Will helicopter money save us from the coronavirus crisis?
Britain has been told to stay at home, pubs have been ordered to shut and you’re not even allowed to go to the gym instead.The coronavirus crisis has turned the consumer economy upside down. Businesse...
20 Mars 202059min
The Budget, the base rate cut and the stock market crash
Well, what a week. We've had a Budget, a 0.5 per cent base rate cut and stock markets going haywire thanks to coronavirus and oil price crashes.Why did the Bank of England cut rates to 0.25 per cent o...
13 Mars 20201h 4min
Does Nationwide's savings lottery show there's still life in the cash Isa?
Every year, between March and April, there used to be a cash Isa season. Banks and building societies clambered over each other in the race to top the best buy tables.This hasn't been the case for a w...
6 Mars 202048min
Making the Money Work: Shappi Khorsandi on getting comedy to pay the bills?
On this episode of Making the Money Work podcast, comedian Shappi Khorsandi joins Andi Peters and Simon Lambert to discuss how she built a career in comedy, her unusual life as the daughter of an exil...
3 Mars 202026min
Bull markets don't die of old age, but do they die of coronavirus?
Bull markets don't die of old age, we've been told countless times in recent years, but do they die of coronavirus?That is the question that rattled investors are asking themselves after an astonishin...
28 Feb 202048min
NS&I and Marcus Bank cut rates - what's the point of saving?
This week, savings have been in the spotlight with National Savings and Investments cutting rates on a number of its offerings, including popular Premium Bonds.Both Marcus Bank and Saga also cut easy-...
21 Feb 202046min
Making the Money Work: How to make being a comedian, writer and podcaster pay with Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin
From hosting their podcast Nobody Panic, to being in comedy trio Massive Dad, writing scripts and articles, and putting on Edinburgh shows, Stevie and Tessa have a lot of things to juggle.The pair tel...
18 Feb 202029min
Will the new Chancellor give pension tax relief the chop? This is Money podcast
This week started with rumours of a pension tax relief cut and mansion tax, saw the Chancellor fall on his sword, and ended with people none the wiser about whether a Budget tax raid is more or less l...
14 Feb 202043min
