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Oil giant BP has missed analysts' expectations, reporting its lowest earnings in the last decade. And Aldi overtakes Co-op to become Britain's fifth biggest supermarket group. Deputy companies editor at the Financial Times Daniel Thomas joined Share Radio's Sarah Lowther for this and more.

LondonMetric Property is a FTSE 250 Real Estate Investment Trust specialising in property investment and development. It delivers attractive returns for shareholders through a strategy of increasing income and improving capital values. On the day of its half year results, Andrew Jones, the company’s CEO, joined Share Radio to discuss the numbers.

A new research report from the Valuing Your Talent partnership reveals a third of FTSE 100 companies are withholding relevant information on their workforce including health and safety incidents, data breaches, skills challenges and employee turnover in their annual reports. The omissions create a clear risk to users of these reports, such as investors. Edward Houghton, Research Adviser on Human Capital and Metrics for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development told Sarah Lowther what is being omitted and why.

Richard Perks, Retail Analyst at Mintel, discussed Sainsbury's full year results with Sarah Lowther and Chris Bailey. The company reported a drop in profits, but did that meet market expectations? Richard offers his view as well as giving his opinion on whether the results indicate if the company should take over Argos.