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You and Yours

Subscription traps; Rising rents; Barmy Army membershipSubscription traps; Rising rents; Barmy Army membership

Released On: 19 Jul 2023

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

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Subscription traps; Rising rents; Barmy Army membership
A government Bill to prevent unwanted automatic subscriptions faces a business backlash
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Holiday fires, Ocado, DINKYs,
We hear from holidaymakers trying to fly back home from Rhodes following the wildfires.
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Call You and Yours: What's your experience of holidays this year?
Call You and Yours - what's your experience of holidays this year?
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Organic chicken, Electric cars, Modular homes
New figures show a large drop in sales of organic foods - particularly chicken.
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Gap Finders: Nick Johnson and Jenny Thompson
Gap Finders: Nick Johnson and Jenny Thompson
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Rail ticket offices, Will warning, Rental homes' energy efficiency
MPs travel watchdog warns rail companies over ticket office plan.
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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?
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Negative budgets, Rural GPs, Childminder troubles
The worrying trend of people unable to balance their budgets despite making cutbacks.
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Gap Finders: Lucy & Yak's, Lucy Greenwood and Chris Renwick
We meet the couple behind Lucy & Yak and their colourful dungarees.
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Selling Houses; Sweet Shops; Kitchens
Selling houses, sweet shops and kitchens.
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Call You & Yours: How do you make your clothes last longer?
Call You & Yours: How do you make your clothes last longer?
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Underage cosmetic fillers; Energy refunds; Carry on cruising?
The cosmetic treatments still being offered to under-18s despite changes to the law.
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Gap Finders: Anna Brailsford from Code First: Girls
The woman on a mission to close the gender gap in tech.
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What went wrong at Wilko?
Wilko, plastics ban and Covid graduates
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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?
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Facebook Marketplace; Student living costs; Skip Intro
The scammers targeting people selling goods on Facebook Marketplace.
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Gap Finders: Tom Raviv from Milliways
We meet the man behind Milliways - the super natural gum company.
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Potholes, Airport Parking and Property Service Charges
With poor weather and declining roads quality, could it be a bumper year for potholes?
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Call You & Yours: What impact are low emission zones having on you?
Call You & Yours: What impact are low emission zones having on you?
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Energy Price cap, Sugar Inflation, Mortgage Pressures
The new energy price cap. The impact of sugar inflation. The homeowners forced to sell up.
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Gap Finders: Toby McCartney from MacRebur
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Fire Safety Forms, Perfume Dupes and Home Water Horror
The flat owners trapped when block owners fail to produce a fire safety certificate.
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Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?
Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?
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BT Digital Voice, Minimalist Travel, Nights Out
Complaints about BT Digital Voice. The latest travel hack. Cutting back on nights out.
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Gap Finders: Phil Hutcheon from Dice
We meet a man on a self-proclaimed mission to change how we buy gig tickets for good.
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Ulez compliant cars, Getting Rid of Bankbooks and Pizza
If you have a car that isn't Ulez compliant, what are your options?
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Call You and Yours: What's your experience of vaping?
What's your experience of vaping for good and bad?
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Student Rental Deposits, Trainers, BT Digital Voice
Students struggle with rental deposits. The market for trainers. BT Digital Voice woes.
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Gap Finders: Sandrine Zhang Ferron from Vinterior.
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UK Holidays, Wilko and Octopus buys Shell
UK holidays, Wilko and Octopus buys Shell.
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Call You and Yours: The cost of vets.
The government is probing vets' charges. Call You & Yours wants to know what you think.
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Wilko, Compostable waste at home, Collectables
How compostable is compostable packaging?
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Gap Finders - Howard Carter from Incognito
Today's Gap Finder is Howard Carter from Incognito.
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Section 21 Rise, Premium Halal Burger Bars and Driverless Cars
What's behind the near record rise in no-fault evictions?
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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?
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Gym Locker Theft; Weird Paints; Rental Market
Gym goers share experiences of locker theft - plus weird paints and why we love them.
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Gap Finders: Mikkel Grene from Søstrene Grene
Gap Finders: Mikkel Grene from Søstrene Grene
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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?
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Call You and Yours: Have your food shopping habits changed?
Have your food shopping habits changed?
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Companies House Fraud; Eco Shopping; Car Boots
One of the most extreme cases of Companies House Fraud You and Yours has ever investigated
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Gap Finders: Tom Gozney from Gozney
Tom tells us how digging a hole in his garden revealed a gap in the pizza oven market.
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Unclaimed Benefits, Staging Homes and Retail Parks
The charity awareness campaign taking aim at unclaimed benefits worth £19bn.
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Call You and Yours: Will public transport get you out the car?
Is public transport good enough to get you out the car?
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Gap Finders: Oliver Montague from Swytch, the electric bike conversion kit
Gap Finders: Oliver Montague from Swytch, the electric bike conversion kit.
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Temu Data Sharing, Paying with Cash, HS2 Cancellation
Temu data sharing warning. The rise in cash payments. HS2 cancellation in the north.
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Call You & Yours: Private health care
We'd like to know if you've paid for private health care.
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Facebook Car Scams; NFT Crash; Pension Withdrawals
Lifting the lid on Facebook Marketplace fake car ads.
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Gap Finders: Marjorie Hayward who's combatting loneliness
This week's Gap Finder is Marjorie Hayward the founder of charities that combat loneliness
