and Alex Bell
Image: Dresden; Credit: Getty Images
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