It was a historic moment — Britain is leaving the affordable goods market
It was never about economics. But 52% or the 72% turnout voted for the UK to leave the European Union last June and now it’s official. Prime Minister Theresa May has written and delivered a letter tha...
31 Mar 201750min
We’ve seen the future – and it’s long, we’re poorer and there’s not a bank branch in sight
One thousand years ago, life expectancy was about 30 years. In 30 years’ time, someone will be born who could live to 1,000. This causes a problem for the pensions industry and governments. It’s tough...
24 Mar 201751min
10 reasons our finances are in a mess (without even mentioning Brexit)
What a mess we’re in. Without too much effort this week, we spotted 10 messes. It was made pretty easy with the fallout from Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first go at a Budget making news all week. His ...
17 Mar 201752min
Was the whole Budget a joke? Simon Lambert dissects a Chancellor's kamikaze attack on small business
It felt like there was something fishy going on during the Budget speech this week.Chancellor Philip Hammond peppered the few official announcements he made with low-rent panto gags and political jibe...
10 Mar 201754min
Is this the end of the bull run? A better explanation will be harder to find
A speech this week from President Donald Trump sent the US stock market soaring to a record high.And where the US goes, the rest of the world follows. The FTSE 100 is also impressing investors. Trump ...
3 Mar 201759min
Dumb business decisions - banks vs BA, Ferrari and football clubs
There are a lot of laughs this week as Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost take a sideways look at some of the week’s potty money stories.Banks are in the spotlight because it’s reporting seaso...
24 Feb 201753min
The three events that could bring about financial misery for millions
It’s the Holy Trinity of money-geddon (to mess up a couple of Biblical metaphors). But this could be big. We’re less well off than in 2008, prices are going up and wages aren’t.This adds up to trouble...
17 Feb 201748min
Madness, madness, they call it (housing) madness
The property market is broken. Years of cheap money have allowed lenders to lend more and more to people earning less and less and we’re at crisis point. The politics of trying to boost the housing ma...
10 Feb 201754min
