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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 20 April 2021 - Businesses see longer recovery
Description: "Unemployment data is due for release today in the UK. Rising jobless numbers are one of the unwelcome outcomes of the economic effect of the Pandemic.
Many businesses, particularly in the retail and hospitality sectors have seen cash reserves dwindle during the lockdowns and have now simply become unviable. Added to this, just what the new normal will look like is bringing its own level of uncertainty.
Rishi Sunak the Chancellor of the Exchequer was rightly praised for both the speed and efficacy of his plans to support the economy over the entirety of the Pandemic.
However, as his furlough...