Money Talks with Liam Halligan

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.

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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”. 

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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.

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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”.

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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. 

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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".

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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”. 

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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.

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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.

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