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This is Money Podcast

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What you need to know about money each week and what the news means for you, from the UK's best financial website.

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Episodes

This is Money Show: Interest rates, house price madness, how much to save for a pension, the £40k Skoda

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. P...

Aug 07, 201554 min

This is Money Show - Perils of mini-bonds, car park investing, fix your mortgage and Lloyds sales techniques

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. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok...

Jul 31, 201548 min

This is Money Show - How to complain, pension tax madness, banks clampdown, vending machines, Swindon, energy rip offs

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 prices the naming and shaming of the banks that trick customers into insulting savings accounts why axing pensions tax relief is a terrible idea how to complain to the chief executive and get...

Jul 24, 201551 min

This is Money show - rising interest rates, strong pound and petrol, supermarkets, mobile rip offs

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 o...

Jul 17, 201538 min

This is Money Show - EE, Room 101, taxman super powers, savings deals, rip offs

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. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Em...

Jul 10, 201551 min

This is Money show - Greece, pensions panic, credit ratings, new banks, old cars

Simon Lambert and Tanya Jefferies have read and written all the big money news this week. Why not spend a fun hour in their company as they talk about Greece's future as a serious country, whether it's worth stuffing your pension full of cash at the last minute and whether you really understand the significance of your credit rating. Also on the agenda is the rise of the challengers - little new banks with big interest rates - and a round up of classic cars worth a punt Follow us on Instagram @d...

Jul 03, 201553 min

How to tell where your euro note is from

Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce work out where a wallet full of euro notes originated and hunt down some elusive Greek ones Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 29, 20154 min

This is Money Show - euros on test, when to retire, offering on a house, do you want a bank in your pocket?

How to spot where a euro note is from is on the agenda, as Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce join Share Radio star presenter for a lively look at the week's money news. This week they also discuss when the age we hope to retire at - and why that is getting older - and the new bank that has an app but no branches. They also talk about how much to offer on a home and why the new simple flat-rate state pension is actually very confusing. #euro #greece #mortgages #haggling #homes #toptrumps #pensions Foll...

Jun 26, 201554 min

This is Money show - Greece meltdown, RBS shutdown, diesel and buy-to-let tax

This week Adrian Lowery and Lee Boyce join Editor SImon Lambert and Share Radio Presenter Georgie Frost for a fun yet insicive look at the week's money news Grexit #RBS #cashmachines #diesel #tax #cars #advice #shopping #retail #buytolet #euro Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See ...

Jun 19, 201551 min

This is Money Show - Nationwide shocker, DVLA madness, would you buy a bank?

This week Rachel Rickard Straus joins editor Simon Lambert and Share Radio presenter Georgie Frost for a fun look at the week's money news. This week a shocker from Nationwide on savings rates (clue it was a rise), the DVLA's driving licence hire car madness, what to do if your holiday is hit by Spanish air strikes. And the RBS question: would you buy (or sell) a bank now? Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co...

Jun 12, 201546 min

This is Money Show - Buy gold, Lloyds investing, Woolworths & shops that failed, why did PPI happen?

How did our banks end up in such as mess with PPI? When will the pain for shareholders end? Lloyds has been hit with a £117m claims mishandling fine to prolong its PPI agony. It didn't need to be so bad though, Simon Lambert and Ed Monk, of This is Money, join Share radio's Georgie Frost to explain how banks continued to push PPI for years after problems had been flagged. They also discuss whether investing in gold with the Royal Mint's new service is worth it, why everyone need to get the prote...

Jun 05, 201555 min

This is Money Show - football crazy, sci-fi mad, buy-to-let, cheap wine, rising bills, Premium Bonds

Can you trust a financial journalist who has never seen Star Wars? Of course you can. And you can listen to him tearing up the week's money news. This is Money's chief entertainer and investigator, reporter and Star Wars virgin Lee Boyce joins editor Simon Lambert and Share Radio's Georgie Frost to discuss their favourite sci-fi movies, the mess that is the football business, a 30% hike in energy bills, what to do with a spare £100,000. Plus Premium Bonds, supermarket plonk and the country's cre...

May 29, 201552 min

This is Money Show - houseboats, energy bill rip offs and deflation

This is Money reporters share their latest personal finance advice nuggets, question whether living on a boat is a romantic dream or chemical loo nightmare - and discuss whether we're experiencing good or bad deflation. #houseboats #deflation #energybills #barclays Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost...

