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You and Yours: Travel Lists, Healthy Rewards, Gym Returners

12/08/2021

Travel Lists, Healthy Rewards, Gym Returners

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Travel Lists, Healthy Rewards, Gym Returners

The green list for travel is having a big impact on where people are choosing to go.

Research for You and Yours by the comparison site, Travel Supermarket, shows how the Covid risk has changed what people are searching for online when it comes to this summer.

The green list for foreign travel is having a big impact on where people are choosing to go.
Research for You and Yours by the comparison site, Travel Supermarket, shows how the Covid risk has changed what people are searching for online.
We hear from one woman who got married based on the green list, and find out where else people are heading to for this summer's holidays...

People working from home may have saved a lot of money on transport and lunches but they've probably contributed a bit more to the office whip-rounds when colleagues have been leaving or there's a birthday. People tend to give more online. But next month a popular free service, PayPal Money Pools, that a lot of people use now for digital collections will be withdrawn.

The Pandemic hit many manufacturers hard. But now we're unlocked   there's a big surge in the numbers of people working in factories. Between April and June, it rose at its fastest rate in 50 years. But there are problems ahead, a shortage of materials and skilled workers is holding back growth and it could get worse. We investigate how...

We've been hearing this week how we're spending more now than we were before the pandemic. But one sector that's still struggling to get all it's customers back is gyms. We look at why not everyone has made a comeback just yet...

Obesity-related illnesses cost the NHS 6 billion pounds a year. The challenge was brought into even sharper focus during the pandemic, as we learnt early on that Covid disproportionately affects people who are overweight. Numerous government schemes have tried to tackle the obesity crisis. The latest could see people rewarded with vouchers and gift cards for eating healthier food and exercising more. But will it work?

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