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Nick Peters hits the Shop Floor this week to talk to Duncan Exley, Executive Director of the Equality Trust about the massive advantage children of well-off parents enjoy compared with children of equal ability from less advantaged backgrounds.

Sue Dougan is joined in the studio by Lemn Sissay MBE, a poet, a writer, a uni chancellor and broadcaster, to talk about his early years, career and his musical influences along the way.

Rob Orchard, Director of the Slow Journalism company and publisher of Delayed Gratification magazine, discusses the journalism industry, Delayed Gratification, and why print still has a future

Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Belinda Aspinall, founder of Life After London, David Hollingworth from London and Country Mortgages and Mark Hayward from the National Association of Estate Agents to talk about the financial and social aspects of moving to the country.

Sarah Pennells is joined by Young Money Champion Rachael Healy and experts from Student Universe, Year Out Group and Projects Abroad to discuss the cost and benefits of a gap year and provide advice for getting the most out of your gap year.

Nick Peters talking to David Finch, Senior Economic Analyst at social policy think tank, the Resolution Foundation, about the research they have been doing about the UK's state of employment.

Mark Engelman, Barrister with Hardwicke, joins Sandra Kilhof and Mark Johnson to discuss the world of intellectual property rights.

Over the past few decades the number of women in tech hasn't only not improved, it's actually got worse. A study released earlier this year shows that in 2013, just 26 percent of computing jobs in the US were held by women which is down from 35 percent in 1990. Kirsty Shanks speaks to the director of the new documentary "Code: Debugging The Gender Gap" which aims to work out what exactly's going on and why there aren't more women in tech.

Rita Lobo is joined down the phone with Professor Jan Toporowski from SOAS, to talk about Black Monday, or what is also known as the stock market crash of 1987. Also joining Rita in the studio to discuss their memories of Black Monday are Share Radio's very own Ed Bowsher, Ed Mitchell and Gavin Oldham.

Nick Peters talks to Dr Matt Flynn from the university of Newcastle to discuss the gradual increase in the retirement age and the aging workforce that comes with it.