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The impact of COVID-19, and the way in which businesses have had to react and adapt, is driving long-term changes at small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the UK, according to a new study by Santander Bank. The study, which polled 2,050 senior leaders at UK SMEs, found that around a third of SMEs that had implemented changes planned to make these adaptations permanent post-pandemic. Over half of the respondents (57 per cent) said that they had adapted or made changes to the way they do...
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