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Almost half of us are set to be dashing to the shops in the countdown to Christmas, spending on average £66 on finalising festivities, amounting to £1.5 billion across the UK. Jinan Rahma spoke to Sarah Willingham, entrepreneur and personal finance expert. She began by asking about what the research showed regarding our gift buying habits at Christmas.

M&S has won the prize for the most improved performance of a Christmas advert, according to new research from Kantar TNS. And this is found to be because it is a perfect blend of relevant, emotive and novel. Kantar TNS has revealed for the first time the three measures that really determine whether a campaign will be noticed and remembered by consumers for a long time.

2017: The year of ‘sofa volunteering’, vegetarianism gets bloodthirsty and the end of the World Wide Web? 2016 may go down in history as a year no-one could have predicted - but the innovation foundation Nesta publishes its agenda-setting annual predictions – the 10 giant trends, social movements and tech breakthroughs that will change our lives in 2017. Some of the charity’s previous predictions, including smellovision, are still on the drawing board but on the 5th Anniversary of the first prediction list, Director of the Innovation Lab at Nesta, Helen Goulden, explores this year’s list and which former predictions are now a part of everyday life for millions…

Annually, each woman in the UK spends 33 hours in total shopping for gifts, wrapping presents, and entertaining family and friends, amounting to 94 days over a lifetime Using the ONS Unpaid Work calculator to determine the value of this workload, Scottish Widows has found that the total value of the hours women spend preparing Christmas over their lifetime equates to £19,356 - £4,926 more than men over a lifetime. Olivia Demetriades was joined by Dr Sally Ann Law, a personal and executive coach who's been working with Scottish Widows on the report.

Every week on The Entrepreneur Show we speak to the interesting people behind businesses. This week it's the turn of Paula Wilkinson, director of Mums Bake Cakes - a company that links cake makers to people searching for an alternative gift anywhere in the world to local home bakers.

It's time for A View from the Valley - our regular update from the US on the world of entrepreneurs and business. This week, Glen Goodman was joined by Lisa De Simone, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Stanford Graduate School of Business. They spoke about what UK and European tech entrepreneurs can expect to see in the wake of Trump's policies in the US.

At Christmas time our thoughts often turn to a wider perspective. It is a time when faith is celebrated around the world. But many struggle to find a reconciliation between what science teaches us about the world and their deeply held faith. Here is an attempt to make sense of it all written by Gavin Oldham from Share Radio some years ago.

As we approach the end of 2016, entrepreneurs have had a lot to get to grips with the Brexit vote and its effect on the UK economy and the impact on immigration are of major concern to new businesses. But many entrepreneurs are up beat about their prospects for next year. Glen Goodman was joined by Jamie Kerr, head of entrepreneurship and tech policy at the Institute for Directors.

Helal Miah, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre, reviews this week's stock market activity with Share Radio's Juliette Foster. They take a look back at Dixons Carphone, Micro Focus, Centrica, Petrofac, Wood Group, Carpetright and Bellway. They also look ahead to Carnival.

Japanese banks have warned the UK government that they will move their business from London if no guarantees can be provided on the UK's continued access to European markets. For more on this, Share Radio's Alexi Phillips spoke to Max Colchester, UK Banking Reporter for the Wall Street Journal. They began by discussing the motives for this warning.