Sarah Pennells spoke to Cap Gemini’s Alex Smith-Bingham to discuss young people’s lack of digital skills in the world of work. Sarah will look at how many young people did not have the level of digital skills their company wished for and this could lead them to miss out on future job opportunities. Sarah is also joined by Rachel Healy, this week’s Money Saving Expert. Topics in the programme include how to enrich one’s digital skills, where to find more information, whether any particular schemes offer them and which digital skills are the most sought after. Jordan Daykin, from GripIt Fixings, explains what skills he is looking for in young people from an employer’s perspective.
Guests: Rachel Healy,Alex Smith-Bingham
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Original Broadcast: Your Money, Your Future
Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Rachael Saunders from Business In the Community, and over the phone by Michelle Cracknell of The Pensions Regulatory Service and Fiona Tait of Royal London. Sarah and her guests talk about working in retirement and setting up a small business whilst receiving your pension . Sarah and her guests discuss the practicalities of setting up a business in retirement, as well as looking at what the rules say about receiving your pension whilst still at work.
Guests: Rachael Saunders,Michelle Cracknell,Fiona Tait
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Original Broadcast: Women & Money
Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Alan Higham, founder of Pensions Champion, and Tina Weeks, founder of Serenity Financial Planning, to discuss the state pension, and look at what you will actually get if you're due to retire. Despite being called a flat rate or single tier pension, not everyone will necessarily get the same amount and far fewer women than men will qualify for the full figure of £155.65 a week. In the programme Sarah will be looking at who is entitled to the new state pension and the differences between the current and the new pension.
Guests: Alan Higham,Tina Weeks
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Sarah Pennells is joined by Tom Laws from the National Careers Service, and Adam Cox from Working From Home Week, to help discuss some of the benefits and drawbacks of working from home and how to be more productive during your time at home. They also discuss what to do whether you're thinking of setting up your own company to work from home, or just want to know what your rights are in asking to work from home.
Guests: Tom Laws,Adam Cox
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Sarah Pennells is joined by our Young Money expert Rachael Healy to discuss top tips for writing a CV and to hear advice for job interviews with experts Mildred Talabi, Ruth Scott and Neil Hammond only on Young Money.
Guests: Mildred Talabi,Ruth Scott,Neil Hammond,Rachael Healy
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Original Broadcast: Women & Money
Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Griselda Williams of TRUST|Pensions and on the phone with Debbie Houghton from the Rowan Organisation and Sarah-Jane Butler from Parental Choice to discuss how to set up a pension if you employee someone for help around the house or with your children such as a nanny, childminder, gardener or cleaner.
Guests: Griselda Williams,Debbie Houghton,Sarah-Jane Butler
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Original Broadcast: Your Money, Your Future
Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Malcolm McLean from Barnett-Waddingham and Claire Walsh from Aspect8 as well as on the phone with Jonathan Bland from Pension Geeks and Robert Cochran of Scottish Widows to talk about pensions and the Pensions Awareness Day 2015 Campaign.
Guests: Malcolm Mclean,Claire Walsh,Jonathan Bland,Robert Cochran
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Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by a fantastic panel of Young Entrepreneurs, or "YoungPreneurs", to talk about how they got started in business and how they managed their finances as a young person, and also Escape The City to provide useful advice to young people thinking of setting up their own business.
Guests: Ben Towers,Melanie Goldsmith,Tomo Nakamura,Matt Trinetti
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Original Broadcast: Your Money, Your Future
Sarah Pennells is joined on the programme by John Lees, a career specialist and author of a number of books including 'Take Control Of Your Career' and 'How To Get A Job You Love', and Rachel Morgan-Trimmer, founder of the website TheCareerBreakSite.com to discuss the financial issues you may face when changing your career later in life or taking a sabbatical, only on Your Money, Your Future.
Guests: John Lees,Rachel Morgan-Trimmer
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Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by our Young Money Champion Kate Palmer, from The Telegraph, to discuss alternative options to university with guests Vicky York from The Princes Trust, Steve Morris from LearnDirect and Sharon Walpole from Notgoingtouni.co.uk.
Guests: Kate Palmer,Steve Morris,Sharon Walpole,Vicky York
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