Podcasts related to Economics - UK

Sue Dougan was joined by Kevin Pratt, web editor at Money Supermarket.com. Today on the agenda, they discussed Britain's biggest tax bill for 30 years. Plus they look into why people who borrow 100 pounds from a bank could be charged up to 156 pounds more than a payday lender. All these stories and more on The News Review.

The government has won another key vote on the EU in the Commons - but not without a small rebellion. Seven Tories voted with the opposition parties on the call to enshrine MPs' right to an earlier - and significant - vote ahead of Brexit. It followed a verbal concession from ministers that they would get a say. Sue Dougan was joined by Billy Bambrough, Editor of economics and business website Verdict.co.uk to discuss if there are more oppositions ahead.

Joining us to discuss what the main market headlines of the morning are is Share Radio's very own Juliette Foster. A busy morning of Regulatory News Statements. Gsk are releasing its 4th quarter update later today so what can we expect? And Rio Tinto and Dunelm also had some numbers out. Juliette told Sue Dougan more about how they were doing.

Choosing a strategy for your hard-earned pounds can be a tough decision. In this week's magazine review, our guests tackled ISA investment styles, following a piece by Money Observer's deputy editor Kyle Caldwell. Share Radio's Peta Fuller reports.

House prices have dropped slightly in January according to Halifax's house price survey - the first dip since Brexit. For more on the story and its economic impact Martin Ellis, Halifax housing economist, joined Share Radio's Sarah Lowther.

Brexit Britain could see the strongest growth rate among G7 nations according to a PwC report - but that's not without a little pain first. And is 'Frexit' - a French exit from the EU - likely? Tom Stevenson, Investment Director at Fidelity, joined Share Radio's Sarah Lowther to talk through the big economic stories of the day.

On Track Record this week , Sue Dougan was joined by CEO of Cityunscripted.com, Nick Whitfield to go through the soundtrack of his life and career.

Today is "Safer Internet Day", where hundreds of organisations come together to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology. It's been estimated the time spent online has nearly doubled in the last decade - on average 20 hours a week. Google is one of the companies involved in "Safer Internet Day". Georgie was joined by Elijah Lawal from Google.

We're talking about staying safe online but what about if you run a business. Cyber-attacks are a huge threat. In fact according to insurance company Hiscox, over half of UK firms have been victims in the past year. Despite this, it seems we are still too complacent in taking extra precautions - even after an attack. To tell us a bit more I'm joined now by Matt Webb, Head of Cyber at Hiscox.

There are about 100 experts in the UK money blogger community, but who are the people behind the Twitter Handles? Share Radio's Sara Macham has been taking a look at Miss Thrifty of @Miss_Thrifty. Created by, Karyn Fleeting, Miss Thrifty is a woman on a mission. She lives in Greater Manchester says she never pays full price for anything, and insists saving money doesn't have to be miserable.