Podcasts

This week financial journalists Lindsay Cook and Anne Caborn take on debt and pay day loans. Will it be the Golden Gloves or the Sucker Punch for train companies? Plus should we be borrowing from friends and family?

The Prime Minister says it’s going to be "a celebration fit for heroes". The UK's triumphant Olympians will be parading before the crowds in the UK's second city, Manchester. But why Manchester and what might the Olympians bring to the region? Sports journalist Anil Senghera explained from Manchester.

Ed Molyneux, CEO and Co-founder of cloud-based accounting platform FreeAgent, joined the Directors’ Briefing sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to discuss the new research suggesting nearly half of SMEs are unaware of digital tax returns. So what are the government's plans to make tax digital?

Georgie Frost is joined in the studio by Vix Leyton from Quidco.com. Today they discuss research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) that suggests women earn 18% less than men on average. They also take a look at growing levels of debt in the UK as well as the impacts a car crash can have on your insurance premium, even when it's not your fault. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin.

This is Crowdfunders, the show that covers peer to peer lending and all other forms of crowdfunding. In today's show, Ed Bowsher looks at Platform Black, a peer to peer lending platform that is starting to do a bit of lending itself, plus he also finds out more about a mobile app that's been described as the 'tinder for crowdfunding’ – Offr.

Georgie Frost is joined by Hannah Maundrell, editor in chief at Money.co.uk. Today they discuss concerns over workplace discrimination for BAME groups as well as new plans to charge customers £25 to complain about lost luggage and delays. Plus with almost 335,000 registrations sold over the past year they look at the growing demand for personalised plates. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Alex Lydall, Senior 360 FX Dealer at corporate forex broker Foenix Partners, joined Morning Money’s Directors’ Briefing sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to discuss retail sales and the post-Brexit impact thus far. Alex also discusses last week’s FOMC Statement and the ongoing outlook of US rate hikes this year.

It seems a number of Hedge Funds are investing in "tiny satellites", which have the ability to take high frequency images of "economically sensitive" spots. To find out more, Joe Aldridge has been speaking with Stuart Martin, CEO of independent innovation and technology company, Satellite Applications Catapult.

Nick talks to Richard Mackinnon about his report, Evidence Matters…Employee Engagement, the Emperor’s New Clothes?, and why it’s important to engage employees to create greater productivity, and whether this works, Tomorrow's Company about business ethics and visits two very charitable individuals in Bognor Regis.