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Radio 4,07 Feb 2011,53 mins

07/02/2011

You and Yours

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Consumer affairs with Julian Worricker. Housing minister Grant Shapps is to meet mortgage lenders to hear why they are giving first time buyers such a hard time and what they are going to do to give them a better chance of getting on the housing ladder. The founder of The Internet Movie Database website - or IMDB.com - tells us how he created one of the world's top internet sites and how it is funded it when you can access it for free. And how important is the layout of stores in encouraging you to part with your money- new research shows they are a key to encouraging even the most hardened shoppers into submission.

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