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The average property asking price in England and Wales is close to hitting a new all-time high. It was £310,108 this month, according to Rightmove - only £363 below last June's record high. Prices are up 2.3% from a year earlier due to strong demand and a shortage of supply. Russell Quirk, Founder and CEO of eMoov spoke to Nigel Cassidy on Rightmove's latest house price index.

According to a leading industry thinktank, retailers will struggle in 2017 as rising food price inflation leaves shoppers with less disposable income for discretionary items such as clothing and homeware. Joining to discuss with Nigel Cassidy is Diane Wehrle, Marketing and Insights Director at Springboard, specialists in Customer Counting, Footfall and Performance Measurement in the UK within the retail sector to discuss the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies monitor.

The Share Centre takes you through the major trading statements of the week - as well as what's to come. Today: Prudential, Hikma Pharma, Sainsbury's, Kingfisher, Next, & Smiths Group.

On the latest Market Wrap, former Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond has launched a takeover bid for stockbroker and investment bank Panmure Gordon. Housebuilder Berkley Group has today signalled strong profits after signalling that the London housing market is stabilising. All this and more with Share Radio Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.

It's time to talk politics. On today's programme: George Osborne, the former Tory Chancellor, will become Editor of the London Evening Standard; and politics makes for strange bedfellows - not least Angela Merkel and Donald Trump.

On this week's Serious Money, we talked 'pocket money' and whether parents are spoiling their children or providing them more scope to learn about money. We discussed why space is becoming the final frontier for investors, and looked at Merryn Somerset Webb's article about her love affair with Japanese stocks.

On our latest Magazine Review, we looked at some of the stories dominating the pages of the country's leading business magazines and discussed what lies ahead, including George Osborne's appointment as Editor of the London Evening Standard, the possibility of another Scottish independence referendum and Hammond's U-turn over rising national insurance for self-employed.

Parisian rugby clubs, Racing 92 and Stade Français, will merge from next year, but how has the news been received in Paris? Author and rugby commentator Gavin Mortimer joined us for more. Plus, we spoke to Dr Daniel Lock from Bournemouth University to discuss whether pay TV is killing viewing figures. Finally, Alex Clark had the round up from the sport business world.

The Business of Film with film critic James Cameron Wilson, looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week, including Kong: Skull Island, Logan and The Lego Batman Movie.

Welcome to the This is Money Show on Share Radio, brought to you in partnership with NS&I. After its controversial announcement last week Philip Hammond has finally had to U-turn on national insurance hikes in an attempt to win back public trust. Whilst the Budget provoked considerable backlash less publicised has been changes in road tax coming in April which will see some drivers paying as much as seven times more. Meanwhile across the pond the US Fed has raised interest rates with attention now turning to what the Bank of England will do next. Speculating on where all this leaves our finances Georgie Frost is joined by Editor Simon Lambert and Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard Straus. Plus is a castle, a Star Wars themed cinema and beer Fridays really what it takes to be named Britain’s best boss? This is Money is presented by Georgie Frost in partnership with NS&I.