On this week's episode, Moira O'Neill and Tom Wilson join Georgie Frost in the studio. On the agenda, HSBC Has launched the UK's first Sub-1% fixed-rate mortgage. Then, most Brits who've bought their first home are not saving enough to get a second property. And, Insurance providers evaluate your driving history and status, and assign a risk value reflected in the premiums you pay. Plus, people in their 40s are working later into their life than ever before leaving a strain on pension.
Guests: Tom Wilson,Moira O'Neill
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Share Radio's senior analyst, Ed Bowsher, joins Georgie Frost in the studio today to discuss the biggest finance stories of the last 24 hours. On the agenda today, The My Local convenience store chain is being put into administration, UK retail workers are so stressed about their personal finances, Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting another 900 jobs, plus much more. Consuming Issues goes out every week day from 9 to 12 on Share Radio.
Guests: Ed Bowsher
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
As many as 28 million people in Britain are living with chronic pain according to research. A study published in the OMJ Open journal suggests 43 per cent of adults have endured pain that has lasted for more than three months. It also warns that as the population gets older, the problem is also likely to become more widespread. Beverley Sunderland, from Crosslands Solicitors, joins Georgie to discuss further.
Guests: Beverley Sunderland
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It's time for another session with Money Fight Club! This week, Georgie Frost is sparring with financial heavyweights Lindsay Cook and Anne Caborn on whether the housing market is spiralling out of control, or even broken. We also find out if we have become a nation of gamblers, and they enter the ring with modern day practises of debt collectors.
Guests: Anne Caborn,Lindsay Cook
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In our weekly technology section, Sophie Deen, founder of Bright Little Lab, joins Georgie in the studio, to discuss the biggest tech stories around. On the agenda, MPs have recommended that companies should be fined if they fail to guard against cyber-attacks, and home Wi-Fi will apparently get even better with the launch of the new BT Smart Hub, plus UberEATS is being tested in the centre of the capital, while Ministers want to increase the fixed penalty for mobile phone use from £100 to £150 as part of a crackdown on dangerous driving.
Guests: Sophie Deen
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Hannah Maundrell, Editor in Chief and Head of Content at Money.co.uk, joins Georgie Frost in the studio today to discuss the biggest finance stories of the last 24 hours. On the agenda today, train strikes affecting both ends of the UK, Lidl has signed up to the National Farmers' Union's "fruit and veg pledge, Banks and charities are being urged to take more responsibility for vulnerable people who fall victim to scams, plus much more. Consuming Issues goes out every week day from 9 to 12 on Share Radio.
Guests: Hannah Maundrell
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Share radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher, joins Sarah Pennells in the studio to discuss the biggest finance stories of the last 24 hours. On the agenda today, energy companies rising prices, Brits pay over the odds for phone bills, Argos to pay a mega refund plus much more. Consuming Issues goes out every week day from 9 to 12 on Share Radio.
Guests: Ed Bowsher
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This is Money are back for another week, in partnership with NS&I. And what a week it's been! Can British business bounce back from the blows it's been receiving this week? First BHS, and then Sports Direct! Well, in swoop the MPs to sort through this mess, and Editor Simon Lambert and Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard-Straus from the Financial Website of the Year are here to hold our hands through it all. We'll also be taking a look at another Brexit blow to the pound, a win for buy-to-let landlords, and keeping your gold in some unusual places. This Is Money with Georgie Frost is presented in partnership with NS&I
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Share Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher joins Georgie Frost in the studio on a bright Monday morning, to go through all the latest financial stories crossing our desks. Today, parents are being found to obsess so much over their phones that their children are left unsupervised. Meanwhile, a mobile payment war is in full swing, and scam sites making a mint off Euro 2016!
Guests: Ed Bowsher
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It’s time again for This Is Money, in partnership with NS&I. Every week, Financial Broadcaster of the year Georgie Frost teams up with Financial Website of the Year This is Money, to go through all the money stories you need to know about. This week, Editor Simon Lambert and Consumer Affairs Editor Lee Boyce are in the studio taking a big look at the High Street with BHS going into liquidation. Also on the agenda, is the big question of the EU referendum, with the OECD wading in and warning about out economy. We're also taking a look at how this has been a day year for buy-to-let landlords, and what is happening with our pensions.
Guests: Simon Lambert,Lee Boyce
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