As new reports of fraudulent companies damage the reputation of the wine investment trade, Robert Powell finds out how to tell a profitable Bordeaux from a bogus Blue Nun.
As online peer-to-peer lenders like Zopa, RateSetter and Funding Circle get the thumbs up from the business arm of the Government, Robert Powell visits a recording studio that has benefitted from this new form of finance and asks what needs to change before it really starts to rival the major banks.
Big brands have taken over the everyday lives of many. But what compels some of us to loyally spend our cash on the products of such a relatively small group of companies? Robert Powell investigates.