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HM Revenue and Customs has already announced its plans to take tax fully digital by 2020, but could new tech really move the sector light years ahead? It's been suggested everything from Artificial intelligence to Blockchain could be used to improve how taxes are collected and processed. Matt Cox has been speaking to monetary innovation researcher, Garrick Hileman, about this.

Earlier this week, the historic CETA EU-Canada trade deal was being scuppered by the opposition of Belgium, and the objections of one of its provinces, Wallonia. As a result, Thursday's signing ceremony was cancelled. Yet, Belgian political leaders have now reached a consensus in support of CETA. To discuss this, Jeremy Cook, Chief Economist at World First, joined Share Radio.

Twitter’s latest results reveal that while its user base is growing, the social media site is still struggling to monetise its content, with ad revenue growth slowing. It has now also announced a 9% cut of its workforce. So why has twitter struggled where other mass market online destinations, such as Facebook, have succeeded? Matt Cox discussed this with tech consultant Chris Green.

Our look into the world of all things travel-related. From how to save money on your daily commute, to how to get the best value on your holiday, to what you need to know about doing business abroad.

Share Radio's Ed Bowsher joined by Share Radio's founder and Managing Director, Gavin Oldham, for his firsthand account of the Big Bang - a series of reforms in the 1980s that reshaped British finance. Gavin began in the City before the Big Bang, so he's well placed to look at how these 1986 reforms revolutionised the city.

The clocks go back this Sunday, but have you ever considered how many hours a week you spend 'wasting time' - could that additional hour you so desire have been available to you the whole time? Sally Ann Law, a psychologist with over two decades of experience in personal change and development, speaks to Georgie for further details.

It's National Honey Week - and its a time to celebrates the honey crop and recognising the vital role of the honey bee to our environment and way of life. So what is the Business of honey? How important is it to our economy? And why do they need more young beekeepers? To find out, Georgie spoke to Tim Lovett, spokesman director of the British Beekeepers Association.

Share Radio's Ed Bowsher speaks to Merryn Somerset Webb, MoneyWeek's Editor-in-Chief, for her dissection of the state of markets at the moment.

Every week the Investment Trust show - brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors - provides insight into some of the most interesting and misunderstood features of the world of investment trusts. This week, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher takes a look at IPO trends in the UK and does so on the basis of a report done by one of his guests today, Colin Hughes. Colin is Co-Manager of the Henderson Opportunities Trust and is also part of the team behind the Henderson Smaller Companies Trust. We are also joined on the line by Stuart Andrews, Corporate Finance Director at Finncap. To delve further into the world of investment trusts, visit the Investment Trust Show audioBoom page: https://audioboom.com/channel/shareradio-investmenttrustshow

More than 750,000 mortgage borrowers could be in line for compensation because of their bank overcharging them when they fell behind on repayments. It means borrowers who fell into arrears after June 2010 could receive several hundred pounds. To explain more, Georgie was joined on the line by Rachel Springall, mortgage expert from Moneyfacts.