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To go through all the political headlines this morning, Georgie Frost was joined by Jack Sommers of the Huffington Post. The big story this morning was of course the Prime Minister's being given the power to take the UK out of the EU - after her Brexit Bill was finally approved by Parliament last night. The House of Lords backed down in its attempts to amend the legislation. But Theresa May's not expected to trigger the two-year leaving process until the end of the month.

Joining Georgie Frost to discuss the latest market headlines was Share Radio's very own Nigel Cassidy starting with Ocado, the British online supermarket - its released a trading statement this morning. Nigel has been speaking with a couple of CEO's this morning. One of which was from the Gym Group and the other CEO - Ray Anderson - was from Bango.

The UK economy's expected to grow more than initially thought this year, partly because of the strength of household spending. The British Chambers of Commerce has upgraded its outlook from 1-point-1 to 1-point-4 percent. But its growth forecast for 2018 has downgraded slightly, because of inflation. However, it has downgraded its expectations slightly for 2018. So what factors are contributing to this upgrade? And what can we expect in the following years? Nigel Cassidy spoke to Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the BCC and started by asking about the figures...

Bango, the mobile payment company which enables app store customers to click and buy apps or in-app content and place the charge directly onto their mobile phone bill, has released full year results today. So how is the company doing? Joining Nigel Cassidy to reveal all is Ray Anderson, CEO of Bango.

The Gym Group plc, the fast-growing, nationwide operator of over 80 high-quality low-cost gyms, has announced its full year results today. So how is the company doing? John Treharne, Chief Executive Officer of The Gym Group joined Nigel Cassidy to tell more about what the company's up to.

Technology is changing almost every aspect of daily life and business and finance is no exception. Share Radio's Simon Rose and Steve Caplin, Share Radio's technology editor, look at the big technological changes that impact on the world of business, finance and money as well as some of the gadgets that help make everyday life a bit easier. On today's programme, they discuss Hamamatsu Photonics, Senstone the "Intelligent Wearable Voice Recorder", Sim for Health, the wearable headset with a difference and much more.

It's time to talk politics. On today's programme: Nicola Sturgeon wants a second Scottish Independence referendum, either late next year or early in 2019. Scotland's first minister hopes to wait until then so the terms of Brexit are known. How badly has Sturgeon scuppered May's plans? Simon is joined by Jerry Hayes, former Tory MP and now political commentator, and Hugh Bennett, Deputy Editor at Brexit Central.

Want to keep up with the latest earnings updates from the States? We join Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Radio Show team here on Share Radio - direct from Washington DC - each Monday at 6 o'clock for news, views and analysis of US finance. On today's episode: Facebook gets exclusive football rights, US shares to watch and the author of Moneyball, Michael Lewis, on his latest book, The Undoing Project.

On today's Crowdfunders: how equity crowdfunding is getting on abroad, there's a new portfolio evaluation service on Seedrs, and a big crowdfunding conference is on the horizon.

On today's Market Wrap, the team discuss why shares in Bovis Homes have risen sharply following this weekend's news that the company was the target of a takeover battle between two of its rivals, Amec Foster Wheeler agrees to a £2.2bn takeover by Wood Group, the pound picks up following a confirmation from Scotland's First Minister that she is seeking a second referendum on Scottish independence & much more.