Toby Clark, Mintel; Jez Groom, Cowry Consulting; David Angles Pereda, Allianz Global Investors; David Smith, CEO, GFF
Coronavirus has turned our world on its head as businesses and consumers alike grapple with the financial fallout of Covid-19. Lenders scrambled to provide billions in business loans and mortgage holidays to keep the country afloat and investors watched their savings implode. A whopping 9 million are expected to join the government’s furlough job retention scheme, bringing new meaning to the phrase ‘welfare state’.