Mercky Waters

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Will Bain finds out why US drugmaker Merck has abandoned its £1billion research centre in London, laying of more than a hundred jobs. We'll have the latest on the cyber attack affecting Jaguar Land Rover. And as London Tube strikes enter another day, we'll take a look at the impact on businesses - both the good and the bad.

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0:00.0	You're dead to me.
0:05.0	No, no, that's the name of our podcast. Sorry.
0:08.7	And we're back for a brand new series.
0:11.1	Not only is it British history, it was a quill drop.
0:15.1	With more fun and facts from history without taking it too seriously.
0:19.8	Empress Matilda, what is she going to do now?
0:21.7	She decides to take back some of the jewels with her.
0:25.0	I'm taking these as well.
0:26.7	I'm going to come back for Tuscany one day as well.
0:29.2	You're dead to me.
0:30.6	Again, not you.
0:32.0	Name of the show.
0:32.8	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.4	BBC Sounds.
0:39.5	Music, radio, podcasts. Wake up, music, radio podcasts.
0:43.1	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:49.1	Hello morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money, a major blow to the UK investment scene as the drug maker Merck abandons its planned £1 billion research centre.
0:53.8	We'll hear why, and we'll ask what it means for the government's growth agenda.
0:58.0	Also today, Jaguar Land Rover has admitted some data may have been taken by hackers
1:02.5	in its ongoing cyber hack.
1:04.9	We'll have the very latest on that, and we're joining London's ever-growing queues.
1:09.6	Normally with the DLI takes eight minutes, it's going to take about 50 today.
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