Wake Up to Money
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Episodes
Paris Olympics: Going for Gold?
Felicity Hannah finds out what boost the Paris 2024 Olympics will bring businesses. Plus, we take a look back at the biggest economic stories of the week with our expert panel.
26/07/24•53m 40s
Can AI enhance your job?
News and insight from the business world. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.
25/07/24•52m 40s
Tesla takes a tumble
News and insight from the business world. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.
24/07/24•52m 5s
Campaign donations, mortgage frustrations
Sean Farrington hears from a Harris campaign insider.Elsewhere, train drivers meet with the Government to dicuss pay and conditions. We also hear from a so-called 'mortgage prisoner' ahead of their court hearing.
23/07/24•52m 58s
Biden steps down
Sean Farrington has the latest as President Biden ends his re-election bid.After a worldwide tech blackout has wreaked havoc over the weekend, does digital infrastructure need to be more resilient? Meanwhile, the Hundred cricket competition gets underway, but can the tournament secure the money it needs to fend off stiff competition?
22/07/24•53m 0s
Kids Cost
We speak to a childcare provider about why cost are going up and what that means for parents needing to work throughout the school holidays.
19/07/24•51m 44s
Body Shock
The Body Shop could be saved from administration after mass store closures. Will Bain looks at if there is still space for them on the high street.
18/07/24•52m 7s
Royal Message
The Labour government will be unveiling 35 new bills in its King's Speech later on today, Sean Farrington will be looking ahead to which policies will be taking the crown jewels.
17/07/24•52m 51s
Keeping Burberry In Check?
The boss of British designer Burberry has been replaced. Sean Farrington hears from the head of another former luxury goods giant on how it might keep its problems in check.
16/07/24•52m 8s
It's Not Coming Home
As England crashes out of the Euros 2024 after being defeated 2-1 by Spain, we hear how the pub industry in the UK has benefitted from the games.
15/07/24•51m 57s
Euros fever
News and insight from the business world. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.
12/07/24•53m 3s
11/07/2024
News and insight from the business world. Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.
11/07/24•54m 13s
Green Investing and Water Testing
Sean Farrington hears from the Chair of the Government's new National Wealth Fund.Elsewhere, Thames Water warns about limited financing in the run-up to a key bill ruling by the water regulator and we hear from a business that provides the big screens that are showing the Euros.
10/07/24•51m 34s
Planning for Growth?
Sean Farrington gets reaction as the Chancellor unveils plans to get Britain building. Elsewhere, the largest public sector trial of the four-day week has been touted as a success and, with the Prime Minister about to make his first visit to America, how are transatlantic business relationships faring?
09/07/24•52m 50s
Changing Chancellors
Sean Farrington finds out about the new Chancellor's plans and speaks to her former boss. Plus, we also check what a new government means for one of the UK's biggest energy companies.
08/07/24•52m 32s
A Vue to the future ...
As the film release calendar stalls, Felicity Hannah speaks to the boss of Vue cinemas.Elsewhere, the auto market continues its post-pandemic recovery and Manchester United plans to axe a quarter of its staff.
04/07/24•52m 16s
Tubi or not Tubi
We hear from businesses ahead of polling day on what they want to see from the next government. Elsewhere, Fox has launched its streaming platform in the UK.
03/07/24•51m 18s
In The City
Ahead of Thursday's general election, Sean Farrington is in the City of London finding out what the financial services sector wants to hear from the next government.
02/07/24•52m 41s
Eli Lilly: weight loss drugs and investing in the UK
Sean Farrington speaks to Dave Ricks, chairman and chief executive of American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly.
01/07/24•52m 18s
Biden v Trump: Round One
Felicity Hannah gets reaction to the first presidential debate in the run-up to the US election. Plus we talk to a business setting up stall at Glastonbury ahead of opening night.
28/06/24•52m 26s
Making it work
Will Bain is in Blyth, speaking to members of the manufacturing sector.
27/06/24•52m 31s
The best of Wake Up To Money 2023
Will Bain looks back at some of the highlights from Wake Up To Money in 2023. There's the story of the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft including an interview with the Microsoft President Brad Smith which made headlines around the world. Former England and Manchester United footballer Gary Neville explained why he's investing in property and the UK boss of Google Debbie Weinstein told us how AI is changing the world.
01/01/24•56m 11s
Wake Up To Money Special - Gary Neville
He's most famous for his football career and more recently, his punditry, but Gary Neville is also hugely successful in the worlds of business and property developing.In this interview, he tells Sean Farrington about his plans for a new £400 million project in the centre of Manchester.They discuss how rising interest rates are affecting the building trade, why Gary feels the hospitality industry is paying the best wages it can afford to, and Gary’s new role on Dragons’ Den. This is an extended version of an interview first broadcast on Wake Up To Money on July 6th, 2023.
