Holding fire

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington gets the latest updates on the US- Middle East. Closer to home, he takes a look at the latest government measures aimed at tackling late payments to small businesses. Plus he sits down with a Grammy-winning songwriter that reinvents some of the world's biggest tracks.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.0	An early start here. It's time to kick off.
0:10.0	Your day. Morning!
0:11.9	What a line-up.
0:13.3	Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show.
0:16.1	The crowd is loving this.
0:18.3	Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind.
0:20.2	From morning chaos to match day commentary.
0:23.6	And everything in between.
0:25.0	BBC sounds packed with personality.
0:29.2	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:32.6	Hello, welcome.
0:33.7	It is Wake Up to Money.
0:35.1	Iran do not agree with President Trump that productive conversations
0:39.2	are taking place between the U.S. and Iran after Trump said he would postpone strikes on Iranian
0:46.2	power plants.
0:47.1	We're doing a five-day period. We'll see how that goes. And if it goes well, we're going to end up with
0:52.3	settling this. Otherwise, we'll just keep bombing our little hearts out.
0:56.3	The oil price has been moving, bumping around, falling very quickly, rising again overnight.
1:02.2	Here in the UK, the Prime Minister has warned against the false comfort of thinking that the Iran War will have a quick and early end.
1:08.9	That was ahead of chairing that emergency meeting with the Chancellor,
1:12.6	senior ministers, the Governor of the Bank of England as well.
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