Share Sounds presented by Juliette Foster

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell £2.46 billion pounds worth of North Sea assets to oil exploration firm Chrysaor as part of continuing debt reduction measures. Shell wants to sell $30bn of assets by 2018 as it seeks to pay off debt following its takeover of BG Group. The deal represents about half of their 2016 North Sea output. Share Radio's James Brydges spoke to Gaurav Sharma, Business Editor for the International Business Times UK.

A new jobs report shows salaries are beginning to show signs of improvement after a recent lull. But the research from Adzuna also shows that the number of advertised vacancies is beginning to drop. Becky Barr of Adzuna joined Juliette Foster on Share Radio Breakfast to chat through the statistics.

The team with over 26 years of financial journalism under their belt joins us in the studio for their fortnightly catch up. This week editor Moira O'Neil and deputy editor Helen Knapman discuss how to get the most for your depreciating pound when travelling abroad as well as how to ensure you have the best cover when it comes to life insurance.

This week Juliette was joined by consumer writer at Money Saving Expert Megan French. They look at ATMs that usually offer free withdrawals could start to charge a fee and where the best place to hire a car is. Plus we'll have a roundup of the best deals the eagle-eyed team have come across this week.

7 out of 10 drivers are set to be hit by new hikes in road tax coming into effect in April. The changes are aimed at encouraging drivers to switch to zero emission cars. Our reporter Tom Hill spoke to Development Manager at the Institute of the Motor Industry, Tom Denton, to get an explanation of what the changes would mean for Britain's motorists.

Juliette was joined in the studio by João Pedro Montes, CEO of Wine with Spirit. Wine is big business with a market worth over $300 billion, but it seems that those who sell the stuff don't understand the data around consumers. João and the team at Wine with Spirit and contradicting that.

Today Juliette Foster was joined by Web Editor Kevin Pratt from MoneySupermarket. On the agenda, they discussed workplace dress codes being more discriminating against women. Plus they look into nation debt ballooning to £1.7trillion. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Juliette was joined on the line by Billy Bambrough, Editor of economics and business website Verdict.co.uk and they began with, of course, the Supreme Court ruling.

What are the main market headlines of the morning? Here with me is Share Radio's Nigel Cassidy to re-cap what happened this morning, including The Restaurant Group and WH Smiths.

The countdown to the end of March is underway as Prime Minister Theresa May gears up to trigger Article 50. If all goes to plan Britain will formally start negotiations to leave the European Union - however it won't be plain sailing. This month 11 Supreme Court judges will deliberate on the government's appeal against a High Court ruling which said MPs must be consulted before BREXIT goes ahead. There's also the matter of the type of BREXIT Britain will get and whether the EU will play ball. Mrs May isn't the only one nursing a New Year's headache. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure after Len McClusky - leader of the UNITE union - said Mr Corbyn should step down if his opinion poll ratings remain low. For more analysis Juliette Foster was joined by Rishi Patel of FTI Consulting.