06/07/23•35m 32s
Wake Up To Money - Elon Musk
The BBC's North America Technology Correspondent James Clayton talks exclusively to Elon Musk about Twitter. They discuss why he bought the social media site, controversy around tackling disinformation and the future for blue ticks.
12/04/23•48m 40s
Boardroom Stories: Sir Ian Livingston
Sir Ian Livingstone talks to Rahul Tandon about founding Games Workshop and the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons. He reveals his collection of hundreds of board games as well as discussing the development of Tomb Raider.
29/12/22•26m 30s
Million By 30: Timothy Armoo, part 2
Timothy Armoo talks to Sean Farrington about his decision to sell the business he founded in a multi-million pound deal. He discusses why he decided to sell, what he's learnt and his plans for what he's going to do next.
17/08/22•46m 35s
Business of Sport: The Ashes
Rahul Tandon looks at the money behind The Ashes. He discusses how important sponsorship is in cricket, how to grow the fanbase and get more people involved in the game. Rahul also speaks to Manoj Badale, one of the owners of the IPL team the Rajasthan Royal.
10/12/21•24m 42s
Boardroom Stories: Guy Hands, founder Terra Firma
One of the biggest names in the world in private equity, Guy Hands, talks candidly about what he calls 'going from hero to zero'.
Speaking with Felicity Hannah he shares his experience of growing his business Terra Firma Capital Partners which became one of the largest investment companies in the world.
He discusses the controversy around his ownership of record label EMI and losing control of the care home company Four Seasons.
He also talks about being dyslexic and how it's affected his life as well as the challenge of making business greener.
12/11/21•33m 12s
Boardroom Stories: John Lyttle, Chief Executive, Boohoo
John Lyttle, chief executive of Boohoo, tells Sean Farrington about the company's massive growth and future expansion plans. He says the company doesn't make throwaway fashion and is taking measures to tackle climate change. He also discusses the recent controversy around allegations of mistreatment of staff at some of its suppliers in Leicester.
11/08/21•37m 52s
Business of Sport: Tokyo Olympics
Felicity Hannah looks at how the Olympic games are financed and the competitors are funded. She's joined by Sir Keith Mills, former Deputy Chair of London 2012 organising committee; Nigel Walker who's National Director of the English Institute of Sport; Marie Oldham, Executive chair of the advertising agency VCCP Media and Danny Downs of online sports retailer Fanatics.
23/07/21•28m 35s
The Origins of Reebok
Joe Foster, founder of Reebok talks with Sean Farrington and Reggie Nelson about creating one of the world's biggest brands. From the origins of a family business to breaking America and making trainers a must-have fashion item.
15/06/21•33m 59s
Million By 30: Roei Samuel
Roei Samuel talks to Sean Farrington about setting up e-sports business Real Sport which he sold in a multi-million pound deal and about how having ADHD affected his education and career choices.
09/06/21•35m 29s
Million By 30: Tom Beahon, co-founder Castore
Tom and Phil Beahon set up their sportswear brand Castore in Liverpool after their professional sporting careers came to an end. They chat with Sean about growing the brand, how their parents re-mortgaged their house to give them the money to get it off the ground and working with Sir Andy Murray and football clubs Rangers and Wolves.
23/05/21•44m 26s
Million By 30: CC Clarke
CC Clarke talks to Sean Farrington talks about growing her fanbase to more than two million followers and setting up her make-up business. She discusses how she's carried on with her singing career and dealing with social media trolls.
25/04/21•32m 36s
Business of Sport: Future of Football
After the collapse of plans for a European Super League, Sean Farrington discusses the future of football with current and former club bosses, fans and sport business experts.
21/04/21•35m 5s
Million By 30: Grace Beverley, influencer and founder of sustainable style brand TALA
Sean Farrington chats with Grace Beverley about how she built up a million followers on Instagram before going on to launch her own fitness brand Shreddy and sustainable style brand TALA.
Photo courtesy: Andy Cuthbert
19/03/21•51m 9s
Million By 30: Chester Mojay-Sinclare, founder and chief executive of Enthuse
Sean Farrington chats with Chester Mojay-Sinclare who first got his business off the ground by launching a potato into space. Eleven years later, he has raised over £100 million for charities through his company Enthuse.
12/03/21•26m 17s
Million By 30: Jenna Brown, co-founder and chief executive of Shipamax
How Jenna Brown turned her passion for start-ups into a multi-million backed business.
26/02/21•33m 32s
Million By 30: Alex Lovén, founder of Net World Sports
Sean Farrington chats with Alex Lovén, who started selling cricket bats when he was 13 to his mates at school, graduated to selling the bats on eBay and made £1m in sales by 22 and now, aged 33, his sports equipment business makes £50m in turnover.
