Podcasts

How much do you think you'd be paid to carry out the tasks involved in organising Christmas? If your guess was £558, then you're spot on. Research commissioned by One4All, the multistore gift card company, reveals that a quarter of us don't mind going above and beyond to make Christmas special for their families. To find out how we can prepare for Christmas and New Year, Olivia Demetriades spoke to Liz Taylor, a party planner and event organiser.

Every week on The Entrepreneur Show we speak to the interesting people behind businesses. This week it's the turn of Jeremy Davies, the CFO and one of the founders of Flender, a social lending network.

Every week on The Entrepreneur Show we speak to the interesting people behind businesses. This week it's the turn of Alex Ziff, who is inventor of a dating app called CiaoDate.

Different styles of investors choose where to put their money for different reasons. Growth investor try to find companies which they think will grow faster than the rest of the stock market, while value investors opt for solid companies which are expected to perform solidly rather than spectacularly over the longer-term. Momentum investors try to cash in on market trends by buying or selling investments as they come in to and go out of fashion. Despite the volatility seen in the last 12 months, 2016 looks to be the year of the value investor, with record levels of investor money flowing in to this investment style. Robyn Dwyer was joined by Simon Colvin, analyst at IHS Markit.

Share Radio teams up with Claer Barrett, personal finance editor of the Financial Times, for Serious Money. On this edition, she was joined by Share Radio's Steve Clarke to preview the pages of the Financial Times' weekend money supplement. Discussed: The FCA say that spread betting is for gamblers not investors, particularly on the so called Contracts for Difference, and Air BnB curbs spell trouble for landlords.

Businesses are waiting to find out more about what the trading environment might look after the UK leaves the EU before committing themselves to investing. That's according to the latest quarterly economic barometer from The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Despite this, the ICAEW's forecast for economic growth in 2016 has been modestly upgraded from 1.8% to 2%. To find out more about this Robyn Dwyer Stephen Ibbotson, ICAEW Director of Business,

Ian Forrest, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre, reviews this week's stock market activity with Share Radio's Steve Clarke. They take a look back at Ashtead Group plc., TUI and the new regulations the FCA are planning to impose on spread betting and crowdfunding. They also look ahead to Dixons Carphone and Centrica.

This is The Magazine Review, Share Radio's look at the top political and financial stories of the week under the forensic eye of expert guests. Today's brains are Brian Caplen, editor of The Banker, and Oruj Defoite, Director & Senior Media Consultant and broadcast journalist.

This is The Business of Sport with Share Radio's Michael Considine. Each week he provides you with the inside track on the world of sport. This week Michael was joined in the studio by Chris Hornbuckle, founder of World Street Soccer Championships, and Simon Burton, co-founder of the Football Business Awards, who revealed some exciting news. Part of the discussion: does the traditional legacy of sport need to adapt? And of course, Joe Aldridge has Extra Time.

The Supreme Court has wrapped up proceedings after a week of hearing the Government's Article 50 appeal and they've said they'll be giving a decision relatively quickly - at least in legal terms. So where are we now? Joining Share Radio's Steve Clarke on the line was Greg Callus, Barrister at 5RB, to give his insight into which way he thinks the ruling could go.