Podcasts

This week Linda is with geo, a Cambridge-based company and a pioneer in smart heating (smart meters, thermostats and solar). Now celebrating their tenth anniversary, the company has delivered over two million systems in the UK and Europe. They sell via utilities, distributors and now direct to consumers.

This week Shop Floor, in association with the Inspirational Development Group, talks to the creator of ecademy, the precursor to LinkedIn. Nick will also be looking at the 'image problem' of apprenticeships and how to prepare older workers for retirement.

The World This Week is with Sophie Pornshlegel, a French National and political commentator, talking about the atrocity in Nice, and Ashley Townshend, research fellow at the University of Sydney on the South China Sea dispute.

Share Politics' Colin Bloom talks to Daniel Kawczynski, Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, about the Prime Minister's cabinet reshuffle

This week, Linda Lewis speaks to the founder of Jardine of London, Mary Jardine. Mary is a former model agency boss who is on a quest to produce her own luxury handbag company, creating and designing products in Britain that she aims to rival other luxury handbags on the market.

Sue Dougan is joined by tech, media and telecoms entrepreneur, Ian Merricks. Managing partner at White Horse Capital and on the investment committee of the of Startup Funding Club, Ian talks about his life's musical influences.

Sue Dougan and Sainsbury's Magazine's Sarah Allcock chat to Jay Rayner about his new book, The Ten (Food) Commandments, author Pete Brown about his new atmospheric pub guide, food bloggers Leah Larwood about Norfolk samphire and Claire Jessiman about Scotland's food offerings and Italian chef Aldo Zilli about Galvanina, a new bottled soft drink about to hit the shelves.

Tired of junk mail pouring through your front door? Sick of cold callers asking about your broken computer? Consumer expert Martyn James and John Micheson, from the Telephone Preference Service join Sarah Pennells to share top tips on how you can slow the constant stream of spam messages and cold calls.

It is reported that two million people currently own shares in their employer due to employee share ownership schemes, but what does this actually mean? To find out Sarah is joined by Malcolm Hurlston, chairman of the Employee Share Ownership Center and by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck from the Employee Benefits magazine.

Sarah looks at the idea of fraud and how people are most likely to be targeted. Figures show an increase of 16 per cent for 2015 compared to the year before, but how can you help to lower your risk of being a target. To discuss this Sarah is joined by young money champion Amelia Murray, Mike Haley from CIFAS and Steve Proffitt from Action Fraud.