Share Sounds. presented by Nigel Cassidy related to Economics - UK

Podcast Directory


Genre: Economics / Topic: UK
Presenter: Nigel Cassidy
Clear Selection

Nigel Cassidy

Are there alternatives to passporting rights for UK firms?

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Are there alternatives to passporting rights for UK firms?
UK financial firms are reportedly looking to relocate to Dublin following the Brexit vote with the Irish central bank reporting a sharp increase in the number of inquiries from UK-based firms. Other European cities including Frankfurt and Paris are also trying to grab UK firms which are worried about losing passporting rights which grants them the right to operate across the continent. Earlier Share Radio's Robert Van Egghen spoke to Barnabas Reynolds, head of the global financial institutions advisory & financial regulatory group at law firm Shearman & Sterling. In a new report Reynolds argues that there are other models for UK firms to follow, which offer advantages that passporting does not have.
Guests:

Paul Sedgwick, Barnabas Reynolds, Robert Van Egghen


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

Train fares in Britain to go up by 2.3% from January

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Train fares in Britain to go up by 2.3% from January
Train fares in Britain will go up by 2.3%, on average, from January the 2nd. The Rail Delivery Group says the vast majority of the cash gets pumped back in to running services. But campaign groups say some passengers are "finding themselves priced off the railways". Tony Miles, Contributing Editor from Rail Business Intelligence, joined Share Radio Breakfast to offer his reaction.
Guest:

Tony Miles


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

UK tech visa applications on the up – James Brydges looks into the driving demand

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

UK tech visa applications on the up – James Brydges looks into the driving demand
Applications from foreign workers who want to work in the UK tech industry have increased tenfold over the last year. It's after the government decided to relax the rules, allowing groups of coders to apply as a group rather than run the risk of being rejected individually. Tech City UK, the organisation that processes the visa applications, says applications had spiked since the Brexit referendum. James Brydges asked Oliver Smith, tech reporter at the Memo, and Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer at Starling bank, about what had been driving the demand.
Guests:

James Brydges, Oliver Smith, Megan Caywood


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

Royal Mint digital gold blockchain - a positive step forward?

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Royal Mint digital gold blockchain - a positive step forward?
The Mint, the only institution licensed to provide coins in the UK, has announced it will look at launching a digital gold offering, allowing users to trade the assets using a blockchain based system. So how will this new digital gold blockchain work? Share Radio's Matt Cox spoke to monetary innovation researcher Garrick Hileman to find out more.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, Garrick Hileman


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

How did digital technology solutions provider Kainos perform in its interim results?

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

How did digital technology solutions provider Kainos perform in its interim results?
Brendan Mooney, CEO of Kainos, joined Share Radio Breakfast to discuss the company’s latest interim results. Kainos is a UK-based provider of digital services and products for the public and private sector, and it does a lot of work with government through its digital services offering. So how did it perform and how is life as a listed company, having IPO’d in June 2015?
Guests:

Rachel Winter, Brendan Mooney


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

Safeway and Austin Reed to return to the high street – Richard Perks explained the comeback

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Safeway and Austin Reed to return to the high street – Richard Perks explained the comeback
Black Friday is on and bargain hunting shoppers may spend an estimated £2 billion trying to beat expected new year price rises. And according to the online retailing association IMRG, well over half the spend will be done online. So it might seem surprising to find that two old pre-internet age stores are being revived on the High Street. Safeway and Austin Reed are both staging a comeback, so Matt Cox has been hearing from Mintel’s Retail Analyst, Richard Perks, about the return of these old names.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Richard Perks


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

Chinese online travel agent Ctrip agrees to acquire Skyscanner

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Chinese online travel agent Ctrip agrees to acquire Skyscanner
Leading Chinese online travel agent Ctrip has agreed to acquire the price comparison site Skyscanner for approximately £1.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Skyscanner’s current management team will continue to manage its operations independently as part of the Ctrip group. Our correspondent in Scotland, Maurice Smith, has been looking into the deal.
Guests:

Paul Sedgwick, Maurice Smith


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

Alastair Douglas looks at the BBA's latest high street banking lending statistics

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Alastair Douglas looks at the BBA's latest high street banking lending statistics
Official figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) show that consumer credit expanded last month at the fastest pace in nearly ten years. Mortgage approvals meanwhile hit a five-month high. Alastair Douglas is the Chief of TotallyMoney.com, the price comparison site focusing on credit cards, loans and mortgages. Alastair has been digesting these latest borrowing trends and he joined Share Radio to delve into the findings.
Guests:

Paul Sedgwick, Alastair Douglas


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

Will this year’s Black Friday be the biggest yet? Fergal Gara of Amazon UK discussed

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Will this year’s Black Friday be the biggest yet? Fergal Gara of Amazon UK discussed
When it first crossed the Atlantic, Black Friday was a one day affair when we sat back in amusement watching punch-ups over cheap TVs. Now, hundreds of household name retailers are already dangling Black Friday carrots in front of our noses. Last year, amazon.co.uk sold more than 7.4 million items on the day at a rate of 86 items per second and are expecting to beat that this year. Fergal Gara is a Director of Amazon UK, and he joined Share Radio Breakfast to discuss the event.
Guests:

Paul Sedgwick, Fergal Gara


Published:
Nigel Cassidy

The ins and outs of The IFS’ analysis of the Autumn Statement – Matt Cox reports

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

The ins and outs of The IFS’ analysis of the Autumn Statement – Matt Cox reports
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on Thursday finished their annual analysis of the Autumn Statement, spending all night closely scouring the facts and figures to find out what the Chancellor is really saying. To get a grasp of the ins and outs of how the IFS saw the Autumn Statement, Matt Cox went along to the event to investigate.
Guest:

Matt Cox


Published: