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Wake Up to Money
Hosted by BBC Radio 5 Live · EN
News and views on business and the world of personal finance. Plus the very latest from the financial markets around the globe
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Steeling themselves
Jul 100:48:03Tap to summarizeSean Farrington hears what new rules on steel tariffs mean for manufacturers in the UK. Plus, why is the Culture Secretary "minded to intervene" on Paramount's $110 billion deal to take over Warner Bros?
Transcribe →Time for a DIP
Jun 3000:52:31Tap to summarizeSean Farrington hears what businesses think of the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan. Plus, as England get ready to take on DR Congo in their last-32 World Cup game on Wednesday, how much are fans having to spend to follow the Three Lions through the knockout stages?
Transcribe →The Burnham Plan
Jun 2900:51:06Tap to summarizeWill Bain asks businesses what they want to hear in Andy Burnham's speech on the economy. Plus, as Wimbledon gets underway, why are some players not happy about this year's prize money?
Transcribe →AI bites Apple
Jun 2600:46:15Tap to summarizeFelicity Hannah finds out why Apple is putting up prices on some of its products, and how data centres - is putting pressure on the same components used in everyday devices.With record-breaking heatwaves leaving the nation sweltering this week, we speak with a family run central heating and plumbing business in Warwickshire on how this heatwave has impacted their business.And our Friday panel looks at the big topics of this week.
Transcribe →Back humans, tax robots.
Jun 2500:51:26Tap to summarizeThe boss of one of Britain's largest and longest-established recruitment firms tells Sean Farrington that a radical overhaul of the tax system is needed to deal with the impact of AI on jobs.Elsewhere, he'll speak to the construction industry about the difficulties of working in a heatwave.Coffee shops can't sell iced coffee quick enough as Brits try to keep cool in the heat, we'll hear from an independent chain.And we'll also head to Miami beach to an Irish bar that's been hosting the Tartan Army.
Transcribe →Feeling the Heat
Jun 2400:51:57Tap to summarizeSean Farrington has the latest as the UK braces for a heatwave. Elsewhere, the International Maritime Organisation announces an evacuation plan for 11,000 seafarers still stranded in the Gulf and Number 11 Downing Street looks set for a new occupant.
Transcribe →Where do we go from Keir?
Jun 2300:36:41Tap to summarizeAfter another Prime Ministerial resignation, Sean Farrington hears how businesses are feeling. Elsewhere, Sean hears how the markets might react to a new leader and what the change could mean for the government's economic policy.
Transcribe →Brexit: Ten Years Later
Jun 2200:52:03Tap to summarizeTen years since the Brexit referendum, Leanna Byrne hears how businesses have fared. Elsewhere, businesses react to political turmoil at the top of government.
Transcribe →Made in Makerfield
Jun 1900:52:34Tap to summarizeWill Bain gets business reaction to the Makerfield by-election with his expert panel of guests. They'll also round up the week's business and economic news, including the interest rates decisions of the US Fed and the Bank of England. And he'll check in with the Tartan Army pipe band based in the US state of Rhode Island.
Transcribe →Art of the deal
Jun 1800:50:01Tap to summarizeWe discuss what the US-Iran deal could mean for global trade with our experts. Elsewhere the boss of the company behind Cadbury tells us why we don't always choose the healthier option. And we hear from a British pub in Dallas after England's World Cup win.
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