It's Christmas in the studio, we have mince pies, port and other festive treats. So get the fire on, grab your favourite blanket, and prepare for what will be the highlight of your Christmas. we're so sorry if that is actually true.

Joining us for this festive treat are host Bex, podcast regulars Greg Ashton and Harry Bailey and our guest this week Hilary Stephenson, Founder MD of Sigma.

Things we talked about:

51% of adults over 75 live alone and 6% leave the house once per week or less but research by Lancaster uni says technology can help:

https://theconversation.com/how-an-app-can-help-fight-loneliness-in-old-people-at-christmas-108443

Our favourite Christmas campaigns (a few included below):

https://lightful.com/blog/social-media/charity-christmas-campaigns-2018/

Solidarity forever...another day another workers group, will 2019 be the year of the next gen unions?:

https://news.sky.com/story/video-games-workers-create-union-to-demand-rights-11581699

Or is 2019 the year of ethics washing:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/10/salesforce-hires-its-first-chief-ethical-and-humane-use-officer.html

Thanks to the magnificent PR Agency One who are helping us with PR and what not.

Also, thanks to podcast.co, they know everything about podcasting and host us in a fancy studio in Manchester. You can hire it if you’re into that sort of thing.

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