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Supermarket Loyalty Cards, Killer Cows and ADHD Medicine Shortages
Are supermarkets using loyalty card discounts to hide price rises?
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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?
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Scam a Scammer; Affordable Art; Scrappage Scheme
The woman who played the scammers at their own game.
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Gap Finders - Mariella Satow from Sign Up Captions
Meet the uni student who brought sign language to Disney + and Netflix for the first time.
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Scam Season: Heat Pumps and Travel Insurance
In our series on scams this week we examine what's known as The Spell.
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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?
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Scam Season, Smart Meters and Customer Service
We find out what it takes to break the psychological spell scammers cast on their victims.
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Under the Spell
Under the spell of criminals. How a couple lied to banks trying to protect them from fraud
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First-time Buyers, Safe Hands Investigation and Garden 'Pub-sheds'
As first-time buyer woes mount up, is home owning just for elites?
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Call You and Yours - Christmas Spending
Call You and Yours - covering the cost of Christmas?
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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?
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Gap Finders - Layla Sargent from The Seam
Winifred Robinson hears from Layla Sargent, founder of The Seam, an online repair service.
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Student landlords; NS& I woes; Holiday trends
The race to find student digs as more landlords sell up because of high mortgage rates.
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Call You and Yours: NHS Waiting Lists
How are NHS waiting lists affecting you and your family?
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Stolen House, Banking Hubs and Coffee
What's happened to the banking hubs planned to plug the gap left by bank branch closures
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Gap Finders: Ed Perry and Rosie Brown from COOK
Today's Gap Finders are Ed Perry and Rosie Brown from COOK.
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Shop workers, M&S, Drip pricing
A charity representing shop workers say half of staff feel unsafe. We find out why.
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Call You and Yours: Private Parking Firms
On today's phone-in we're asking what's your experience of private parking firms?
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Stealing Fuel, Advent Calendars, Black Friday Tactics
Why independent stores are banking on Advent calendars this Christmas.
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Gap Finders: Kate Stewart
Today's Gap Finder is Kate Stewart, an entrepreneur from Liverpool.
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Full Fibre Broadband, Standing Charges and Stolen Houses
We find out why getting the fastest broadband can be an excruciatingly slow process.
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Call You and Yours: Black Friday
Is it worth shopping in the Black Friday Sales?
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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?
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Gap Finders: Sach Kukadia from luxury jewellery brand 7879
Today's Gap Finders is Sach Kukadia from luxury jewellery brand 7879.
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Leasehold Reform, Luxury Brands and Parcel Deliveries
Michael Gove is reforming leasehold. Will it be enough?
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Call You and Yours: Housing Market
What's your experience of the property market like right now?
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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.
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Gap Finders: Thomas Gibson from Noted Aromas
Today's Gap Finder is Thomas Gibson the founder of Noted Aromas.
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Rent Trap; Fake Banking App Scam; Theatre Behaviour
New fake bank app scam warning.
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Call You and Yours: Smart Meters
How are you getting on with your smart meter?
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Ofgem, Student Accommodation and Gaming
We meet one of the energy regulator’s bosses, Tim Jarvis.
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Gap Finders: Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane from Peequal
Gap Finders: Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane from Peequal
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Baby Banks; Gazundering; Used Cars
Increasing demand for baby banks.
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Call You and Yours: It's an Online World
How are you coping in an increasingly online world?
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Private medical cannabis clinics, Pet Christmas presents, Size of cars
The number of people turning to private medical cannabis prescriptions is increasing.
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Gap Finders: Zip World co-founder Sean Taylor
Gap Finders: Zip World co-founder Sean Taylor
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BNPL, Police scam puppet, Foraging for Christmas
Debt charities concern over Christmas buy now pay later spending.
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Call You and Yours: Christmas decorations
Call You and Yours: How are you getting your home ready for Christmas?
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Christmas Coaches, Million Dollar Lover and the Rise of Craft
The coach companies cashing on rail misery this Christmas.
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Gap Finders - Matthew Glover from Veganuary
Meet the co-founder of the Veganuary movement.
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Pubs for sale; Food supply fears; E-scooter confusion
Big increase in pubs up for sale as more landlords call time
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Call You and Yours : Have your spending habits changed?
Call You & Yours: Have your spending habits changed?
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Childcare Fees; CES; Kids Skincare
Why some parents eligible for help with childcare are worried they won't get it.
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Gap Finders - Steven Smith, founder of Poundland
Today's Gap Finder is Steven Smith, the founder of discount chain Poundland.
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Fake Car Hire Companies, M&S and First-time Buyers
Criminals are using fake car hire firms to lumber innocent people with fines.
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Call You & Yours: Prescription Medicine Shortage
Call You & Yours: Are you having difficulty getting hold of prescription medicines?
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Fake Vets; Loan Charge, Car Finance Mis-selling
Alarm bells over the rapid rise of dog fertility clinics.
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Gap Finders - Ramona Hazan from Ramona's
Ramona Hazan, the founder of Ramona's, talks about the gap she found for houmous.
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Cost of Care; Holiday Scams; Customer Service from Energy Suppliers
What help is there for social care bills?
53 mins
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Call You and Yours: Paying for Care
Call You & Yours: We want to know, how are you paying for care costs?
53 mins

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