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Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Felicity Hannah rounds up a week in business news that saw the PM travel to China and most of the world's biggest companies revealed their first quarter performance.
She also hears from a shoemaker in Leicester who's family business is on the brink, despite their products being worn by the Royals.
And she gets some advice for those about to submit their self-assessment tax return ahead of Saturday's deadline.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:12.7 | But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, |
| 0:18.2 | The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials |
| 0:22.2 | from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan. |
| 0:25.9 | However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncoaked. |
| 0:30.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.1 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:39.7 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. |
| 0:41.6 | Apple has taken an even bigger bite of the smartphone market. |
| 0:45.7 | Sales reached an all-time high. |
| 0:48.3 | As Kirstama works to boost business and investment with China, |
| 0:51.5 | Donald Trump says that's very dangerous. |
| 0:53.7 | So what does that mean? |
| 0:55.2 | We talked about Microsoft's record results on the show yesterday. So why did stock plunge by hundreds |
| 1:00.3 | of billions of dollars? Our experts will make it make sense. A shoemaker whose baby footwear has been |
| 1:06.1 | worn by the royal children tells us why the decades old firm is under threat of going under. And self-assessment. |
| 1:13.7 | Tax doesn't have to be taxing. Oh yes. I'm sorry for the reminder. It is that time of year again. |
| 1:18.5 | And if you still have to file your return, we're going to get you in fighting shape before tomorrow's |
| 1:22.9 | deadline. Wake up to Money with Felicity Hannah. Very good morning to you. Welcome to Wake Up to Money on Friday the 30th of January. |
| 1:31.9 | It's four minutes past five. Yeah, I want to hear from you this morning. There's so much to talk about in the next hour. Get in touch. |
| 1:39.0 | Let me know if you've filed your tax return yet. If you have to, if that's still something you're planning to do before at the end of tomorrow. |
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