Lockdown is easing, people are warily leaving their homes and politicians are talking about “The New Normal”. But COVID has left scars, exposed fault-lines and its consequences are still to be felt.
We’re not going to Zoom Chat our way out of this one. Are you prepared for what happens next?
8 things about life after COVID
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Economic
A very different high street
As high street vacancies increase and rents are depressed can we expect a wave of pop-ups, format experiments and new phygital pick up options?
As people wanting to hold on to green gains, come up against politicians looking for 'growth over green, will the climate debate become a climate clash of cultures?
The statistics on the income-to-survival ratio showed a disproportionate amount of the poor dying. Will we now extend the social safety net or look to pull up the drawbridge?