Podcasts

Georgie Frost was joined in the studio by Financial planner from Citrus Financial David Braithwaite. Today on the agenda, they discussed the latest rise in the inflation rate. Plus they look into a fifth of parents who never sit down to eat with their children. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Theresa May's Brexit speech has received huge amounts of coverage. In what the Guardian calls the most important speech of her premiership so far, it says Mrs May will confirm the UK will leave the single market but insist the country wants to remain "the best friend" to European partners. Share Radio Morning's Georgie Frost was joined by Jack Sommers of the Huffington Post to look at some of the biggest political stories of the day.

Has the PM’s Brexit comments had any impact on the markets this morning? How did the FTSE open? Joining Georgie to answer all these questions is David Buik, Market Commentator at Panmure Gordon.

What can we expect as global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration? Steve Clarke joins Nigel Cassidy live from Switzerland to discuss

Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin. This week, Simon and Steve look at: Airborne Fulfillment Centres - an airship warehouse floating at 45,000 feet, Amazon refusing to hand over data from Echo device in murder case in Arkansas, Amazon Go - its first grocery store in Seattle, the world's first truly smart lamp, PictureKeeper Connect and much more!

In this week's edition of Crowdfunders: we get the outlook for peer-to-peer lending in 2017 with Neil Faulkner of 4thWay. Plus the latest developments at FundingCircle, one of the 'big 3' peer-to-peer platforms in the UK and a £10 million pound mini-bond fundraising by Brewdog, the big craft brewery.

The BBC iPlayer will be reinvented in a bid to be the top online TV service in the UK by 2020. That's according to the director general Tony Hall. Lord Hall told staff he wanted the BBC to "reinvent public broadcasting for a new generation". Tech journalist Chris Green spoke to Share radio's James Brydges about why it was a priority for the broadcaster.

A letter from asset managers BlackRock to all FTSE 350 chairmen has outlined exactly how they want companies to tackle the thorny issue of executive pay. Amra Balic of BlackRock, urged chairmen to make sure top directors' pay only increases in line with the rest of the workforce, while emphasising that pay rises should be linked to performance. David Pitt-Watson is Executive Fellow of Finance at the London Business School, with a focus on responsible investment and business practice. He joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss the issue.

Donald Trump has praised Britain for its decision to leave the European Union in an interview with Tory MP Michael Gove in The Times today. Trump also said he would sign a trade deal with the UK post-Brexit. But given the president-elect's more protectionist stance on trade, what will this mean for future dealings? John Curtice, Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University, talks through this and more with Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher.

Montenegro will become Nato's 29th member by this spring - but what does its admission mean for the military alliance, which has come under pressure from Donald Trump who labelled it 'obsolete'? Sohrab Ahmari, columnist with the Wall Street Journal, analyses the defence organisation, the addition of Montenegro and its future with Share Radio's Simon Rose.