Podcasts

It appears the gender pay gap isn't the only problem being faced by women in Britain's workforce. 4 in 5 reported witnessing gender discrimination or bias in the past 12 months. This included bias in the recruitment process, women being unable to get their voices heard at meetings and inappropriate comments often passed off as banter. To find out more about the situation our reporter Tom Hill spoke to Head of Brand Strategy and Stakeholder Relations at the CMI, Craig Hurring.

Sarah Pennells was joined by Editor in Chief at Money.co.uk Hannah Maundrell. Today on the agenda, they discussed Trump's travel ban and how some airlines are offering refunds to those affected. Plus they look into why most British cities sell more of their exported goods to Europe than anywhere else in the world. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Now it's time to review some of the biggest political stories from earlier on Share Radio Morning. Sarah Pennells was joined by political journalist Natasha Clark to discuss US President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from Muslim countries. Sarah asked Natasha for her take on the implementation and the reaction of the ban.

The EU is the biggest market for UK exports - and failing to secure a good trade deal post-Brexit will be a major issue for cities across the country. Can other deals pick up the slack? Or does the UK have to get good access to EU markets? The latest report from thinktank the Centre for Cities focused on exports in the UK's 62 biggest centres and Paul Swinney, principal economist at the centre, joined Ed Bowsher to expand on their findings.

Joining us to discuss what the main market headlines of the morning are was Share Radio's very own Nigel Cassidy? Monday is usually a quieter morning for Company Announcements. Airline FLYBE has released its Q3 TRADING STATEMENT - says it's "delivered a solid quarter in tough trading conditions”.

A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce of 1500 business people has highlighted an interesting reaction to the collapse in the value of the pound since last June's referendum. Over a third of UK firms are planning to invest more in selling abroad over the next five years, despite uncertainties over Brexit. To discuss this further, Anastassia Beliakova, International Affairs Officer at the BCC, joined Share Radio Breakfast.

Rachel Winter, Senior Investment Manager at stockbroker Killik & Co, joined Share Radio Breakfast before and after the market open at 8am, to look at who’s been reporting, how those companies are faring, and how the FTSE has opened.

The Business of Film with film critic, James Cameron Wilson looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week, including Lion, Jackie and what to expect at the Oscars.

Helal Miah, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre, reviews this week's stock market activity with Share Radio's Simon Rose. They take a look back at BT, Unilever, Dixons and Tesco from this week, as well as looking ahead to AstraZeneca, Royal Dutch Shell, and Vodafone.

Join Share Radio's Simon Rose as he investigates what has been happening in the bourses and businesses of Britain and the world. To put the day's events in context, he was joined by Russ Mould, Investment Director at the online stockbrokers, AJ Bell. In today's wrap: the UK's biggest supermarket group, Tesco, has agreed to buy the UK's biggest food wholesaler, Booker Group; quarterly profits at BT have dropped 37%; Alliance Trust has agreed to buy out Elliott, a US activist investor that spent years pushing for management and structural changes at the Dundee-based financial services group; and the mortgage lender Paragon has reported that first quarter profits are in line with expectations due to cost controls and good trends in high margins and volumes.