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Vodafone to help 1,000 career-break women get back to work

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Vodafone to help 1,000 career-break women get back to work
Vodafone today announced that the company will help 1,000 career-break women return to frontline and managerial roles over three years - part of a programme called Reconnect. For more on this, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Anna Johnstone, an Executive Coach with Women Returners.
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Andrea Johnstone


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Services index slows: blip or long-term problem?

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Services index slows: blip or long-term problem?
Figures for the UK service sector showed their second consecutive monthly decline - they're still positive but for how long? And what does it tell us about GDP? And the US is likely to raise rates soon - what impact is this having on markets? Jamie McGeever chief markets correspondent at Reuters joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss the day's big economic stories.

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Bitcoin value surpasses gold for the first time

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Bitcoin value surpasses gold for the first time
Jasper Lawler, Senior Market Analyst at London Capital Group, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to talk about the value of bitcoin hitting a new record high and overtaking the price of gold for the first time yesterday.
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Jasper Lawler


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Number of workers on zero hour contracts reaches record high

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Number of workers on zero hour contracts reaches record high
According to leading think tank The Resolution Foundation, the number of people on zero hour contracts in the UK has reached a new high. Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined on the line by Andrea Broughton, Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies.
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Andrea Broughton


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"SNP will keep flipping the coin until it turns up heads" says Telegraph's Asa Bennett

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"SNP will keep flipping the coin until it turns up heads" says Telegraph's Asa Bennett
Asa Bennett, Assistant Comment Editor at the Telegraph joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss Theresa May's latest speech to the Scottish Tory Party in which she made a strong defence of the union and accused the SNP to sacrifice it for an independence "tunnel vision".
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Asa Bennett


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London Stock Exchange no 'wounded animal'

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London Stock Exchange no 'wounded animal'
The London Stock Exchange has raised its dividend 20 percent as the merger with Deutsche Börse looks increasingly unlikely. What does it signal? Plus shares at global ad giant WPP are down 8% and cryptocurrency Bitcoin's outstripping gold on the markets. Craig Erlam of OANDA joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for more on the day's big company stories.
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Craig Erlam


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"I'm 95% sure that we'll hear more about Trump-Russia links" says Prof Robert Singh

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"I'm 95% sure that we'll hear more about Trump-Russia links" says Prof Robert Singh
Professor of Politics Robert Singh from Birkbeck, University of London, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to talk about the allegation that US Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to the Russian Ambassador during Trump's presidential campaign, failing to mention that during his confirmation hearing.

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MoneyWeek with Merryn Somerset Webb: Snapchat shareholders should have a vote

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MoneyWeek with Merryn Somerset Webb: Snapchat shareholders should have a vote
Our weekly catch up with Merryn Somerset Webb, Editor in Chief of MoneyWeek. She joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher on the line to preview articles from this week's issue including why people are valuing new media stocks based on Snap's IPO.
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Merryn Somerset Webb


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"There's a one in ten chance that Britain will remain in the EU" says In-Facts' Hugo Dixon

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"There's a one in ten chance that Britain will remain in the EU" says In-Facts' Hugo Dixon
The Government suffered an important defeat last night after the Lords backed an amendment to the Brexit bill to guarantee the rights of EU nationals in the UK. Share Radio's Ed Bowsher spoke to Hugo Dixon, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of in-facts for his take on this.
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Hugo Dixon


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Is Snap the first in a wave of 'tech unicorn' IPOs?

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Is Snap the first in a wave of 'tech unicorn' IPOs?
As Snap shares begin to trade on the New York stock exchange today, will they spark a trend for other tech unicorns like Spotify and Uber to follow? And can anything spook the FTSE 100 as it pushes to record highs again? Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for more on the day's biggest economic stories.
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Chris Beauchamp


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