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Georgie Frost

Where does the law stand on the gig economy?

Georgie Frost
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Morning

Where does the law stand on the gig economy?
Increasingly people are becoming employed in the so-called gig economy with firms such as Deliveroo and Uber however it leaves a lot of questions over their employment rights. Recently Uber and Deliveroo have appealed for an overhaul of employment laws which they claim prevent them from providing benefits such as insurance and pensions to self-employed staff. This follows last month's legal battle by a plumber- who wanted to reduce his days at Pimlico Plumbers following a heart attack. To give some insight into the law in workers rights Georgie Frost was joined by employment expert Beverley Sunderland from Crossland Employment solicitors.
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Beverley Sunderland


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Nigel Cassidy

Brain scans reveal what makes a TV advert most effective

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Breakfast

Brain scans reveal what makes a TV advert most effective
Researchers at Rotterdam School of Management, have discovered what in a TV advert triggers people to find the product online. This group was shown the adverts of 11 different adverts, all created for the same brand of pain-relieving muscle and joint gel. Brain scans then revealed that an advert works best when it highlights both a product’s functional benefits and triggers the viewer’s imagination. James Brydges spoke to Linda Couwenberg, who led the research.
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Linda Couwenberg


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Georgie Frost

John Lewis will cut 400 jobs. Nigel Cassidy joins us to discuss more

Georgie Frost
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Morning

John Lewis will cut 400 jobs. Nigel Cassidy joins us to discuss more
Joining Georgie Frost to discuss the latest market headlines was Share Radio's very own Nigel Cassidy. A busy morning of Company Announcements starting with numbers from RBS and Standard Chartered this morning. We also had the news last night that John Lewis would be cutting up to 400 jobs.
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Nigel Cassidy


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Nigel Cassidy

How first time buyers helped to boost mortgage approvals in January

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Morning

How first time buyers helped to boost mortgage approvals in January
The mortgage market has had its strongest start to a year since 2008, with lending up by 2% from January 2016. Mortgage approvals hit a nine-month high in December, more figures from the British Bankers Association reveal today. The Council of Mortgage Lenders said that gross mortgage lending was £18.9 billion last month, although this wasn't as strong as December. To discuss the figures, Nigel was joined by Mohammad Jamei, an economist from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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Mohammad Jamei


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Nigel Cassidy

How Cardiff's becoming the UK's newest financial services hub

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Morning

How Cardiff's becoming the UK's newest financial services hub
Next week is 'Wales in London' week with a number of events scheduled across the capital. Cardiff recently beat London in terms of its combination of talent AND quality of life in a recent recruitment survey. Deloitte moved a number of back office jobs from London to Cardiff recently. Chair of Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone Chris Sutton joined Nigel; he'll be talking at an "Invest in Wales" event in London on Monday.
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Chris Sutton


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Nigel Cassidy

Why RBS needs to separate the good from the bad

Nigel Cassidy
Original Broadcast:

Share Radio Morning

Why RBS needs to separate the good from the bad
Chairman of the Lafferty Group, Michael Lafferty, joins Nigel in the studio to discuss the loss announced by the Royal Bank of Scotland this morning.
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Michael Lafferty


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Simon Rose

Share Politics: What goes up

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Share Politics: What goes up
It's time to talk politics. On today's programme, Simon Rose will be looking at the latest net migration figures with Jonathan Isaby, Editor of Brexit Central, the Government's prison shake-up with Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns at The Howard League for Penal Reform, as well as checking in with Lord Teverson, Liberal Democrat peer, to see how the Government's Brexit bill is getting on in the Lords.

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Simon Rose

The Apprentice Investor: An update on the portfolios of Share Radio's Apprentices

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

The Apprentice Investor: An update on the portfolios of Share Radio's Apprentices
Hello and welcome to today's edition of The Apprentice Investor. Regular listeners to the show will know that our Apprentices are four members of the Share Radio team who've each been given fifteen thousand pounds of virtual money to build their own share portfolios. They have a minimum of eight stocks, which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre for the past couple of years. Today Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined in the studio by Apprentices Alexi Phillips and Olivia Demitriades. Standing by with advice and useful observations was Share Radio's sparkling Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.
Guests:

Ed Bowsher, Alexi Phillips, Olivia Demetriades


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Simon Rose

Market Wrap: Barclays' full-year profits nearly treble

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Market Wrap: Barclays' full-year profits nearly treble
Share Radio's Simon Rose brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help put the day's events in context, Simon was joined by Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher. On today's show: Barclays has seen a jump in its annual pre-tax profits which nearly treble; British Gas owner Centrica has reported an annual pre-tax profit of £2.2bn, against a loss of £1.1bn the year before; pressure on the sales of French bonds eased earlier today, as the likelihood of a win for Marine Le Pen decreased. All this and much more on the Market Wrap.
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Ed Bowsher


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Simon Rose

The Investment Trust Show: Investing for income

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

The Investment Trust Show: Investing for income
"The Investment Trust Show", brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors. Each week we explore the main features, factors and developments affecting investment trusts. This week we're going to be looking at using investment trusts to invest for income. To do so, Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined on the phone by Alan Borrows from the Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust and Simon Elliot, Head of Research at Winterflood. Also with Simon, as ever, was Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher.
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Ed Bowsher, Simon Elliott, Alan Borrows


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