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Majestic Wine’s retail business Managing Director, John Colley, and Group Chief Financial Officer, James Crawford, joined Nigel Cassidy and Louise Cooper to discuss their company’s full year results to March 2016. After the recent acquisition of Naked Wines, how did the pair assess the performance and what does the future hold?

Guests: Louise Cooper,John Colley,James Crawford

Published: Mon 20 June 2016

Purplebricks is a next generation estate agency combining local property experts and technology to help make the process of selling, buying or letting more convenient. On the day of the company’s full year results, CEO Michael Bruce joined Share Radio to give his insights to the company’s performance.

Guests: Louise Cooper,Michael Bruce

Published: Thu 16 June 2016

Growth is expected to slow to 4.1% this year, according to the latest ICAEW Economic Forecast for Q2. Stephen Ibbotson, Director of Business at the ICAEW, who are a leading organisation for chartered accountants in the UK, joined to looks at the numbers and discuss the implications it will have.

Guests: Paul Sedgwick,Stephen Ibbotson

Published: Fri 10 June 2016

A new daily newspaper named '24', is to launch across the north of England and south west Scotland. The paper will be published by Cumbria-based, the CN Group, and will go on sale on June the 20th priced at 40p. So how will this new paper fare? David Helliwell, Group Editorial Director at Cumbria Newspapers Group, talked about the prospects for the new publication.

Guests: Paul Sedgwick,David Helliwell

Published: Fri 3 June 2016

Companies have switched to filling jobs with temporary staff as they await the outcome of the European Union referendum, according to a monthly jobs report from the REC and Markit. Tom Hadley, Director of Policy at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, joined Sarah Lowther and Chris Bailey to talk about the report.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Tom Hadley

Published: Tue 10 May 2016

Bob Satchwell, Executive Director at The Society of Editors, discussed the demise of The New Day newspaper, which is publishing its last edition. Bob looks at why it failed, what it said and how audiences have changed. There’s also a look at why the ‘I’ newspaper has worked, despite only coming into circulation in recent years.

Guests: Sara Sjölin,Bob Satchwell

Published: Fri 6 May 2016

Wey Education is an education group operating the UK's only online fee-paying secondary school, "InterHigh”. And on the day of its unaudited interim results for the six months to February 2016, the company’s Chairman, David Massie, joined Nick Peters and Louise Cooper to discuss their performance.

Guests: Louise Cooper,David Massie

Published: Thu 5 May 2016

Richard Perks, Retail Analyst at Mintel, discussed Sainsbury's full year results with Sarah Lowther and Chris Bailey. The company reported a drop in profits, but did that meet market expectations? Richard offers his view as well as giving his opinion on whether the results indicate if the company should take over Argos.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Richard Perks

Published: Wed 4 May 2016

The Baltic Dry Index continues to move in a positive direction. The Index, often used as an indicator for the general health of the shipping sector, had its lowest point in February, but has been climbing back ever since. Matt Cox spoke to Robert Merrylees, Policy Analyst at The UK Chamber of Shipping, about the situation.

Guests: Matt Cox,Robert Merrylees

Published: Wed 20 April 2016

With the structure and financing of Network Rail currently being discussed and investigated, this year’s annual Rail Freight Group Conference was moved forward by two months so the industry could get together to discuss and respond. Maggie Simpson, the Rail Freight Group's Executive Director, joined to discuss why the 24th annual event is so critical.

Guests: Chris Bailey,Maggie Simpson

Published: Wed 20 April 2016