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Recently prpl Foundation unveiled its global study on the use of smart devices- the first research of its kind. "The prpl Foundation Smart Home Security Report" found that while there was more adoption of smart devices people were failing to secure their smart home. To find out more about this Jinan Rahma spoke to Cesare Garlati, chief security strategist for the prpl Foundation and began by asking whether the smart home was a thing of the future.

Guests: Cesare Garlati

Published: Tue 13 December 2016

Simon Rose is joined live in the studio by Rishi Patel of FTI Consulting to discuss: Hammond calls for transitional and soft Brexit arrangement. Would a hard Brexit lead to economic hardship? With the rail strike and Post Office strikes are we entering a new Winter of Discontent? The Government is looking at increasing council tax to help pay for social care. Will this be sufficient and will it lead to inequality? Oxford students trying to get rid of "he" and "she" and replace it with the gender neutral "ze". Political correctness gone mad?

Guests: Rishi Patel

Published: Tue 13 December 2016

Every week on the AIM Show we meet interesting people behind companies listed on the junior stock market. This week, Glen Goodman spoke to Russ Singleton, the CEO of 21st Century Technology - a provider of tailored solutions to the transport community.

Guests: Russ Singleton

Published: Tue 13 December 2016

Many consumer-facing businesses will be hoping for a bumper festive season as the annual spending frenzy builds towards Christmas Day and the Boxing Day sales. The UK has the highest level of household spending in Europe, with an annual expenditure of £50,000. This compares to £41,000 in Ireland and £35,000 in France. And, most importantly for retailers, discretionary spending - money spent on non-essentials - is also the highest in Europe. Simon was joined by Barret Kupelain, senior economist at PwC.

Guests: Barret Kupelain

Published: Tue 13 December 2016

Inflation has hit its highest level for more than 2 years, driven by a sharp rise in the cost of clothes. The latest monthly figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the main measure of inflation, the consumer prices index, hit 1.2% in November, up from 0.9% in October. The retail prices index, which includes the cost of housing, rose to 2.2% in November, up from 2% the previous month. Simon spoke to Pete Comley, inflation expert and author of Inflation Matters.

Guests: Pete Comley

Published: Tue 13 December 2016

Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin.

Guests: Steve Caplin

Published: Mon 12 December 2016

Tim Price, Manager of the VT Price Value Portfolio and the author of 'Investing through the looking glass: a rational guide to irrational financial markets', looks at some of the issues facing investors.

Guests: Tim Price

Published: Mon 12 December 2016

Are your saving habits on track to meet your retirement expectations? Recently, Gregor Watt spoke to Miss Thrifty, a Personal Finance Blogger & Money Saving Expert and Jacqui Bateson from Skipton to find out why many of us have big plans for our retirement and how we will spend our savings, yet almost half of us have yet to start saving anything in to a pension.

Guests: Miss Thrifty,Jacqui Bateson

Published: Mon 12 December 2016

Lack of sleep is costing the UK economy billions of pounds and sleep-deprivation is putting us at risk of an early death. Research firm Rand Europe found the effect on sleep deprivation on productivity and health was losing the UK up to £40 billion each year - nearly 2% of the country's GDP. Sleeping for just one extra hour a night could add £24 billion to the UK economy. Olivia Demetriades spoke to Marco Hafner, a research leader at RAND Europe. She began by asking why a lack of sleep costs so much.

Guests: Marco Hafner

Published: Mon 12 December 2016

Research reveals that parents feel out of touch with the world of work and are struggling to offer career advice to their children. According to the study comissioned by Page Group because of the speed of change in the workplace parents feel disconnected and are unable to guide their children when they make career decisions. To find out more about this Greg Watt spoke to Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE - Head of Institute of Employment Research at University of Warwick & Nick Kirk of the Page Group He started by asking Nick about the findings of the research.

Published: Mon 12 December 2016