Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.   In this episode, Liam talks to Ian Ward, the Labour leader of Birmingham City Council.  Having entered local government in the mid-1990s, Ward has led Birmingham City Council since 2017. Keen to promote Birmingham’s both nationally and overseas, he spearheaded the successful 2022 Commonwealth Games bid, having already helped bring a number of high-profile international sporting events to Birmingham.  In this interview, conducted in Birmingham Council Headquarters, Ward discusses the importance of “levelling up” the UK economy, particularly the Midlands – and argues that the government’s recent Budget measures will do little to bring about a more regionally-balanced economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News. In this episode Liam speaks to Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands since 2017, representing the Conservatives. Raised in Birmingham, Street started his career as a John Lewis trainee in 1985, rising through the ranks to become Managing Director in 2007.Under his leadership, the iconic chain saw a 50 per cent increase in sales, a doubling in the number of stores and the growth of the company's online sales department. In this interview, Street defends the government’s “levelling-up” policies, highlighting the importance of the enterprise zones outlined in Jeremy Hunt’s March 2023 budget. But Street also urges Hunt to “think again” about the removal of assistance for businesses with “sky-high energy bills”. He says some manufacturers and hospitality companies have been “locked-in to contracts with artificially high prices” – and calls on the government to “force” energy providers to renegotiate such agreements in light of recent falls in wholesale energy prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.   In this episode, Liam talks to Home Secretary Suella Braverman.  Braverman was born and raised in London. Her parents emigrated to the UK from Kenya and Mauritius respectively. After studying law at Cambridge, Braverman was a barrister before entering Parliament as MP for the Conservative stronghold of Fareham, Hampshire in 2015.   Braverman moved swiftly through the ministerial ranks, becoming Brexit Minister in 2018 then Attorney General in 2020. And now, as Home Secretary, she holds one of the four Great Offices of State.   In this detailed interview, recorded in the Home Office in late February 2023, Braverman outlines why her childhood made her a Conservative, defends the government’s “small boats” policy and explains why the UK may eventually need to leave the European Convention on Human Rights – while reflecting on why she attracts so many negative headlines.“I see my job as telling the truth and fixing problems,” she says. “And sometimes, when the truth is uncomfortable, people get upset”.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.   In this episode, Liam talks to Lorraine Bliss, who runs St Edmunds, in Norwich.  An award-winning charity, St Eds – as it’s known – provides vocational training to some 250 teenagers from across East Anglia – some of regular school age, others who are 16-plus.  There are over a million young people in the UK not in education, employment or training for work - so-called NEETS. Their numbers have soared since Covid lockdown.Students at St Ed’s have often been excluded from school, leaving with no qualifications.But despite receiving no direct government funding, and relying heavily on contributions from local business, Lorraine and her staff teach teenagers hands-on skills – from bricklaying to hair and beauty, from motor-mechanics to carpentry – that can help them earn a decent living. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.   In this episode, Liam talks to Asher Bennett, Founder and CEO of Tevva – a company based in Tilbury, Essex, that makes dual-fuel hydrogen/battery trucks. Tevva opened its Tilbury factory in January 2022, and already employs 300 workers. Its dual-fuel trucks, which combine both a lithium-ion battery and a hydrogen fuel cell, have a range of hundreds of miles and can be refuelled with hydrogen in just 10 minutes, making carbon-free truck fleets commercially viable.With around a fifth of all carbon-emissions worldwide caused by the road haulage industry, Bennett says that the use of dual-fuel hydrogen/battery eco-trucks could make a major contribution to meeting “net zero” targets.He also explains why, in his view, “the UK is an amazing place to do business”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to John Penrose, the government’s competition Tsar.  Penrose has been the Conservative MP for Weston-super-Mare since 2005, having previously worked for JP Morgan and McKinsey. He has also served as a minister in several government departments, including the Northern Ireland Office.  In 2021, John wrote the “Power to the People”, a government-commissioned independent report on competition policy, designed to shape new laws to “make capitalism work for all” as the British economy develops outside the European Union.  In this detailed interview, and ahead of the publication of an updated Penrose report later this year, John discusses his views on the Autumn statement, ways to improve consumer protection and the need to “reclaim supply-side economics”.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.   In this episode, recorded during the COP-27 summit, Liam talks to Former Brexit Secretary Lord David Frost.  Until early 2020, Frost was known only to Whitehall and Westminster insiders. But after then Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed him as the UK’s Chief Brexit negotiator, he became a household name.   In December 2021, Frost resigned from government. He admired Johnson but said he couldn’t support what was then called “Plan B” - the tightening of anti-Covid restrictions.  