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Big Sofa announces Aim flotation - CEO Simon Lidington discusses the company's strategy

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Big Sofa announces Aim flotation - CEO Simon Lidington discusses the company's strategy
Big Sofa, a technology company of just over thirty people, is preparing to float on Aim, the debut investment market, and may begin trading next week. The founders apparently started the business seven years ago travelling the UK, interviewing consumers to get some insight into customer behaviour. They quizzed people on a large inflatable sofa, and videoed the results, believing the insights they got were better than those from more conventional research. But it was all a bit laborious transcribing the content, so today Big Sofa uses clever software that mines all the info. Simon Lidington, CEO of Big Sofa, joined Share Radio to discuss.
Guests:

Rachel Winter, Simon Lidington


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Foenix Partners' Alex Lydall on the market reaction to the U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike announcement

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Share Radio Breakfast

Foenix Partners' Alex Lydall on the market reaction to the U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike announcement
Alex Lydall, Senior 360 FX dealer at corporate forex broker Foenix Partners, joined Share Radio to discuss the market reaction to the U.S. Federal Reserve announcement of a three interest rates hikes in 2017, and what can we expect from President-elect Trump going forward.
Guests:

Rachel Winter, Alex Lydall


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Has the smartphone market already peaked?

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

Has the smartphone market already peaked?
With declining sales and some well publicised product disasters, 2016 was a difficult year for smartphone manufacturers. But analysts are predicting 2017 could be even tougher even as one old name, Nokia, prepares to enter the market once again. Share Radio's Robert Van Egghen reports.
Guest:

Robert Van Egghen


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Italy approves bail out plan for Monte dei Paschi bank

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Share Radio Breakfast

Italy approves bail out plan for Monte dei Paschi bank
A 20 billion euro bailout for the world’s oldest bank, Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena, now looks inevitable. Monte has seemingly failed to pull off a last-ditch rescue plan, proving unable to find an anchor commercial investor for an offer of new shares. Bankers said a private sector deal to swop debt for shares would only have raised €1.7 billion, far short of the overall amount needed. The Italian Senate's approval followed an announcement by the troubled bank that it expects to burn through €11 billion in just four months, a sum it was thought would last 11 months. Share Radio's Matt Cox has been getting the lowdown on Monte's plight from industry specialist Philip Alexander, Regulation Editor at Risk.net.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Philip Alexander


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The latest political news with Josh Lowe: Berlin suspect manhunt, Corbyn critic quits as Labour MP, Christmas in prison for marine denied bail, Trump vs Alex Salmond

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

The latest political news with Josh Lowe: Berlin suspect manhunt, Corbyn critic quits as Labour MP, Christmas in prison for marine denied bail, Trump vs Alex Salmond
Josh Lowe, Reporter at Newsweek, joined Share Radio for his weekly take on politics. He talked Europe-wide manhunt for Berlin suspect and the implications for Chancellor Merkel, the news that one of Jeremy Corbyn’s most persistent critics quit as a Labour MP to take a job in the nuclear industry, and the recently published letters sent by Donald Trump to then-Scottish first minister Alex Salmond, part of an intense lobbying campaign against plans for an offshore wind project near Mr Trump's Aberdeenshire golf resort.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, Josh Lowe


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Pharmaceutical drugs price hike: other reasons beyond profit?

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

Pharmaceutical drugs price hike: other reasons beyond profit?
Pharmaceutical companies are in the news again being accused of unreasonable price hikes. This time it's Actavis UK, who have been accused by the NHS of overcharging for a "lifesaving" drug by raising the price more than 12 thousand percent. This follows similar situations such as Pfizer being charged a record 107 million dollar fine for allegedly overcharging for an epilepsy treatment, and the Martin Shkreli scandal, when the U.S. Pharmaceutical Executive bought the rights to Daraprim, and raised the price more than 50-fold. Share Radio's Matt Cox has been investigating these price hikes. He spoke to Dr Amit Roy pharmaceutical analyst and founder of independent investment research firm Foveal.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Dr Amit Roy


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Sensatus Investment Club's Dary McGovern on investments in 2016

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Share Radio Breakfast

Sensatus Investment Club's Dary McGovern on investments in 2016
Investors have had to be smart to steer their way through the markets this year. There have been some great opportunities for returns but of course people can and have lost all their gains and more through poor calls and bad timing. It can be a lot more fun and you can certainly learn a lot about running a portfolio if you are part of an investment club. Dary McGovern, a member of the Sensatus Investment Club and Managing Director of Timetotrade, a company that produces investment software, joined Share Radio to discuss investments in 2016.
Guests:

Rachel Winter, Dary McGovern


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Trump vs the CIA: what can we expect from his presidency?

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

Trump vs the CIA: what can we expect from his presidency?
As Donald Trump prepares for his presidency he has been naming officials and speaking out against the Central Intelligence Agency. It comes after FBI director James B. Comey and the director of national intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. agreed with a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election in part to help Donald Trump win the White House. Share Radio's Colin Bloom discovered what the president elect's latest moves might mean, by speaking with Ross Anderson of the University of Cambridge.
Guests:

Colin Bloom, Ross Anderson


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Wedlake Bell's James Castro-Edwards on ECJ ruling mass data retention unlawful

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

Wedlake Bell's James Castro-Edwards on ECJ ruling mass data retention unlawful
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the "general and indiscriminate retention" of emails and electronic communications by governments is illegal. The ruling could lead to challenges against the UK's new Investigatory Powers Act. This legal challenge was initially brought to determine the legality of GCHQ's bulk interception of call records and online messages. James Castro-Edwards, Partner and Head of Data Protection Law at Wedlake Bell LLP, joined Share Radio to discuss.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, James Castro-Edwards


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Why have sherry sales more than halved over the past decade?

Nigel Cassidy
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Share Radio Breakfast

Why have sherry sales more than halved over the past decade?
David Richardson, Regulatory & Commercial Affairs Director at The Wine and Spirit Trade Association, joined Share Radio to discuss the fall in sherry sales and what can be done about it. We started by asking him when consumption started to decline.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, David Richardson


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