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'Self-employed and small business owners still overlooked'

Start-ups
Steve Byrne
14 January 2021

As we welcome a new year, and with it the idea of a new start, we have also seen the familiar challenges of 2020 continue, with a new national lockdown to protect lives and the NHS – the importance of which, of course, we all fully support.

Consumers want face to face advice despite the preponderance of review sites (Pic:iStock)

Constraints on our lives and the ability to meet friends, family and make memories, whether at home or abroad, are set to continue until we see the vaccine delivered at pace, which we hope is only weeks away.

New lockdown measures come with government announcements on financial support. The focus of the latest pledge to support business, whilst welcome, does not go far enough.

Those with trading premises, for example, can access dedicated support, and we hope that many of our friends and peers in the industry can gain at least some relief from this.