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An overview of news, trends and research in the category Crisis in the UK:

How Covid-19 is changing the operations of UK banks The UK banking sector has had to adapt quickly to cope with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, with three-quarters of financial sector leaders saying their organisation has become more innov
08 October 2020
UK leaders upbeat on economic sentiment and M&A outlook New research reveals that optimism in the UK investment environment is holding up well, despite the uncertainties of the pandemic and Brexit.
06 October 2020
Mazars appointed to liquidate international college MLS International College has collapsed amid the continued Covid-19 pandemic, with liquidators from Mazars being appointed to the Bournemouth-based international college.
05 October 2020
Sustainable R&D takes funding hit from pandemic A new survey of the global research and development sector suggests that the coronavirus outbreak has decreased the likelihood of spending increases on innovation in the coming three years.
01 October 2020
Nine PwC firms working on UN-backed Covid-19 initiative Nine of PwC’s national and regional wings are teaming up to support a new global initiative and collaboration to help local communities recover better from the Covid-19 pandemic.
30 September 2020
Nathan Fox on mental health and consulting during the pandemic The unprecedented pandemic and recession of 2020 has majorly impacted young workers across the industrial spectrum.
30 September 2020
How supply chain is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic A new supply chain impact study has found that 85% of global supply chains faced a reduction in operations during the pandemic, while 6% shit down all together.
29 September 2020
Companies must re-examine leadership in light of the new normal Roger Philby, the chief executive officer and founder of London-based talent management consultancy The Chemistry Group, explains why the unprecedented disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is f
25 September 2020
Six ways to protect your business from the Covid-19 recession Both public safety and the global economy are experiencing uncertain times due to the Covid-19 pandemic – not to mention the fact that the UK has entered its second recession in 12 years.
24 September 2020
UK retail stores among hardest hit in Europe A new survey of Eurozone markets has found that UK retailers are suffering a worse hangover from the lockdown months than many of their continental counterparts.
23 September 2020
Overcoming obstacles for acceleration of digital transformation Businesses have been wrestling with digital transformation for a number of years.
23 September 2020
Government Moonshot programme will cost UK over £100 billion The UK Government has drawn up plans to carry out up to 10 million covid-19 tests a day by early next year as part of a huge expansion of its national testing programme.
21 September 2020
English football scales back spending amid Covid-19 Half of English football clubs describe their finances as in need of attention or a cause for grave concern, according to a startling new study of the industry.
18 September 2020
8 charts on the economic cost of Beirut's port explosion The explosion in Beirut’s port on the 4th of August 2020 sent a shock through Lebanon, killing more than 220 people, injuring more than 6,500 and leaving some 300,000 people homeless.
16 September 2020
Global Covid-19 infections approach 30 million mark Despite the global efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19, the number of confirmed cases has doubled in the past two months.
15 September 2020
How Covid-19 is impacting small and mid sized insolvency firms The unprecedented economic impact of the coronavirus has triggered a wave of insolvency cases across the United Kingdom.
14 September 2020
Home working could slash £12 billion from consumer spending Lower consumer spending linked to home working could businesses lose out on £12 billion, according to a new study.
09 September 2020
Just quarter of diners comfortable with eating in restaurants A surge in popularity for home cooking, and lingering fears regarding the public health emergency of Covid-19 mean that the majority of British consumers are unlikely to return to restaurants any tim
04 September 2020
Capita set to close 100 offices in the UK Shortly after UK professional services firm Capita posted a £28.5 million loss for the first half of 2020, the company has announced it could close one-third of its British offices.
04 September 2020
Consultants hired to check Covid-19 rescue loans for fraud The British Business Bank has hired professionals from RSM and KPMG to examine the recipients of its emergency loans amid the Covid-19 lockdown.
03 September 2020
Changing lockdown habits boost video game industry While economists continue to debate the threat to growth proposed by social distancing, lockdowns brought in to control the spread of coronavirus seem to have provided a major boost to the video game
03 September 2020
Coeus Consulting helps local council with Covid-19 response Coeus Consulting had been engaged with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council for a year, when the Covid-19 pandemic emerged.
02 September 2020
Expleo offering €100,000 worth of free consultancy services Expleo has announced that it is to offer free consultancy services to businesses in Ireland impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
26 August 2020
16 consulting firms awarded government coronavirus contracts The UK Government has once again come under fire for its spending on private consulting contractors, after it emerged the industry had received contracts worth £56 million to help with the national r
24 August 2020
Podcasts that help consultancies prepare for post-Covid-19 A group of three firms – Create Engage, Garwood Solutions and Honeycomb PS – have teamed up to provide a three-part podcast series to help consulting firms build the foundations they need to succeed
21 August 2020
Covid-19 supply chain disruptions pose multi-trillion economic threat Global markets could forfeit as much as $5 trillion in economic losses, if they do not adapt their supply chains in the wake of the Covid-19 virus.
17 August 2020
Preparing global supply chains for the second wave of pandemic According to supply chain transformation expert Gopal Iyer, supply chains must evolve to learn lessons from the initial outbreak of Covid-19 if they are to withstand the pressures of a second wave.
12 August 2020
Women feel less supported by bosses amid pandemic According to respondents of a recent survey, women feel less able to rely on their employers for help in times of crisis.
05 August 2020
How Covid-19 is shifting priorities in the boardroom The forecast of hundreds of global managing directors and board members remain negative for the duration of 2020, while sales figures in 2021 are anticipated to be lower than pre-Covid-19 levels.
03 August 2020
How lockdown changed the norms of consumer behaviour The lockdown brought in to slow the spread of Covid-19 in 2020 had a dramatic impact on the global economy, not least because it has shifted long-held consumer behaviours that retailers are having to
29 July 2020
KPMG to shed up to 200 UK jobs amid dented revenues Big Four professional services firm KPMG is reportedly mooting the axe for as many as 200 of its UK employees.
28 July 2020
How Covid-19 will shift priorities across the financial services industry Amid a health, societal and economic crisis, financial services will be looked to as a pillar of recovery by governments, organisations and individuals alike.
21 July 2020

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