Levelling up?

Wake Up To Money

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Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

A new qualification, V Levels, will replace many existing vocational qualifications in a government shake up of the skills sector. Theo Leggett speaks to industry to find out their thoughts. Also, three weeks after the government offered embattled Jaguar Land Rover a £1.5 billion loan guarantee, we speak to a West Midland's business leader who fears help isn't reaching those companies in the supply chain reliant on the car maker for work. And, as some 1.5 million people in the UK mark Diwali, we speak to a business dedicated to ensuring those celebrating the Festival of Lights are supplied with food and gifts.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron.
0:10.5	Evil genius.
0:11.6	He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it.
0:15.5	That's like hiding at your own funeral.
0:17.1	Yeah, a bit great gig.
0:18.6	I'm Russell Kane.
0:19.6	Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius.
0:24.1	Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius.
0:26.4	It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?
0:29.4	It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream.
0:34.9	Listen to evil genius on BBC Sounds.
0:38.4	Wake up to money from BBC 5 Live.
0:42.1	A big shake-up of vocational education for school leavers is being unveiled this morning.
0:47.4	Good news perhaps for those preparing to enter a trade.
0:50.7	What'll it mean for those young people with aspirations to follow apprentices like
0:54.9	Chris and Bolton?
0:56.0	Once I've got the trade and the qualification, that's me. So I don't need to do anything else.
0:59.9	I can just work.
1:01.6	Jaguar Land Rover may be back making cars after being hit by cyber attackers, but what about
1:06.7	the hundreds of British firms that supply the carmaker? We'll hear from a West Midlands business leader who doesn't think enough is being done.
1:14.8	And happy Diwali to the million and a half people who'll be celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights today.
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