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08/07/2024
Call You and Yours: Housing in the UK
Would you welcome new housing being built in your area?
CMA Vets Report, Switching Banks and Buying Homes at Auction
Are we spending too much money to keep pets alive when it would kinder to put them down?
Trader Recommendation Platforms, Refill Shops and Landlords Selling
Are trader recommendation platforms vetting firms advertised on their platforms?
Call You and Yours: Can you afford to keep a pet?
In this week鈥檚 phone-in we鈥檙e talking about pets, and if you can afford one?
Fake Reviews, Meal Kits and Working with Animals
Vets call for a shake up in the rules for people who work with animals.
Customer Service, Shared Ownership, Postal Delays
How are postal delays impacting consumers?
Call You and Yours: Good or bad, share your customer service experiences
We鈥檙e talking about your customer service 鈥 what have your experiences been like?
Facebook Ticket Scam, Business Nimbys and Smart Meter Update
The Taylor Swift ticket scam being run by what look like legitimate Facebook moderators.
Access to Cash, Cost of Retirement, Wowcher
Will new regulations preserve access to cash and banking services?
30/07/2024
Broadband Outages, Ten Years of Digital Banks and Energy Credit Balances
How much is too much to have in credit with your energy company?
Gap Finders: Purdy & Figg
Purdy & Figg is a company that sells all-natural, nontoxic surface cleaner.
Interest Rate Cut, Boots Data, Children鈥檚 Finances
How will the Bank of England鈥檚 interest rate cut impact consumers?
Call You and Yours: How do you try to keep active?
How do you try to keep active?
Holiday Accommodation, Single Cost of LIving and Home Sale Delays
The online holiday accommodation bookings that fail, leaving customers to sort it out.
Gap Finders: Loungers PLC
An idea from three friends in 2002 has turned in to the 7th biggest UK restaurant group.
Airport meet and greets, audio books and tribute festivals
Can the parking industry improve airport meet and greet services?
Call You & Yours: Single Living
More of us are living alone and new research says it costs more. What's it like for you?
Savings, Second-hand Books, Cost of University
What is the cost of going to University?
Gap Finders: Hays Travel
How an idea in the north east in 1980 became the UK鈥檚 biggest independent travel agent.
Flat sales, high heels and browser cookies
What's happening with flat sales?
Call You&Yours : Do you eat more than you ought?
Call You & Yours: Do you eat more than you ought, what are you doing about it?
Dating Fraud, AAA Games and Air Fryers
We hear from a woman manipulated by a new dating fraud scam which cost her 拢80,000
Gap Finders: Frahm Jackets
The jacket company built from the ashes of of a business that went bust.
Student Commuters, Charity Superstores and the NHS App
More students are commuting but are universities set up to give them the best experience?
Call You & Yours: Holiday Nightmares
From lost luggage to cancelled flights, what are your holiday horror stories?
Energy Bills, Used Car Finance and Vets
As we wait on news on energy bills, we ask what help is there for people struggling now.
Gap Finders: InterAct Stroke Support
The charity that helps stroke survivors through reading.
Childcare costs, Hotel Rooms and Indemnity Insurance
The new mums returning to work early because they need childcare credit to make ends meet.
Call You and Yours: How are you managing your childcare?
How are you managing your childcare?