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London's premier position in the financial markets has, at least in part, been built on easy access to Europe. So will London will remain a major financial centre once we leave the EU? Financial lobby group The City UK has released its key priorities for this transition and its director of Policy and Strategy, Gary Campkin, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher on the line.

It's time for our weekly catch up with Merryn Somerset Webb, Editor in Chief of MoneyWeek. She joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher on the line to preview articles from this week's issue.

It's time to check in with part 2 of Track Record. Discussing his career and favourite tracks today is Mike France, who's the co-founder of the premium watch brand Christopher Ward in conversation with Sue Dougan.

Donald Trump held his first formal news conference since July last night. In it he addressed claims that Russia has salacious information on him, and also his plans to separate himself from the Trump business organisation. For more on Trump's comments, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined on the line by Chris Gilson, the Managing Editor of the LSE US Politics Blog.

How do you make financial decisions? A recent survey found that only 8% of us speak to a financial advisor about financial decisions. To find out more about this Georgie Frost was joined by Steven Cameron, Penions Director at Aegon.

Most of us would admit it's much harder to get ourselves of bed and out the house when it's cold, dark and damp outside. But do you belong to the 54% of Brits who say they get less work done during the winter months? That's a statistic published today by industry body British Summer Fruits from a survey it carried out into how the seasons affect productivity. Georgie Frost was joined on the line by Dr Christy Fergusson, the UK's leading food psychologist behind Channel 4's Secret Eaters.

Retailers released a torrent of Christmas results today with M&S turning the tide on clothing sales. Also: - Asos bags 36% revenue jump - Weak pound helps Primark parent company Richard Hunter, Head of Research at Wilson King Investment Management, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to talk through the results.

Nandini Ramkrishnan, Global Market Strategist at JP Morgan, joined Share Radio Afternoon to discuss the markets reaction to Trump's Press conference, his first as President-elect. She talked on the FTSE being down after a 12 days of gains, the longest ever winning streak for the index, Carney's view that Brexit is no longer the main risk to UK’s stability, and German GDP growth accelerating to a five-year high of 1.9 percent.

This is Share Radio News Hour with Ed Bowsher. Shares in Marks and Spencer are climbing today after retailer's Christmas update revealed rising sales in clothing and homeware. Does this mean that M&S is finally turning round its long-troubled clothing business? Ed will find out from Richard Hunter of Wilson King Investment Management, as well as the latest fortunes of several other big retailers including Tesco, Mothercare and AO World. The FTSE is currently down just three points at 7287 following its record-breaking 12-day winning streak. For more on this, Nandini Ramkrishnan, Global Market Strategist at JP Morgan, will join Ed in the studio. After the 1:30 headlines, we'll be looking at the fallout from Donald Trump's extraordinary press conference yesterday. Ed will be speaking to Chris Gilson, managing Editor of the LSE Politics blog, for his take on that. And finally, Ed will be asking his former boss, Merryn Somerset Webb, to tell us what's in this week's edition of MoneyWeek magazine. All that and more on today's edition of the Share Radio News Hour.

It's that time of the day where we get a view from ..... This week, it's renowned economist, Doctor Steve Keen, Professor of Economics, at Kingston University.