Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.

My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.

It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,

but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.

And because the team is such a diverse

range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through

archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if

you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories

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Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.

Hello morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money.

More bad news for our retailers this morning,

as the British Retail Consortium found,

the number of us

visiting physical shops last year fell again. We'll be taking a look at why and speaking to one

retailer about what they're trying to do to buck that trend. Also on the program today, we'll take a

look at the economic year ahead with our usual Friday panel. And as a blockbuster lineup is confirmed for the World Darts Final,

we'll hear how the Luke Littler effect isn't slowing down outside the alley-pally either.

Wake Up to Money with Will Bain.

Yeah, morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money on Friday the 3rd of January.

Just gone 5 o'clock in the morning.

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