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Wake Up to Money

BBC

Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington hears from a holiday letting firm how AI is transforming the way people plan their holidays. And South Western Railway has become the first rail company to return to public ownership since the Labour government took office last year. Is the government on track for its rail renationalisation plan?

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading journalists, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sports stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the player's mouths.
0:19.1	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC
0:21.6	is our unique access to the sporting world.
0:24.8	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts
0:27.2	that create a real connection to dedicated sports fans
0:30.1	across the UK.
0:31.4	So if you like this podcast,
0:33.0	head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:36.9	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:41.1	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:44.4	Hello, welcome, it is Wake Up to Money.
0:47.1	One of the UK's biggest holiday letting businesses
0:50.2	has told Wake Up to Money that 40% now of its customers
0:53.5	are using AI to plan their holidays.
0:56.7	Is that what you've done? Let us know. Also, do you think I am real?
1:03.2	Well, it sounds pretty authentic. All right. Well, to answer a question, no, it's not real. It's creation made using AI as well.
1:09.2	We're going to hear more about this new tool taking the United States by Storm may well do over here very soon as well.
1:15.9	And the first train branded with the logo of the UK's new nationalised railway has left the station.
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