Wake Up to Money

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 47:44:12
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Synopsis

News and views on business and the world of personal finance. Plus the very latest from the financial markets around the globe

Episodes

  • Let's make a deal

    17/06/2025 Duration: 53min

    Sean Farrington has the latest as the UK and US sign their tariff deal at the G7 Summit. Plus, how will AI affect the future of work?

  • Israel-Iran war leads to spike in energy prices

    16/06/2025 Duration: 52min

    Four days after Israel launched an attack on Iran, the two countries keep exchanging blows. Oil prices jumped as tensions rise in the Middle East. We also hear the latest on the search for the causes of the Air India 787 crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.And some Manchester City fans are taking legal action against the club over a new season-ticket policy they claim is discriminatory under the Equality Act.

  • More Tax in Store?

    13/06/2025 Duration: 53min

    Felicity Hannah speaks to a jewellery business amid warnings of further tax rises this year. Plus, we'll hear how overtourism can actually be costly for cities.

  • Government Spending: Nukes, New Homes and Nuclear Power

    12/06/2025 Duration: 53min

    The government's Spending Review has been published and Wake Up to Money has been combing through the detail. Will Bain goes through the highlights with Kevin Brundish, chief executive of the battery scale-up company Lionvolt; Emma Wall, head of platform investments at Hargreaves Lansdown; and Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Liberum.With technology, AI and nuclear energy getting boosts in investment in this spending round, we also hear from former boss of both Rolls Royce and semiconductor design firm ARM, Warren East.Plus, a new report from Deloitte suggests that the English football system is "under strain," even though Europe's 'Big Five' leagues are collectively breaking records. Deloitte Sports Business Group's head of insights, Jennifer Haskel, explains why.

  • What's in store in Spending Review 2025?

    11/06/2025 Duration: 53min

    We've had announcements on affordable housing, defence, transport and nuclear power from the government, but today we get the full details of the Chancellor's Spending Review - we get into what it could hold? Sean Farrington speaks to expert voices across economics and housing.Trade talks between the US and China continues for a third day in London - we hear from one expert who explains why rare minerals are at the centre of the negotiations.And with exactly one year until the World Cup starts in the US, Canada and Mexico, one tourism boss in California explains about the opportunities - and challenges - associated with promoting the tournament.

  • Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station Gets Green Light

    10/06/2025 Duration: 52min

    What does the new nuclear power station mean for the UK?The government has given the go-ahead for the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk. Sean Farrington asks Tom Greatrex, chair of the Nuclear Industry Association, what that could mean for jobs, power and energy bills in the UK.A group of Thames Water lenders have put forward a new plan for the water company, just as MPs ask questions about payments to senior management there. Wake Up to Money speak to the chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Alistair Carmichael.Plus, after the Prime Minister Keir Starmer attempts to woo tech giant Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang, we find out how much potential lies ahead for AI in UK business.

  • What could the Spending Review hold?

    09/06/2025 Duration: 32min

    Sean Farrington answers your questions about how the Chancellor plans to divide the pie. What's at stake for health, defence, education and everything else the Government spends your taxes on?

  • Musk vs Trump; Will Tesla Stocks Recover?

    06/06/2025 Duration: 52min

    Tensions rise between Elon Musk and Donal Trump, Felicity Hannah takes a look at how it's impacting Tesla stocks. And the UK is cracking down on 'finfluencers'.

  • Splash The Cash

    05/06/2025 Duration: 51min

    Barclays looks back at 10 years of spending habits, Will Bain finds out where your spare cash goes. And despite avoiding a 25% tariff, steel leaders say they’re still worried.

  • Tariff Twist

    04/06/2025 Duration: 52min

    Sean Farrington brings fresh reaction to Trump's U-turn on UK steel & aluminium imports. And with just a week to go before the Chancellor presents her Spending Review to Parliament, we look at the impact that could have on the NHS. Plus, hours before the launch of Nintendo's new Switch 2 console, we discuss the hype surrounding it.

  • WAR READY

    03/06/2025 Duration: 52min

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced an overhaul of the U.K.'s defence spending. And fashion powerhouse Christian Dior gets a new boss who hails from Northern Ireland..

  • Sub Spending

    02/06/2025 Duration: 52min

    Sean Farrington brings you reaction as the government unveils its major defence review. As part of it The UK will build up to 12 new attack submarines. We also bring you the latest on the Polish election. And we react to it now being officially illegal for businesses to sell or supply single-use vapes.

  • The tariff hokey cokey

    30/05/2025 Duration: 51min

    Will Bain hears the latest after courts cast doubt over the President's trade war.With judges questioning the legality of Donald Trump's tariffs, our panel of economists, lawyers and business people discuss what next for US trade policy.

  • Cash in your chips

    29/05/2025 Duration: 51min

    Will Bain hears how one of the world's biggest companies is performing and asks how changes to 'deminimis' rules have affected businesses like Temu.

  • Build it, they will come

    28/05/2025 Duration: 53min

    Sean Farrington speaks to a security firm after we hear the latest updates on the Liverpool parade. We hear from a managing director of a construction and property development company in light of the government's recent proposals around housing. And after record breaking sales over the weekend, what's behind the success of the recent films at the box office?

  • Horror at Liverpool parade

    27/05/2025 Duration: 52min

    Wake Up to Money carries the latest updates on the Liverpool parade.Also, a discussion with a major sausage producer and a beef farmer about food price inflation reaching its highest in a year, and a look at the tax and spending options the chancellor has in the UK government's upcoming spending review.

  • Recommended by AI

    26/05/2025 Duration: 52min

    Sean Farrington hears from a holiday letting firm how AI is transforming the way people plan their holidays. And South Western Railway has become the first rail company to return to public ownership since the Labour government took office last year. Is the government on track for its rail renationalisation plan?

  • Factories on the floor

    23/05/2025 Duration: 53min

    Felicity Hannah finds out what's making UK manufacturers feel so gloomy about business. Also, she delves into issues of migration and inflation and that deal between the EU and the UK, all with the help of her Friday panel of experts. And why wedding bells in Ireland are ringing in the tills.

  • A Spark in the Chill

    22/05/2025 Duration: 55min

    Will Bain hears what it means as more pensioners to get the winter fuel payment in a surprise move by the government. And the M&S cyber attack could cost the company £300 million.

  • Cyber Chaos

    21/05/2025 Duration: 53min

    Sean Farrington has the latest on the fallout from cyber attacks targeting the food chain. Plus, we'll find out why some workers don't want to go back into the office full-time.

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