pandemic

As if healthcare systems around the world were not under huge pressure already, the Coronavirus pandemic has stretched healthcare systems to, and in cases, beyond their limit. Many systems have been forced to cancel routine operations and postpone in person appointments and diagnostic tests.

In the United Kingdom, which has the highest vaccination rate amongst large countries, the British Medical Association (BMA) estimates in the UK between April 2020 and March 2021 there were:

The number of companies raising prices in the United States is at a 35-year high.

“I have little doubt that with excess savings, new stimulus savings, huge deficit spending, more QE, a new potential infrastructure bill, a successful vaccine and euphoria around the end of the pandemic, the US economy will likely boom,” Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, said in May 2021.

“This boom could easily run into 2023 because all the spending could extend well into 2023.”

The new financial year has begun. It is the first financial year post-lockdown, with the new challenges that the pandemic has brought to the table. In what way has the pandemic broadened the scope of the agenda for business owners who are looking to retire or sell within the next couple of years?

The British royal family, like many family businesses, has had its share of difficulties lately. Prince Harry, previously viewed as one of the great modernising influences, has become more distant from the traditional business after marrying Meghan Markle.

Meanwhile, his father Prince Charles has been waiting many years to take over; his uncle, Prince Andrew, has been caught up in an international scandal; and to cap it all, the Queen recently lost her husband, Prince Philip, after 74 years of marriage.