Since then, Frost has written a weekly Daily Telegraph column and plied his trade in the Upper House, remaining a man of considerable political influence.   In this interview, Frost casts doubt on the government’s Net Zero 2050 target, while accuses Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of “hypocrisy” for cutting a deal to import huge amounts of fracked gas from the US, while not allowing UK fracking. He also warns against raising taxes into the teeth of recession and tighter monetary policy, which he says risks throwing the UK economy into a “vicious spiral”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News. In this episode, ahead of the COP-27 summit in Egypt, Liam talks to Steve Scrimshaw, Vice-President of Siemens UK.Companies like Siemens UK have been at the heart of efforts to develop renewable power sources like wind and solar, helping to reduce carbon emissions, with renewables now helping to generate up to 40pc of the UK’s electricity – themes developed during this interview.A member of the Hydrogen Advisory Council, Scrimshaw also explains why hydrogen is such an important future fuel source, while calling for “a national endeavour” to deliver UK energy security and a net zero electricity system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News. In this episode, Liam talks to Stephen Morley, President of Confederation of British Metalforming, a trade body comprising hundreds of companies, employing tens of thousands of workers. These are firms at the heart of the UK’s manufacturing sector – and they use a lot of energy.Returning to Money Talks, Stephen responds to the government's new energy support package for business, praising ministers for providing assistance to firms trying to cope with spiraling bills. But he suggests the help needs to last for longer than six months - while pointing out that headlines suggesting commercial energy bills are being "cut by half" overstate reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.   In this episode, Liam talks to Patrick Minford, Professor of Economics at Cardiff University. During the Conservative leadership contest, when Liz Truss was asked to name any economists who backed her plans, she replied “Patrick Minford.”Previously based at Liverpool University, Minford made his name as one of the “monetarists” who revolutionised economic thinking in the late 1970s and early 80s. His “Liverpool model” of the economy was based on rational expectations – the idea people make decisions on available information and learn from past experience – which became a popular explanation of why high inflation is hard to shift.Back then, after 364 economists wrote to the Times attacking the 1981 budget as deflationary, Minford wrote a letter contradicting them, and later became an advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Now 79, Minford agrees with Truss that tax cuts are needed to prevent the economy sliding into recession. He has encouraged the incoming Prime Minister to face down the Treasury - and give stronger economic growth a higher priority than immediately reducing the national debt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.     In this episode, Liam talks to Andy Scanlon, the UK franchisee of Sandbox VR, one of the world’s leading location-based virtual reality companies.  Sandbox VR provides fully immersive gaming experiences, in physical city-centre locations, involving teams of players. It has its own unique titles such as Amber Sky 2088 and Deadwood Mansion, which are all designed in-house.  While working as an investment analyst in Singapore, Andy Scanlon visited a Sandbox VR venue. He was so impressed he contacted the Hong-Kong based owner – and was granted distribution rights across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Having launched the first Sandbox VR venue in London in July 2022, Scanlon is planning further locations in Manchester, Birmingham and Dublin over the coming months.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.      In this episode, Liam talks to Gordon Kerr, a finance and debt markets specialist who has advised several European governments on the future of the eurozone.With the European Central Bank now raising interest rates for the first time in over a decade, there are fears higher borrowing costs could tip the eurozone into recession – a region which remains of huge importance to UK trade.Russian threats to cut off gas to Germany, and political crisis in Italy has in fact raised concerns the eurozone could once again experience the kind of turbulence when Greece was almost forced out back in 2011/12. In this wide-ranging interview, seasoned financial markets practitioner and leading authority on the structure of the single currency, Gordon Kerr explains the tensions at the heart of monetary union and discusses future scenarios. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.      In this episode, Liam talks to Michael Stewart, founder of a new British social media platform called Uzube. Aimed at generation Z, those born from the early 1990s onwards, Uzube is designed to allow millions of creative people to showcase their work – be it music, photography or other art forms - meet like-minded people and raise donations to support their work.  An accomplished actor and singer, Stewart has built a platform which distinguishes between adults, teens and kids, allowing users to focus on their age-related content and with parental control to protect children entering the world of social media. Michael Stewart believes that for too long, UK and European tech entrepreneurs have lagged behind US tech giants – which he believes should and will ultimately be subjected to wide-ranging anti-trust legislation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 In this interview, Liam talks to Edward Chancellor – the well-known financial historian, author, journalist and investment strategist. Edward’s new book – The Price of Time: the real story of interest’ – is an account of the impact of central banks’ policy of ultra-low interest rates and quantitative easing since the 2008 global financial crisis. His previous books include Devil take the hindmost: A history of financial speculation – which has been translated into many languages and was a New York Times book of the year.  