A Bad Wrap?

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Costs could rise for many producers today as fees for using certain materials in packaging come in - Sean Farrington one snack company about the impact it's having on them.

We speak to the UK boss of British American Tobacco, who says there should be more regulation of disposable vapes.

And is an optional footwear policy in the workplace a step too far? One boss tells us why she lets her staff kick off their shoes in the office.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio podcasts.
0:07.3	Right, you feeling ready? I'm feeling ready.
0:10.8	I'm Amal Rajin. Join me on my new podcast for in-depth conversations with pioneers and
0:16.0	innovators, talking about the trends and ideas that could help shape and change our future.
0:21.4	We are going to be digital citizens of this AI world, whether we like it or not.
0:26.2	From declining birth rates to disinformation online, can they solve the world's biggest challenges?
0:32.0	What I would love to do is go to the transfer and say radically cut the taxes of those with children.
0:37.3	Radical with me, Amul Rajan.
0:39.3	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:41.8	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:45.0	Hello, welcome. It is Wake Up to Money.
0:48.2	We are awake, but in the last few minutes, the US government has shut down after lawmakers
0:53.0	failed to agree a last-minute deal
0:55.6	to keep funding federal services. We'll have the very latest on what exactly that means
1:01.0	the government shutdown in the United States. Costs could rise for many producers today here in
1:06.2	the UK as certain packaging material fees come in. We're going to hear from one snack company about the impact it's having on them.
1:13.7	Elsewhere, we'll speak to the UK boss of British American Tobacco,
1:17.3	who says there should be more regulation of disposable vapes.
1:20.7	It's important to know where this product are sold
1:24.5	and also make it easier for enforcement to control.
1:27.9	If you have a licence, you can sell it.
1:29.8	If you don't, you can.
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