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Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

As students return to cities across the UK, Felicity Hannah sits down with the chief of the UK's biggest student landlord to find out why the sector is booming and the challenges it faces. With some important jobs and inflation data coming from the US, we'll be hearing whether President Trump will be getting his wish for an interest rate cut next week? And the people who went on a Tinder date looking for romance, but came away with a business idea.

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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.
0:36.3	BBC Sounds.
0:39.4	Music, radio, podcasts.
0:42.9	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:46.2	Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money across the UK.
0:48.3	Fresh as Weeks are kicking off.
0:51.7	Maybe some economic students are even listening after a long night out.
0:52.7	I do hope so.
0:55.7	As the students go back, we will hear from one of the biggest providers of student housing about growth, rents and the pressures of looking after
1:01.5	70,000 young people. Then big data from the US shows inflation is on the up. So why might shoppers
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