After reading history and both Cambridge and Oxford, Chancellor worked for Lazard Brothers and has since contributed to numerous publications, including The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Money Week.  The Price of Time is highly critical of global central banks – whose policies, Edward Chancellor argues, have unleashed inflation and brought the world to the brink of another financial crisis.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview, Liam talks to Alan Miller – a well-known hospitality entrepreneur, who set up the Night Time Industries Association in 2015, serving as its first Chairman.  A proud Londoner, Alan has a long track-record in business, having founded the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, in the heart of the capital’s East End, in the early 1990s. His drive and creativity helped to attract a range of tenants to the 10-acre site, transform the locality. Prior to that, Alan ran a promotions company in Soho’s Denmark Street and Club events across the UK, which also branched into live music and fashion.  Highly respected for his night-time industries expertise, Alan has worked with local councils and advised mayors in various cities in the UK and abroad.  Alan is now working full time with the Together Association, which he cofounded in response to what he has described as the government’s draconian lockdown policies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Linas Pozerskis - Co-founder and CEO of WAU - a company selling long range electric bikes. Headquartered in Birmingham, WAU was set up in 2018 after Linas and his team conducted extensive market research amongst avid cyclists - to find out what makes the perfect electric bike. Today’s WAU bikes, the company says, combine effortless repair with a 100-mile range between charges. WAU keeps prices down by avoiding high street mark-up, going direct to consumers. Starting from a garage in Nottingham, Linas now runs from a sizeable manufacturing plant, but the journey has been challenging. To get the business up and running, he and other founders invested their savings, worked 100-hour weeks and slept on the factory floor.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to the Secretary of State for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove. Having entered the House of Commons in 2005, the MP for Surrey Heath has emerged as one of the UK’s most influential politicians. Having previously run the Departments for Education, Justice and Food and Agriculture, Gove has developed a reputation as a courageous reformer, who gets things done.After taking a prominent pro-Brexit role in the 2016 EU referendum, he then led Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign, before changing this mind, allowing Theresa May to become Prime Minister.Now a Johnson loyalist, Gove says he is determined to see more homes built in the UK, not least social housing for low income and otherwise vulnerable families.In this wide-ranging, exclusive interview, Michael Gove criticises over-dominant large house builders and discusses the need for greater UK energy security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to serial entrepreneur and thought-leader Piers Linney.  Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Piers grew up in Lancashire – the son of a mother from Barbados and a father from Manchester. With a professional background in law and banking, Piers has appeared as an investor on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den and the Channel 4 series “Secret Millionaire”. He is also a non-Executive Director of the British Business Bank and a trustee of the innovation foundation Nesta.  In 2021, Piers founded Moblok – a tech platform and consultancy service for small businesses, with a mission “to support small business owners to make better informed technology purchasing decisions”.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Steve Freer and Val Wawrosz, the two founders of Tempus Novo. With almost 60 years of combined experience working with offenders in prisons throughout the country, Steve and Val set up Tempus Novo in 2014, to identify and place ex-offenders with leading employers, giving former convicts a chance to rebuild their lives.  Determined to improve rehabilitation within the UK criminal justice system, Steve and Val have built strong relationship with both ministers and officials at the Ministry of Justice and elsewhere inside government. Having developed a comprehensive understanding of ex-offender management and resettlement, Tempus Novo has successfully placed hundreds of former criminals in long-term civilian work.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.     In this episode, Liam talks to Siobhan Miles-Moore - artist and co-founder of Miles Moore Ceramics. Despite having a passion for ceramics from an early age, Siobhan initially pursued a conventional career in higher education and later worked as a firefighter. Siobhan then returned to her creative roots, and now makes award-winning ceramics - working from her Lake District home with her partner in life and business, Martin Miles Moore.  Miles Moore Ceramics produces tableware for domestic households and high-profile restaurants - with their products used by Michelin starred chefs and two Masterchef finalists. In this extended interview, Siobhan talks about building a brand, combining business with artistry and the relationship between creativity and physical environment.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Andrea McLean – formerly a presenter on the hit ITV daytime television chat show Loose Women. Born in Glasgow, McLean trained as a journalist and then became a presenter on the Weather Channel, before moving to GMTV. She went on to co-present Loose Women from 2007 to 2020.  