After eight months of lockdown, Alister de Ternant managing director of Associate Events – which runs Leicester Business Festival and the Team Leicester MIPIM plans – says he hopes formal approval of the first Covid-19 vaccine will give us something to celebrate in 2021:
“Vaccine Wednesday” will go down in history as the day the United Kingdom approved a vaccine to a globe-halting pandemic.
It is clear that we are not out of the woods yet, and far from it, but we can certainly see ever more light coming through the trees.
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The future for most businesses though remains somewhat foggy and for all of our personal health, welfare and businesses we should celebrate, but not become even remotely complacent.
It is truly a day to celebrate and be proud of all we’ve personally accomplished to now – with huge congratulations going to the amazing scientists and volunteers who have broken the bounds of science and technology to get us to today’s result.
2021 is likely to be an exceptionally turbulent year.
Going into a global lockdown (as has been said numerous times) was always going to be easier than coming out.
In the main it is stability, market and consumer confidence, volume and solid fiscal policy that will catalyse a return to the norm – but what that norm looks like, only time will tell.
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The roll out by Nadhim Zahawi MP – who will oversee distribution of the vaccine until at least next summer – is going to be a mammoth administrative and logistical task and in my personal view shouldn’t be rushed to settle public, political or economic opinion.
There is no doubt though, that plans for said rollout have been afoot for many months.
There is a new era and huge opportunity ahead for us all.
2020 (which we will all be pleased to see the back of) will change the world as we formerly knew it, but hopefully for the better.
The pandemic has and continues to teach businesses and individuals what is truly important whilst having allowed time for us all to assess, innovate, review and learn what is truly important.
Today’s amazingly positive news brings us the foundation to start to build upon – hopefully Boris has the right mix of concrete to make it set in the right place and within the right timeframe.”