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BEATING COVID-19

Around the country business owners have been reeling from the effects of the global coronavirus outbreak. Almost overnight they’ve had to deal with total business lockdown and uncertainty. For many, a full recovery is a distant prospect and will require a massive rethink.

Here we examine the outbreak’s impact; how businesses are coping; and the lessons their owners are taking from the whole sorry affair.

reported a flood of cancelled orders resulting from aborted events nationwide, and all orders in the pipeline put on hold. March revenue was down 80 percent, April’s a predicted 100 percent.

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