Covid-19

During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHS was put under incredible strain, with the effects proving to be long-lasting. In May 2021, 5.3 million people were waiting to start treatment and over 336,000 of those waiting for more than a year.

Job adverts are increasingly offering hybrid working patterns, with roles now blending the benefits of working from home and in the office.

For over a year, we’ve seen great success from the UK’s en-masse migration to remote working where roles were able to be performed at home.

The events industry has undeniably been one of the worst affected by Covid-19, with hundreds of thousands of events being cancelled or postponed during the pandemic.

The current success of the vaccine roll-out brings hope to businesses that normal operations could soon resume. However, while having a high proportion of vaccinated employees would be advantageous for employers to resume business as usual, it is also clear that not every worker will want to.

Many employers may see the return to office working as an opportunity to recapture the previous culture of their organisation.

As we have transformed our way of working across the nation over the past couple of months, video conferencing has become the norm when it comes to holding both business meetings and personal catch-ups.

With most office workers currently working from home, many businesses are seeing this as the catalyst towards taking the plunge towards making their business fully virtual.

Despite routers becoming increasingly easy to use and configure, most people don’t amend the settings of their router having set their Wi-Fi name and password. Yet without updating your router and security settings, you could be leaving your router open to cybercriminals and malware.

The continued restrictions that have been put in place to fight the coronavirus have had a drastic impact on UK businesses, particularly within the retail, food, leisure, and hospitality sectors.