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News and views on business and the world of personal finance. Plus the very latest from the financial markets around the globe
Episódios
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Festival of Lights
01/11/2024 Duração: 53minFelicity Hannah finds out how businesses are celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Plus, is the car finance industry facing a showdown with consumers?
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The Budget: trick or treat?
31/10/2024 Duração: 53minWill Bain unpicks the detail of the first Labour budget in 14 years with business leaders, workers and economists.
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Budget Day 2024
30/10/2024 Duração: 52minAs the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves unveils the new Labour government's tax and spending plans, Will Bain hears from people across the UK about what they'd like to see. As well as people's views from around the UK we get opinion from business voices in food production, manufacturing, hospitality, the financial sector, the UK's biggest theme park chain and not one but two former government advisors.
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Volkswagen Hits The Brakes?
29/10/2024 Duração: 51minAs trade unions says Volkswagen plans to close three factories, cut thousands of jobs and initiate pay cuts, Sean Farrington asks what how serious is this for the carmaker.The Chancellor will try to give NHS England a financial shot in the arm as part of the Budget, but how much money does she realistically have to play with? We find out. And after Manchester United say goodbye to manager Erik Ten Hag, a football finance expert tells Wake Up to Money what the financial considerations behind it might've been.
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All about the dough
28/10/2024 Duração: 52minSean Farrington presents from a Jamaican patty manufacturer and distributor in South East London to find out what businesses want to hear from the budget.Labour has promised not to raise taxes on working people. But the government could decide against raising income tax thresholds to help make savings. This is known as fiscal drag, but it's divided opinion.And, we'll find out what a cut to the bus fare cap could mean to ticket prices.
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25/10/2024
25/10/2024 Duração: 53minNews and insight from the business world. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.
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Boeing back to work?
24/10/2024 Duração: 52minWill Bain has the latest as striking workers at Boeing vote on a new pay deal. Plus, the boss of the UK's biggest pub chain says its time for business rates reform.
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A Crafty Rebrand?
23/10/2024 Duração: 51minSean Farrington looks at the campaign to rebrand craft beer as 'indie' beer. Plus, with one week to go until the Budget, the Chancellor speaks to 5 Live's Matt Chorley.
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I've got new (fiscal) rules
22/10/2024 Duração: 53minSean Farrington looks at what changes Rachel Reeves could make to the UK's fiscal rules. Plus, with two weeks until the election, how are businesses in the US feeling?
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High Fashion
21/10/2024 Duração: 52minSean Farrington looks at the partnership between luxury brand Prada and NASA. Plus, with the company looking at major restructuring plans, what's next for Boohoo?
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What's the most annoying thing about where you work?
18/10/2024 Duração: 53minFelicity Hannah looks at new research on the most annoying things about the workplace. Plus, will half term be a wash out for businesses looking for a tourism boost?
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Splitting the Bill
17/10/2024 Duração: 51minWill Bain speaks to pub and restaurant executives on what a change in employer NI could do to hiring. Also, the CEO of Vertu Motors says EV policy needs to be "less stick, and more carrot" after a tax on petrol cars is suggested to boost EV uptake.
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Taxing times
16/10/2024 Duração: 52minThe Government refuses to rule out a rise in employer national insurance contributions. Sean Farrington speaks to hospitality about what this might mean.Elsewhere, the boss of DS Smith talks Brexit and packaging; and we check in with the film industry.
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Reining in the regulators?
15/10/2024 Duração: 52minThe Government mulls adding economic growth to the competition regulator's remit. But could this hamper its ability to rule on behalf of the consumer? Sean Farrington has more.Elsewhere, shoppers are starting to spend, but they're also getting more selective; and we pick through a busy day of announcements at the Government's investment summit.
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Investment summit
14/10/2024 Duração: 52minSome of the world's biggest businesses and investors descend on the City of London. Sean Farrington has the latest.Elsewhere, the Paris Motor Show kicks off amid trade tensions between China and the West; and we hear from a Lioness about leadership and skills development.
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Flat Pack Chat
11/10/2024 Duração: 52minFelicity Hannah speaks to the owner of most of the world's IKEA stores on why it's unfazed about a sales slump. We head to the soggy fields of wheat in the Cotswolds and our Friday panel digest the week's biggest business and economics stories
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Super Thursday
10/10/2024 Duração: 52minWill Bain hears about Super Thursday, the day on which more books are published than any other throughout the year, and what this means for books sales.
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Vintage Vibes
09/10/2024 Duração: 52minSean Farrington finds out how our love for second-hand fashion is helping the planet and the economy.
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The Future Is Electric
08/10/2024 Duração: 51minWill Bain hears how boss of Uber has called on the government to strengthen its EV targets and why people are spending more on digital content and TV subscriptions.
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Money Back Guarantee
07/10/2024 Duração: 51minUK banks are now required to reimburse fraud victims quickly and can even recover funds from scammers. Will Bain has more on this.