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Morning Money: What's next for the BBC? Maurice Smith on the BBC White Paper.

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Morning Money: What's next for the BBC? Maurice Smith on the BBC White Paper.
In a new report published today on the BBC White Paper the Culture, Media and Sport Committee welcomes the decision to abolish the BBC Trust and establish a unitary Board, to consolidate regulation of the BBC in Ofcom and to enhance the role of the National Audit Office in overseeing the BBC accounts. Maurice Smith, Share Radio's correspondent in Scotland and contributor to the book "The BBC Today: Future Uncertain" discusses the challenges facing the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation.
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Chris Bailey, Maurice Smith


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Morning Money: Are drones the future when it comes to deliveries?

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Morning Money: Are drones the future when it comes to deliveries?
Amazon is going to start testing its drone delivery service, with the UK government’s help. Its flying robots will revolutionise how deliveries are made, but some experts have raised concerns around privacy and security. Matt Cox spoke to tech consultant and journalist Chris Green, to find out more.
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Matt Cox, Chris Bailey


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Morning Money: Challenger banks – just how are they faring?

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Morning Money: Challenger banks – just how are they faring?
The FTSE 250 lender, Virgin Money, saw 35% wiped off its share value after Britain voted to leave the EU, that in spite of a record first quarter. On the day of the company's half-year results, Dr Ronan Lynch, Director of the Global Knowledge Centre at the banking consultancy Lafferty Group, was on hand to discuss the numbers and the performance of challenger banks in general.
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Chris Bailey, Ronan Lynch


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Morning Money: Pokemon Go, video games, and how cyber criminals can use them to steal your data

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Morning Money: Pokemon Go, video games, and how cyber criminals can use them to steal your data
Walking onto a firing range, falling off a cliff, or walking into a lamppost are the more obvious risks to the latest Pokémon Go craze, which is bringing augmented reality onto the streets of the globe. But there are the hidden mobile gaming threats associated with not just Pokemon, but Minecraft, and other games: business attacks, social engineering, and accessing valuable data. Chris Boyd, a researcher at internet and PC security firm Malwarebytes explained further.
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Chris Boyd, Chris Bailey


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Morning Money: The European Union dishes out its highest ever cartel fine to colluding truck makers

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Morning Money: The European Union dishes out its highest ever cartel fine to colluding truck makers
The European Union has hit five truck makers with its highest-ever cartel fine of £2.46bn, for colluding on the factory prices of medium and heavy trucks, and coordinating on when to implement new emissions technologies. Daimler, DAF, Iveco, MAN and Volvo/Renault were said to have conspired over 14 years to fix prices, but VW-owned MAN escaped a penalty after it blew the whistle on the cartel. Joe Aldridge has been speaking to Paul Henty, Partner at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, to find out more.
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Paul Henty, Joe Aldridge


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Morning Money: What's next for BT after the damning Culture, Media and Sport Committee report?

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Morning Money: What's next for BT after the damning Culture, Media and Sport Committee report?
British Telecom is significantly under investing in its Openreach division by hundreds of millions of pounds - according to a new report by MPs. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee says the quality of its broadband service "remains poor". Their report warns if there's no improvement, they support separating Openreach from BT. Share Radio spoke to Dave Millett, Managing Director of telecoms broker Equinox to find out more.
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Chris Bailey, Dave Millett


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Morning Money: Will Brexit result in more farm closures?

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Morning Money: Will Brexit result in more farm closures?
More than 130,000 visitors are expected over the three day Great Yorkshire Show. This year is the 158th "Best of British Farming" extravaganza at Harrogate's Great Yorkshire Showground. But what impact has Brexit had on the industry? Nigel Pulling, Chief Executive of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, joined Sarah Lowther and Chris Bailey.
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Nigel Pulling, Chris Bailey


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Morning Money: Is robot law an increasing necessity?

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Morning Money: Is robot law an increasing necessity?
Robotics and autonomous systems are generating an increasing number of benefits for our society. But are robot’s faithful servants or existential threats? That's the subject being debated at the Royal Academy of Engineers, as part of the first UK Robotics week. On the panel is Dr Alan Winfield, Director of the University of the West of England’s Science Communication Unit, and he spoke to Sarah Lowther.
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Chris Bailey, Alan Winfield


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Morning Money: What does the UK voting to leave the EU mean for quantitative easing?

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Morning Money: What does the UK voting to leave the EU mean for quantitative easing?
Radix, "the think tank of the radical centre", launches with a report and an event on Quantitative Easing, featuring Sir Vince Cable. Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia is Co-Author of the paper: 'Quantitative Easing - The Debate That Never Happened'. He joined Share Radio to offer his views on why the UK voted to leave the EU, and what this means for quantitative easing.
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Chris Bailey, Joe Zammit-Lucia


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Morning Money: Brexit - Easyjet announce profit warning, but is there more to come?

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Morning Money: Brexit - Easyjet announce profit warning, but is there more to come?
EasyJet has announced a Brexit-inspired profits warning, which saw its shares sharply lower again on Monday, losing almost 30% over two trading days. Was Friday's Brexit vote potentially the straw that broke the budget airline's back? Aviation and Aerospace industry expert Julian Bray joined Share Radio’s Directors’ Briefing sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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Chris Bailey, Julian Bray


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