In June 2018, McLean launched her own company “This Girl Is On Fire” – with husband Nick Feeney. She decided to go into business and work for herself given the huge response to her best-selling book, "Confessions of a Menopausal Women".  In 2021, McLean and Feeney became certified life coaches – and in this podcast, they discuss have they are developing their “This Girl Is On Fire” website and app, creating an online community featuring interviews and advice for women wanting to 'relight their fire'.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Sir John Redwood MP. After an early career in academia and finance, John Redwood was chosen as the Head of Margaret Thatcher’s Policy Unit in 1983 – becoming an architect of the Tories’ privatisation programme.  After entering the Commons as MP for Wokingham in Berkshire in 1987, John Redwood challenged Prime Minister John Major for the Tory leadership in 1995 – and has since remained a leading voice on free market economics, Brexit, business regulation and taxation in Parliament and beyond.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.     In this episode, Liam talks to Tim Slee, CEO of Events in the Sky. A serial entrepreneur with a background in media, Tim has founded and owned some of the UK’s best known specialist titles and websites over the last 20 years – including Square Mile, Hedge, Foodism and Escapism magazines.  In a new venture, Tim created Events in the Sky in 2019 – a company that specialises in hosting breakfasts, afternoon tea, dinners and lively cocktails parties, complete with live music, over 100 feet up in the air, with guests suspended from an enormous crane.  Having just completed his company’s post-pandemic relaunch next to the 02 arena in East London, once known as the millennium dome, this proud Cornishman is determined to drive his business forward – taking Events in the Sky around the country.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Adam Brooks, the owner of two iconic pubs in Essex - The Owl Public House in Loughton and The Three Colts in Buckhurst Hill. During lockdown, Adam emerged as a leading hospitality industry advocate, amassing over 240,000 followers on Twitter. As Covid restrictions took hold, he repeatedly spoke out against lockdown measures, accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of “throwing good pubs and other businesses to the wolves for no good scientific reason”.  In this detailed discussion, Adam talks about his childhood growing up above his parents’ pub in London's East End – and his vision for the UK hospitality industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.     In this episode, Liam talks to Howard Cox, Founder of the campaign group Fair Fuel UK. A pharmacologist by training, Howard built a successful career as a consultant to small businesses, specialising in technological and logistical issues. Over recent years, he has teamed up with the Road Haulage Association to lobby against levels of UK fuel taxation. In this wide-ranging interview, Howard stands up for what he calls “long suffering UK motorists. He also argues, despite being, in his words, “instinctive pro-business and free markets”, that the government should now impose a windfall tax on large oil and gas companies.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.  In this episode, Liam talks to James Kitto, Vice President of Sales for Samsung. Since joining the South Korean technology giant in 2017, Kitto has been heavily involved in business development across mobile, tablet, wearable and audio and memory segments of the business, while launching new products across the UK and Ireland. These include the Galaxy S10, Note10 and the Galaxy Watch, with Samsung now the UK’s fastest-growing watch brand. In this wide-ranging interview, we the future of mobile technology and Samsung’s strategy in terms 5G roll-out and customer loyalty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Having left school at 15, Bill Grimsey was a butcher's boy, before joining Bishops supermarket chain as a trainee manager, rising to become a director. He went on to work for Tesco, before holding senior retail management jobs in Hong Kong and South Africa.  Returning to the UK, Grimsey was later CEO of Wickes, Iceland, Booker and Focus DIY, before going on to write both “Sold Out” and “The Grimsey Review” – which reports on the state of the UK high street, highlighting the problem of excessive retail space and suggesting instead that the centres of cities and towns should focus on becoming community spaces.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Damian McKinney, Global CEO of Stoli Group. Having previously founded and built a global consultancy, McKinney Rogers, he has also worked for Diageo and across many industries and continents, with a particular focus on the alcohol industry. A former officer in the Royal Marine Commandos, he has numerous awards for courage and distinguished service. In this interview, McKinney discusses the rebranding of Stolichnaya - a historic vodka brand, dating back to 1948, which was once a standard bearer of Soviet/Russian vodka.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Michael Jacobs, Professorial Fellow at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) at Sheffield University. Prior to joining SPERI, Michael was Director of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, based at the UK think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research. From 2004–2007 he was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers at the UK Treasury. And until 2010 Michael was a Special Adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, with responsibility for energy, environment and climate policy. Since leaving government, Michael has continued to stay in close touch with leading Parliamentarians and remains a highly-influential figure within Labour’s policy-making circles, as the party formulates proposals to challenge the government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.      