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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 01 April 2021 - Pandemic far from over despite growing confidence
Description: "As the UK heads towards the end of its third lockdown, 41% of small and medium-sized businesses confirmed in a survey published this week that their cash position had weakened significantly during the first quarter. This situation is far worse in the tourism and hospitality sectors where the figure is closer to 80%
While this is a fairly obvious conclusion given the fact that the country was closed for the entire period, it serves as a reminder of the true situation facing the economy in the medium term.
Headline grabbing vaccination data and the support being given by both the Treasury and...