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For over 40 years John Elliott has championed the cause of British manufacturing in County Durham. His Ebac company was founded in 1972 making dehumidifiers. Over the next 44 years, its grown and now makes dehumidifiers, water coolers, freezers and washing machines. Ebac dehumidifiers are the market leading brand of dehumidifiers in the UK. Over 1.25 million homes have bought a Ebac dehumidifier – that’s over 5% of all households. To get the latest snapshot on how UK manufacturing is coping, Nigel Cassidy spoke to John Elliott, Executive Chairman of Ebac, the British manufacturer.

The future of Gibraltar is at stake in Brexit negotiations. Spain could veto a trade deal if it doesn't get concessions over sovereignty. EU member states have received a letter setting out the bloc's opening stance for Brexit negotiations over the next two years. The letter says all issues relating to the Rock must be sorted bilaterally between London and Madrid. Share Radio's Peta Fuller spoke to Jonathan Lis from British Influence and Joe Carberry from Open Britain about the Gibraltar question.

New figures released today from PwC's Skyval Index show the deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension funds stood at £500bn at the end of March 2017, a £20bn decrease since last month. So what does this actually mean for pension funds? To discuss further, Nigel Cassidy spoke to Steven Dicker, PwC's chief actuary.

How balanced is the portrayal of landlords and tenants in the media? Is the press guilty of prurience: revelling in landlord and tenant conflict and preferring to focus on bad behaviour and the worst...

The Business of Film with film critic, James Cameron Wilson looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week, including Life, Power Rangers, Get Out and much more.

The Share Centre takes you through the major trading statements of the week - as well as what's to come in the financial calendar. Today: Thomas Cook, TUI, Saga, RPC, AO World, SSE.

It's time to talk politics. Today: Donald Tusk, the President of the Council, has unveiled his negotiation guidance for the EU as Brexit negotiations approach; and does a request for immunity from a former Trump adviser open a can of Russian worms?

On today's show - Michael talks plans for a new domestic cricket competition with James Coyne of the Cricketer Magazine, England International Casey Stoney offers her thoughts on the future of women's football in the UK and much more.

On the latest Market Wrap, insurer Old Mutual's shares are down 7% due to the recent devaluation in the South African rand. Plus, according to Eurostat, inflation in the eurozone slowed dramatically in March. Juliette Foster was joined by Share Radio's Senior Analyst to look at today's most interesting news affecting markets, companies, and economies.

Join Share Radio's Alex Clark and Chris Bishop of Forbes for their Conversations from Africa. Today: a night of long knives has left a downgrade to junk status a real possibility for South Africa.