In this episode, Liam talks to Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Kwarteng was born in London to Ghanaian parents and entered the House of Commons as Tory MP for Spelthorne in 2010. Before politics, he gained a PhD in history from Cambridge and was then an investment banker.  Since joining the Business Department as a minister in 2019, Kwarteng has taken a close interest in energy policy. In this wide-ranging interview, he criticises retailers who keep petrol and diesel prices high even as the price of oil falls, refers to fracking as “hugely controversial” and, in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says successive British governments “haven’t had a long-term energy plan” . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.      In this episode, Liam talks to British business leader, billionaire and philanthropist John Caudwell. John rose to prominence after he founded and built the UK's biggest independent phone retailer, Phones 4u - which he then sold in 2006. Today, Caudwell is focussed on property investments and philanthropy - not least his children's charity, Caudwell Children. In this interview, John Caudwell talks about his childhood in the back streets of Stoke and issues a warning about the dangers of Russian nuclear aggression. And, as the government encourages British people to take in Ukrainian refugees, Caudwell offers to house families fleeing Putin's invasion in his Staffordshire home, Broughton Hall.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Tony Stein, Co-Founder and CEO of Healthcare Management Solutions – which employs over two thousand staff across more than sixty UK care homes. Having built one of Britain’s biggest social care providers, Stein is a hugely-experienced leader in his field. In this in-depth interview, he discusses how the sector is grappling with inflation and staff shortages, while reflecting on the challenges of the Covid pandemic – including what he calls the “myth that the NHS and government were to blame” for the spread of the virus across some of the UK’s care homes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks with Steve Baker, Tory MP for Wycombe and Former Brexit Minister. Since entering the House of Commons in 2010, Baker has developed a reputable as a formidable campaigner, someone who can organise and marshal fellow Parliamentarians to pressure governments into action. As chair of the European Research Group of backbench MPs, he played a crucial role in ensuring that Brexit legislation was passed by the House of Commons. Baker has more recently turned his attention to campaigning for ministers to take what he calls “a more realistic approach to the net zero agenda”, particularly in light of the Russia/Ukraine conflict.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks with Alex Epstein, author of the best-selling book “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels”. Alex has built a global reputation for providing an alternative perspective on the energy debate, championing the case for fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. His latest book “Fossil Future” will be published in the Spring of 2022.  Liam caught up with Alex, who was speaking from California, on the day that President Putin declared that Russia recognised the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, two separatist regions in East Ukraine – a day which saw a spike in global oil and gas prices.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.      In this episode, Liam talks to Spencer Matthews, a former reality TV star and Founder of Clean Co – which uses traditional distilling methods to create non-alcoholic spirits – including, rum, tequila and gin. As the low-and no-alcohol drinks sector continues to grow, Matthews has raised millions of pounds for his start up. Clean Co bills itself as having “cheeky-luxe” positioning, at the forefront of what this former Made in Chelsea personality calls a “clean drinking revolution”.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News. In this episode, Liam talks to Stephen Morley, President of Confederation of British Metalforming, a trade body comprising hundreds of companies, employing tens of thousands of UK workers. These are firms at the heart of the UK’s manufacturing sector – and they use a lot of energy.When April utility bills hit the nation’s collective doormat, millions will need to dig deep. But while households are at least partially protected by the Ofgem price cap, the vast majority of businesses are not – and many such businesses are based across the North and Midlands, in “red wall” seats the Tories need to hold to retain a Commons majority. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla – an oil and gas exploration company which has been assessing the opportunity to frack gas reserves across the UK, particularly in Lancashire.  Speaking to Money Talks in Blackpool, on the day Ofgem announced a 54% rise in the price cap for household fuel bills, Egan refers to the sharp increase in UK wholesale energy prices as “a colossal failure in government energy policy - a disaster in the making for at least ten years”  Egan says that fracking has been “demonized by well-funded opposition groups” – and points to “scare stories of water being polluted or gas coming out of people’s taps – all of which," he says "are nonsense”.  