Podcasts

Tim Evans, Professor of Business and Political Economy, Middlesex University London joins Simon in the studio to discuss: Slowly but surely the left are being forced to come to terms with Corbyn's long held Euroscepticism, the concept of borders in the 21st century and the Folly of Buy America and Hire American.

The Prime Minister has been answering questions in the Commons ahead of the first vote on a bill to trigger the start of Brexit. A second day of MPs debating the legislation for Article 50 takes place before that vote later this evening. The Prime Minister also insisted she wasn't given prior warning about Donald Trump's ban on refugees entering the US. She's been quizzed by Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons, after days of not saying whether the President discussed it with her when they met last week. But the Labour leader says it's still a UK issue - as Mr Trump is going against an international agreement on refugees To discuss all this, and more, Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined by Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent at POLITICO.

The UK economy is to slow down this year and next. This is according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, which also found that the world economy is expected to pick up. However, will Brexit and the potential policy changes in the US pose as significant risks to these projections? Share Radio's Olivia Demetriades was joined by James Warren, a Research Fellow at N.I.E.S.R.

Share Radio's Simon Rose brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help rattle through the day's events, Simon was joined by Russ Mould, investment director at the online stockbrokers AJ Bell. They discussed why investors seem cheered by the news that Dido Harding is set to leave her post as chief executive of TalkTalk, Sir Ken Morrison, who built one of Britain's biggest retail chains out of a small business he took over from his father, has died aged 85 following a short illness and much more.

This is My Portfolio with Lord Lee, Share Radio's catchup with FT columnist Lord Lee, author of 'How to Make a Million Slowly'. It's been an intriguing start to the year for investors, with sterling hitting new lows, driving the stockmarket to a record high. Forecasting the future direction of markets is a tricky business but for investors who maintain a long term view, the importance of growing dividends and hard assets continue to stand out.

Investors are already feeling Brexit's impact but this hasn't dampened growth prospects. Consultancy EY found more than half of global investors want to grow their presence in Europe despite uncertainty. Andy Baldwin, EY area managing partner for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, explained more with Share Radio's Peta Fuller.

Donald Trump's made his Supreme Court nominee - Judge Neil Gorsuch is now in line for a seat on the nation's top court and would replace Justice Scalia. And the appointment looks to be filibusted in what's been a chaotic week for the new President. Robert Singh, professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss this story.

As Brexit Bill debate continued in the Commons today, the Prime Minister told MPs the promised White Paper on the subject would be published on 2 February. For the latest on parliament, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by John Ashmore, Chief Reporter at PoliticsHome.

What do you do if you love a sport, want to play with your young daughter but don't have a tennis court size back garden? Naturally you start up your own version of the game. That's exactly what Rashid Ahmad did. In the last 15 years touchtennis has become one of the fastest growing pro raquet sports - with players around the world, and coverage on major outlets such as Sky Sports. So ahead of the sports first touchtennis masters event of the year in Portsmouth this weekend, Rashid joined Georgie in the studio to discuss more.

Our activity in electronic business, personal and social transactions is not only changing how we live - it also yields significant amounts of data, which is fuelling the digital transformation of business. "Big Data" has been described as the new oil business in the 21st century. It's believed data analytics sales will be worth $187 billion dollars a year by 2019. Share Radio's James Brydges spoke to Craig Tuck, UK Managing Director of Marketing technology business Radium One. He first gave examples of how big data worked.