93-year-old Paula and 47-year-old Alison might seem like unlikely roomates at first, but they're part a homeshare programme which pairs people who need a small amount of help to live independently in their own home with someone who has a housing need and can provide support or companionship. So could this be the answer to help solve a housing crisis and a care crisis at the same time? Georgie investigates with Anna McEwen from Shared Lives Plus.
Guests: Anna McEwen
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Original Broadcast: Creative Thinking
Now we're all familiar with stories in the media about the "slow death of the high street" as we swap our real shopping baskets for virtual ones...But, one company trying to bridge the gap by bringing the high street to you is Hubbub. In this show Georgie chats to Alice Beverton-Palmer from Hubbub and hears from one of the fishmongers they work with.
Guests: Alice Beverton-Palmer
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Original Broadcast: Careers Clinic
We're all supposed to 'have a book in us somewhere'...but not many of us would be brave enough to self-publish. Well in this Careers Clinic, Georgie chats to one man who was, writer, broadcaster and former Ad man, Richard Phillips who launched his book , 'A Polaroid of Peggy', 10 days ago in a north-west London bookshop
Guests: Richard Phillips
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Original Broadcast: Careers Clinic
With women making up the majority of the low paid workforce – what can be done to bridge the gender pay and opportunity gap? Georgie talks to Helen Kersley from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills about their latest initiative.
Guests: Helen Kersley
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Original Broadcast: Careers Clinic
For this Careers Clinic, Georgie's joined by one of the two brothers behind a luxury ice cream brand that's got less calories than an apple. If that wasn't marvelous enough, they've also just managed to secure a spot in the hotly contested semi-final of Richard Branson's £1million Pitch to Rich competition.
Guests: Charlie Thuillier
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Original Broadcast: Relative Values
Georgie explores the devastating consequences of financial abuse – why it’s so under-reported and what needs to change to ensure fewer women have to experience it with Sian Hawkins the public policy officer at Women’s Aid.
Guests: Sian Hawkins
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Original Broadcast: Careers Clinic
How happy are you at work? Georgie takes a look at the happiest jobs around and how we can inject happiness in to our own jobs with award-winning financial journalist Donna Ferguson.
Guests: Donna Ferguson
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Original Broadcast: Careers Clinic
Celebrity businesswoman and author of “Mumpreneur” Annabel Karmel talks to Georgie Frost about starting her business from her kitchen, what she’s learnt and her advice for other mums with start-up dreams.
Guests: Annabel Karmel
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