The Cuadrilla CEO calls on “Boris Johnson to reverse the moratorium on exploring for shale gas immediately – which will create jobs, raise tax revenues and reduce energy costs, here in the North of England, in the seats he needs to win to keep him in power”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Nick Bianchi, Director of the iconic furniture retailer Arighi Bianchi, based in Macclesfield, around 15 miles south of Manchester. Nick is a direct descendant of Antonio Bianchi, a cabinet maker from Lake Como, who left Italy in the mid-nineteenth century to settle in this Cheshire market town, getting together with another Italian family to establish Arighi Bianci in 1854.  In this wide-ranging discussion, Nick discusses the advantages of running a family-owned business, how the company fared during lockdown, and Arighi Bianchi’s ongoing pivot towards online retailing.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Professor Jagjit Chadha, Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, the UK's oldest and most influential economic think tank.In this wide-ranging interview, Professor Chadha argues why central bank money-printing should be reined in and, with inflation at a 30-year high, explains to younger viewers and listeners "what high inflation is really like".He also argues that "it would be absolutely possible" for the government to shelve national insurance rises scheduled for April and says such a move "makes a lot of sense". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Polly Neate, Chief Executive of the campaigning charity Shelter. Since the mid 1960s, Shelter has been at the centre of the debate about and provision of temporary accommodation and housing for low-income and otherwise vulnerable families. As well as providing practical assistance to families in need, the politically non-aligned charity also exerts considerable influence among politicians and policymakers. In this wide-ranging interview, Polly Neate discusses the UK’s housing “affordability crisis”, the need for “much more social housing” and how “our housing emergency has become much worse during this pandemic”.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Ben Lebus, founder of the highly successful online cooking and content platform, Mob Kitchen. Set-up in 2016, as Ben left university, Mob Kitchen has grown steadily since its creation. Built on a mission to help students and other young people prepare restaurant quality meals on a budget, Mob Kitchen has well over a million social media followers, with Ben publishing four bestselling cookbooks. Now rebranding as simply, Mob, the company thrived during Covid lockdown, as millions cooked more at home while spending more time online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Luke Johnson, a former chairman of Pizza Express and Channel 4 television. A serial entrepreneur, Johnson has managed, raised finance for and invested in numerous companies, particularly high street names including Giraffe Restaurants, Feng Sushi and, most recently, Gail's Artisan bakery.  Johnson has combined his stellar business career with a sideline in journalism - and is also a highly experienced newspaper columnist. But business is what drives him – and, despite the challenges facing the UK economy, Johnson remains optimistic about the future of this country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News. In this episode, Liam talks to Steve Hardeman, MD of Clevedon Fasteners. Based in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, the company manufactures cold-formed components for use in commercial and automotive markets world-wide.Formed in 1939 to supply the aircraft industry, Clevedon Fasteners specializes in bespoke production, with components heat-treated or plated to any commercially available finish.In this wide-ranging interview, Hardeman describes how the company has managed through lockdown, and his vision for the future of both Clevedon Fasteners and UK manufacturing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Patrick Dardis, the CEO of Youngs – which operates hundreds of pubs, employing thousands of people, while turning over hundreds of millions of pounds.  The hospitality industry has been calling on the government to provide a package of financial support as Plan B and guidance on limiting social interactions in the lead up to Christmas has led to much quieter pubs and restaurants.  Consumer confidence has nose-dived as the Omicron variant continues to spread – hitting the hospitality sector during the crucial weeks before Christmas, traditionally the busiest time of the year, when firms build cash surpluses to see them through quieter months.  In this wide-ranging discussion, Dardis outlines his fears about the future of the UK’s hospitality industry, while calling for more widespread assistance from government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Nick Allan, CEO of Control Risks – one of the UK’s leading security and intelligence consultancies. Control risks has almost fifty years’ experience managing everything from kidnap and ransom situations to providing specialised commercial and political research – mainly for corporate clients working in overseas jurisdictions.In this rare interview, Allan gives his uniquely well-informed take on the main strategic, diplomatic and geo-political risks facing businesses and nation states across the world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Andrew Baxter, CEO of Europa Worldwide Group – one of the UK’s biggest logistics companies. Specialising in freight forwarding and distribution across numerous countries, Europa turns over several hundred million pounds each year and employs over 1,000 people in the UK, Hong Kong and elsewhere. In this wide-ranging interview, Andrew and Liam discuss the HGV driver shortage, supply chain price pressures and why Andrew thinks current measures of UK inflation seriously under-estimate the prices rises faced by producers, distributors and, ultimately, consumers as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News. In this episode, Liam talks to Glen Wheeler, a chef and restauranteur – who owns and runs the “28 At The Hollow” restaurant in Enniskillen, Fermanagh. Glen was the first contestant from Northern