Student living costs; Taylor Swift tickets; Saving cinema

With student accommodation prices rising, students are working to keep up with costs.

• 53 mins

18/07/2023

News and discussion of consumer affairs.

• 53 mins

Subscription traps; Rising rents; Barmy Army membership

A government Bill to prevent unwanted automatic subscriptions faces a business backlash

• 53 mins

Gap Finders - Richer Sounds founder Julian Richer

Gap Finders - Richer Sounds founder Julian Richer.

• 53 mins

Holiday fires, Ocado, DINKYs,

We hear from holidaymakers trying to fly back home from Rhodes following the wildfires.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: What's your experience of holidays this year?

Call You and Yours - what's your experience of holidays this year?

• 53 mins

Organic chicken, Electric cars, Modular homes

New figures show a large drop in sales of organic foods - particularly chicken.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Nick Johnson and Jenny Thompson

Gap Finders: Nick Johnson and Jenny Thompson

• 53 mins

Rail ticket offices, Will warning, Rental homes' energy efficiency

MPs travel watchdog warns rail companies over ticket office plan.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: How will plans to close rail ticket offices affect you?

Call You and Yours: How will plans to close rail ticket offices affect you?

• 53 mins

Negative budgets, Rural GPs, Childminder troubles

The worrying trend of people unable to balance their budgets despite making cutbacks.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Lucy & Yak's, Lucy Greenwood and Chris Renwick

We meet the couple behind Lucy & Yak and their colourful dungarees.

• 53 mins

Selling Houses; Sweet Shops; Kitchens

Selling houses, sweet shops and kitchens.

• 53 mins

Call You & Yours: How do you make your clothes last longer?

Call You & Yours: How do you make your clothes last longer?

• 53 mins

Underage cosmetic fillers; Energy refunds; Carry on cruising?

The cosmetic treatments still being offered to under-18s despite changes to the law.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Anna Brailsford from Code First: Girls

The woman on a mission to close the gender gap in tech.

• 53 mins

What went wrong at Wilko?

Wilko, plastics ban and Covid graduates

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: What's your experience of installing solar panels and heat pumps?

Call You and Yours: What's your experience of installing solar panels and heat pumps?

• 53 mins

Facebook Marketplace; Student living costs; Skip Intro

The scammers targeting people selling goods on Facebook Marketplace.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Tom Raviv from Milliways

We meet the man behind Milliways - the super natural gum company.

• 53 mins

Potholes, Airport Parking and Property Service Charges

With poor weather and declining roads quality, could it be a bumper year for potholes?

• 53 mins

Call You & Yours: What impact are low emission zones having on you?

Call You & Yours: What impact are low emission zones having on you?

• 53 mins

Energy Price cap, Sugar Inflation, Mortgage Pressures

The new energy price cap. The impact of sugar inflation. The homeowners forced to sell up.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Toby McCartney from MacRebur

This week's Gap Finder is Toby McCartney, Co-founder and Chief Executive of MacRebur.

• 53 mins

Fire Safety Forms, Perfume Dupes and Home Water Horror

The flat owners trapped when block owners fail to produce a fire safety certificate.

• 53 mins

Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?

Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?

• 53 mins

BT Digital Voice, Minimalist Travel, Nights Out

Complaints about BT Digital Voice. The latest travel hack. Cutting back on nights out.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Phil Hutcheon from Dice

We meet a man on a self-proclaimed mission to change how we buy gig tickets for good.

• 53 mins

Ulez compliant cars, Getting Rid of Bankbooks and Pizza

If you have a car that isn't Ulez compliant, what are your options?

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: What's your experience of vaping?

What's your experience of vaping for good and bad?

• 53 mins

Student Rental Deposits, Trainers, BT Digital Voice

Students struggle with rental deposits. The market for trainers. BT Digital Voice woes.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Sandrine Zhang Ferron from Vinterior.

Gap Finders: Sandrine Zhang Ferron from Vinterior.

