Smart Consumer

Spending and stuff from the team at You and Yours.

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Coronavirus: Advice for parents coping with the kids being at home now the schools are closing their doors.
Mike Young presents The Smart Consumer Podcast.
19 Mar 2020,18 mins
Getting your finances under control in your twenties.
The Smart Consumer Podcast's Mike Young on the financial pressures on twenty-somethings.
12 Mar 2020,25 mins
How beauty influencers encourage us to buy and wear more Makeup
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Lydia Thomas and Louisa Adams
26 Feb 2020,23 mins
Eating in or dining out....what do you want for breakfast?
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Pete Wilson. Cereals or fry-ups - what wins at breakfast?
19 Feb 2020,13 mins
Why don't people see working as a waiter as a career - and why as diners do we dismiss them?
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Pete Wilson. Why is it so hard to keep restaurant staff?
14 Feb 2020,10 mins
Overdrafts - the new charges and how to avoid them
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Louisa Adams and Iona Bain from the Young Money Blog.
07 Feb 2020,24 mins
What should we eat to stay healthy?
The Smart Consumer podcast with Winifred Robinson
31 Jan 2020,25 mins
Should you spend more than £1,000 on an electric bike?
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Jon Douglas.
24 Jan 2020,20 mins
Mindful drinking for the sober curious - could you give up alcohol?
Smart Consumer with Laura Willoughby of Club Soda and Professor David Nutt
17 Jan 2020,18 mins
Failed diets and body shaming - can you combine wellbeing and weight loss?
The Smart Consumer podcast with Frankie Haynes, Shahroo Izadi and Man V Fat.
10 Jan 2020,21 mins
Your guide to the fitness and wellness trends for 2020; including intuitive exercise, biohacking and the latest fitness tech.
with Tally Rye, Jessica Salter, Louisa Adams and Natalie Donovan
20 Dec 2019,28 mins
Young couples discuss the difficulties and cost of long distance relationships.
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Tara Holmes and Louisa Adams.
13 Dec 2019,21 mins
How to keep the cost of car insurance down for younger drivers.
Mike Young presents the Smart Consumer podcast.
06 Dec 2019,25 mins
Letting the train take the strain; would you go on a foreign holiday by train instead of plane?
Smart Consumer- Holidays by Rail with Kevin Mousley and the Man in Seat 61
29 Nov 2019,27 mins
Great for instagram and wellbeing, but will a plant purify the air?
The truth about houseplants from the Smart Consumer podcast
22 Nov 2019,14 mins
Young entrepreneurs - have you got what it takes to run a successful business?
The Smart Consumer podcast with Natalie Donovan, The Mindful Chef and Abigail Wastie
15 Nov 2019,14 mins
The people living in tiny rental spaces and what can be done about it
The Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban, Kitty Drake and Medina Grillo
08 Nov 2019,19 mins
The things you need to think of if you're planning to take a career break to travel or work abroad.
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Tara Holmes and Beatrice Pickup.
31 Oct 2019,20 mins
Why are we so aggressive and mean to learner drivers?
Smart Consumer podcast with Lydia Thomas and Simon Hoban
25 Oct 2019,17 mins
Two former gamblers discuss how the industry breaks the rules and fails to protect vulnerable people
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Lydia Thomas, Craig and Alex.
17 Oct 2019,24 mins
The IPAs in the cartoon cans....who are they REALLY aimed at? The beers so on message they might be aiming too low
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Pete Wilson and Beatrice Pickup.
10 Oct 2019,20 mins
How Britain's towns and cities are trying to clean up the air we breathe
The Smart Consumer podcast with Mike Young
03 Oct 2019,23 mins
Does it pay to take a gap year?
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Tara Holmes.
27 Sep 2019,20 mins
Second-Hand Clothes
Smart Consumer with Simon Hoban on the boom in second-hand clothes
20 Sep 2019,26 mins
How can online shopping and home delivery be less harmful to the environment?
The Smart Consumer podcast with Beatrice Pickup
13 Sep 2019,21 mins
Dating Differently
Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban
06 Sep 2019,20 mins
How to afford university
The Smart Consumer podcast with Louisa Adams and Tom Allingham from Save The Student.
30 Aug 2019,27 mins
Stag and Hen do...or don't?
The Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban and Jess Quayle
23 Aug 2019,22 mins
How to be better at saving money
The Smart Consumer podcast with Simon Hoban and Jess Quayle
16 Aug 2019,14 mins
The young interns who're tired of working for nothing
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Jess Quayle and Craig Henderson
09 Aug 2019,15 mins