Finance Unpacked: Closing the Advice Gap with Gareth Shears & Shane Hyland
Join your hosts, Shane Hyland and Gareth Shears, on "Finance Unpacked: Closing the Advice Gap", a podcast dedicated to demystifying the complex world of personal finance. Each week, Shane and Gareth delve into critical topics ranging from budgeting basics and saving strategies to smart investments and retirement planning.
Whether you're a financial novice looking to build a solid foundation or a seasoned saver searching for advanced tips, this show brings you practical, actionable advice, and the latest insights from the world of finance. Our mission is to bridge the growing advice gap, ensuring that everyone—regardless of their financial background—has access to the knowledge they need to achieve financial independence.
Tune in to "Finance Unpacked" as we explore the ins and outs of managing your money effectively, answer listener questions, and bring in expert guests to share their secrets on thriving in today's economic environment. Don't let the advice gap hold you back—start mastering your financial destiny today with Shane and Gareth.
Episodes
168 episodes
The Entrepreneurial Dad’s Guide to Financial Planning
We cover off these topics today:The Importance of Financial Planning: Why it's crucial for business owners who are also fathers.Setting Financial Goals: Both short-term and long-term, for your business and fam...
Welcome to the Navigating Business and Fatherhood Podcast
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Navigating Business and Fatherhood Podcast – your compass in the journey of finance and fatherhood. In this episode, hosts Gareth Shears and Shane Hyland, seasoned financial planners and dedi...
Guest Podcast with Jamie Breese owner of EVO ULTRA, a business leadership peer group for CEOs and MDs of £multi-million companies
Todays podcast is with Jamie Breese.Jamie Breese currently runs EVO ULTRA, a business leadership peer group for CEOs and MDs of £multi-million companies. This operates in England and Wales and each mastermind meets monthly to share chal...
Guest Podcast Matt Cottle V2 - Talking all things Financial freedom, what life has been like since exiting his business and life in the sun.
Guest Podcast Matt Cottle - Talking all things Financial freedom, what life has been life since exiting his business and life in the sun.Matt is a Property Investor and former CEO of Y3S. He is passionate about business and family...
Thriving Amidst Challenges: The Remarkable Business Pivot of Cleverchefs and Epic Caterers with CEO, Nick Collins
Ever wondered how a business can pivot and flourish despite a global pandemic? Our guest, Nick Collins, CEO of Cleverchefs and Epic Caterers, shows us exactly how it's done. From starting with a month's pay to running a business with over 600 s...
From NCAA to Premier League: A Football Journey with Trystan Bevan
Join us on this exciting journey as we sit down with Trystan, an intriguing guest with unique experiences from one of the biggest American football colleges, Michigan State. His captivating stories about the NCAA sports system and his personal ...
Demystifying The Mortgage Market: From New Speed Limits in Wales to Interest Rates and Self-Employed Mortgages
Embark on a journey to demystify the complex terrain of the mortgage market while getting up to speed on the new 20 mph limits in Wales. We delve into the potential ramifications of these speed limits on electric vehicles and public transportat...
Decoding the Wealth of Corporate Giants and the Challenges of Fitness
Ready to unravel the enigma of corporate giants and their colossal market values? Get ready to unravel the mystery as we look at gatekeepers like McDonald's, Amazon, and Apple, and their unfathomable financial worth. We dissect their massive ma...
Exposing Instagram Earnings, Tackling Investment Risks, and Challenging Consumption Habits
What if you could earn millions with a single post on Instagram? Picture yourself having the influence of Ronaldo or Justin Bieber, with hundreds of millions of followers hanging on your every word. We're pulling back the curtain on the astonis...
Rethinking Everyday Expenses: From Pizzas to Par 3's
Have you ever considered how much you spend on convenience food? Or how the design of a golf course could impact your game? Join us for a spirited chat as we examine the half-year numbers from Domino's and Greggs and the financial implications ...
Returning from Sabbatical: Deep Dives into Finance, Property, and Life Updates
Ready to embark on a thrilling journey with us? We're back from our sabbatical, armed with riveting conversations about business and finance, and the latest giveaways you won't want to miss. We reminisce about personal experiences, including a ...
Cost Of Living, Financial Advice Costs Increase And Non Professional Advice - Podcast
Gareth and Shane talk about the growing cost of living and how that maybe effecting peoples financial decisions or lack of decisions made around it. How the lack of education on personal finance and growing inaccessibility to professional advic...
How To Budget Effectively With Our Free Budgeting Sheet Download
Building financial freedom starts with knowing how to budget effectively. Knowing what you have in your account, organizing it to be reserved for the payments you will make can stop that issue of worrying if you have enough money to spoil yours...
The World Has Gone Mad - Cost of Drinking Crisis - What You Should Do To Be Money Savy Today
In today's podcast Gareth Shears and Shane Hyland talk about how the world has gone mad, the growing costs to everything and how we can deal with these problems we are facing. Cost of living is a huge problem so take the time to look at...
Assess and Adjust Your Spending To The 50, 30, 20 Rule
What is the 50 30 20 rule? Knowing this rule will assist you in spring cleaning your finances and help you grow your wealth in a healthier way. Know what you should be doing come each bank statement to better guide yourself to financial freedom...
Analyzing The Budget Announcement And What It Could Mean For You
The recent budget announcement has changed up a lot of things from pensions to investments so how could this have an effect on you. Shane and Gareth talk about our usual rugby and onto the budget. With the difficult nature of the economy big ch...
One Of The Biggest Struggles Of Running A Business
Motivation can be the biggest driver for whether a business succeeds of fails and the most common example of demotivating emotions are known as impostor syndrome. Know that you are not alone when it comes to impostor syndrome, we all feel it fr...
Budget Breakdown Bewilderment - Lets Assess The UK Budget announcement
Gareth and Shane discuss the recent UK government budget and what effects it will have. Before that though we celebrate Ireland's win against Scotland giving us one of the best performances we've seen this year in rugby.
5 Strategies In Dealing With Limited Income
Here are 5 strategies in breaking your money issues when dealing with a limited income. Financial planning is not just for those with money especially how important it is for people in low income.Instagram Gareths: https://www.instagram...
A Welshman And an Irish Man Host a Podcast
A belated St David's day celebration quiz today. Let's compare Gareth's score with last years video. Not so sure he improved this year. We then give you a break down on risk and how misunderstanding risk in personal finance can cause instabilit...
If Only You Knew This Simple Trick To Save Money On A Flight To New York
If only you knew this amazing deal that could get you a first class flight to New York for £400. Only when we sort out the best deals can we truly create financial freedom. To develop better money management skills take a look at our website be...
The Car Payment Habits That You Need To Change
If you are using this car payment method you could be wasting up to 30K. We all want a fancy car but if you don't know about this current change in the pricing of how you own the car you're missing out. Here is an example of managing your money...
The Most Important Questions To Ask A Financial Planner
Instagram GarethsIf your feel like you many need some financial guidance in the future (You definitely will one day at the very least) it's a good idea to figure out what a financi...
9 Money Habits That Are Keeping You Poor
Instagram GarethsMany of us try to save for things like holidays or a new car or a mortgage but struggle to do so. Here is a break down of the biggest contributers we see that stop...
Guest Podcast Leigh-Ann Regan joins us to talk business & being on stage in the west end
Instagram GarethsHear Leigh-Ann Regan's story of how she came from Grangetown Cardiff to the West End stage in London and after a successful acting career Leigh-Ann now runs a Tale...