thing, that it is ok to socialise, but you got chief scientist saying otherwise. t scientist saying otherwise. i don t think anybody has an idea what to do. and i think that if people are sensible they have the ability to limit any kind of transmission of this virus and if people are stupid and they will probably become part of the problem. so i think as long as people use their heads and don t do anything too stupid having events, going to the pub, going to a hotel, it doesn t need to be any more dangerous than going to the office or going to the shops by just briefly, alex, what is the most extravagant gift you are sending to clients? that s a great question. actually, tech is very popular this year. so sending tech, but probably the most popular is christmas hampers or sending out vouchers, which is obviously a bit more sustainable, giving me employees the choice to choose themselves what they want rather than having somebody choose for them.
choose for them. merry christmas choose for them. merry christmas to choose for them. merry christmas to you, - choose for them. merryj christmas to you, alex, choose for them. merry - christmas to you, alex, thank you for being on. we appreciate it. and thank you for your company. whatever you up to today i hope you have a lovely day and i will see you soon. hello. the cold air is back. thursday gets off to a chilly start with a widespread frost and temperatures won t crawl up too far for the day despite a lot of sunshine on offer. the cold air has come chasing down through these isobars all the way from close to the arctic circle, sweeping its way right to south across the uk. overnight starting to plunge down into the continent through thursday. we are all in the arctic air and we will all feel it thanks to a cold northerly breeze. where we ve seen some showers overnight there will be a risk of ice to start us off on thursday. as i said, a widespread frost. further showers acros
finally, it s the season for the office christmas party. but has the fizz gone out of it? a number of major uk firms have told the bbc they are shelving or scaling back plans for big events. and more than half of workplaces have decided not to hold a party at all, according to a survey of office workers commissioned by covid testing company prenetics. that s despite no new government restrictions being placed on hospitality alex hewitt is chief executive of aok events, which does events and party management for corporate clients. good morning to you, alex. so have your clients cancel parties? have your clients cancel arties? ,., ., ., ., have your clients cancel arties? ., ., i. parties? good morning to you. we have seen parties? good morning to you. we have seen a parties? good morning to you. we have seen a couple - parties? good morning to you. we have seen a couple of- we have seen a couple of cancellations in the last few days. but i think the backdrop to that is a number of