AdamShawBiz
@adamshawbiz.bsky.social
Presenter of ITV's Tonight programme, BBC’s Money Box, Today, Panorama, Working Lunch, my podcast ‘Woodland Walks’ & http://www.betteraskadam.com & other bits.
A lot of advertising by British Gas as winter starts to bite, to get you boiler serviced and buy their cover.
Worth knowing perhaps that I took the cover and just tried to book them to fix a leaky radiator and the earliest they can come is in about 4 weeks time.
Worth knowing perhaps that I took the cover and just tried to book them to fix a leaky radiator and the earliest they can come is in about 4 weeks time.
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A lot of advertising by British Gas as winter starts to bite, to get you boiler serviced and buy their cover.
Worth knowing perhaps that I took the cover and just tried to book them to fix a leaky radiator and the earliest they can come is in about 4 weeks time.
Worth knowing perhaps that I took the cover and just tried to book them to fix a leaky radiator and the earliest they can come is in about 4 weeks time.
On Money Matters TimesRadio today with presenter & Times Magazine Editor Jane Mulkerrins, I'm discussing Christmas Scams & how to avoid them-including: Facebook Ripoffs, Spray & Pay Scams & Giftcard Scams
Do join us at 3:45 & see the programme fact sheet at www.themoneydoctor.tv
Do join us at 3:45 & see the programme fact sheet at www.themoneydoctor.tv
TheMoneyDoctor.TV | MoneyTheMoneyDoctor.TV
TheMoneyDoctor.TV-An easy to understand guide to all things money from award-winning journalist, Adam Shaw. Follow at @adamshawbiz Simple guides to all things money by the award winning financial jour...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
On Money Matters TimesRadio today with presenter & Times Magazine Editor Jane Mulkerrins, I'm discussing Christmas Scams & how to avoid them-including: Facebook Ripoffs, Spray & Pay Scams & Giftcard Scams
Do join us at 3:45 & see the programme fact sheet at www.themoneydoctor.tv
Do join us at 3:45 & see the programme fact sheet at www.themoneydoctor.tv
Fraud incidents jumped by a million incidents in the past year and there is particular worry over the frauds now happening in the run up to Christmas.
Here is a guide to some of the crimes
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Here is a guide to some of the crimes
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Christmas Scams
Christmas Scams and How To Avoid them by The Money Doctor Adam Shaw
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December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fraud incidents jumped by a million incidents in the past year and there is particular worry over the frauds now happening in the run up to Christmas.
Here is a guide to some of the crimes
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/christm...
Here is a guide to some of the crimes
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/christm...
Anyone notice a lot of sites are down? They all seem to be run on Cloudflare and when I went to DownDetector to check on the problem - that itself seems to be down because of Cloudflare.
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Anyone notice a lot of sites are down? They all seem to be run on Cloudflare and when I went to DownDetector to check on the problem - that itself seems to be down because of Cloudflare.
Crypto Crime - that's what we are talking about on Money Matters on Times Radio at 3:45.
Half a million pounds a day is stolen in financial fraud.
Here's our briefing www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/crypto-...
Half a million pounds a day is stolen in financial fraud.
Here's our briefing www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/crypto-...
Crypto Fraud
Financial fraud is the most frequent crime in the UK and crypto currency fraud is the fastest growing area of financial crime. It is robbing people of a lifetime of savings and the problem has been ge...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Crypto Crime - that's what we are talking about on Money Matters on Times Radio at 3:45.
Half a million pounds a day is stolen in financial fraud.
Here's our briefing www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/crypto-...
Half a million pounds a day is stolen in financial fraud.
Here's our briefing www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/crypto-...
In our latest podcast, Seb Powell and I talk cows and how to revolutionise a farm, improve its economics and nature - all at the same time.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
In our latest podcast, Seb Powell and I talk cows and how to revolutionise a farm, improve its economics and nature - all at the same time.
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Shocked by fact in great article by @simoncalder.bsky.social that passenger tax on family of 4 flying to USA could be over £1000 - never realised that and also he has a possible way round it.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Everything you need to know about Air Passenger Duty – and how to get a refund
APD is set to increase in April 2026 and 2027 – with a family of four flying premium economy to Orlando paying over £1,000
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November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Shocked by fact in great article by @simoncalder.bsky.social that passenger tax on family of 4 flying to USA could be over £1000 - never realised that and also he has a possible way round it.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Massive jump in sickness benefits expected after the budget. The big question is why?
Unusual trend in the UK incl. fact that new claimants of disability benefits to under-40s has grown by 150% between 2020 -24
Great @TheIFS research at
ifs.org.uk/publications...
