Simon is joined by travel journalist and author Sarah Tucker. This week, they look at why 2017 is set to be another record year for inbound tourism to the UK and there's an insider's guide to Washington DC. TV holiday expert John Carter, formerly of Wish You Were Here and the BBC's "Holiday" series joins them in studio to discuss how the holiday scene has changed over the last half-century.
Guests: Sarah Tucker,John Carter
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Tim Evans, professor of Business and Political Economy at Middlesex University, joined Simon live in the studio to discuss: Why Economic forecasts continue to be so inaccurate; Why 2017 heralds the coming age of curative, predictive and preventative medicine; Lord Mervyn King on reasons to be cheerful.
Guests: Tim Evans
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Are British economists too gloomy about the country's prospects? Is it time for them to perk up a little? One person who thinks so is John Redwood, Chief Global Strategist at Charles Stanley and the MP for Wokingham.
Guests: John Redwood
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Simon Rose was joined by Ed Bowsher to look at what’s been happening in the bourses and businesses of Britain and the world – including Sports Direct’s chairman facing a revolt and results from house builders Persimmon.
Guests: Ed Bowsher
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Politically if not economically 2016 was a turbulent year, yet most global markets responded with either steady indifference or easy optimism. To find out what this year holds, Olivia Demetriades spoke to Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets and Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG.
Guests: Mike van Dulken,Chris Beauchamp
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There are 16 days until Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Dr Jacob Parakilas, Assistant Head of the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House, discuss why Ford is cancelling plans for a £1.3bn plant in Mexico as car manufacturers come under pressure from Donald Trump over jobs.
Guests: Dr Jacob Parakilas
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Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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The countdown to the end of March is underway as Prime Minister Theresa May gears up to trigger Article 50. If all goes to plan Britain will formally start negotiations to leave the European Union - however it won't be plain sailing. This month 11 Supreme Court judges will deliberate on the government's appeal against a High Court ruling which said MPs must be consulted before BREXIT goes ahead. There's also the matter of the type of BREXIT Britain will get and whether the EU will play ball. Mrs May isn't the only one nursing a New Year's headache. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure after Len McClusky - leader of the UNITE union - said Mr Corbyn should step down if his opinion poll ratings remain low. For more analysis Juliette Foster was joined by Rishi Patel of FTI Consulting.
Guests: Rishi Patel
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Juliette Foster was joined in the studio by Chris Bailey, Founder of Financial Orbit. They cantered through the biggest economic and company stories of the day including the latest UK manufacturing data and the outlook for retail stocks.
Guests: Chris Bailey
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The Business of Film with film critic, James Cameron Wilson looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week. Plus James looks ahead to 2017.
Guests: James Cameron Wilson
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