Podcasts presented by Simon Rose

The Business of Film with film critic, James Cameron Wilson looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week.

M&S has won the prize for the most improved performance of a Christmas advert, according to new research from Kantar TNS. And this is found to be because it is a perfect blend of relevant, emotive and novel. Kantar TNS has revealed for the first time the three measures that really determine whether a campaign will be noticed and remembered by consumers for a long time.

2017: The year of ‘sofa volunteering’, vegetarianism gets bloodthirsty and the end of the World Wide Web? 2016 may go down in history as a year no-one could have predicted - but the innovation foundation Nesta publishes its agenda-setting annual predictions – the 10 giant trends, social movements and tech breakthroughs that will change our lives in 2017. Some of the charity’s previous predictions, including smellovision, are still on the drawing board but on the 5th Anniversary of the first prediction list, Director of the Innovation Lab at Nesta, Helen Goulden, explores this year’s list and which former predictions are now a part of everyday life for millions…

Health and wellness is tipped as one of the big travel trends for 2017, and this is especially the case with luxury travellers. To find out more about this Simon Rose and Sarah Tucker were joined by AyseEbru Aksoy of Rixos hotel group.

This week on The Share Radio Travel Guide Simon Rose was joined travel journalist and author Sarah Tucker. They look at the launch of the world's longest non-stop route, what the travel predictions are for 2017, how you can celebrate New Years Eve twice (for a very hefty pricetag) Also, there'll be an insider's guide to New York.

The appeal of Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts saw retail sales volumes rise by almost 6% in November, compared with the same time last year. However, higher fuel costs meant the rise was not as strong as in October, when annual retail sales growth hit a 14-year high of 7.2%. Monthly sales in November increased 0.2%, compared to October's increase of 1.8%. Olivia Demetriades spoke to Craig Skelton, retail & consumer partner at PwC. She began by asking about last month's growth.

Businesses across the euro zone ended the year on an upbeat note. This is according to data that showed they achieved solid growth and raised prices at the steepest rate since the middle of 2011. IHS Markit's Euro Zone Flash Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, seen as a good overall growth indicator, matched November's 53.9, which was the highest reading this year and comfortably above the 50-point level that indicates growth. To discuss the findings in more detail, Simon was joined by Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit.

Russell Napier, Global Macro Strategist and author of the book, Anatomy of the Bear: Lessons from Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms joined Simon, they discussed financial repression is organised theft from savers to fund countries’ debt habits. The problems caused by debt both government and private around the world. Why Japan’s latest QE experiment is something new and will weaken the Yen substantially and cause havoc. How Trump’s election will lead to a much stronger dollars and the problems that will cause.

2016 year has been a year of leadership wins and losses- and one that all leaders can learn from. This year we've seen some massive examples of leadership mistakes and misunderstandings. So what went wrong in some of the high profile leadership errors we have observed this year, and what can we learn from them? To find out more about this Simon was joined by Elisabet Vinberg Hearn, who is a leadership development expert with a focus on future trends for leadership. She is also co-author of "Leading Teams - 10 Challenges: 10 Solutions".

Self-employment is changing the face of the labour market. Figure released today by the Office for National Statistics found that unemployment in the UK fell slightly to 1.6 million in the three months to October, meaning that the rate of unemployment held steady at 4.8% in the period, remaining at an 11-year low. The trend for more people becoming self-employmed has also continued. The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed says the number of people classed as self-employed has increased by 129,000 to 4.75 million in the three months to November. To discuss the figures, and the growth of self-employment, Simon Rose was joined on the line by Lorence Nye, an economic adviser at IPSE.