Original version

BBC Radio 4 LW

You and Yours

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Consumer

BBC Radio 4 FM

You and Yours: Secondary Tickets, Old Flowers, Housing Shortage

Rural high streets, Gig access, Wind farms

27/06/2018

Secondary Tickets, Old Flowers, Housing Shortage

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Secondary Tickets, Old Flowers, Housing Shortage

Investigation into how Google promotes pricey secondary tickets for events not sold out.

We investigate how Google is paid to promote pricey secondary tickets on Ticketmaster's Get Me In site, when events are not sold out. Plus a project using out-of-date cut flowers.

You & Yours discovers that Ticketmaster's "Get Me In" website pays Google to promote pricey secondary tickets for events even when they are not sold out. Our research of 50 events discovered that even when events weren't sold out, Google would list the secondary ticketing website first. The research also found that fans buying the tickets through "Get Me In" would on average pay £30 more per ticket. 

The Government's housing advisor tells this programme that the UK needs a greater variety of new homes to tackle the growing housing crisis. Sir Oliver Letwin, who is doing a review of the house-building industry, also says there is a serious skills shortage. He believes 15,000 new bricklayers need to be trained for the Chancellor to meet his promise to increase the number of new homes in Britain from 220,000 to 300,000 per year. 

Plus we take a look at how a project to recycle out-of-date supermarket cut flowers is working. The Flower Bank gives young offenders training in flower arranging, and the designs are then donated to care homes and other causes. 

Presented by Winifred Robinson
Produced by Natalie Donovan.

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

You and Yours

Secondary Tickets, Old Flowers, Housing Shortage

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4