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Morning Money: Will Heathrow get the go ahead?

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Morning Money: Will Heathrow get the go ahead?
Aerospace industry analyst Howard Wheeledon, of Wheeldon Strategic, joined Share Radio Morning Money to look ahead to the airport expansion decision, which is due out later. But is it the end of the line, or will this debate rumble on for years to come?
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Chris Bailey, Howard Wheeldon


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Morning Money: Laurie Laird on the final US Presidential debate

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Morning Money: Laurie Laird on the final US Presidential debate
Share Radio's Political Correspondent Laurie Laird looks ahead to the final televised US Presidential debate tonight.
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Chris Bailey, Laurie Laird


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Morning Money: Why is Britain affecting the French presidential election?

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Morning Money: Why is Britain affecting the French presidential election?
With six months to go to the French presidential election, an increasingly acrimonious campaign has become divided over the topic of Brexit. While the mainstream candidates bicker over how kindly the EU should treat the UK in the negotiations, the Front National leader Marine Le Pen continues to rise in the polls. Share Radio's Robert Van Egghen reports.
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Robert Van Egghen


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Morning Money: “Brexit is having a different impact depending on where you are”

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Morning Money: “Brexit is having a different impact depending on where you are”
Consumer confidence has grown in parts of the UK, hitting five year highs post-Brexit. But the figures aren't clear cut as consumer sentiment is being weighed on by the mostly "remain voting" London staying pessimistic. Has Brexit negatively affected some areas of the country economically whilst favouring others? Share Radio's Matt Cox has been speaking to Julian Jessop, Chief Global Economist at Capital Economics.
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Matt Cox, Julian Jessop


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Morning Money: The commuters taking Southern Rail matters into their own hands

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Morning Money: The commuters taking Southern Rail matters into their own hands
Passengers are enduring overcrowding, delays and chaos on Southern trains as a strike by RMT union members continues. So as the deadlock continues, the Association of British Commuters has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £25,000 in order to legally challenge the Department for Transport over their dealings of the Southern disruption. They ended up raising over £26,000 and campaign co-ordinator Emily Yates, Co-Founder of the Association of British Commuters, joined Share Radio Morning Money.
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Chris Bailey, Emily Yates


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Morning Money: Is the government unprepared for a robotic revolution?

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Morning Money: Is the government unprepared for a robotic revolution?
Advances in robotics and Artificial Intelligence hold the potential to fundamentally reshape the way we live and work. Yet the Government does not yet have a strategy for developing the new skills citizens will need to flourish in a world where AI is more prevalent. That is the conclusion of the Science and Technology Committee Robotics and Artificial Intelligence report published today. So what issues are raised? Oliver Smith, Senior Technology Reporter at The Memo, joined Share Radio to discuss.
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Chris Bailey, Oliver Smith


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Morning Money: Putin backs efforts for an oil production cap

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Morning Money: Putin backs efforts for an oil production cap
Oil rose to its highest level in a year after Russian president Vladimir Putin said that he backed efforts for a production cap in the clearest sign yet that the country would join any global supply pact. Speaking at an energy conference in Istanbul, Mr Putin said he hoped that the OPEC producers’ group would agree on output curbs for member nations at its next ministerial meeting in November. For more, Kevin Baxter, Global Commodities Spot Editor at the Wall Street Journal, joined Share Radio.
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Chris Bailey, Kevin Baxter


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Morning Money: Is Brexit bad news for the UK film industry?

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Morning Money: Is Brexit bad news for the UK film industry?
As the London Film Festival kicks off, one question posed will be how the EU Referendum results will impact the sector. According to the British Film Institute, the UK Film industry contributed over £3.6 billion to the British economy in 2015. So will we see this figure drop, or will a cheaper pound temp foreign filmmakers to use the UK even more? Matt Cox spoke to film critic James Cameron Wilson to find out the state of the silver screen in Britain.
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Matt Cox, James Cameron-Wilson


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Morning Money: What can we expect from Theresa May’s Conservative Party Conference speech?

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Morning Money: What can we expect from Theresa May’s Conservative Party Conference speech?
Theresa May is set to wrap up the Conservative Party Conference, but will her words be a pledge to move her party further away from free-market liberalism and towards an approach that favours even greater government control, as is being reported? Colin Bloom, Presenter of Share Politics, joined Share Radio Morning Money live from Birmingham to explain what to expect.
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Chris Bailey, Colin Bloom


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Morning Money: The health of the Japanese economy with Dr Seijiro Takeshita

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Morning Money: The health of the Japanese economy with Dr Seijiro Takeshita
Seijiro Takeshita, Professor of Management and Information at the University of Shizuoka in Japan, joined Share Radio Morning Money to talk on the latest economic stories coming out of Japan. Ratings agency Fitch has sounded alarm bells over the health of Japanese banks in the face of the latest tinkering with monetary policy from the Bank of Japan. But what could the consequences of this be?
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Chris Bailey, Seijiro Takeshita


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