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Wake Up to Money

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4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Britain's average wages are up according to the latest official data - Will Bain finds out from the public, businesses and listeners if they're feeling the difference.

A new report on the property market suggests things are getting even harder for first-time buyers - Wake Up to Money hears from an estate agent and a would-be homeowner about the tricky picture in their area.

And after the film adaptation of the Robert Harris book Conclave saw success at the BAFTAs, the owner of a bookshop in Swindon reveals the impact of successful film adaptations on book sales.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.7	Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.
0:08.4	I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.
0:11.4	But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.
0:15.4	I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into
0:19.2	a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to
0:25.2	give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole
0:30.0	new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories
0:34.2	that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC Sounds
0:38.4	BBC sounds music radio podcasts wake up to money from BBC 5 live hello morning welcome to
0:49.5	wake up to money Britain's average wages are up that's according to the latest official data
0:54.0	but is anyone
0:54.9	feeling it after years of higher inflation? Everything's going up, but I think wages aren't
0:59.9	following the national rate of inflation, to be honest. With the latest national rate of inflation,
1:04.2	a data out later today, we'll be taking a look at what's going on with our wages.
1:08.7	Also on the programme, one in ten first-time buyers are struggling to buy
1:11.8	without the help of the Bank of Mum and Dad.
1:14.2	We'll hear about that new report from one of our biggest building societies.
1:17.5	And soon after the film Conclave saw success at the BAFTAs,
1:20.9	one bookseller will be telling us about the impact of film adaptations on book sales.
1:25.8	Wake Up to Money with Will Bade.
1:29.1	Yeah, morning, welcome to Wake Up to Money on Wednesday, the 19th of February.
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