Building up a savings pot and then investing to growing your wealth and provide a decent pension for retirement is the key to long-term financial success.

But there's lots to consider at each step - and most people will want to buy a home along the way.

So what do you need to think about when sketching out your lifetime finances and then trying to achieve your goals?

On this podcast, Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert take it step by step and look at each element of saving, investing, buying a home and building a pension.

How much should you have in an emergency savings pot? 

How do you move from saving to investing? 

How can first-time buyers get ahead in tricky times? 

How much do you need to save for retirement?

They look at all of these things and more.