2017 is barely over, but our nation's business leaders are already thinking about the New Year and what it will bring. We ask nine of them to share their thoughts and predictions.

We're getting to the pointy end of the year and that means analyst firms, experts and Sybill Trelawney are turning their gaze to the future - 2018 to be precise. But, as well as looking at what the prognosticators at Gartner expect next year, let's see how they fared with their 2017 predictions.