Unusual trend in the UK incl. fact that new claimants of disability benefits to under-40s has grown by 150% between 2020 -24
Great @TheIFS research at
ifs.org.uk/publications...
Health-related benefit claims post-pandemic: UK trends and global context | Institute for Fiscal Studies
How do post-COVID claimants of health-related benefits compare with pre-COVID claimants? Where in the UK are they? How do other countries compare?
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November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Massive jump in sickness benefits expected after the budget. The big question is why?
Unusual trend in the UK incl. fact that new claimants of disability benefits to under-40s has grown by 150% between 2020 -24
Great @TheIFS research at
ifs.org.uk/publications...
Unusual trend in the UK incl. fact that new claimants of disability benefits to under-40s has grown by 150% between 2020 -24
Great @TheIFS research at
ifs.org.uk/publications...
It’s Economic Abuse Survival Day - perhaps a poor day for the Chancellor to choose for her budget
1 in 6 women has experienced economic abuse by a partner in the past 12 months.
Good work being done to highlight the problem by SurvivingEconomicAbuse.org
1 in 6 women has experienced economic abuse by a partner in the past 12 months.
Good work being done to highlight the problem by SurvivingEconomicAbuse.org
Surviving Economic Abuse: Transforming responses to economic abuse
Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is the only UK charity dedicated to raising awareness of and transforming responses to economic abuse.
SurvivingEconomicAbuse.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It’s Economic Abuse Survival Day - perhaps a poor day for the Chancellor to choose for her budget
1 in 6 women has experienced economic abuse by a partner in the past 12 months.
Good work being done to highlight the problem by SurvivingEconomicAbuse.org
1 in 6 women has experienced economic abuse by a partner in the past 12 months.
Good work being done to highlight the problem by SurvivingEconomicAbuse.org
Jane Garvey, @figlover.bsky.social and I will be analysing what the budget will hold for us on today's Money Matters on @TimesRadio at 3:40 - do join us
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Jane Garvey, @figlover.bsky.social and I will be analysing what the budget will hold for us on today's Money Matters on @TimesRadio at 3:40 - do join us
I'll be doing the Times Radio pre-budget analysis on Monday, and in case it is helpful, here is the programme research in my piece on 'Everything You Wanted To Know About The Budget But Were Afraid To Ask.'
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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BUDGET BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Everything you wanted to know about the budget but were afraid to ask, by The Money Doctor, Adam Shaw
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November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'll be doing the Times Radio pre-budget analysis on Monday, and in case it is helpful, here is the programme research in my piece on 'Everything You Wanted To Know About The Budget But Were Afraid To Ask.'
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/everyth...
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/everyth...
Words are political - the use by journalists of the phrase ‘mansion tax’ is pushing the government’s line that this is a tax on posh people. Whether or not it’s a good policy - I think we in the media should use more neutral terminology that doesn’t push any agenda or perspective.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Words are political - the use by journalists of the phrase ‘mansion tax’ is pushing the government’s line that this is a tax on posh people. Whether or not it’s a good policy - I think we in the media should use more neutral terminology that doesn’t push any agenda or perspective.
Chancellor chat continues ahead of the budget - in essence her problem is that the markets want her to be tough. Voters don’t.
Whatever she does, she is going to be very unpopular with either the markets or voters - so she just can’t win
Whatever she does, she is going to be very unpopular with either the markets or voters - so she just can’t win
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Chancellor chat continues ahead of the budget - in essence her problem is that the markets want her to be tough. Voters don’t.
Whatever she does, she is going to be very unpopular with either the markets or voters - so she just can’t win
Whatever she does, she is going to be very unpopular with either the markets or voters - so she just can’t win
New series of Rip Off Britain today where we are highlighting the way to enforce your rights and avoid the cons. I and the rest of the team are on BBC 1 this morning
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
New series of Rip Off Britain today where we are highlighting the way to enforce your rights and avoid the cons. I and the rest of the team are on BBC 1 this morning
On today's Money Clinic @TimesRadio I'm looking at how to get a difficult pension provider to give you access to your pension, how to organise the finances of freelance life & if to move pension provider when you move jobs. Our guide is at www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/doctor-...
Doctor's Financial Clinic
This week I am answering a number of questions on Times Radio about difficult pension companies, how to organise your freelance life and whether to move pension when you change jobs.All the articles o...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On today's Money Clinic @TimesRadio I'm looking at how to get a difficult pension provider to give you access to your pension, how to organise the finances of freelance life & if to move pension provider when you move jobs. Our guide is at www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/doctor-...
