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What's the best strategy for British companies as the UK starts negotiating with the EU? The guessing game has begun; should our businesses pursue a global outlook, or restrict their suppliers to from inside the UK itself? Share Radio's James Brydges spoke to Chris Baker from global tech giant Concur.

The financial service sector contributed over £128 billion to the economy last year, and accounted for over 2.2 million jobs across the country. It also paid £71.4 billion in tax in 2015. It's thought Theresa May needs a transitional deal in order to give the sector time to adapt to life outside the EU. James Brydges spoke to Mark Boleat, Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation, and first asked whether there were any surprises in the letter to Donald Tusk.

Anglo Pacific, the only natural resources royalty company to be listed in London, has released full year results today. The company invests in mining projects and then receives a proportion of the revenues they generate. Julian Treger, CEO of Anglo Pacific spoke to Nigel Cassidy to discuss how the company's doing and what they're up to at the moment.

Joining Nigel Cassidy today is Mike Van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets to discuss the top finance stories. Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening down 5 points, according to financial bookmakers. Plus they looked at some of the winners and losers as the Brexit process begins – nine months after the leave campaign triumphed.

Share Radio gets the View from Middlesex University from Professor Tim Evans. Today: why London will remain Europe's financial centre post-Brexit; the man behind Labour's Momentum; and does America need more immigrants?

It's time to talk politics. Today: Theresa May has formally started the process of leaving the EU, telling Brussels she wants to form a 'new deep and special partnership'. Has the UK just leapt into the dark?

Ex-Minister for Pensions and now, Director of Policy at Royal London, Sir Steve Webb joins Simon live in the studio for the latest edition of "In My Experience" - talking about his political career and his experiences in David Cameron's coalition government.

This is My Portfolio with Lord Lee, Share Radio's catchup with FT columnist Lord John Lee, author of 'How to Make a Million Slowly'. Today, John is joined by Keith Ritchie, Executive Chairman of Titon Holdings - one of the companies that John has invested in.

On today's Wrap: Stocks and sterling take Brexit in their stride, EU regulators block London Stock Exchange's merger with German stock exchange Deutsche Boerse, and rising UK rail revenues offset a poor bus performance at transport company Stagecoach. All this and more with Simon and Russ Mould, Investment Director at AJ Bell.

With two years of negotiations on the horizon, tools to monitor Brexit's impact will be key. Website Verdict has set up its Brexit sentiment tracker to keep an eye on how British businesses are responding. Billy Bambrough, editor of Verdict, spoke to Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for more.