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Sue and Helena meet Guka Tavberidze, the brains behind Savse Juices, taste some jerk chicken made by Anthony Cumberbatch, head chef at Jamaican restaurant Rudie's, and pop along to the book launch of Palomar. Plus, they catch up with Michelin-starred chef Jeff Galvin.

Nick talks to Anthony Hughes a director of the recruitment specialists Coburg Banks about boring jobs and how to cope with one, Dutchmen Pim Demorree and Jos Minaar whose mission is to make work fun, and Paul Sellers, the TUC’s Pay Policy Officer, about workers watching the Olympics. Plus, he speaks to Rachel Suff, Employment Relations Advisor at the CIPD, about its report which suggests little progress is being made to tackle mental health issues in the workplace.

This week, Nick Peters hits the Shop Floor to discuss why ever high levels of employment are not translating into higher wages with Steve Lewis, a former army officer and businessman who runs the Number 18 coffee shop in Crickhowell. Steve is one of the leaders of the Fair Tax Town programmes. Nick looks at why leaders need to listen to their followers in order to close the digital skills gap inside corporations with Colin Sloman, Managing Director of Accenture, a consultancy firm who conducted a major survey of global businesses to assess how they are keeping up with the pace of lightning fast technological change. Despite unemployment levels falling, and more people striking out on their own to add to the country's growing micro-business community, Nick Peters hears from Gerwyn Davies, the Labour Market Advisor at the CIPD about why this good news isn't necessarily good for wages and productivity levels. And the good, the bad, and the ugly, Nick takes a closer look at workforce surveys to find out the do's and don'ts when it comes to writing them with Anthony Hughes of recruitment specialists Coburg Banks. Plus, the first in our series of IDG Insights is launched, bringing you the stories that matter.

In today's show, we look at property with a member of the team at Property Partner, a site that enables you to invest as little as £50 in a residential property. We also look at lending sites where the loan is secured against property. And we'll also be talking to one of the UK's leading financial journalists, Anthony Hilton, for his take on the world of crowdfunding - he's pretty positive

Sarah Pennells is joined by Young Money Champion Nicole Blackmore from the Telegraph to talk about studying abroad, the costs, planning, where and when to go and the common problems students face, with expert guests from UniSmart, The Student World and Study Portals.

Sue is joined today by Anthony Hilton, to discuss his extensive career in media and economics and the musical influences that have helped shape his career.

Anthony Bolton joins Sue, to discuss his career as a fund manager and head of the Special Situations Fund at Fidelity International.

Linda Lewis goes to meet the minds behind new Smartphone app Hole 19 Golf, an app that tracks how players do and calculates distance using GPS.

Sue Dougan is joined by Anthony Thomson, founder of Metro Bank and now Chairman of rival bank, Atom, to discuss his career and musical influences.

Sarah Pennells is joined by personal finance reporter Katie Morley and pensions experts from Fidelity and Devine Financial Management to talk about pensions for young people.