Ireland to compete in the BBC’s Great British Menu competition for professional chefs – an experience he described as “a huge honour”. Before opening his own restaurant, he worked at leading Michelin-starred restaurants across the world, including Gordon Ramsey’s “Royal Hospital Road” in London and a period as Head Chef at MacNean House, working under one of Ireland’s most respected chefs Neven Maguire. Having grown-up in Enniskillen, Glen returned to his hometown to set up “28 At The Hollow” – which he runs with his wife Zara McHugh. In this wide-ranging discussion – first broadcast as part of “GB News Northern Ireland week” in November 2021 – Glen discusses how he grew up during “The Troubles” but is now hopeful and optimistic about Northern Ireland’s future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Mark Durkin, Dean of Ulster University Business School. Recorded at the Titanic Visitor Centre in Belfast, this interview outlines the development of the Northern Ireland economy since its shipbuilding hey-day, highlighting the growing importance of high-tech, medical and life sciences, and well as tourism and hospitality.Durkin discusses the crucial impact of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in improving Northern Ireland’s business environment – and the growing economic importance of the nation’s higher education sector. This discussion was originally broadcast as part of “GB News Northern Ireland week” in November 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Ciaran O’Hagan – Managing Director of Specialist Joinery Group, near Coleraine in Northern Ireland. A family-owned company, SJG has been trading since the late 1980s, and employs around 150 people. Producing bespoke joinery in wood, metal and glass, SPG has fulfilled prestigious contracts across the world – and was also commissioned to design, build and install the Altar furniture for the Papal Mass during the Pope’s visit to Ireland in 2018.In this wide-ranging interview, O’Hagan draws on his extensive business experience as he describes his vision of Northern Ireland’s commercial future. This interview was originally broadcast as part of “GB News Northern Ireland week” in November 2021.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Francis Hellyer, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of London Theatre Direct a leading business is selling theatre tickets.As Covid continues to affect live events we discusses how theatre and live shows adapt and stay open. Francis Kelly also discusses how his company remains innovative in a competitive market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky, Biographer of John Maynard Keynes – the most influential economist of the 20th century.In this wide-ranging interview, Skidelsky discusses how he helped David Owen to set up the SDP in the early 1980s, how economic policymaking works and how he developed from a historian into an economist. “Britain’s history was forged outside Europe, not within Europe,” Lord Skidelsky remarks, reflecting on the UK’s vote to leave the EU, and why the efforts of Remain-voting MPs and peers to hold a second referendum in a bid to reverse Brexit were in his words “completely wrong”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Richard Bartlett, UK and Ireland Manager of KlearNow, a global company specialising in logistics and customs clearance.As the global economy struggles to reboot after lockdown, supply chain issues - hindering the movement of goods within and between countries - are a major cause of inflation. Such snarl-ups lead to higher prices for producers which then get passed on - while slowing down economic growth as well. Richard Bartlett gives an insiders’ account of how the operation of UK supply chains and ports have been impacted by both Brexit and lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Michael Portillo, former Tory MP and party leadership candidate, who served as both Defence Secretary and Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In this wide-ranging interview, Portillo explains why he thinks Rishi Sunak’s budget statement “wasn’t Conservative”, describes Boris Johnson as “unreliable” and highlights how the Bank of England is “addicted” to quantitative easing. Yet, drawing on decades of experience, the politician turned highly-successful TV presenter gives an upbeat assessment of the prospects for the UK economy and broader society.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Lord Karan Bilimoria, Founder of Cobra beer and President of the Confederation of British Industry. Born in Hyderabad, Lord Bilimoria was educated in the UK. While still in his twenties, he set up Cobra – “to create a beer with the refreshment of lager, but the smoothness of ale, the perfect accompaniment to curry”. A qualified chartered accountant and lawyer, Lord Bilimoria eventually sold a controlling interest in Cobra to the Canadian brewing giant Molson. He is now Chancellor of Birmingham University – the first Indian-born Chancellor of a Russell Group University. He became CBI President in June 2020.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Andrew Forrest – the legendary Australian mining mogul who set up both Anaconda Nickel and the Fortescue Mining Group. Forrest is one of the world’s leading advocates of hydrogen energy – and backs in particular the use of “green hydrogen”- produced by splitting water via electrolysis, using electricity from renewable sources. Forrest dubs so-called “blue hydrogen”, the production of which involves fossil fuels, “purely marketing” and “a con”.  