Wake Up To Money Special - Gary Neville

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

He's most famous for his football career and more recently, his punditry, but Gary Neville is also hugely successful in the worlds of business and property developing.

In this interview, he tells Sean Farrington about his plans for a new £400 million project in the centre of Manchester.

They discuss how rising interest rates are affecting the building trade, why Gary feels the hospitality industry is paying the best wages it can afford to, and Gary’s new role on Dragons’ Den.

This is an extended version of an interview first broadcast on Wake Up To Money on July 6th, 2023.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.
0:05.2	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
0:11.3	It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,
0:16.3	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
0:19.6	And because the team is such a diverse
0:21.2	range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through
0:26.0	archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if
0:31.8	you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories
0:37.1	from all around the UK. BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK.
0:40.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:43.6	Wake Up to Money with Sean Farrington.
0:46.7	Hello and welcome to a bonus episode of Wake Up to Money with me, Sean Farrington,
0:51.0	where you can hear my full interview with Gary Neville.
1:05.3	Former England and Manchester United footballer, of course, but these days he's a bit more entrepreneur and businessman with a financial interest in property, hospitality, football clubs and much more.
1:12.1	I spoke to him about all of that, about what makes him tick, his concerns about rising interest rates, the lessons he's learned, the mistakes he's made along the way, and how all of this has led to him being a
1:17.0	dragon on the TV show Dragon's Den. Hope you enjoy it.
1:21.1	Just when I was looking at your list of things that you get involved in, Gary, hotels, football club, property business, production company, university academy, TV
1:32.1	pundit, of course, hospitality company in there as well.
1:36.2	We'll be getting more into your property investments.
1:38.9	What is Gary Neville, the entrepreneur?
1:40.4	Who is Gary Neville, the entrepreneur?
1:43.4	It's probably more me than the football, Gary Neville, to be honest with you.
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