The Rest Is Money

Robert Peston, Steph McGovern

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Booking Overview

A business-and-finance show focused on the decisions shaping markets—policy, economics, and corporate strategy—explained through expert perspectives. For PR professionals, it’s a strong platform for credible voices who can connect real-world expertise to business impact and public policy.

Metrics

Episodes: 296

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 3.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 15.9k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Robert Peston - Co-host of The Rest Is Money, bringing insights on business and finance stories including tech investment challenges and how political decisions affect global markets.

Steph McGovern - Co-host of The Rest Is Money, exploring key challenges and opportunities in business and finance, covering topics like economic policy impacts and the future of work.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior policy/economics researchers, former senior industry executives, and recognized investigative experts who can connect financial or economic analysis to real-world business and governance impacts.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership roles (e.g., former CEO), Research leadership (e.g., former director of a major institute), High-profile investigations or published findings

Recent Guest Discussions

Paul Johnson - Research On The Prosperity Gap And What It Means For The New Prime Minister; Housing And Pension Impacts

Stephen Kelly - Working With David Cameron’s Government On Public Sector Efficiency Savings; Productivity And Civil Service Efficiency

Dan Neidle - Investigations Into The Financial Affairs Of High-profile Politicians And Issues Around Tax Disclosures

Recent Topics

Economics, Business, Finance, Public Policy, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Rest Is Money
:

293. A Nobel Prize winning view on wealth inequality

July 05, 2026

Why are some countries richer than others, even though money, people and ideas can flow freely round the world? Why is it so hard for a country to turn things around and become rich? Are illiberal leaders like Trump good for their economy? What role do sovereign wealth funds play? Nobel prize winning economist Simon Johnson gives us his theory on the damage extractive institutions do to wealth disparity. As a leading professor at MIT and former chief economist at the IMF, Robert and Steph...

292. The £6 trillion pot we should use to grow the economy

July 01, 2026

How do we unlock trillions of pounds of long term capital and keep it in the UK? What can we learn from a brewery in Newcastle and the Vimto factory in Manchester? Why don’t more people invest in start-ups and scale-ups? Is it all about tax incentives?   Nigel Wilson is the former CEO of the financial giant Legal and General who has funnelled billions of pounds of pension and insurance money into regional regeneration projects. He tells us why it’s not a charity case, but a huge investment o...

291. Does Burnham have any wiggle room?

June 28, 2026

How much can Burnham re-engineer the fiscal rules? Should he stick to a manifesto that has already been trampled over? Who should he choose to be chancellor? Will the markets approve?  The former director of the IFS is back to tell us about the constraints and opportunities the new prime minister will have to get the economy growing and improve living standards. Listen to Robert and Steph’s interview with Paul Johnson. The Rest is Money is brought to you by Octopus Energy, Britain’s sma...

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