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Just as the jobless figures in the UK are seen as an important economic indicator, so are US labour market figures. After a robust employment scene towards the end of 2015, job creation has been slowing across the pond. Kully Samra, from US broker Charles Schwab, spoke to Nigel Cassidy in a look ahead to the latest non-farm payroll numbers.

Guests: Kully Samra

Published: Fri 4 March 2016

John Longworth, Director General of The British Chambers of Commerce, will today claim that voters have a choice "between the devil and the deep blue sea" in the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. John joined Nigel Cassidy and Rachel Winter to talk about the BCC’s stance, whilst also looking ahead to their annual conference: ‘Britain’s Economy: New Dawn or Back to the Future?’.

Guests: Rachel Winter,John Longworth

Published: Thu 3 March 2016

For our regular focus on the UK Political scene, senior political analyst at consultants De Havilland Mike Indian joins Ed Mitchell, Investment Perspectives Presenter.

Guests: Mike Indian

Published: Wed 2 March 2016

New-York based Political Analyst and Author Rosa Prince joins Ed Mitchell to discuss the US Presidential Elections following yesterdays Super Tuesday vote, It's looking ever more likely that there will be a Trump/Clinton contest in November, but it's certainly not all over yet...

Guests: Rosa Prince

Published: Wed 2 March 2016

With the results coming in from Super Tuesday, in which 11 US states have voted to choose their presidential candidates, the pitched battle for the White House between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is moving closer to becoming reality as both are leaping further ahead in the battleground states. Sarah Lowther has been speaking to Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico's Senior White House reporter in Washington, about the results.

Guests: Edward-Isaac Dovere

Published: Wed 2 March 2016

The concluding statement issued by finance ministers and central bank governors on Saturday was strong on rhetoric. But the meeting will disappoint the many who called for the G20 to be more active in addressing economic vulnerabilities and risks. So how did it all go down on the markets? David Kuo, CEO of The Motley Fool Singapore, joins Nigel Cassidy and Chris Bailey, Founder of financialorbit.com, to look at the reaction.

Guests: Chris Bailey,David Kuo

Published: Mon 29 February 2016

The Prime Minister has launched a £20m initiative aimed at helping female members of the Muslim community with their language skills in an attempt to integrate them into the community and help tackle extremism. The initiative urges an end to "passive tolerance" of practices which he says leave many Muslim women facing discrimination and isolation. Muslim women who fail to improve their English face being refused permission to stay in the UK. Muslim women have been fighting back following those comments on Twitter with the ironic hashtag #traditionallysubmissive. In this episode of Questions Of Faith we take a look at the positive contributions the Muslim Community make to the UK culture and economy.

Guests: Sukaina Hirji,Halima Khanom

Published: Sun 28 February 2016

Francesco Guerrera, Associate Editor, Chief Financial Correspondent at Politico, joins Share Radio to talk on the biggest stories in the political world. Francesco talks more on Brexit, discusses the G20 meeting of financial ministers, looks further into the issue of migration and also touches upon bank stress tests.

Guests: Francesco Guerrera

Published: Fri 26 February 2016

Gareth Mann, CEO of big data products company, Digital Contact, joins Nigel Cassidy and Paul Sedgwick to look at how social media analysis can correctly predict the Brexit referendum result, in light of UK Fin Tech Week. As the EU Referendum approaches, can small and innovative data companies make the right predictions?

Guests: Paul Sedgwick,Gareth Mann

Published: Thu 25 February 2016

This year's National Farmers Union conference in Birmingham begins and Phil Bicknell, Head of Food & Farming at the NFU, joins Sarah Lowther and the Financial Orbit's Chris Bailey live from the conference to discuss this year’s event, the future of agriculture and the political challenges posed both within the UK and EU.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Phil Bicknell

Published: Tue 23 February 2016