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Nandini Ramakrishnan, Global Market Strategist at JP Morgan joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to look at today's biggest macro stories. FTSE climbed to a three-week high boosted by trade data from China showing better than forecast growth in imports and exports in January. According to the Office for National Statistics, UK industrial sector performed better than expected in December with manufacturing production climbing 2.1% compared to November. A Senior German banking regulator Andreas Dombret said that London will probably lose its status of 'the gateway to Europe' for vital financial services following Brexit.

A US court's refused to reinstate Donald Trump's controversial travel ban. He's taking it further but will it happen? Trump has also met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reconcile Japan U.S relations. Georgie Frost was joined by Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent at POLITICO, live from Brussels. Ryan began revealing what stories had caught his attention this morning.

Joining Georgie Frost to discuss what the main market headlines of the morning are is Share Radio's Nigel Cassidy. Nationwide profit was down 16% on low interest rates. And shares in Twitter have ended the day more than 12% lower after the company reported that its fourth-quarter losses had nearly doubled. The social networking service reported a loss of $167m (£133m) in the final three months of 2016, as against $90m in the same period a year earlier.

Supermarkets, everyone has their favourite. However some new players in the market have definitely shaken things up. We've seen the rise of 'budget' supermarkets such as Aldi and Lidl becoming the new popular way to shop, Aldi recently overtook Co-op to become the UK's fifth largest grocer. So where does this leave the more 'high-end' supermarkets such as Waitrose? It was reported yesterday that Waitrose is planning to close some of it's stores, so could this mean the beginning of the end of the 'middle-class' supermarket? Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel gave Share Radio his analysis.

This is Share Radio's weekly travel show - The Share Radio Travel Guide. Glen Goodman is joined by travel journalist and author Sarah Tucker. Today, they discuss the challenges rural tourism may face once the UK leaves the European Union, the'll be revealing the more common, and less obvious, tourism scams that could set you back hundreds of pounds and the Aviation Oscars. Rob Darby, Head of Travel at Escape will be discussing the benefits of using a travel money card. Also, Maria Whiteman, Managing Director of Saga Holidays, will be revealing what UK holidaymakers want to tick off their travel bucket lists and there'll be an Insider's Guide to Dublin with Kieran Cathcart a guide for Tours By Locals.

MPs may have backed the Government's Brexit bill last night, but Theresa May isn't in the clear just yet. In order to trigger Article 50 and begin divorce proceedings with the EU she needs the approval of the House of Lords as well as the Commons. The Bill now passes to the lords, where a month of debate may result in a simple passing of the bill, which would then become law. But if the Lords make amendments then the bill will go back to the commons where these changes will either be accepted, or rejected in which case the bill goes back to the lords for yet more debate. To discuss the process further - and the day's other political headlines - Share Radio's Glen Goodman was joined by Mick Fealty, Editor of Slugger O'Toole

Share Radio's Glen Goodman brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help put the day's events in context, Glen was joined by Rachel Winter, Senior Investment Manager at Killik & Co. On today's show: Twitter's shares are currently down over 10% after the social media site reported that its fourth-quarter losses nearly doubled; Thomas Cook plans to sell more upmarket holidays this summer, with the cost of an average getaway rising by 9%; Manchester United is on line to announce record revenues for the current financial year.

"The Investment Trust Show" brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors. Each week we explore the main features, factors and developments affecting investment trusts. This week we'll be taking a look at the rather critical issue of risk. And to do that, I'm joined in the by Martin Bamford from Informed Choice and Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.

Regular listeners to the show will know that our Apprentices are four members of the Share Radio team who've each been given fifteen thousand pounds of virtual money to build their own share portfolios. They have a minimum of eight stocks, which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre for the past couple of years. In this edition Glen was joined in the studio by Matt Cox and Olivia Demitriades. Standing by with advice and useful observations is Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.

Despite innovations in finance, banks are still the primary source of funds for business. But for the crucial high-growth sector, equity finance can be a better choice - the question is, how do you get your hands on it if you're in the regions? A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research has looked at how to make equity more equitable. Share Radio's Peta Fuller reports.