My Friends in the North is a twenty-minute podcast series from North East entrepreneur Sarah Waddington in which she interviews some of the North’s leading business and community figures.

Here she speaks to Louise Hunter MBE, who is the director of corporate affairs for Northumbrian Water Group, about:

1. How Northumbrian Water has kept operations going since the start of the pandemic.
2. Northumbrian Water’s Innovation Festival and the tangible outcomes this has achieved so far.
3. What Louise believes would create transformational change for the north following COVID-19 and Brexit.
4. The Laptop for Kids appeal.
5. Pandemic parenting, mental health and much more.

If you’d like to keep up to date with Louise, you can connect with her on Twitter @HunterLouise or drop her a request on LinkedIn.

If you’d like to take part in My Friends in the North, please send an email to Sarah@Astute.Work. Stay safe and see you next time.