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Is insurance heading towards a digital transformation?

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

Is insurance heading towards a digital transformation?
It seems that in spite of the UK's leadership in so many financial and techie areas, it's taking a long time to drag insurance into the cloud-based, digital age. It could be because of regulation and worries about security but insurance remains a very traditional industry with much processing and record-taking still carried out on paper. Unsurprisingly, the financial service technology provider FIS wants to change all this. It has just asked 500 global insurance companies about their attitudes to industry innovation. Share Radio's Presenter Nigel Cassidy spoke to Martin Sarjeant, Risk Solutions Chief at FIS, to find out more
Guests:

Emma Wall, Martin Sarjeant


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Nigel Cassidy

Does the UK need to focus more on local infrastructure?

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

Does the UK need to focus more on local infrastructure?
As projects like Crossrail and HS2 are going ahead, some analysts are expecting an array of further building projects to be announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond, setting bigger budgets for local infrastructure in this week's Autumn Statement. Share Radio's Matt Cox spoke to Richard Threlfall, Partner and UK Sector Head for Infrastructure, Building and Construction at KPMG, who started by explaining why people are eyeing local infrastructure so closely.
Guests:

Emma Wall, Richard Threlfall


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Nigel Cassidy

Could Brexit affect the freedom of movement of UK airlines?

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Could Brexit affect the freedom of movement of UK airlines?
There was a slide in pre-tax profits from EasyJet yesterday. Airlines are concerned the triggering of Article 50, the mechanism which formally starts Brexit negotiations with Brussels, could put the Open Skies agreement at risk. Carriers such as Ryanair and IAG, the owner of British Airrways, have urged the UK government to preserve the agreement, or otherwise, risk hurting UK airlines. Share Radio's Matt Cox heard from Aviation Industry Commentator Julian Bray to find out more about Open Skies and why there is so much concern.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, Julian Bray, Matt Cox


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Nigel Cassidy

Is cyber crime outpacing the UK's response?

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Is cyber crime outpacing the UK's response?
Experts in the field of cyber crime will gather today at the Cyber Security Summit in London to debate the biggest threats towards Britain and businesses. To find out more, Share Radio's Matt Cox spoke to Cal Leeming - he became the UK's youngest convicted hacker, arrested when he was just 12 years old. Leeming is now a security advisor, and has spent the last eight years working as a software engineer and systems architect in Silicon Valley.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, Matt Cox, Cal Leeming


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Nigel Cassidy

Counterfeit goods on the rise in run-up to Christmas

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Counterfeit goods on the rise in run-up to Christmas
As Amazon said last week, mountains of fake products have been damaging legitimate music sellers. The rising tide of fake goods can only hurt the high street, cutting into retail profits as customers look for cheap deals to cut their Christmas shopping bills. Share Radio's Matt Cox has been hearing from Phil Lewis, who is a strategy advisor to the US-based Anti-Counterfeiting Group.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Phil Lewis


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Oliver Wyman's Roland Rechsteiner discusses 5-year profits surge in oil trading

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money

Morning Money: Oliver Wyman's Roland Rechsteiner discusses 5-year profits surge in oil trading
According to a key annual report annual report from energy practise Oliver Wyman, the biggest commodity trading houses have seen profits from reselling oil shipments jump more than 50% over the past five years. Roland Rechsteiner, co-author of "Reimagining Commodity Trading" at Oliver Wyman, talks on their annual oil report.
Guests:

Mike Ingram, Roland Rechsteiner


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Morning Money: The incredible impact of home businesses on the UK economy

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money

Morning Money: The incredible impact of home businesses on the UK economy
Our focus on how business operates in the UK is inevitably focused on those firms we can see, such as quoted companies and well-known names on the high street. But what of home businesses? Vonage UK, the internet telecoms provider, has produced a report entitled 'The Heart of Home Business Britain', which shows the massive impact of home businesses on the UK economy. Simon Burckhardt, MD of Vonage UK, spoke with Share Radio Morning Money.
Guests:

Sara Sjölin, Simon Burckhardt


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Nick Breton talks about disruptions to business continuity

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money

Morning Money: Nick Breton talks about disruptions to business continuity
A new research by Direct Line for Business reveals that the cost of a two week disruption to a small business in the UK averages £8,775. More than 550,000 UK small businesses have been forced to halt trading for a range of reasons, including damaged stock and delivery vehicles breaking down. Simon Smith, Head of Direct Line for Business, joined Share radio to discuss this.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, Nick Breton


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Nigel Cassidy

Social Saturday and businesses that put people first.

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Morning Money

Social Saturday and businesses that put people first.
Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive of Social Enterprise UK, discusses Social Saturday and the importance of businesses that put people first.
Guests:

Mike Ingram, peter holbrook


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Morning Money: Would you pay someone else to do your washing? Lorenzo Franzi of Zipjet explains.

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: Would you pay someone else to do your washing? Lorenzo Franzi of Zipjet explains.
Recent research reveals that a normal British household spends 264 hours a year doing washing. So what's the alternative? Zipjet hopes that you would want to pay someone else to do it. The startup is thinking big: It's announced a 3-month pilot partnership with Persil (Unilever) picking up, washing, and delivering clothes back to customers. Co-founder of Zipjet, Lorenzo Franzi, joined the team to discuss the plan...
Guests:

Emma Wall, Lorenzo Franzi


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