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Join me and Share Radio's Georgie Frost to talk the cost of disability, ways to save when watching sport and the money lessons we’re still learning. More and links here https://becleverwithyourcash.com/cash-chats-podcast-episode-11-w-guest-georgie-frost/
The glass is half full and we’re on the hunt for a silver lining as we look forward to what's in store for our finances in 2017. We also cast a quick glance back at the most entertaining money stories of 2016, which were about... well, money. We go behind the scenes with the man we hold responsible for the phenomenon that was stories about new fivers worth a more than £5 and coins worth a small fortune, consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce. Readers loved his stories about coins and notes last year, and they set a trend for stories about money worth more than face value across Britain's media and viral internet. Where did the ideas come from? Why are some of these coins and notes worth more? Is the round pound next? Lee gives us the lowdown in the studio with Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money editor Simon Lambert. Also on this week's show, we look at whether 2017 will be a good year for investors as the FTSE 100 hits a run of record highs, or whether the view that the only way is up spells trouble. We also hunt for some decent savings rates, highlight why dividends from an income investment trust might be an alternative and discuss the stories we'd really like to see in 2017. And to round off the show, Simon and Lee take the This is Money podcast quiz of 2016. Do they remember the details about the stories we covered, or are their memories alarming short. Find out who wins the gold coin and who takes home the wooden spoon (which is actually a free rubber spatula Georgie got with a magazine).
If Britain were to leave the EU, it MIGHT prove to be an economic disaster for us. The Bank of England governor Mark Carney, whose job it is to point things like this out, and other commentators, have said so. And the leavers don't like it. Interest rates, house prices and all the other things that make Britain's dinner parties great might be affected. Is this just politics dressed up as economics? Or should we be worried? Simon Lambert and Rachel Rickard-Straus of This is Money and newly crowned financial broadcaster of the year, Share Radio's Georgie Frost discuss this and... The fact that, Europe vote aside, UK growth is looking like a problem. Whether the middle class dream is over for young people who need to earn more than £100,000 a year to even hope of buying a property in London. Are these fancy new 'challenger banks' up to same sneaky old tricks as the established ones? Minor investor is back with a few new ideas. Why bother with 4 quid insurance for a theatre ticket and other possibly completely pointless things we're urged to insure? And finally... 'Mustang Sally... I bought you a brand new Mustang 'bout nineteen sixty five.' Well, 51 years later you can buy a right-hand drive one. What's it like?
Lloyds Bank, the bank that built its recent reputation on a massive mis-selling scandal, maybe at it again with the launch of a hard sales drive called Labrador. Meanwhile, Sky is hiking its customers’ line rental fees again. This is Money editor Simon Lambert and consumer affairs editor Lee Boyce join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to look at this and more of the week's money news. Also in the conversation are: The true state of our finances Help on understanding pensions How to top up your pension if you think you might live until you're 100 Interest rates? Will they ever go up? Yes, they surely will. But when? How to lose £1,000s with a sort code A new car app for people with poor memory A new buy-to-let warning And the health benefits of living without joyless and sentimental tat #money #cars #apps #pensions #KonMari #banks #misselling #buytolet #rates #lloyds #sky
As property gets increasingly out of reach for all but the average oligarch, the experts head out across the country to locate regions that may still be of interest to homeowners. Our property hotspots story has been a big talking point this week. This is Money's Rachel Rickard Straus and Simon Lambert join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to discuss this, Corbynomics, the Volksvagen diesel scandal and investing in small business. #homes #property #investing #buytolet #corbynomics #diesel #business
This week will go down in history as the one Volkswagen got found out. Doctoring emission tests on its diesel engines will cost the car company billions of pounds and cause untold damage to the reputation of Germany as a maker of trustworthy things. Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to discuss whether this scandal could go as far as killing off the diesel engine. Other legends and lies on the agenda are... The return of the highwayman - yes, really - as a new type of crime hits our streets Britain's household debt is simply unaffordable - so when will our love affair with credit end? When is a plastic bag not a plastic bag - a new tax that is surprisingly confusing Just because you're old and own an expensive house doesn't mean you can downsize And wouldn't it be funny if a bank paid more interest the more people liked its Facebook page? Well it's here. #vw #volkswagen #diesel #facebook #debt #crisis #legends #lies #downsizing #bighouse #highwaymen
This week Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce of This is Money talk to Share Radio's Georgie Frost about how to complain to the new ombudsman, misselling madness and high-frequency traders #complaints #ww2 #flashboys
When will interest rates rise? Are we any wiser after Super Thursday? Should we start raising them now or keep them rooted to the floor? The thorny question of when to raise rates is on the agenda in this week's This is Money Show, along with what will happen when they do go up. Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce, join Share Radio's Georgie Frost in the studio for this week's This is Money Show. Also on the agenda is sky-high price of homes and whether the property market can continue steaming ahead. Plus: Simon crunches the numbers on how much you need to save for a pension. Lee explains why a family were quoted nearly £2,500 to get faster broadband. And finally, Georgie wheels out the Skoda jokes. Listen to the show for the rundown on what you need to know about money this week.