• 53 mins

UK Holidays, Wilko and Octopus buys Shell

UK holidays, Wilko and Octopus buys Shell.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: The cost of vets.

The government is probing vets' charges. Call You & Yours wants to know what you think.

• 53 mins

Wilko, Compostable waste at home, Collectables

How compostable is compostable packaging?

• 53 mins

Gap Finders - Howard Carter from Incognito

Today's Gap Finder is Howard Carter from Incognito.

• 53 mins

Section 21 Rise, Premium Halal Burger Bars and Driverless Cars

What's behind the near record rise in no-fault evictions?

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: How well does your high street work for you?

Call You and Yours: How well does your high street work for you?

• 53 mins

Gym Locker Theft; Weird Paints; Rental Market

Gym goers share experiences of locker theft - plus weird paints and why we love them.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Mikkel Grene from Søstrene Grene

Gap Finders: Mikkel Grene from Søstrene Grene

• 53 mins

Probate Delays, Bus Regulation and Fresh Food Deserts

It is taking twice as long to get a grant of probate compared to last year. Why is that?

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Have your food shopping habits changed?

Have your food shopping habits changed?

• 53 mins

Companies House Fraud; Eco Shopping; Car Boots

One of the most extreme cases of Companies House Fraud You and Yours has ever investigated

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Tom Gozney from Gozney

Tom tells us how digging a hole in his garden revealed a gap in the pizza oven market.

• 53 mins

Unclaimed Benefits, Staging Homes and Retail Parks

The charity awareness campaign taking aim at unclaimed benefits worth £19bn.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Will public transport get you out the car?

Is public transport good enough to get you out the car?

• 53 mins

04/10/2023

News and discussion of consumer affairs

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Oliver Montague from Swytch, the electric bike conversion kit

Gap Finders: Oliver Montague from Swytch, the electric bike conversion kit.

• 53 mins

Temu Data Sharing, Paying with Cash, HS2 Cancellation

Temu data sharing warning. The rise in cash payments. HS2 cancellation in the north.

• 53 mins

Call You & Yours: Private health care

We'd like to know if you've paid for private health care.

• 53 mins

Facebook Car Scams; NFT Crash; Pension Withdrawals

Lifting the lid on Facebook Marketplace fake car ads.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Marjorie Hayward who's combatting loneliness

This week's Gap Finder is Marjorie Hayward the founder of charities that combat loneliness

• 53 mins

Supermarket Loyalty Cards, Killer Cows and ADHD Medicine Shortages

Are supermarkets using loyalty card discounts to hide price rises?

• 53 mins

Call You & Yours: How are you going to pay your energy bills this winter?

Call You & Yours: How are you going to pay your energy bills this winter?

• 53 mins

Scam a Scammer; Affordable Art; Scrappage Scheme

The woman who played the scammers at their own game.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders - Mariella Satow from Sign Up Captions

Meet the uni student who brought sign language to Disney + and Netflix for the first time.

• 53 mins

Scam Season: Heat Pumps and Travel Insurance

In our series on scams this week we examine what's known as The Spell.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you?

Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you?

• 53 mins

Scam Season, Smart Meters and Customer Service

We find out what it takes to break the psychological spell scammers cast on their victims.

• 53 mins

Under the Spell

Under the spell of criminals. How a couple lied to banks trying to protect them from fraud

• 53 mins

First-time Buyers, Safe Hands Investigation and Garden 'Pub-sheds'

As first-time buyer woes mount up, is home owning just for elites?

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours - Christmas Spending

Call You and Yours - covering the cost of Christmas?

• 53 mins

Ticket Office U-turns, Estate Agents, and Electric Cars

What does the U-turn on the planned closure of rail ticket offices mean for passengers?

• 53 mins

Gap Finders - Layla Sargent from The Seam

Winifred Robinson hears from Layla Sargent, founder of The Seam, an online repair service.

• 53 mins

Student landlords; NS& I woes; Holiday trends

The race to find student digs as more landlords sell up because of high mortgage rates.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: NHS Waiting Lists

How are NHS waiting lists affecting you and your family?

