This is Money Podcast
This is Money
What you need to know about money each week and what the news means for you, from the UK's best financial website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Mar 12, 2015 • 11min
Pension lifetime allowance: 'Last thing we want is to cut it'
Changes to the amount of money we can put into a pension without hefty tax penalties do not encourage saving, explains Simon Lambert to Share Radio's Georgie Frost. With Rachel Rickard Straus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 9, 2015 • 51min
This is Money show - Happy pay, Buffett, pensions trap, 10-year fix mortgages and QE in Europe
This week, Share Radio's Georgie Frost and This is Money Editor Simon Lambert are joined by reporter Rachel Rickard Straus for an entertaining look at the latest money news and investigations.Including:Are you being paid enough to make you happy?Are 10-year fixed mortgages worth a punt?What does quantitative easing in the eurozone mean for you?Will changes to the lifetime allowance affect you?Legendary investor Warren Buffett writes to his fans And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 4, 2015 • 5min
Is the FTSE 100 good value now it's back at a 15-year high?
Editor Simon Lambert explains how on some measures there's still plenty to attract investors to the index of the UK's top 100 companies. Also taking part with Georgie Frost of Share Radio are This is Money's Rich Browning and Ed Monk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 27, 2015 • 53min
This is Money show - not owning a home, FTSE 1999, pensions anarchy, scams and scandals
Georgie Frost of Share Radio is joined this week by This is Money's Rich Browning, Simon Lambert and Ed Monk to cast an entertaining eye over the money highlights of the week. Stories under investigation include: Home ownership at a record lowThe FTSE 100 at a record high and what it means for investorsThe financial prophecies within Prince's pop song, 1999Banking scandalsA classic scam in the used car tradeAnd anarchy in the pension reforms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 20, 2015 • 50min
This is Money show - property v shares, British cars, 6% savings, Bank of Dave and the broken energy market
It's time to run a bath and enjoy the dangerously warm glow from Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Rachel Rickard Straus as they join Share Radio's Georgie Frost for another entertaining insight into the week's money investigations. This time...What next for our broken untrusted energy market? Can you really earn 6% on your savings?Cash vs Property vs Stocks - who's the winner?Whatever happened to the bank set up by that man called Dave?And more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2015 • 48min
This is Money show - inflation, deflation, phone call rip offs, £3bn mega-broadband and more
Is the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, all talk or is he the Maradona of finance? Also in the show...What's going on with inflation?Why on earth is BT charging so much for calls to France?Why does a washing machine cost four times more for the poor?What's next for all-in-one media services?Plus an update on pensioner bonds. This week's entertaining investigations are brought to you by Share Radio's star presenter Georgie Frost and This is Money's Simon Lambert and Rachel Rickard Straus. With Lee Boyce calling in from This is Money HQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 6, 2015 • 54min
This is Money show - football prices, cheap mortgages, pensioner bonds, crowdfunding
This week, Share Radio's sport's mad presenter Georgie Frost is joined by This is Money's Lee Boyce, Simon Lambert and Marc Shoffman for an entertaining look at how to avoid paying obscene amounts of money to watch men play a game, the phenomenon of phenomenally cheap mortgage deals, the ongoing pensioner bonds mess and loads more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2015 • 44min
This is Money show - new fuel bills tricks, old bikers, Sky mobile and the horrors of house hunting and Greek debt
This week editor Simon Lambert and financial sleuth Rachel Rickard Straus join Share Radio's Georgie Frost to explain the horrors of house hunting, the financial horrors in Greece, Sky's entry into mobile phones, whether our energy bills have been cut enough and the modern phenomenon of the OAB - old age bikers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 26, 2015 • 2min
Energy bills are falling... but not yet. Is it worth switching?
Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce discuss the sneaky tactics behind the latest round of changes to our gas and electricity bills and ask whether there are further savings to be made by changing provider. With Georgie Frost of Share Radio's Consuming Issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2015 • 52min
This is Money show...QE, pensioner bonds, and a Lada revival
This week, editor Simon Lambert and top reporter Lee Boyce offer an entertaining insight into what on earth QE in the EU by the ECB means, why Top of the Pops should come back on a Thursday, the stupid diesel tax, energy bills, more on the pensioner bonds kerfuffle and more on money - and Ladas - in general. With Georgie Frost on Share Radio.#money #saving #investing #consumer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
