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The team from This Is Money, the award winning financial website, are back in the studio with Georgie for their weekly catch up. This week they take a look at: an alternative to Trump's doom-and-gloom rhetoric; automation is creeping into every aspect of our lives, and the British auto industry shines in Geneva.

Bill Gibbons, Director of industry body Discover Ferries, joins Share Radio to talk on the UK ferry industry after the release of new statistics. 2015 Ferrystat figures, released by Discover Ferries, shows 8.61 million cars were carried by UK operators last year, an increase of 1.3% on the previous year. So how has the ferry industry adapted and what challenges does it face?

Just as the jobless figures in the UK are seen as an important economic indicator, so are US labour market figures. After a robust employment scene towards the end of 2015, job creation has been slowing across the pond. Kully Samra, from US broker Charles Schwab, spoke to Nigel Cassidy in a look ahead to the latest non-farm payroll numbers.

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.

On today’s Investment Trust show Ed Mitchell is joined by Ed Bowsher, Share Radio Senior Analyst, Jim Harrison, Investment Analyst at Master Adviser and Annabel Brodie-Smith, Communications Director at the AIC. The questions for todays show revolve around how to choose an investment trust.

Businesses are not taking cyber security seriously enough, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has warned, with under a third of cyber-attacks being reported to the police. In a new report supported by Barclays, named: ‘Cyber Security: Underpinning the Digital Economy’, the IoD revealed that companies were keeping quiet even though half of attacks resulted in interruption of business operations. Professor Richard Benham is author of the report, and he discussed the digital economy.

John Longworth, Director General of The British Chambers of Commerce, will today claim that voters have a choice "between the devil and the deep blue sea" in the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. John joined Nigel Cassidy and Rachel Winter to talk about the BCC’s stance, whilst also looking ahead to their annual conference: ‘Britain’s Economy: New Dawn or Back to the Future?’.

For our regular focus on the UK Political scene, senior political analyst at consultants De Havilland Mike Indian joins Ed Mitchell, Investment Perspectives Presenter.

To celebrate the launch of the new digital D2 network we sent our intrepid correspondent Linda Lewis out into the world of Digital Radio to find out what was happening with the biggest digital launch ever.

New-York based Political Analyst and Author Rosa Prince joins Ed Mitchell to discuss the US Presidential Elections following yesterdays Super Tuesday vote, It's looking ever more likely that there will be a Trump/Clinton contest in November, but it's certainly not all over yet...