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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.

The Prime Minister has become the first world leader to hold face-to-face talks with Donald Trump since his inauguration. Back home, Jo Stevens, the shadow Welsh Secetrary has resigned from Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet amid party turmoil over the upcoming Brexit vote. She announced it today via twitter and becomes the second Labour MP to resign in 24 hours after Shadow education minister Tulip Siddiq also announced she was stepping down last night. For today's Share Politics, Simon Rose joined by Geraint Johnes, Professor of Economics at Lancaster University Management School, and Adam Bienkov, UK Political Editor of Business Insider

This is The Business of Sport with Share Radio's Michael Considine. Each week he provides you with the inside track on the world of sport. On today's show, Michael looks at takeover of Formula 1 by US media company Libery Media - and the end of the Ecclestone era. F1 commentator Kate Walker will be joined Michael in the studio. He also examines how sports franchises and clubs are looking to monetize their social media engagement - CEO of Fan Compass Jamie Pardi tells all. And Alex Clark will have this week's Extra Time.

The Share Radio Evening Show teams up with the FT Money Editor Claer Barrett to talk Serious Money - the personal finance and investment highlights of her FT Money section. On this edition, Claer and Share Radio's Simon Rose talk about "why you should never own shares in the company you work for", discuss UBS targeting wealthy women and how living with dementia could turn into a financial crisis.

This is The Magazine Review, Share Radio's look at the top political and financial stories of the week under the forensic eye of expert guests. Today's brains are Mark Atherton, Money Reporter at The Times and Charlotte Moore, Freelance financial journalist.

Tesco's announced a £3.7bn planned merger with Booker group, a wholesaler and owner of Budgens and Londis convenience store brands, where are share prices today? While in the US, Google's parent company Alphabet reported Q4 profits were worse than expected but sales were up - and Starbucks failed to meet same store sales expectations. Carla Mozée, Markets Reporter at MarketWatch, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to talk through today's big company stories.