The ways people use to avoid paying inheritance tax with me @figlover.bsky.social and Jane Garvey on Times Radio on the Money Doctor slot this afternoon. An article will appear shortly on WWW.TheMoneyDoctor.TV
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The ways people use to avoid paying inheritance tax with me @figlover.bsky.social and Jane Garvey on Times Radio on the Money Doctor slot this afternoon. An article will appear shortly on WWW.TheMoneyDoctor.TV
Adventures in woods - the stories of the stuff around us and where it comes from in our latest woodland walks podcast with the Woodland Trust featuring author John Drori
and producer Jodie Dalmeda
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and producer Jodie Dalmeda
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October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Adventures in woods - the stories of the stuff around us and where it comes from in our latest woodland walks podcast with the Woodland Trust featuring author John Drori
and producer Jodie Dalmeda
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
and producer Jodie Dalmeda
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
So I’m retracing the Italian steps of journalist Tim Parks to the small town of Monteccio to paint a picture of Italian life. Except I’ve gone wrong by 1,500km and gone to Monteccio in Umbria and should be 20 hours drive north at Monteccio near Verona…. Of such mistakes, adventures are made
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So I’m retracing the Italian steps of journalist Tim Parks to the small town of Monteccio to paint a picture of Italian life. Except I’ve gone wrong by 1,500km and gone to Monteccio in Umbria and should be 20 hours drive north at Monteccio near Verona…. Of such mistakes, adventures are made
Quick reminder for anyone travelling budget airlines this half term - in addition to you small cabin bag you are usually allowed one bag of duty free - if you happen to use it for a jumper etc - I can’t imagine they would mind. Some airlines more fussy than others
October 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Quick reminder for anyone travelling budget airlines this half term - in addition to you small cabin bag you are usually allowed one bag of duty free - if you happen to use it for a jumper etc - I can’t imagine they would mind. Some airlines more fussy than others
Just done great Halloween walk at Kenwood with headless horsemen and great light shows - recommended for adults and kids
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just done great Halloween walk at Kenwood with headless horsemen and great light shows - recommended for adults and kids
How to borrow a dog, get insurance for a rabbit called Adam and foster a guide dog - all on today's Money Matters on Times Radio at 3:45 and on link below at TheMoneyDoctor.TV
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PET INSURANCE - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The UK’s regulatory system for vets is “not fit for purpose” and vets are charging pet owners double the price of online pharmacies for prescription medicines, the competition watchdog has found. Aver...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
How to borrow a dog, get insurance for a rabbit called Adam and foster a guide dog - all on today's Money Matters on Times Radio at 3:45 and on link below at TheMoneyDoctor.TV
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/pet-ins...
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/pet-ins...
The surprising cost of owning an animal.
I'll be looking at vet bills and the rest, on Times Radio on Monday's Money Matters, as well as looking at what it costs to insure a pet rabbit called Adam
I'll be looking at vet bills and the rest, on Times Radio on Monday's Money Matters, as well as looking at what it costs to insure a pet rabbit called Adam
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The surprising cost of owning an animal.
I'll be looking at vet bills and the rest, on Times Radio on Monday's Money Matters, as well as looking at what it costs to insure a pet rabbit called Adam
I'll be looking at vet bills and the rest, on Times Radio on Monday's Money Matters, as well as looking at what it costs to insure a pet rabbit called Adam
Public satisfaction with NHS hit a new low, says British Social Attitudes survey. Just 21% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2024. That’s down from 60% in 2019.
Thousands have run to private health. My guide to private health is here
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Thousands have run to private health. My guide to private health is here
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/private...
Private Health Insurance - What You Need To Know
How to get cheap private health insurance by TheMoneyDoctor.TV written by Adam Shaw
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October 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Public satisfaction with NHS hit a new low, says British Social Attitudes survey. Just 21% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2024. That’s down from 60% in 2019.
Thousands have run to private health. My guide to private health is here
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/private...
Thousands have run to private health. My guide to private health is here
www.themoneydoctor.tv/post/private...
Bet you never heard this … we owe the love of vanilla to a 12 year old slave called Edmond Albius who invented the hand pollination of vanilla-which is still used today
One of the facts from our latest podcast ‘Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw’ as we discuss the stuff that comes from plants. Out soon
One of the facts from our latest podcast ‘Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw’ as we discuss the stuff that comes from plants. Out soon
October 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Bet you never heard this … we owe the love of vanilla to a 12 year old slave called Edmond Albius who invented the hand pollination of vanilla-which is still used today
One of the facts from our latest podcast ‘Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw’ as we discuss the stuff that comes from plants. Out soon
One of the facts from our latest podcast ‘Woodland Walks with Adam Shaw’ as we discuss the stuff that comes from plants. Out soon