This is Money Podcast

The Rolls-Royce edition.What's so special about a £250,000 Rolls-Royce? We asked the luxury car maker to explain the appeal of its new Dawn convertible and tell us more about its Made in England success story.The somewhat less salubrious subject of how to beat cold callers is also on the agenda this week, as Simon Lambert, and Rachel Rickard Straus, of This is Money, join Georgie Frost in the Share radio studios for the weekly whip through the money news.We ask why people wouldn't sell their own homes to save £7,000 over a High Street estate agent and take a look at whether the new national Living Wage is a good or bad idea.Oh, and there's a new Bentley 4x4 too - which readers aren't quite so sold on.Listen to the This is Money Show and please subscribe and leave us a review if you like it.#RollsRoyce #BentleyBentayga #coldcallers #LivingWage #bestbanks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Simon Lambert, Rich Browning and Georgie Frost take a fun look at the week's events. Banks are at it again. They say you don't have to have a contactless debit card if you don't want one but our readers say otherwise. Meanwhile they're introducing clever mind games to assess whether you're fit to be a customer and Tesco Bank slashes the Clubcard benefits on its credit card . Elsewhere, a report into the best places to bring up a family finds it's better up North - unless you live in Cramlington, where homeowners find they don't actually own their homes. Also on the bill are unusual auctions and the latest movie memorabilia from the Star Wars franchise. #starwars #banks #contactless #tesco #news #finance #auctions #lostluggage #family #homes #bestplacestolive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Simon Lambert and Tanya Jefferies on their fascinating journey through the state of the property market. From rising (maybe) mortgage rates, whether to fix your mortgage, solar panels, buy-to-let, unaffordable rents versus rent controls to outrageous increases in the cost of commuting courtesy of Virgin Trains. Plus stock market mayhem and a look at Corbynomics - the economic thoughts of the front-runner in the Labour Party leadership race. #mortgages #property #corbynomics #virgintrains #railfares #solarpanels #interestrates #trackers #fixedrates #pensions #islingtoncouncilwith Georgie Frost of Share Radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's panic on the streets of London! And Greece, China, America (north and south) and Europe. It might sound like a horrorific geography lesson but this week the team from This is Money discuss various economic problems as falling stock and oil prices are compounded by the threat of interest rate rises. There's a change of goverment afoot in Greece and emerging markets no longer are the investments hot spots they Also on the agenda with Simon Lambert, Georgie Frost and Rich Browning are student finances - or more accurately debts - the latest clever scams, more bank mis-selling and the pros and cons of turning your shed into a pub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce of This is Money talk to Share Radio's Georgie Frost about how to complain to the new ombudsman, misselling madness and high-frequency traders #complaints #ww2 #flashboys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When will interest rates rise? Are we any wiser after Super Thursday? Should we start raising them now or keep them rooted to the floor?The thorny question of when to raise rates is on the agenda in this week's This is Money Show, along with what will happen when they do go up.Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce, join Share Radio's Georgie Frost in the studio for this week's This is Money Show.Also on the agenda is sky-high price of homes and whether the property market can continue steaming ahead.Plus:Simon crunches the numbers on how much you need to save for a pension.Lee explains why a family were quoted nearly £2,500 to get faster broadband.And finally, Georgie wheels out the Skoda jokes.Listen to the show for the rundown on what you need to know about money this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Invest in a car park? Not everyone would be tempted by that, but there are plenty of people flocking to esoteric investments. Is that wise?This week we take an entertaining if gloomy look at the prospect of mortgage interest rate rises, Lloyds Bank's efforts to rip off customers, gold, mini bonds and a couple of unusual investments: rugby balls and car parking spaces at Gatwick airport.With Tanya Jefferies, Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the best way to complain? To the boss.This week Lee Boyce joins editor Simon Lambert at Share Radio with Georgie Frost to run through what the week's big money news means for you.On the agenda is the exodus from Swindon, possibly due to the lack of famous people from the town, or maybe the property pricesthe naming and shaming of the banks that trick customers into insulting savings accountswhy axing pensions tax relief is a terrible ideahow to complain to the chief executive and get a resultwhat vending machines should vendmaking sense of the latest pension complications ...and more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week This is Money's Mark Shapland joins Personal Finance Editor Rachel Rickard Straus and Share Radio Presenter Georgie Frost for a look at the best bits of money news and the worst excesses of corporate greed.Interest rates are finally apparently about to go up - that's great, no terrible news isn't it? There's a similar dilemma with the strong pound. Great for tourists, rubbish for exporters.And in this week's scams and rip offs, oil companies keep wholesale prices secret so they can overcharge us at the pumps. Supermarkets are misleading shoppers with dodgy offers and how much are those smiley faces you add to your text messages? And don’t start us on guarantor loans – a new mis-selling scandal?And finally, the gender pay gap isn't a problem, according to a man. Listen and enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Rickard Straus joins Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money's Lee Boyce to unearth further evidence of why EE should be shut away in George's Orwell's horror Room 101, how the taxman can now empty your bank account if he feels like it, more on the official energy bills rip-off, savings deals, car insurance, road rage and a whistle-stop tour of the Budget for anyone still interested. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.