With lockdown restrictions eased, the vaccination programme rolling out and the country now off restrictive travel ‘red lists’, a glimmer of normality may be returning after a tumultuous year-and-a-half.
But, as medical and scientific experts have repeatedly warned, now is not a time for complacency as rapidly returning to business as usual could undo all the progress that has been made.
Benay Sager, head of DebtBusters, the country’s leading and largest debt counsellor, says the same is true for people who have been lucky enough to keep their jobs but at the cost of sacrificing bonuses and incentives and agreeing to salary cuts.