• 53 mins

Stolen House, Banking Hubs and Coffee

What's happened to the banking hubs planned to plug the gap left by bank branch closures

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Ed Perry and Rosie Brown from COOK

Today's Gap Finders are Ed Perry and Rosie Brown from COOK.

• 53 mins

Shop workers, M&S, Drip pricing

A charity representing shop workers say half of staff feel unsafe. We find out why.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Private Parking Firms

On today's phone-in we're asking what's your experience of private parking firms?

• 53 mins

Stealing Fuel, Advent Calendars, Black Friday Tactics

Why independent stores are banking on Advent calendars this Christmas.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Kate Stewart

Today's Gap Finder is Kate Stewart, an entrepreneur from Liverpool.

• 53 mins

Full Fibre Broadband, Standing Charges and Stolen Houses

We find out why getting the fastest broadband can be an excruciatingly slow process.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Black Friday

Is it worth shopping in the Black Friday Sales?

• 53 mins

High Street Struggles, Giving Tuesday and Meat Substitutes

Sales have dived at the world's largest meat-substitute makers, has fake meat had its day?

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Sach Kukadia from luxury jewellery brand 7879

Today's Gap Finders is Sach Kukadia from luxury jewellery brand 7879.

• 53 mins

Leasehold Reform, Luxury Brands and Parcel Deliveries

Michael Gove is reforming leasehold. Will it be enough?

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Housing Market

What's your experience of the property market like right now?

• 53 mins

Charity Shop Sales, Using a Lasting Power of Attorney and Christmas Wine

Charity shops say they are losing out to booming online second-hand clothes websites.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Thomas Gibson from Noted Aromas

Today's Gap Finder is Thomas Gibson the founder of Noted Aromas.

• 53 mins

Rent Trap; Fake Banking App Scam; Theatre Behaviour

New fake bank app scam warning.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Smart Meters

How are you getting on with your smart meter?

• 53 mins

Ofgem, Student Accommodation and Gaming

We meet one of the energy regulator’s bosses, Tim Jarvis.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane from Peequal

Gap Finders: Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane from Peequal

• 53 mins

Baby Banks; Gazundering; Used Cars

Increasing demand for baby banks.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: It's an Online World

How are you coping in an increasingly online world?

• 53 mins

Private medical cannabis clinics, Pet Christmas presents, Size of cars

The number of people turning to private medical cannabis prescriptions is increasing.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders: Zip World co-founder Sean Taylor

Gap Finders: Zip World co-founder Sean Taylor

• 53 mins

BNPL, Police scam puppet, Foraging for Christmas

Debt charities concern over Christmas buy now pay later spending.

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours: Christmas decorations

Call You and Yours: How are you getting your home ready for Christmas?

• 53 mins

Christmas Coaches, Million Dollar Lover and the Rise of Craft

The coach companies cashing on rail misery this Christmas.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders - Matthew Glover from Veganuary

Meet the co-founder of the Veganuary movement.

• 53 mins

Pubs for sale; Food supply fears; E-scooter confusion

Big increase in pubs up for sale as more landlords call time

• 53 mins

Call You and Yours : Have your spending habits changed?

Call You & Yours: Have your spending habits changed?

• 53 mins

Childcare Fees; CES; Kids Skincare

Why some parents eligible for help with childcare are worried they won't get it.

• 53 mins

Gap Finders - Steven Smith, founder of Poundland

Today's Gap Finder is Steven Smith, the founder of discount chain Poundland.

• 53 mins

Fake Car Hire Companies, M&S and First-time Buyers

Criminals are using fake car hire firms to lumber innocent people with fines.

• 53 mins

Call You & Yours: Prescription Medicine Shortage

Call You & Yours: Are you having difficulty getting hold of prescription medicines?

• 53 mins

Fake Vets; Loan Charge, Car Finance Mis-selling

Alarm bells over the rapid rise of dog fertility clinics.

• 53 mins