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Adam Cox is joined by Adele Wragg, Founder of Feminapause, to discuss the impact that menopause has on women's work lives and wider quality of life in general. She shares her own experience of menopause, and suggests ways to support and manage the symptoms of menopause. https://www.feminapause.store/

Adam Cox is joined by Mary McGrath, CEO of FoodCycle, to discuss the rise in community dining and how it benefits and supports communities. They look at why so many Brits are currently dining alone, and what it says about Brit's dining habits, and provides advice to those who would feel apprehension going along to a FoodCycle event. https://foodcycle.org.uk/

Adam Cox is joined by Brannan Coady, COO of YourParkingSpace, to discuss how Brits are using their service to cash in on their unused parking spaces. Brannan explains how much the average user earns, and the benefits of parking on a driveway as opposed to any other parking area. https://www.yourparkingspace.co.uk/

Adam Cox is joined by Liton Ali, Author and Managing Director at Limbo, to discuss his new book, Fast Food 30, and how the principles have helped him to lose weight. He discusses how fast food can still be eaten whilst losing weight, and provides tips and tricks to listeners. https://www.fastfood30.com/ https://www.limborevolution.com/

The New Year has arrived and with it promises of inflation falling and a ray of hope on energy bills. But even if Rishi Sunak halves inflation, as he claims he will, it would still be running at 5% and his promise to get Britain back to growth may prove harder than the simple maths that sees inflation slow. Meanwhile, a slowdown in the rise of the cost of living doesn't mean things will get cheaper and the better energy price forecasts will still see costs at more than double what they were a year ago. So, will 2023 prove better or tougher for our finances? Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert delve into the prospects for the year ahead. Plus, what is on the cards for the property market, for pensions and savers and why is Divorce Day tipped to be even bigger this year? And finally, the year is going to better financially for at least one person: the lucky January £1million Premium Bond winner who bagged the jackpot with less than £5,000 saved. Is it time we all stuck more in Premium Bonds, as the prize find is boosted?

Tumultuous is a word that doesn't really do 2022 justice. Most people were looking forward to a year of calm as the Covid pandemic faded, but instead got turmoil and the cost of living crisis. In the UK, we mixed the global unrest dealt by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the inflation spike, with our own dose of political instability. A year in which you get through three Prime Ministers and four Chancellors is no ordinary one and the mini-Budget chaos led to the UK's own little self-inflicted financial crisis. That was dealt with by new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and new PM Rishi Sunak reversing all of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss's giveaways and adding some tax hikes on top for good measure. So, where do we stand at the end of a year of double digit inflation, rapidly rising interest rates and a general sense of gloominess? Will next year be better? Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert take a look back at the big financial events of 2022 and look forward to 2023 on this special year end podcast.

First we had the great resignation and now we may be seeing a new trend emerge 'unretirement'. Amid the turmoil of the pandemic, Britain's economy threw up the puzzle of a dramatic rise in economic inactivity - as about 565,000 people dropped out of the workforce to a position where they were neither working nor looking for work. These missing workers aren't claiming unemployment benefits but are somehow getting by under their own steam. The phenonomen is great enough that the ONS and Bank of England have looked into it and an inquiry by a House of Lords committee says that early retirement among those aged 50 to 64 may be the main driver of the trend. But there are also tentative signs of some of these people 'unretiring', so what is going on? Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert delve into the issue. Why do people want to take early retirement, why may some now be returning to work — and what would tempt more back to boost productivity and the economy? Plus, the team look at the stock market winners and losers of 2022 — and why the FTSE 100 managed to keep its head while other major markets suffered. Also on the agenda are log burners: can they really be cheaper than your central heating or are they just a feature for the home? And finally, used car prices have continued to defy the usual way of things and rise again this year, is that now coming to an end and what were the models that rose the most in value over 2022?

Another rate rise to 3.5%, the ninth in a row; Simon Lambert discusses whether we're nearly there now. Plus, more energy saving tips amid the prospect that bills may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2030. Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Helen Crane look at electric heaters vs. central heating, and they discuss an estimate that green home conversion may not pay off for 17 years. And finally - some people are still waiting for flight refunds going back to 2020.

Adam Cox is joined by Kevin Brown, from Scottish Friendly, to discuss new research which reveals parents’ ability to put money away for their children. They look how sensible it is to give children a Junior ISA as part of their Christmas financial gift, and how Junior ISA's can teach children about investing. https://www.scottishfriendly.co.uk/

Adam Cox is joined by tech and consumer expert Evelina Galli, from PriceRunner, to discuss how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting Brit's buying habits this Christmas. They discuss what products the public are buying more and less of this year, and Evelina gives her top tips for finding the best deals when Christmas shopping. https://www.pricerunner.com/