you start us off, pippa.sk group. i think i would certainly look at travelling in september, october, getting something booked. but going into that with a very flexible mindset at the moment, making sure your booking with a travel agent, with full financial protection, package directed protection, and being open to the possibility that things might change and you need to be ok with that. alistair, packing a suitcase? hopefully so, yes. i don't have anything booked but i have no problems with going away and all of the examples we have seen in the travel industry are that it is actually very sensible and very safe, easy to get through the airport, very good in the resort, and, you know, hoteliers and destinations have done a really good job of keeping everybody safe. and kevin, a destination for you? well, i'm quite busy at the moment, as you might expect. but of course i can work from home, i could work from spain, i could work from wherever i need to be if that was required. so although nothing booked just ye

for more on esg funds and the stocks they own, i'm joined by pippa. >> hey, frank, how are you >> let's get right to it these esg funds. why are they attracting a record amount of cash and why are people feeling it's more important than ever to invest in these funds? >> well, as you said, we just saw the 21st consecutive week of inflows into esg funds and this is during the pandemic where investors were pulling money from the market in record amounts. it is really acting as a turning point for esg and highlighting these seemingly non-financial risks really are material for companies. if you have issues obtaining your workforce, for example, that's a problem that is in the upper ranks of the company invest eors are saying shareholr advocacy is important. and they need to focus on stake holder capitalism. >> definitely a shift in the idea of what companies are supposed to do in recent weeks one thing. global sustainable funds they saw inflows of $45.7 billion while there was an outflow of $384.7 billion. what do you attribute that to? >> it really is just investors saying these are really

and pippa, this is from debbie.and they are coming back to the uk for a holiday. they are staying with us in our home. do we need to quarantine for two weeks as well? so, i check that out on a government website and it does state that people that you are staying with do not necessarily need to self quarantine. so i think debbie and her family would be fine to go out to the shops, although the responsible thing to do is obviously to ta ke responsible thing to do is obviously to take extra precautions right now. but importantly, there should be nobody else coming round the house and no other friends or nobody else coming round the house and no otherfriends orfamily, apart from debbie and her immediate household, so there are some restrictions still that debbie will need to live with for at least two weeks, if not slightly longer because her 14 day period will start when her yes. now, alistair, this question from wednesday is looking ahead to next year. wendy says she is due to fly to malaga on the 22nd of august. if t

pippa jacks is the editor of travel industry trade magazine the travel trade gazette. to find the best quality accommodation and the best quality accommodation and the best options in a normal summer. this summer it is fair to say it is difficult to find what you are looking for now in august, u nfortu nately. looking for now in august, unfortunately. some people have been in touch and said prices have gone through the roof for uk breaks, but actually staycations have always been surprisingly expensive. is there evidence it has gone up? the government cut vat for hospitality businesses, which meant hotels and accommodations were able to make a saving that in some of it passed that onto guests. so some prices have perhaps come down little. there is definitely supply and demand with holiday accommodation in the uk and the places which are booking up fast, you'll tend to see prices might creep up a little bit. maybe it is understandable if they are trying to recoup money lost over the last couple of months. are there any spots that might be worth considering? there are ob

pippa stevens has a great article.over to you. >> frank, it did sort of wall low around for a while and there's been a lot of -- you know, interest rates have been low since 2011 when it last hit that high above 1900 took a while to get -- went all the way down to 1200 even though we were printing a lot and came back. you know who's really happy now, frank? bill devain. william devain is psyched because he's got a lot -- i don't know if you see all of those commercials. maybe you haven't. most people have william devain is keyed because he has a lot of gold. >> go up double digits over the last three months during the pandemic anybody a holder of one of those etfs is pretty happy, too. >> thanks, frank. >>> we have news out this morning from apple the company saying it will be carbon neutral by 2030 across the entire business, manufacturing, supply chain and product life cycle the company says it will cut emissions by 75% by 2030 and develop carbon removal systems for the supply chain a u.s./china green fund will inves

we can get more reaction to this announcement from pippa jacks, who's the group editor of the travel, but in the run—up to the coronavirus crisis and even throughout the crisis, independent high street agents, you can sell any tour operator or product out have been doing really well and expanding before this kicked off, so it is horses for courses, it depends on the business model of the company, but certainly for tui it seems to make sense to take some more agents of the high street and have them working from home where they can do great customer service over the phone. often, when shops close, jobs 90, phone. often, when shops close, jobs go, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. what we have seen over the last five or six years is an awful lot of travel agents, hundreds of thousands now, have left high street stores and set up their own businesses working from home, taking all that expertise and loyal customers and selling travel very well from home, taking phone calls all around the clock, having meetings at a time that suits their clients, so home—working is huge and travel