Some people have been furloughed because of the #Covid-19 crisis, some have been made redundant, or were self-employed and are not able to work. Other are working from home. There can be benefits in working at home: no commuting, a more relaxed dress code, less risk of catching other infections such as colds. There can be […]

Following on from yesterday’s theme, there are many younger people worried about what their future job prospects are – and more immediately income/cash flow. Many young folk have jobs in the hospitality sector (through the year in take-aways, restaurants etc) and particularly over the summer (hotels etc). It gives them extra cash (especially students) and

How to restore/ revive/ save the economy is a recurring theme in the News, and a very real issue. We have heard of companies going into administration and employees being laid off, of whole sectors from airlines to tourism to football clubs worried that many businesses will not survive, and of governments seeking to limit

Over the weekend the media have been full of the Dominic Cummings story. This is not the place to discuss the rights and wrongs of the behaviour of certain advisers and politicians, but it does illustrate for us all that we are all ‘role models’. Whether it is in connection with adherence to the #lockdown guidelines or

For those who haven’t braved the Scottish Government document, what it says about worship returning to church buildings is: Phase 2: Places of worship open for private prayer under physical distancing rules and hygiene safeguards. Allow marriages and civil partnerships and other types of ceremonies to take place with minimal number of attendees Phase 3:

Yesterday the Scottish Government issued a paper outlining four phases for the easing of lockdown restrictions (you can download a copy – only 46 pages!) It gives us a better idea of whether we can resume doing things sooner or later. For some people the question is not ‘What?’ but ‘When?’, with regard to going

Yesterday we noted the difficulty people here have with politicians, ‘experts’ etc voicing different opinions and ideas about how we should go forward, when and how we should ease the lockdown restrictions. But at least here the politicians, ‘experts’ etc all have a common view on the threat of Covid-19 to society, on the need

When the process of lockdown began there was general consensus, among politicians, ‘experts’, the media, employers and employees, and the wider public that this was the right way to go. As time has gone on, we have heard debate among those different groups on how and when to ease the restrictions. We have also seen