The looking for good news episode

This is Money Podcast

This is Money

Business News, Business, Investing, News

4.1 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

It can be tough to find good news at the moment but on this special Easter podcast we go looking for some.

And amid the coronavirus gloom, there are some good news stories to tell, from how Britain has adapted to working from home, to the appreciation shown to our valued frontline workers and NHS staff, and those volunteering to help others.

On the podcast, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost discuss this and tell the stories of some of the small businesses that have been sought opportunity in adversity.

From the pub doing meals and pints to go, to the garden centre that has stared delivering and the milkman who has seen business boom, these are inspiring stories of entrepreneurial spirit and helping out the local community.

The team also reveal how you can visit the world from the comfort of your sofa – it’s not a real holiday but you can at least do some sight-seeing.

Meanwhile, Lee goes on the trail of the apps keeping us social in the lockdown: from Slack at work, to Zoom video chats, and Houseparty fooling around with friends, which are the ones worth trying?

And finally, if you are feeling really brave maybe you could peruse a cheap French manor house while you are stuck at home and weigh up your own move to a chateau.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to This is Money. I'm Georgie Frost and alongside me and editor Simon Lambert today is Assistant Editor Lee Boyce.
0:07.2	And given all the unsurprisingly rather gloomy news that we're having at the moment, we wanted to spread a little joy.
0:14.1	So today we're turning our attention to some of the more positive stories coming out of the current crisis.
0:20.1	We'll be sharing our working from home
0:21.7	tips and experiences looking at some of those businesses that are adapting, thriving and doing good
0:27.6	in the face of coronavirus. Simon has some more positive news about the markets. Lee reviews
0:32.5	the best apps keeping us social. Plus, for those missing out on their holidays, like Simon, we look at how
0:39.0	you can travel from the comfort of your own armchair. And don't forget, you set up to date with all the
0:43.0	latest breaking money news, just go to this ismoney.com.uk, or download the app. But first, we were
0:50.4	meant to be nearing the end of lockdown measures in the UK, which have forced millions of us to work from home.
0:57.2	Apart from key workers, the government said no one should be heading out other than to buy food, medicine or go for a spot of exercise.
1:04.1	That was initially in place for three weeks. I think, I can say with some confidence confidence that we will not be back at our old
1:12.4	desk in the studio this time next week. But what have we learned? Apart from the fact that Simon Lee
1:17.6	and I are not technical wizards and have more patience than I think we knew, as was evidence in
1:24.1	last week's podcast. Simon, welcome. How have you been finding the whole
1:29.3	experience of working from home? Well, the working from home experience is a slightly strange
1:36.5	one, certainly for us. We didn't previously do working from home. So having to get the whole
1:43.5	This is Money team up and running from a standing
1:46.3	start was a challenge in itself and then making sure that we're doing all the things we'd
1:51.9	normally been doing in the office in terms of communicating with each other, talking about
1:56.0	stories, getting ideas, because that's where a lot of the human interaction really comes into play
2:01.5	has been really important. But I think that it's been pretty good, to be honest. I've been super,
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