Editor's comment: Here's to a better second half
We had high hopes for 2021. We were keen to see the back of 2020 which brought with it a global pandemic, toilet roll hoarding, national lockdowns, home schooling hell, business interruption court cases, a ban on sports, enforced staycations, and yet more talking and not acting on leaving the European Union.
2021 was going to be a big one and we couldn’t wait. It got off to a rocky start with a third national lockdown for the UK, a no-deal Brexit and the confirmation of a hard market in many business
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