Welcome to This Is Money podcast, sponsored by Charles Stanley Direct. I'm Georgie Frost and joining me

today is Simon Lambert. And coming up, we've been a bit news heavy of late and let's be honest,

the news has been heavy. So in this episode, Simon and I have decided to go back to basics, A mid-year financial review, if you like,

covering the key areas to help you sort out your money like a boss.

You can tell I've just joined TikTok.

We'll be taking a look at budgeting, saving, investing, pensions, tax, insurance and wills.

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But first, a very warm welcome. Simon, just explain if you would briefly. What we're doing in this

episode? What's coming up? Why are we doing it? Well, hi Georgie. And hello everybody listening.

What I thought we should do is just talk about

a quick run through of some of the really important stuff in people's personal finances.

Because I talk to lots of people and as listeners can imagine, a hazard of the job is getting

asked questions about anything financial or anything to do with money.

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