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It's the time of year many of us are making plans and resolutions for the new year. But what investment decisions should you be making and just what could 2017 have in store for markets. Georgie was joined in the studio by founder of Invstr app Kerim Derhalli to find out what investment opportunities people can look out for in 2017.

For our weekly check-in with Money Saving Expert, Georgie was joined by Consumer Writer Megan French. Today Megan was advising on giving yourself a new-year money makeover and watching out for the latest scams. Plus a roundup of the best deals the eagle-eyed team have come across this week.

The New Year is a great time to pledge change, and energy efficiency is an easy goal to add to your list. Not only is it good for the environment - it's good for your wallet too! To find out how. Georgie spoke on the line with Mark Todd from the price comparison website, Energy Helpline.

In the food world, 2016 proved to be the year of avocados and craft beer, so what will we see in 2017? Food writer Xanthe Clay joined Georgie Frost on the line to give some insights into what will be on the nation's plates this year.

Georgie Frost is joined in the studio by Share’s Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher. Today on the agenda, they discuss fat cat Wednesday and what it means. Plus a look into the latest news on the gender pay gap. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin.

The countdown to the end of March is underway as Prime Minister Theresa May gears up to trigger Article 50. If all goes to plan Britain will formally start negotiations to leave the European Union - however it won't be plain sailing. This month 11 Supreme Court judges will deliberate on the government's appeal against a High Court ruling which said MPs must be consulted before BREXIT goes ahead. There's also the matter of the type of BREXIT Britain will get and whether the EU will play ball. Mrs May isn't the only one nursing a New Year's headache. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure after Len McClusky - leader of the UNITE union - said Mr Corbyn should step down if his opinion poll ratings remain low. For more analysis Juliette Foster was joined by Rishi Patel of FTI Consulting.

Juliette Foster was joined in the studio by Chris Bailey, Founder of Financial Orbit. They cantered through the biggest economic and company stories of the day including the latest UK manufacturing data and the outlook for retail stocks.

It's been an extraordinary by any standards for central banks. Resistant growth in inflation, political instability and extreme fluctuations with the price of oil mean that chairs of central banks across the world face a unique and suitably dangerous set of circumstances. To look back on the year for monetary policy, former Bank of England committee member and Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance at the London School of Economics Charles Goodhart joined Ed Bowsher in studio.

Last September Share Radio's Ed Bowsher spoke to Cameron Reynolds, CEO of VolitionRX - a diagnostics company developing blood tests for cancer. Current methods for detecting cancer tend to be inaccurate or people simply don't take them, but Volition hopes blood-based tests can pave the way forward. Cameron joined Ed back in the studio to announce some good news for his business: VolitionRX has received its first CE Mark, meaning that it is legally allowed to sell its products in Europe.