May 22, 201546 min

Behind the scenes at Npower customer services

What's going on while you're waiting on hold? This is Money goes behind the scenes of Npower's largest customer service centre Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 21, 20154 min

This is Money Show - peak house prices, cheaper motoring, budgeting, interest rates and your finances under a new Government

This week Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost are joined by Rich Browning for an entertaining look at the State and your finances, the state of your finances, productivity, pensioner bonds, house prices, cars that switch themselves off, how Japanese knotweed means you won't get a mortgage, how to make a budget and stick to it, inheritance tax and so much more. #mortgages #knotweed #election2015 #houseprices #cars #investing #moneysaving Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgne...

May 15, 201545 min

This is Money Show - Death of diesel, rugby bonds, rent controls, bank shares, cheap mortgages and lawnmower man

This week, don't miss Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and editor Simon Lambert as they lift the bonnet of financial entertainment to discover an unholy mess surrounding the health of diesel engines. There's confusion over election promises for the rental generation that don't add up, plus a look at TSB shares a new sports-related investment and how long can these cheap mortgage deals last? With Share Radio. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedi...

May 01, 201552 min

This is Money Show - Sneaky charges, second homes, favourite tips and parking fines

This is Money's Simon Lambert and Lee Boyce join Georgie Frost in the studio for a look at the money, business and finance news. This week's show features bad banks, money lessons to learn and mistakes to avoid, the charges we hate paying and a look at why the shady practice of car clocking has returned. Listen, laugh and learn. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Fro...

Apr 24, 201552 min

This is Money show - the housing crisis, car tax traps, pensions woes, divorce, advice and... bangers and cash

Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert are this week joined by Tanya Jefferies for an entertaining and passionate look at the big stories of the week. There is a housing crisis brewing, yet more confusion over pensions freedom, tax and divorce and is it really worth paying for financial advice? All served up with a fun helping of bangers - old cars - and cash. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938...

Apr 17, 201553 min

This is Money Show: Asking prices, blowing a pension, investing mistakes and British Gas shares windfalls

Simon Lambert and Rachel Rickard Straus join Georgie Frost to talk about how much to offer on a property, how to make a pension last, why Sid could have made a mint on British Gas shares and Simon reveals an honest look at a year's investing. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See a...

Apr 10, 201552 min

This is Money show: Isa deadline, most economical cars and the best places to live in the UK

This is Money editor Simon Lambert and journalist Lee Boyce discuss #Isa season and why Rutland is the best place to live in the UK with Georgie Frost on Share Radio Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 02, 201553 min

How to choose the best DIY investing platforms, Simon Lambert explains

This is Money editor Simon Lambert on the best investing Isa platforms to suit different investors and what they cost Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 01, 20153 min

This is Money show - Cold callers, financial advice, DIY investing and pensions

This is Money editor Simon Lambert and journalist Marc Shoffman discuss #cold-calling, #diyinvesting, and #pensions with Georgie Frost of Share Radio Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 27, 201551 min

Buy-to-let: How to do it right and avoid the pitfalls

This is Money's Simon Lambert and Marc Shoffman explain the tricks of the buy-to-let trade to Georgie Frost of Share Radio - on digital and online. #buytolet #property #investment #renting #houseprices Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 26, 201511 min

This is Money show - Help to buy Isas, shrinking teabags, growing vegetables and more fallout from the Budget

This week, Rich Browning and Ed Monk join Share Radio's Georgie Frost for an entertaining look at the minutia of the Chancellor's Budget, inheritance tax and huge cuts to Nationwide's 'loyal' savers accounts. They also take a fun-size look at the ever decreasing sizes of popular products and whether growing your own veg really can save you money. Simon Lambert is snowboarding. #budget2015 #carrots Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia E...

Mar 20, 201548 min

This is Money show: Cheap euros, buy-to-let, TSB and rivals and saving for a pension early

This week, Georgie Frost of Share Radio is joined by Simon Lambert and Marc Shoffman to assess whether now is the time to buy euros, rental properties - even the TSB bank. They also look at the bribes banks offer to new customers, saving for your retirement and more. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Fro...

Mar 13, 201552 min

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. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 12, 201511 min

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... Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Fo...

Mar 09, 201551 min

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. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us 020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Mar 04, 20155 min

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 low The FTSE 100 at a record high and what it means for investors The financial prophecies within Prince's pop song, 1999 Banking scandals A classic scam in the used car trade And anarchy in the pension reforms Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on...

Feb 27, 201553 min

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... Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us o...

Feb 20, 201550 min
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