Podcasts

Georgie Frost is joined by Hannah Maundrell, editor in chief at Money.co.uk. Today they discuss new orders for customers to be refunded for mistakes in gas meter readings as well as the launch of the government's new life time ISA. With 90% of adults across the country now shopping online they also look at the issues around the growing amount of shopping going missing each year. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Recent research reveals that a normal British household spends 264 hours a year doing washing. So what's the alternative? Zipjet hopes that you would want to pay someone else to do it. The startup is thinking big: It's announced a 3-month pilot partnership with Persil (Unilever) picking up, washing, and delivering clothes back to customers. Co-founder of Zipjet, Lorenzo Franzi, joined the team to discuss the plan...

The price of homes for sale in England and Wales have seen the biggest drop since November, according to the property website Rightmove. Asking prices fell by a monthly 1.2% average between July and August. With the biggest falls seen in London and the Southeast. This comes after a dip of just under 1% the previous month. Miles Shipside, housing market analyst at Rightmove, joined the team to explain what's caused this drop.

Linda visits RationalFX, an international transfer and currency exchange payments company offering cut price transfers for businesses and XendPay, which allows foreign workers to send money home, but lets them set the fee.

Linda meets the founders of Pomora, an extra virgin olive oil subscription delivery service which lets you adopt your own olive tree in Italy – so you know EXACTLY where your oil has come from. She also speaks to a Pomora customer who has been to visit her tree.

Nick talks to Debbie about the breakdown in trust between brands, agencies and consumers identified in a new documentary by Campaign. Do brands feel they’ve ceded too much power to budgets and agencies, and are now trying to get it back? Adrian joins Nick from Rio to talk about the ways in which brands benefit from the huge sums they pay to be associated with the games. And Rita Lobo tries to claim her free Uber ice cream…with mixed success.

Sue Dougan and Sainsbury's Magazine editor-in-chief Helena Lang are joined this week by nutritionist Fiona Hunter to talk food labels and packaging, and Nicola 'Milly' Millbank, actress and food writer. Liz Akhead, commercial director of the London Wine Academy, guides Sue and Helena through the season's rose wines, plus Helena pops along to the launch of Symmetry Breakfast's new cookbook and speaks to the brains behind it, Michael Zee.

The Entrepreneur Show takes a look at interesting businesses and talks to the people behind them. Whether you already run your own business or are thinking about taking the plunge, we'll bring you everything you need to guide your business from concept to success.

The Entrepreneur Show takes a look at interesting businesses and talks to the people behind them. Whether you already run your own business or are thinking about taking the plunge, we'll bring you everything you need to guide your business from concept to success.

Once again, it's time for the This is Money podcast. Every week, in partnership with NS&I, Financial Broadcaster of the Year Georgie Frost and Financial Website of the Year This is Money team up to go through all the finance stories you need to know this week. Georgie is joined in the studio by Editor Simon Lambert and Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard-Strauss. We’re going to be talking about the latest CMA report- could we be seeing a range of new apps to make choosing and switching bank accounts easier? And on top of that, the Bank of England cut in interest rates has caused a number of impacts since last week with some good news for first time house buyers but more worrying for savers, we’ll be looking at the effects on mortgages and pensions. Meanwhile the Bank of England has said it wants to encourage investors to take 'more risk'. So how can you make money in this post-Brexit Britain without gambling your nest egg away? And finally we’ll be tackling the perennial topic of inheritance tax. This is Money is presented by George Frost, in partnership with NS&I.