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And as part of our series with Financial Journalist and Author Rodney Hobson, we'll be talking about pyramid scams.

In just two weeks, more than 650 people reported losing over £5.5m to bank transfer scams. Which? is submitting this information to the Payment Systems Regulator as evidence in its super-complaint into bank transfer fraud. UK consumers now make over 70 million bank transfers a month, but victims conned into transferring money by bank transfer to a scammer currently have no legal right to get their money back from their bank. Olivia Demetriades spoke to Pete Moorey, Head of Campaigns at Which?.

Data breaches and malware infections are still occurring at unprecedented rates, despite corporations spending millions on security products and services to ward off cyber criminals. To discuss the future of cyber crime, Gregor Watt spoke to Dr Giovanni Vigna, the co-founder of Lastline and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California.

The Bigger Picture with Simon Rose and Rishi Patel, a Public Affairs Consultant at FTI Consulting. They discussed: whether the Conservatives leaked Brexit plan is to “have cake and eat it”, Theresa May’s plans to address excessive executive pay, UKIP leadership and The Snoopers Charter.

Simon Johnson Head of Corporate Broking at finnCap joins Simon Rose for a roundup of some of the biggest news coming out of the junior stock market this week: TrakM8, CityFibre, Patisserie Holdings

But first- regular listeners of the Evening Show will recognise the name Wey Education- we talked to them on the AIM Show earlier this year. Wey Education - the UK's only online independent secondary school teaching GCSE and A Levels - has seen a 50% rise in the number of students in the last school year. That means revenue rose by 38% to £1.5 million pounds compared to £1.1m in the previous period. James Brydges spoke to Wey Education's CEO David Massey James started by asking David how Wey Education differs from traditional schools

Advertised job vacancies increased to over 1.1m last month, demonstrating the resilience of the jobs market. However, pay has slumped in some sectors according to the latest UK Job Market Report from Adzuna. The jobsite recorded a 2.6% rise in vacancies in October compared to September, while average salaries in retail and consultancy firms fell by around 9% compared with the same time last year. To discuss the findings in more detail, Olivia Demetriades was joined by Becky Harkins, author of Adzuna's monthly jobs report.

Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, has ordered BT to split from its subsidiary Openreach. Openreach is the part of the business which runs the physical cables and phone lines which most broadband and phone companies use to connect with with customers. It has been the source of a great deal of criticism of BT, with rival telecoms companies accusing it of underinvesting and prioritising BT customers at their expense. Ofcom has suggested Openreach is split off from its parent, with a separate board and control of its own branding and budget. Simon spoke to David Millett, of independent telecoms brokerage Equinox.

This is the Responsible Investment Show, today with Share Radio's Steve Clarke. On this edition: renewable energy with Lord Adair Turner, microfinance with Vicki Escarra, Global CEO of Opportunity International, and European oil and gas producers are scaling up their preparations ahead of an expected slowdown in the international oil market.

Chancellor Phillip Hammond's Autumn Statement last week produced plenty of heat some might say - but not much light. Many commentators branded it as underwhelming but the forecast from the OBR did get a lot of attention with Brexiteers in particular saying they were way too pessimistic. To reflect on the Statement, Share Radio's Steve Clarke was joined in the studio by Professor John Weeks, Share Radio's regular economic commentator and his guest Graham Gudgin, Research Associate at the Centre For Business Research at the University of Cambridge