Rachel Rickard Straus joins Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money's Lee Boyce to unearth further evidence of why EE should be shut away in George's Orwell's horror Room 101, how the taxman can now empty your bank account if he feels like it, more on the official energy bills rip-off, savings deals, car insurance, road rage and a whistle-stop tour of the Budget for anyone still interested.
Can you trust a financial journalist who has never seen Star Wars? Of course you can. And you can listen to him tearing up the week's money news. This is Money's chief entertainer and investigator, reporter and Star Wars virgin Lee Boyce joins editor Simon Lambert and Share Radio's Georgie Frost to discuss their favourite sci-fi movies, the mess that is the football business, a 30% hike in energy bills, what to do with a spare £100,000. Plus Premium Bonds, supermarket plonk and the country's creeping obsession with buy-to-let.
This week, Rich Browning and Ed Monk join Share Radio's Georgie Frost for an entertaining look at the minutia of the Chancellor's Budget, inheritance tax and huge cuts to Nationwide's 'loyal' savers accounts. They also take a fun-size look at the ever decreasing sizes of popular products and whether growing your own veg really can save you money. Simon Lambert is snowboarding. #budget2015 #carrots
Changes to the amount of money we can put into a pension without hefty tax penalties do not encourage saving, explains Simon Lambert to Share Radio's Georgie Frost. With Rachel Rickard Straus.
This week, Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money Editor Simon Lambert are joined by reporter Rachel Rickard Straus for an entertaining look at the latest money news and investigations. Including: Are you being paid enough to make you happy? Are 10-year fixed mortgages worth a punt? What does quantitative easing in the eurozone mean for you? Will changes to the lifetime allowance affect you? Legendary investor Warren Buffett writes to his fans And more...
It's time to run a bath and enjoy the dangerously warm glow from Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Rachel Rickard Straus as they join Share Radio's Georgie Frost for another entertaining insight into the week's money investigations. This time... What next for our broken untrusted energy market? Can you really earn 6% on your savings? Cash vs Property vs Stocks - who's the winner? Whatever happened to the bank set up by that man called Dave? And more...
This week editor Simon Lambert and financial sleuth Rachel Rickard Straus join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to explain the horrors of house hunting, the financial horrors in Greece, Sky's entry into mobile phones, whether our energy bills have been cut enough and the modern phenomenon of the OAB - old age bikers
This week reporters Ed Monk and Rachel Rickard Straus join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to try to solve the mystery of neverending sofa sales, plus pensioner bonds and the latest on rip-off mobile phone tariffs and rip-off concert tickets.
Ed, Amy and Simon join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to make sense of Russia, Scrooge, pension rip offs and budget v posh sprouts
This week, top money sleuths Ed Monk and Lee Boyce join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to talk cars, turkeys and pensioner bonds