19/02/21•34m 27s
Million By 30: Kofi McCalla, The Unknown Vlogs
Kofi McCalla, a menswear fashion YouTuber, on how he hit over 100 million views. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast please visit the BBC Action Line website https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/
12/02/21•33m 12s
Million By 30: Liberty Foreman, CEO and founder of DynamXMedical
Sean Farrington interviews Liberty Foreman, who started up a cancer screening tech company DynamX Medical by spinning it out from her PhD. Since then she’s raised millions in investment all before the company has even turned a profit. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast please visit the BBC Action Line website https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/
18/01/21•33m 1s
Million By 30: Maciek Kacprzyk and Karina Sudenyte, founders of Flawsome!
Sean Farrington interviews Maciek Kacprzyk and Karina Sudenyte, the founders of Flawsome!, a food waste company that saves wonky fruit from landfill and makes them into cold pressed juice and sparkling fruit juice waters.
11/01/21•31m 30s
Million By 30: Timothy Armoo, chief executive of Fanbytes
The story of how 26-year-old Timothy Armoo built a million-pound marketing business.
01/12/20•32m 38s
Million By 30: Adnan Ebrahim, founder of Car Throttle
Sean Farrington chats with Adnan Ebrahim who sold his first website before he was 18. He then founded Car Throttle, which quickly reached millions of followers around the world. He sold it in his mid-20's and has since embarked on a new venture
20/11/20•33m 0s
Business of Sport: Rugby World Cup
Sean Farrington looks at the money behind the Rugby World Cup in Japan including how can smaller countries break into the top tier of the game.
11/10/19•57m 52s
Business of Sport: The Price of Gold
It's a year until the Tokyo Olympics will be getting underway. The British Olympics Association has told us it could be one of the most expensive yet.A number of sports will be making their debut at the games - one of them is competitive climbing. But who sponsors a brand new sport, and how do they get funding?
30/08/19•26m 30s
Business of Sport: Not just about the scores
Sean and Mickey look at how sport is being reported off the pitch, from long reads to podcasts to social media.
09/08/19•26m 21s
Business of Sport: eSports
The industry is worth over $1bn globally. Is it time to take gaming as a competitive activity a bit more seriously?
02/08/19•25m 14s
Boardroom Stories: Sanjeev Gupta, Liberty Steel
Danni Hewson talks with Sanjeev Gupta, boss of one of the world's largest steel producers Liberty Steel.
27/12/18•29m 10s
Boardroom Stories: Co-Op
Chief Executive of the Co-Operative Group, Steve Murrells talks with Danni Hewson about supermarkets; funerals and schools and how it's recovered from a difficult period.
03/12/18•30m 24s
Boardroom Stories: Lovehoney
Lovehoney co-founders Neal Slateford and Richard Longhurst talk about developing their online sex toy company, meeting the Queen and adapting their business for international markets.
20/11/18•27m 25s
Boardroom Stories: Paul Pomroy, McDonald's UK
Wake Up To Money's Sean Farrington meets Paul Pomroy, the Chief Executive of McDonald's for the UK and Ireland to discuss the High Street crisis; plastic straws; Brexit; zero hours contracts and waste.
31/07/18•33m 16s
Boardroom Stories: Linda Jackson, Citroen
Linda Jackson, Chief Executive of Citroen talks about women in the car industry, electric cars and whether the 2CV could ever make a comeback.
20/07/18•26m 16s
Boardroom Stories: Rob Stringer of Sony Music Entertainment
Working with David Bowie on one of pop’s best kept secrets and how he won George Michael back after the star’s bitter split from Sony.
05/07/18•40m 7s
Boardroom Stories: Pure Gym
Humphrey Cobbold, boss of Pure Gym talks to Sean Farrington about how the chain has gone from zero to a million members in less than a decade.Plus how the treadmill is falling out of fashion as workouts change with the times.
19/06/18•30m 33s
Boardroom Stories: Intu's David Fischel
The boss of the company which owns some of the UK’s biggest shopping centres tells Wake Up To Money’s Mickey Clarke that retail is alive and kicking.
09/04/18•28m 46s
Boardroom Stories: Marston's Ralph Findlay
Marston's Chief Executive Ralph Findlay, Quality not quantity: How drinkers’ tastes have changed and why so many restaurants are struggling at the moment.
02/03/18•29m 57s
Boardroom Stories: Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza CEO David Wild on executive pay, The Simpsons and chanting.
20/02/18•24m 56s
Boardroom Stories: Bronek Masojada, Hiscox
Terrorism, cyber crime, luxury cars and diamonds. Who says insurance is boring? Bronek Masojada boss of Hiscox talks insurance with Wake Up To Money’s Louise Cooper.
09/02/18•30m 18s
Boardroom Stories: Craig Donaldson
Why banks need more branches and "it was a miserable place to be”: Life at RBS during the bailout.
29/01/18•32m 18s
Boardroom Stories: David Duffy
David Duffy, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks boss, talks Open Banking, drones and the rise of the robots.
02/01/18•21m 41s