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Wake Up to Money

Payslip Britain

Wake Up to Money

BBC

Business

4.4754 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Felicity Hannah hears what it's like to go to work in the UK and what's changing. And since it's Easter we delve into why your chocolate treats seem pricier this year.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy.

0:05.4

My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.

0:10.8

The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.

0:17.5

With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to

0:22.4

helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all

0:28.1

put together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your

0:34.1

life, check out BBC Sounds.

0:41.3

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:44.1

Wake Up to Money with Felicity Hannah.

0:49.8

Good morning. If you're just joining us on Wake Up to Money, welcome to this bank holiday Friday.

0:56.3

Very, very glad to have your company this morning. But you've missed out. You've missed out in the first part of Wake Up to Money.

1:03.8

You were listening to, well, if you were listening, you were listening to Pay Slip Britain, which is a new podcast presented by our very own Sean Farrington.

1:12.4

And it's a really, really fascinating chat about how the way that we work has really fundamentally changed, particularly post-pandemic,

1:18.2

and especially in things like workplace culture, technology, meetings, working hours.

1:22.7

So we were wondering what the future of work looks like in the UK.

1:26.6

So we've got a couple of people who can probably give us a bit of insight into that this morning.

1:50.2

Abigail Marks is the professor of the future of work at Newcastle University Business School. Morning, Abigail. Good morning. And also joining me is Ross Mould, Investment Director at the online investment platform, AJ Bell. Hi, Russ. Morning, Abigail, morning, please. Now, if anyone listening wants their kind of input on this, 85058, drop me a text or use the hashtag, wake up to money on social media.

1:53.8

Because it's a chat that has to involve everybody, doesn't it, Abigail?

1:59.8

I suppose the future of work, I mean, it's a difficult thing to predict.

2:02.8

Tell me, do you think that the idea of that traditional nine to five is just outdated now? It's just not how we do work. It is outdated in the way that work

2:11.6

is practiced. I'm not sure it is outdated in people's sort of ideology what they want. But also, I'm not sure the

2:21.9

nine to five works for certainly many people in office jobs who have increasingly intensified

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