Share Radio Breakfast

Twitter's thinking of adding a paid membership option for businesses and power users.

The micro-blogging service is canvassing opinion about charging people for access to enhanced version of Tweetdeck.

The social network has struggled to grow its user base in recent years, while advertising revenues have declined.

James Brydges spoke to tech journalist Chris Green

Who wants to own the co-op bank? Don't all shout out at once..... The financial institution says potential buyers have expressed an interest but as yet there was "no certainty that an offer will be made".

The Co-OP put itself up for sale last month.

James Brydges spoke to Mike Ingram, Market strategist at BGC Partners about what the problems were, and who might finally take the plunge

Last Friday, Caspian Sunrise, formerly known as Roxi Petroleum, doubled their size by merging with Eragon Petroleum Ltd - hence the name change. By changing the company name, the company intends to 'send a clear signal of its intent to reintroduce itself as a larger and transformed entity poised to accelerate growth onto a new level'. Joining Nigel Cassidy is Clive Carver, Chairman of Caspian Sunrise to discuss the newly-named company's plans.

Businesses are 'sleepwalking' into disaster as Brexit approaches. That's according to new data from the Cranfield School of Management and the British Standards Institution - that safeguards standards in business. They also found less than one-third of CEOs were confident of leading their firms to long term success. The report argues companies aren't taking enough risks because of 'rigid' ways of thinking. James Brydges spoke to Howard Kerr, CEO of the British Standards Institution.

Now, who'd like to own the Co-Op bank? The financial institution says potential buyers have expressed an interest but as yet there was "no certainty that an offer will be made". The Co-OP put itself up for sale last month. James Brydges spoke to Mike Ingram, Market strategist at BGC Partners about what the problems were, and who might finally take the plunge.

Twitter's thinking of adding a paid membership option for businesses and power users. The micro-blogging service is canvassing opinion about charging people for access to enhanced version of Tweetdeck. The social network has struggled to grow its user base in recent years, while advertising revenues have declined. James Brydges spoke to tech journalist Chris Green.

According to the latest CBI and PWC Financial Services Survey, sentiment in the financial services sector stabilised in the three months to March, due to a broadly resilient UK economy. So even in the wake of Theresa May announcing she will trigger Article 50 on March 29th, optimism amongst firms seems unchanged. Although things seem rosy now, what is the future looking like for businesses involved in financial services? To discuss further, Nigel Cassidy was joined by Andrew Kail, Head of Financial Services at PwC.

Global Economist Jeremy Batstone-Carr gave an in-depth explanation of inflation to Nigel Cassidy on Share Radio Breakfast. Is it what the media and even Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, make it out to be?

The Laundromat corruption story rumbles on.

The Police and Financial Conduct Authority will examine allegations that Britain’s high street banks processed nearly $740 million dollars of a criminal Russian money laundering operation.

But what steps can the government take to limit the amount of so called dirty money, processed by UK banks?

James Brydges spoke to Michael McKee, partner at law firm DLA Piper, and a member of the International Regulatory Strategy Group of CityUK.

A new start-up says that it could offer an electric-powered commercial flight from London to Paris in 10 years.

The plane would carry 150 people on journeys of less than 300 miles.

Wright Electric says, the price of travel would drop dramatically if there was no jet fuel.

British low-cost airline Easyjet has already expressed an interest.

Graham Warwick, technology editor of Aviation Weekly and spoke to Share radio's James Brydges.