Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
International Women's Day isn't only a celebration of the achievements of women around the globe, but also a call to action to increase gender equality. One woman who knows a lot about both of these is Karen Holden. In want of a better work/life balance, Karen left her job at an international law firm to set up her own practice - A City Law Firm - in 2009. She joined our reporter Sara Macham in the studio.
Guests: Karen Holden
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Will your car become worthless after the budget announcement? There are fears that the Chancellor will punish drivers in today's Budget. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has issued a warning over what it calls the government's "anti-diesel agenda" whilst new changes to road tax laws coming into force in April will also see buyers of smaller, lower emission vehicles paying more. To find out all the potential impacts Juliette Foster spoke to former racing driver and motoring editor at Confused.com Amanda Stretton.
Guests: Amanda Stretton
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For a wrap up on the biggest items in today's budget, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Chris Justham, relationship manager at 7 Investment Management; Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at NetWealth and chief economic adviser at Policy Exchange; and Jake Sumner, senior associate for Industrial Strategy at ResPublica.
Guests: Chris Justham,Gerard Lyons,Jake Sumner
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
Britain's small businesses know what they want from the Chancellor and amongst the items topping their wish list are government initiatives to boost productivity, infrastructure investment along with partnerships to stabilise the economy as the country prepares for Brexit. Yet most small firms are concerned about the business rates. They believe it's an area that's ripe for urgent reform and they want Mr Hammond to use his budget to bring the rates in line with inflation. to see if this is likely, Juliette Foster spoke to Mike Cherry, National Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses.
Guests: Mike Cherry
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
Companies are being driven to divest by geopolitical disruption - that's according to the EY's Global Divestment report. EY finds a whole host of unpredictable political, business, and regulatory changes are pushing firms to sell off entities as they grapple with instability. For more, Share Radio's Alex Clark spoke to Paul Hammes, EY's Global Divestiture Advisory Services Leader.
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
Juliette Foster was joined by Billy Bambrough, Editor of economics and business website Verdict.co.uk this morning. Today on the agenda, they discussed obviously the Spring budget and what we can expect. Plus they look into how Nestle is cutting the amount of sugar in its chocolate bars by 10%. All these stories and more on The News Review
Guests: Billy Bambrough
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
It's not just Brexit causing uncertainty for investors - upcoming elections in France, The Netherlands and Germany could produce headwinds for markets. What can investors do and should they trust the polls? Stephen Macklow-Smith, is Head of European Equity Strategy and manager of the JPMorgan European Investment Trust, JPMorgan Asset Management, joined Share Radio's Juliette Foster.
Guests: Stephen Macklow-Smith
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
What can we expect from Chancellor Hammond? Juliette Foster was joined by Josh Lowe of Newsweek to discuss if we will see any surprises. Another big story of the day was the government suffer's a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords after peers backed calls for a "meaningful" parliamentary vote on the final terms of withdrawal - what does that mean? Has the Lords told the government that parliament should be given the vote over the final Brexit deal?
Guests: Josh Lowe
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
Joining Juliette Foster to discuss the latest market headlines was Share Radio's very own Nigel Cassidy starting with Chancellor Philip Hammond announcing his first Budget at 12:30. Just what effect can we expect it to have on the markets? And on the morning's of big political and economic events such as today, do we tend to get many company announcements? Nigel was here to go through all this and more from the markets this morning.
Guests: Nigel Cassidy
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
As we await the Chancellor's Spring Budget at 12.30pm today, there have been many predictions on what to expect, especially with regards to tax policy. So what is likely to be announced and what are businesses expecting? To break this down with Nigel Cassidy is George Bull, senior tax partner at business advisers RSM giving his predictions.
Guests: George Bull
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