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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: The European Union dishes out its highest ever cartel fine to colluding truck makers

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: The European Union dishes out its highest ever cartel fine to colluding truck makers
The European Union has hit five truck makers with its highest-ever cartel fine of £2.46bn, for colluding on the factory prices of medium and heavy trucks, and coordinating on when to implement new emissions technologies. Daimler, DAF, Iveco, MAN and Volvo/Renault were said to have conspired over 14 years to fix prices, but VW-owned MAN escaped a penalty after it blew the whistle on the cartel. Joe Aldridge has been speaking to Paul Henty, Partner at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, to find out more.
Guests:

Paul Henty, Joe Aldridge


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Juliette Foster

The Weeks Update: Ann Pettifor & John Weeks discuss the new Chancellor & challenges ahead

Juliette Foster
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The Weeks Update

The Weeks Update: Ann Pettifor & John Weeks discuss the new Chancellor & challenges ahead
The new face at Number 11 Downing Street will almost certainly have his work cut out for him. So how will Phillip Hammond’s stint at the treasury differ to Osbornes? Ann Pettifor is an economist & Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics and Professor John Weeks is Share Radio's regular economics commentator and they were in the studio to discuss.

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Georgie Frost

Money Fight Club - Thatcher or Theresa?

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Money Fight Club - Thatcher or Theresa?
With Theresa May safely installed in number ten, this week Financial journalists Lindsay Cook and Anne Caborn talk to Georgie about if female leaders think about money differently, and why some shops seem to have sales all year around…and also who will get their Golden gloves award?
Guests:

Anne Carbon, Lindsay Cook


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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: Can the Government help solve the housing crisis by giving local authorities more power over planning fees?

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: Can the Government help solve the housing crisis by giving local authorities more power over planning fees?
The House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs has concluded in a report that the Government should allow local authorities to set and vary planning fees in accordance with the needs of their local area to incentivise private sector housebuilders. John Wriglesworth, Consultant Researcher for Jackson-Stops & Staff joined the Morning Money team to discuss further.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, John Wriglesworth


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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: What's next for BT after the damning Culture, Media and Sport Committee report?

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: What's next for BT after the damning Culture, Media and Sport Committee report?
British Telecom is significantly under investing in its Openreach division by hundreds of millions of pounds - according to a new report by MPs. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee says the quality of its broadband service "remains poor". Their report warns if there's no improvement, they support separating Openreach from BT. Share Radio spoke to Dave Millett, Managing Director of telecoms broker Equinox to find out more.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Dave Millett


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: The triple threat facing the UK travel industry

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: The triple threat facing the UK travel industry
Thousands of British families with holidays booked in Turkey are scrambling to cancel their trips following the attempted coup. Travel agents say they have been deluged by calls from worried tourists wanting to cancel after seeing shocking footage emerge from the holiday hotspot. Specialist Turkish travel agents are ruing the 'huge financial impact' that the attempted coup has had on their business over the weekend - and of course, this comes hot on the heels of the Nice atrocity. It's a third blow for the travel industry, already set to be profoundly affected by the Brexit vote. Geoffrey Breeze, Executive Director at the World Travel and Tourism Council joined the Morning Money team to discuss further.
Guests:

Rachel Winter, Geoffrey Breeze


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Rita Lobo

The World This Week: The South China Sea

Rita Lobo
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The World This Week

The World This Week: The South China Sea
The World This Week is with Sophie Pornshlegel, a French National and political commentator, talking about the atrocity in Nice, and Ashley Townshend, research fellow at the University of Sydney on the South China Sea dispute.
Guests:

Sophie Pornshlegel, Ashley Townshend


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Colin Bloom

Share Politics: Daniel Kawczynski

Colin Bloom
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Share Politics

Share Politics: Daniel Kawczynski
Share Politics' Colin Bloom talks to Daniel Kawczynski, Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, about the Prime Minister's cabinet reshuffle
Guest:

Daniel Kawczynski


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Georgie Frost

Is it May Day for the pound? Ed Bowsher on the News Review

Georgie Frost
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Consuming Issues

Is it May Day for the pound? Ed Bowsher on the News Review
Time once again for the Consuming Issues news review, with Georgie Frost and Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher. And today, the pound is rallying behind the news that Theresa May will be the next PM, as David Cameron heads to his last PMQs. And on the subject of the pound, travelers exchanging currency at the UK's regional airports are apparently getting less for their pounds than those using London terminals. And bad news for London, as Cambridge is named best place in the UK to work. All this and more, on Consuming Issues, every day from 9am to Midday, right here on Share Radio.
Guest:

Ed Bowsher


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Ed Mitchell

David Cameron's last ever PMQ's with Mike Indian

Ed Mitchell
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Ed's Macro-Economic View

 David Cameron's last ever PMQ's with Mike Indian
This is our regular Wednesday slot on politics which in these history-making times is anything but routine. Indeed we have a full session today with Mike Indian, Senior Political Analyst at DeHavilland - to discuss David Cameron's last ever PMQ's & more.

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