Visiting the UK for the COP 26 summit, Forrest has just teamed up with JCB – a leading UK supporter of hydrogen fuel – with the British firm signing a deal to buy 10 per cent of Fortescue’s global green hydrogen production and manage its UK-wide distribution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to John Mills, Founder and CEO of JML Ltd. JML employs hundreds of people, turns over tens of millions of pounds each year and sells mainly household goods, often via shopping channels, all over the world. Mills is one of the UK's most experienced and respected import-exporters. He's also a trained economist and his many essays and books on economic policy are highly influential across Westminster, Whitehall and beyond. On top of that, perhaps unusually for a business titan, John Mills is the Labour party's biggest private donor - only the trade unions fund the party to a greater extent. Having run a global business for many years, Mills supported Brexit and was Chairman of Vote Leave – the officially-designated group which campaigned for the UK to leave the European Union. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Liam talks to Martin Bysh, the Co-Founder and CEO of the Bristol-based fulfilment centre Huboo.Martin describes how, having grown up in the East End of London, he developed an interested in computer programming and gaming, skills he transferred into the field of logistics. Having launched just a few years ago, Huboo specializes in smaller clients, and operates a micro-warehouse "hub" model that generates quicker and more bespoke fulfilment outcomes for its growing list of e-commerce clients.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Gareth Stace, the CEO of UK Steel – the trade body for the British-based steel industry, which still employs more than 30 thousand people.For years, fierce international competition and high domestic costs has seen UK steel plants struggle to be competitive in a global market. Now, the coronavirus pandemic, and an increased focus on steel decarbonisation, are bringing the government’s strategy towards the sector into sharp focus. In 2019, the UK produced 7 million tonnes of steel. China produced 142 times more. Energy costs, of course, are also key – for steelmakers and manufacturers in general – who tend to be heavy energy users. And, unlike for households, there is no energy price cap for firms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Liam talks to Victoria Hewson, Head of Regulatory Affairs at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Victoria is a highly respected lawyer, with years of experience in the fields of technology and financial services. Over recent years, she has published numerous influential papers on trade, regulatory policy and Brexit. In this interview, Victoria discusses, ahead of the COP26 summit in November, her latest IEA paper in which she assesses the government’s net zero agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with me Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.  This episode features John Myers, Co-Founder of London Yimby and the Yimby Alliance. John helps to lead a growing movement of mainly young adults who want more homes to be built, with the aim of making housing to both buy and rent more affordable. Yimby stands for Yes In My Back Yard – a deliberate rejoinder to Not In My Back Yards “Nimbys” who some blame for the ongoing shortage of homes in the UK.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Money Talks – a series of interviews with me Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News. In this episode, I talk to advertising industry legend Martin Sorrell. After working at Saatchi and Saatchi group during the 1980s, Sorrell then set up the world's largest advertising and PR group - WPP.  Since leaving WPP, Sorrell has set up yet another business, S4 Capital, which is focused entirely on digital advertising - this at a time when digital advertising now accounts for the majority of the world's multi-billion-pound global advertising spend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.    In this episode, Liam talks to Mark Fane, Co-Founder of Crocus, a horticultural company based in Sunningdale, Berkshire, that grows flowers and plants - which it sells, for the most part, on-line.  Crocus, like so many businesses, initially viewed both Brexit and then this Covid pandemic, as potentially disastrous. What's happened, though, is that over the last few years, Crocus has thrived, quadrupling its capacity to fulfil orders in the face of soaring demand, while taking on more and more staff.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Talks – a series of interviews with Liam Halligan, Economics and Business Editor of GB News.  In this episode, Liam talks to Christopher Nieper, the CEO of David Nieper Fashion, a well-established family-owned company based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. For upward of 60 years, David Nieper Fashion has produced high-quality women’s clothing, mainly selling directly to customers via mail order and now online.The firm employs several hundred workers and says its order book is booming – but, like many UK businesses, is suffering from supply chains disruption and a shortage of skilled labour.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 3 of Money Talks, GB News Economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan talks to Andy Hibbert, the CEO and Founder of Karshare – a community car sharing app that has secured million pounds of funding to expand its business across UK cities.Hibbert describes Karshare as "Air BnB on wheels" – and, by using technology that allows cars to be opened and started using a smartphone, he aims to build a network of UK hire cars three times bigger than the entire existing car rental fleet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam talks to the CEO of JCB Graeme MacDonald who is working at the heart of British industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of Money Talks with Liam Halligan, the GB News Economics Editor sits down with Lord Forysth to discuss a recent Lords Committee report which warns of the threat of quantitative easing if the Bank of England becomes 'addicted' to creating money.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.