In the UK, we too, in all likelihood, will vote in a general election later this year when it’s likely we will see a change of government. Against this backdrop, as politicians consider their manifestos, winning over industry and economic sectors with high employment is, of course, part of their strategy.
All of us who worked through the pandemic will remember how painful it was not to have government’s ear, to not be recognised as an industry. Of course, we were in the middle of a major health crisis, but we got kicked into the long grass. While other sectors received grants and pay-outs, we got nothing.
