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Gavin Serkin is joined by Peter West from PAM Global Investments in studio & on the line by Guillermo Parra-Bernal of Thomson Reuters in São Paulo to discuss all things Brazil in our latest venture into Latin America on the show, with a look at what’s happening on the ground while the Olympics are in full swing and the pro’s and con’s for investors in a time of political & financial upheaval.

Conversations From Africa with Patrick Jones & Chris Bishop of Forbes Africa Magazine. This week - a look at the outcome of municipal elections in South Africa, an update on strike action from Eskom & petrol firm employees and a look at a new member of the British Museum.

Time once again for the Consuming Issues news review, with Georgie Frost and is joined by Hannah Maundrell Editor in Chief at Money.co.uk. And today, they look at the days top story - FTSE 100 chief executives rose by a massive ten percent last year alone. Elsewhere, today marks the beginning of a five day strike by Southern Rail after they failed to reach an agreement with the TUC. And, the cost of motor insurance has gone up 10 per cent in the last year. All this and more, on Consuming Issues, every day from 9am to Midday, right here on Share Radio.

The world's largest arts festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, has begun. Yet, the Fringe Festival isn't the only event to have kicked off this weekend in the city. The Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo are among many to have begun. So what do these festivals bring to the city's economy? Joe Aldridge spoke with James McVeigh, Head of Marketing and Innovation at Festivals Edinburgh, to find out.

Southern Rail is in turmoil and the network is to endure another week of chaos as conductors begin a five-day strike over driver-only trains. So what is going on at the British railway company? Joe Aldridge has been looking into Southern's struggles.

According to the Home Affairs Select Committee, approximately 1,600 Syrian refugees have been processed into the UK. It says the UK should do more to resettle Syrian refugees and strengthen border controls to clamp down on the smuggling of migrants. This is a call that many faith leaders have already been making. Marc talks to Edie Friedman of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality and Nina Kaye of Refugees at Home.

Nick talks to Anthony Hughes a director of the recruitment specialists Coburg Banks about boring jobs and how to cope with one, Dutchmen Pim Demorree and Jos Minaar whose mission is to make work fun, and Paul Sellers, the TUC’s Pay Policy Officer, about workers watching the Olympics. Plus, he speaks to Rachel Suff, Employment Relations Advisor at the CIPD, about its report which suggests little progress is being made to tackle mental health issues in the workplace.

Linda meets the 68 year old former management trainer Tricia Cusden who set up a business selling make up for older women. It's now turning over £1.4 million in just three years and exporting to 28 countries.

This week Linda meets the founder of Flying Pig Helicopter Pilot Training School, Captain Paul White, and its instructors and pupils. PLUS she gets airborne above the fields of Hertfordshire.

This week Nick Peters looks at the controversy caused by former executive chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi, Kevin Roberts, following his comments on gender imbalance and talks to Ali Hanan, founder of Creative Equals. He also analyses this week's Rajar figures with Adam Bowie.