EPISODE · Jul 17, 2015 · 38 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 overcharge us at the pumps. Supermarkets are misleading shoppers with dodgy offers and how much are those smiley faces you add to your text messages? And don’t start us on guarantor loans – a new mis-selling scandal?And finally, the gender pay gap isn't a problem, according to a man. Listen and enjoy.Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia.Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmediaFollow us on X @dmgnewmediaEmail us [email protected] us 020 7938 6000.Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen CraneProducer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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 overcharge us at the pumps. Supermarkets are misleading shoppers with dodgy offers and how much are those smiley faces you add to your text messages? And don’t start us on guarantor loans – a new mis-selling scandal?And finally, the gender pay gap isn't a problem, according to a man. Listen and enjoy.Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia.Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmediaFollow us on X @dmgnewmediaEmail us [email protected] us 020 7938 6000.Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen CraneProducer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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