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Morning Money: Why are young women not taking up career’s in engineering?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Why are young women not taking up career’s in engineering?
The Women’s Engineering Society is celebrating National Women in Engineering Day. The UK has less than 10% of female engineering professionals, the lowest percentage in Europe. James Brydges has been hearing from Anusha Shah, Technical Director at the US based technical professional services firm, Jacobs, to find out why young women have not been keen to go for a career in the industry.
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James Brydges, Anusha Shah


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Morning Money: Homebase to be renamed Bunnings – but will this change their fortunes?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: Homebase to be renamed Bunnings – but will this change their fortunes?
Homebase is about to be renamed Bunnings, but will the struggling DIY retailer, now under Wesfarmers ownership, see its fortunes change? Branding expert Jennifer Janson joined Nigel Cassidy and Louise Cooper to discuss the rebranding.
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Louise Cooper, Jennifer Janson


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Morning Money: We may be busy at work, but are we productive?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: We may be busy at work, but are we productive?
It’s World Productivity Day and Leesman, the largest measure of workplace effectiveness, can reveal the biggest workplace and productivity inhibitors, including noise, natural light, temperature, air quality, not having enough space, and even the provision of tea and coffee! Chris Moriarty, Director of Leesman, joined to discuss the findings.
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Chris Moriarty


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Morning Money: Sales at Majestic Wine increase to £402.1 million in the year to March

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: Sales at Majestic Wine increase to £402.1 million in the year to March
Majestic Wine’s retail business Managing Director, John Colley, and Group Chief Financial Officer, James Crawford, joined Nigel Cassidy and Louise Cooper to discuss their company’s full year results to March 2016. After the recent acquisition of Naked Wines, how did the pair assess the performance and what does the future hold?
Guests:

Louise Cooper, John Colley, James Crawford


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Morning Money: Steve Darragh of Uprise launches their report on affordable housing in London, live on Share Radio

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Steve Darragh of Uprise launches their report on affordable housing in London, live on Share Radio
Steve Darragh, Director of affordable housing developer Uprise, launched their report on affordable housing in London. Uprise is an affordable housing developer using a commercial model to build additionality into London's housing stock. The report is compiled with the input and consensus of over one million Londoners. So what's wrong with the structure? What can be done? And how will it be spread to other cities?
Guests:

Steve Clarke, Rachel Winter, Steve Darragh


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Morning Money: Are firms reluctant to invest?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: Are firms reluctant to invest?
Growth is expected to slow to 4.1% this year, according to the latest ICAEW Economic Forecast for Q2. Stephen Ibbotson, Director of Business at the ICAEW, who are a leading organisation for chartered accountants in the UK, joined to looks at the numbers and discuss the implications it will have.
Guests:

Paul Sedgwick, Stephen Ibbotson


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Morning Money: What challenges do Uber pose to the car business?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: What challenges do Uber pose to the car business?
In France, Uber has been slapped with a £625,000 fine for running the illegal UberPop service using unlicensed drivers, and its arrival has challenged the cost base of taxi companies all over the world. In the UK, Addison Lee has responded by offering a new pay deal to drivers, and Catherine Faiers, Chief Operations Officer at Addison Lee, discussed this.
Guests:

Catherine Faiers, Paul Sedgwick


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Morning Money: Could 3D printing metals revolutionise manufacturing?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 6:00

Morning Money: Could 3D printing metals revolutionise manufacturing?
Plastic 3D printers have slipped into the public consciousness and are used by companies to print bespoke plastic parts - but what if the same could be done with complicated metal structures for use across industry and manufacturing? Matt Cox has been hearing from Dan Michaels, German Business Editor at the Wall Street Journal, who's recently written about the new industrial process.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Dan Michaels


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Morning Money: What did Charles Schwab’s Kully Samra make of Janet Yellen’s latest comments?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: What did Charles Schwab’s Kully Samra make of Janet Yellen’s latest comments?
Kully Samra, Managing Director at Charles Schwab, discussed the US economy ahead of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, after the recent non-farm data release. Janet Yellen, the Chair of the US Fed, said that the tone was “fundamentally solid, but laced with uncertainty”, in a speech in Philadelphia indicating that the next rate cut has been kicked further down the road.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Kully Samra


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Morning Money: What has made consumers more cheerful?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: What has made consumers more cheerful?
The latest spending data from Barclaycard shows that consumer spending jumped 3.6% in May, after weak figures in March and April. But what are the reasons behind this? Paul Lockstone, Managing Director from Barclaycard, joined to discuss.
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Chris Bailey, Paul Lockstone


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