Podcasts related to Economics - UK

As Christmas approaches many families will be spending several days in each other’s company. Now this could mean peace love and harmony, but in reality will probably mean a few rows. Roman Tagoe, head of content at music site Deezer rather optimistically thinks one way to soothe family feuds around the Christmas table is via music especially festive classics, as he told Share's Melanie Wray.

Georgie Frost hears why one Muslim-owned restaurant, Shish in Sidcup is promising to give elderly and homeless people a free three-course dinner on Christmas Day so ‘no one eats alone’. The man who came up with the idea is manager Irfan Genc and spoke to Georgie on the line.

The British medical funding firm, Assured Fertility, believes recent advances in IVF, have made this offer possible. Georgie finds out about a company specialising in In Vitro fertilisation - commonly known as IVF - is offering a ‘baby or your money back’ scheme which has no age cut off. To find out more, Georgie Frost was joined by the company's fertility specialist James Armitage.

The Payment Systems Regulator says banks are not shouldering enough responsibility when customers lose their cash after being tricked into transferring money by scams. Share’s Melanie Wray hears from consumer group Which's head of campaigns Pete Moorey told about the sophisticated payment scams they are seeing and Which’s "super complaint".

Now, we all rely on our credit card from time to time to buy the odd bits and bobs. Many people are not just using their credit card for unessential items but instead rely on their credit cards to pay essential bills. Georgie hears from debt expert Ian Williams how 7 million of us have borrowed money to pay for food, while another 4.5 million have had to borrow to pay their rent or mortgage.

Georgie Frost is joined in the studio by MoneySuperMarket.com web editor Kevin Pratt. Today on the agenda, they discuss broadband being set up in the most rural areas. Plus, British companies being forced to publicly disclose data breaches . All these stories and more on The News Review.

Christmas - a time for family, but what about those who are divorced? Holidays throw up all sorts of potential conflict when it comes to custody arrangements. And according to Law firm Slater and Gordon millions of dads - in fact almost thirty percent- are losing out on seeing their kids this Christmas. Georgie Frost spoke to Hannah Cornish, a family lawyer from Slater and Gordon on how to resolve conflicts ahead of time with the least distress.

This week Georgie Frost was joined by Money Saving Expert consumer writer Megan French. They’re looking into missing parcel deliveries and medicines that cost three times more than others that are essentially the same. And not to mention a roundup of the latest and best deals the team have come across this week.

Two mums have collaborated by writing and self-publishing a definitive guide to blogging. One of those bloggers Lynn James AKA ' Mrs Mummypenny' and author of the book 'Blogging your way to riches' joined Georgie Frost in the studio to discuss how to make money off a blog and how to make it a full-time job.

This week, Editor Moira O'Neill and deputy editor Helen Knappman are here to discuss with Georgie giving gift cards this Christmas; introducing some of next year’s awards from Moneywise and the prizes up for grabs.