Indeed, older – and often lonely – people are at particular risk, the older generation is often trusting by nature and may not be attuned to the pitfalls that online dating platforms.

Titled ‘Striving to Sustain Returns’, the wholesale and transaction banking report details that markets and investment banking were more resilient than anticipated – benefitting from a decade of structural change alongside policy support. The resilience of the markets and banks has allowed the institutions to offset declines in interest-rate driven businesses.

It is evident that cloud has saved businesses by providing a way to keep going through lockdowns. The emerging consensus of wisdom suggests that many, if not most, companies will allow more flexible and home working even after the pandemic.

While COVID has delivered new challenges, it has also caused many companies to turn to new technology. If 2020 has taught businesses one thing, it’s that they can take decisive action when pushed to do so, especially when it comes to implementing new digital tech to help forward thinking organisations to thrive in unforeseen circumstances.

The majority (85%) of manufacturing executives say the situation has given their firms the opportunity to rethink how work is done. Almost nine in ten (87%) employees agreed that as a result of the pandemic, their company has developed new and better ways of working. The shift to these innovative working practices has been widespread and rapid.