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BUSINESS BRIEFING
How can
you rebound
stronger from
Covid-19?
The Covid-19 global crisis
Contents continues to disrupt manufacturing
and global supply chains with
severe consequences for society,
businesses, consumers, and the
global economy.
Unravelling the new rules of origin 06
Workplace predictions for 2021 09 Facing up to these disruptions requires new
forms of collaboration across companies and
Q3 rush to beat Brexit deadline 10 industries to ensure business continuity while
protecting employees and improving supply
Reshaping post-Brexit Britain 12 systems resilience for the future.
Businesses in the dark about energy use 13 Key imperatives for global value chains
include:
UK growth in 2021 below global average 14 l Rapid tailoring of manufacturing and supply
systems to changing customer behaviour
l Agile manufacturing and supply system set-
Increased automation will change workforces 16
ups enabled by advanced technology
l Logistics coordination across and within
Report uncovers losses in ‘hidden factories’ 17 global value chains
l Adoption of new ways of working and
UK is an innovation hub for 3D printing 18 governning to increase manufacruring
reslience
Post-Brexit compliance for CE-marked goods 20 l Shared responsibility and collaboration
among companies and authorities to
Every organisation can make savings 22 address social and environmental
challenges.
Time is running out for decarbonisation 23
These issues are disscussed in a white paper
Remote set-up support 24 from the World Economic Forum, in
collaboration with Kearney, which brought
Is your business too small for robotics? 25 together C-level executives from different
industry sectors to identify best responses to
Over half of small businesses risk closure 26 the current Covid-19 crisis, in the short-term,
and help build resilience across
The hidden costs that damage profits 27 manufacturing and supply systems by
incubating new business partnerships and
public-private cooperation.
Big data dissatisfaction is driving the Edge 28
10 economic predictions for 2021 29
UK GDP quarterly accounts 30
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