Wake Up to Money
Episodes
Is AI coming for your job?
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington gets the latest on Hurricane Melissa and hears how AI is already coming for tech jobs at companies worth trillions of dollars - so how...
Mind the gap
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A downgrade in the UK's economic forecast could mean a larger than expected gap in the numbers Chancellor Rachel Reeves has to play with in her budget...
Going critical?
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will Bain with the details of a 'framework' for a likely compromise on trade talks between the US and China this week. Proposals include a deferral of...
Car Numbers Drop After JLR's Emergency Brake
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The number of cars produced in the UK fell by a massive 27% last month, according to the industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders....
Business of Sport with Sean Farrington
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington has a look at the money behind sport - this week: mass-participation events.It's big business - from the thousands of competitors that...
Business of Sport with Sean Farrington
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington speaks to Andrew Georgiou, President & Managing Director of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe and Paul Barber, Chief Executive ...
Business of Sport with Sean Farrington
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington speaks to owner of Worcester City Women FC Nicole Allison and former Head of Women’s Football at The Football Association of Wales L...
Business of Sport with Sean Farrington
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean speaks to chief executive of British cycling brand Rapha, Fran Millar, and former World Cycling Road Race Champion and four-time British Road Rac...
Business of Sport with Sean Farrington
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean takes a look at the rise of the use in technology in sport. From automated line-calling, VAR & AI data analytics - we ask how tech is shaping...
Business of Sport with Sean Farrington
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean spoke to Padel boss Sam Kemp from R3 Sports, Women's football consultant Andrea Ekblad and sportswear company MandM Chairman Mike Tomkins
Review of the Business Year
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Will Bain presents a review of the business year with some of our best interviews from 2024, featuring the biggest stories in money and business this ...
Shein Slammed
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington sits down with Superdry boss Julian Dunkerton, who doesn't hold back on Shein. Plus The Friedkin Group has agreed a deal to buy Premie...
Trials and Tribunals
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do a football club, a media mogul and a social media giant all have in common?Fresh from another victory, Manchester City faces the start of hear...
Does rail funding need a revamp?
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Felicity Hannah finds out if the private sector should fund a new rail link. And, after the success of the first spacewalk, is the sky the limit when ...
Trump v Harris
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
it’s just 8 weeks till the American Election and Trump and Harris go head to head in their first live TV debate. Plus the skills Olympics finally ge...
Apple: Intelligent Thinking?
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington takes a look how Apple's latest gadgets will feature all things AI. Plus we find out why ASOS has been getting a lot of backlash onlin...
Building after Grenfell
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Will Bain looks at what has to change in construction following the Grenfell Inquiry.Elsewhere, the Chief Executive of Mountain Warehouse speaks about...
The best of Wake Up To Money 2023
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Will Bain looks back at some of the highlights from Wake Up To Money in 2023. There's the story of the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft in...
Wake Up To Money Special - Gary Neville
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 pro...
Wake Up To Money - Elon Musk
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC's North America Technology Correspondent James Clayton talks exclusively to Elon Musk about Twitter. They discuss why he bought the social med...
Boardroom Stories: Sir Ian Livingston
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Ian Livingstone talks to Rahul Tandon about founding Games Workshop and the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons. He reveals his collection of hundr...
Million By 30: Timothy Armoo, part 2
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy Armoo talks to Sean Farrington about his decision to sell the business he founded in a multi-million pound deal. He discusses why he decided t...
Business of Sport: The Ashes
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rahul Tandon looks at the money behind The Ashes. He discusses how important sponsorship is in cricket, how to grow the fanbase and get more people in...
Boardroom Stories: Guy Hands, founder Terra Firma
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest names in the world in private equity, Guy Hands, talks candidly about what he calls 'going from hero to zero'. Speaking with Felici...
Boardroom Stories: John Lyttle, Chief Executive, Boohoo
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Lyttle, chief executive of Boohoo, tells Sean Farrington about the company's massive growth and future expansion plans. He says the company doesn...
Business of Sport: Tokyo Olympics
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Felicity Hannah looks at how the Olympic games are financed and the competitors are funded. She's joined by Sir Keith Mills, former Deputy Chair of Lo...
The Origins of Reebok
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Foster, founder of Reebok talks with Sean Farrington and Reggie Nelson about creating one of the world's biggest brands. From the origins of a fam...
Million By 30: Roei Samuel
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roei Samuel talks to Sean Farrington about setting up e-sports business Real Sport which he sold in a multi-million pound deal and about how having AD...
Million By 30: Tom Beahon, co-founder Castore
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Phil Beahon set up their sportswear brand Castore in Liverpool after their professional sporting careers came to an end. They chat with Sean a...
Million By 30: CC Clarke
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CC Clarke talks to Sean Farrington talks about growing her fanbase to more than two million followers and setting up her make-up business. She discuss...
