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The messaging app Slack will list in New York on Thursday valued at around $17bn. The company's chief executive Stewart Butterfield explains the origins of the software. We visit the offices of recruitment firm FouGen, where founder Sandy Idigbe talks us through how they make use of Slack. And Emily Barry of Market Watch explains how the type of direct listing the company is pursuing in New York actually works. Also in the programme, the House of Lords in the UK has held a hearing into European proposals to rename vegetarian burgers and sausages as discs and tubes, to prevent confusion with their meat-based alternatives. Lynne Elliott, chief executive of the Vegetarian Society tells us why she is so opposed to the move. Plus we hear about a project in New York aimed at reducing plastic waste, by encouraging consumers to reuse their containers.