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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: IMF urges action on Greek debt

Sarah Lowther
Morning Money: IMF urges action on Greek debt
The International Monetary Fund has called for upfront and unconditional debt relief for Greece. The IMF says that without immediate action the financial plight of the recession-ravaged country would deteriorate dramatically over the coming decades. Nick Malkoutzis is editor of the economic analysis website macropolis.gr, and told Sarah Lowther that the report won't go down well amongst lenders.

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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: FTSE 100 companies withhold employee data from investors

Sarah Lowther
Morning Money:  FTSE 100 companies withhold employee data from investors
A new research report from the Valuing Your Talent partnership reveals a third of FTSE 100 companies are withholding relevant information on their workforce including health and safety incidents, data breaches, skills challenges and employee turnover in their annual reports. The omissions create a clear risk to users of these reports, such as investors. Edward Houghton, Research Adviser on Human Capital and Metrics for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development told Sarah Lowther what is being omitted and why.

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Georgie Frost

Consuming Issues: The team from Money Fight Club joins @GECFrost in the studio to talk about bill switching, Ryanair and Prince

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Consuming Issues: The team from Money Fight Club joins @GECFrost in the studio to talk about bill switching, Ryanair and Prince
Today the founders of Money Fight Club -Lindsay Cook and Anne Caborn- talk about bill switching - will the new Better Markets Bill make it easier for people to switch energy suppliers and banks accounts. And, Ryanair are to set a price war after planning to cut fares by up to 12% in the next year. Plus, pop legend Prince apparently failed to leave a will...what can we learn from this?
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Lindsay Cook, Anne Carbon


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Simon Rose

Gadgets and Gizmos - Episode 67

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets and Gizmos - Episode 67
Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin.
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Steve Caplin


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Georgie Frost

Consuming Issues: Do perks help you decide which job to take? Listen to Joe Wiggins

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Consuming Issues: Do perks help you decide which job to take? Listen to Joe Wiggins
Do perks help you decide which job to take? Recruitment website Glassdoor, say that over a third of employees say perks and benefits are among their top consideration before accepting a new job. As most of us spend a majority of our waking hours at work, we want to enjoy our time in the office as much as we possibly can and so perks and benefits are an invaluable tool to help attract employees through the door. Joe Wiggins, Glassdoor's head of communications for Europe, spoke with Georgie.
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Joe Wiggins


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Juliette Foster

Emerging Opportunities: Gavin Serkin of Frontier Funds, James Bennett from Aston Currency Management & Joe Delvaux from Duet Asset Management - investing in Africa & much more!

Juliette Foster
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Emerging Opportunities With Gavin Serkin

Emerging Opportunities: Gavin Serkin of Frontier Funds, James Bennett from Aston Currency Management & Joe Delvaux from Duet Asset Management - investing in Africa & much more!
This is Emerging Opportunities - the only show on radio dedicated to the world of emerging markets. Joining Juliette Foster in studio is Gavin Serkin, author of Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow, and the Managing Editor of Frontier Funds and Frontera News. Also joining Juliette is James Bennett of Aston Currency Management & Joe Delvaux from Duet Asset Management. Topics today range from currency strength in emerging markets, trouble for Mozambique's economy & a debt scandal, plus discussion on Africa's broader economy & much more!

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Georgie Frost

Consuming Issues: Is the traditional 9-5 job not the preferred option among the workforce anymore? Listen to Dan Collier

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Consuming Issues: Is the traditional 9-5 job not the preferred option among the workforce anymore? Listen to Dan Collier
Today's workforce is more fragmented than previous generations. The traditional '9-5' job is not as favoured as it once was with other types of work arrangements quickly gaining in popularity. More and more people are choosing self-employment and temporary work for a better work-life balance. Temporary workers now make up a third of the average company’s work force. Dan Collier, chief executive of Elevate, spoke with Georgie.
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Dan Collier


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Juliette Foster

The Apprentice Investor: This weeks update on Share Radio's apprentices portfolios

Juliette Foster
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The Apprentice Investor

The Apprentice Investor: This weeks update on Share Radio's apprentices portfolios
This is today's edition of The Apprentice Investor. Regular listeners to the show will know that our Apprentices are five members of the Share Radio team who've each been given fifteen thousand pounds of virtual money to build their individual share portfolios. They have a minimum of eight stocks which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre. So...are our financial novices in line for a June windfall...or is financial disappointment lurking around the corner? Apprentices Alexi Philips and Olivia Demetriades are in the studio along with Ed Bowsher, Share Radio's Senior Analyst.

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Georgie Frost

Consuming Issues: Is travel insurance really worth paying for? Listen to Daisy Parker

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Consuming Issues: Is travel insurance really worth paying for? Listen to Daisy Parker
A growing number of us are travelling abroad without travel insurance. New figures show its as many as a quarter of us, with young people less likely to pay for the safety net when they go abroad. There's a small chance that a natural disaster or medical emergency is not going to ruin on your trip but is it really worth paying for? Daisy Parker from Abta spoke with Georgie.
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Daisy Parker


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Juliette Foster

Conversations From Africa: Uber causes chaos, violence in parliament, Zimbabwe's flag movement & more!

Juliette Foster
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Conversations From Africa

Conversations From Africa: Uber causes chaos, violence in parliament, Zimbabwe's flag movement & more!
This is Conversations From Africa, Share Radio's weekly look at major news from across the African continent with Chris Bishop, Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine & Share Radio reporter Patrick Jones. On today's show: A new policy for Uber in South Africa which was met with uproar from regular cab drivers, violence erupting in South Africa's Parliament due to the Economic Freedom Fighters, news of changes to interest rates in South Africa, news of a possible arrest for the Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, a look at the Zimbabwe Flag movement & much more!

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