Business of Sport: Future of Football
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the collapse of plans for a European Super League, Sean Farrington discusses the future of football with current and former club bosses, fans an...
Million By 30: Grace Beverley, influencer and founder of sustainable style brand TALA
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington chats with Grace Beverley about how she built up a million followers on Instagram before going on to launch her own fitness brand Shre...
Million By 30: Chester Mojay-Sinclare, founder and chief executive of Enthuse
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington chats with Chester Mojay-Sinclare who first got his business off the ground by launching a potato into space. Eleven years later, he h...
Million By 30: Jenna Brown, co-founder and chief executive of Shipamax
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How Jenna Brown turned her passion for start-ups into a multi-million backed business.
Million By 30: Alex Lovén, founder of Net World Sports
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington chats with Alex Lovén, who started selling cricket bats when he was 13 to his mates at school, graduated to selling the bats on eBay ...
Million By 30: Kofi McCalla, The Unknown Vlogs
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kofi McCalla, a menswear fashion YouTuber, on how he hit over 100 million views. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast...
Million By 30: Liberty Foreman, CEO and founder of DynamXMedical
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington interviews Liberty Foreman, who started up a cancer screening tech company DynamX Medical by spinning it out from her PhD. Since then ...
Million By 30: Maciek Kacprzyk and Karina Sudenyte, founders of Flawsome!
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington interviews Maciek Kacprzyk and Karina Sudenyte, the founders of Flawsome!, a food waste company that saves wonky fruit from landfill a...
Million By 30: Timothy Armoo, chief executive of Fanbytes
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The story of how 26-year-old Timothy Armoo built a million-pound marketing business.
Million By 30: Adnan Ebrahim, founder of Car Throttle
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington chats with Adnan Ebrahim who sold his first website before he was 18. He then founded Car Throttle, which quickly reached millions of ...
Business of Sport: Rugby World Cup
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrington looks at the money behind the Rugby World Cup in Japan including how can smaller countries break into the top tier of the game.
Business of Sport: The Price of Gold
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's a year until the Tokyo Olympics will be getting underway. The British Olympics Association has told us it could be one of the most expensive yet....
Business of Sport: Not just about the scores
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sean and Mickey look at how sport is being reported off the pitch, from long reads to podcasts to social media.
Business of Sport: eSports
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The industry is worth over $1bn globally. Is it time to take gaming as a competitive activity a bit more seriously?
Boardroom Stories: Sanjeev Gupta, Liberty Steel
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Danni Hewson talks with Sanjeev Gupta, boss of one of the world's largest steel producers Liberty Steel.
Boardroom Stories: Co-Op
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chief Executive of the Co-Operative Group, Steve Murrells talks with Danni Hewson about supermarkets; funerals and schools and how it's recovered from...
Boardroom Stories: Lovehoney
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lovehoney co-founders Neal Slateford and Richard Longhurst talk about developing their online sex toy company, meeting the Queen and adapting their bu...
Boardroom Stories: Paul Pomroy, McDonald's UK
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wake Up To Money's Sean Farrington meets Paul Pomroy, the Chief Executive of McDonald's for the UK and Ireland to discuss the High Street crisis; plas...
Boardroom Stories: Linda Jackson, Citroen
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Jackson, Chief Executive of Citroen talks about women in the car industry, electric cars and whether the 2CV could ever make a comeback.
Boardroom Stories: Rob Stringer of Sony Music Entertainment
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Working with David Bowie on one of pop’s best kept secrets and how he won George Michael back after the star’s bitter split from Sony.
Boardroom Stories: Pure Gym
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Humphrey Cobbold, boss of Pure Gym talks to Sean Farrington about how the chain has gone from zero to a million members in less than a decade.Plus how...
Boardroom Stories: Intu's David Fischel
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The boss of the company which owns some of the UK’s biggest shopping centres tells Wake Up To Money’s Mickey Clarke that retail is alive and kicki...
Boardroom Stories: Marston's Ralph Findlay
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Marston's Chief Executive Ralph Findlay, Quality not quantity: How drinkers’ tastes have changed and why so many restaurants are struggling at the m...
Boardroom Stories: Domino's Pizza
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Domino's Pizza CEO David Wild on executive pay, The Simpsons and chanting.
Boardroom Stories: Bronek Masojada, Hiscox
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Terrorism, cyber crime, luxury cars and diamonds. Who says insurance is boring? Bronek Masojada boss of Hiscox talks insurance with Wake Up To Money’...
Boardroom Stories: Craig Donaldson
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why banks need more branches and "it was a miserable place to be”: Life at RBS during the bailout.
Boardroom Stories: David Duffy
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Duffy, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks boss, talks Open Banking, drones and the rise of the robots.