12 months to remember: Industry's changing landscape since Lockdown 1.0 gives plenty of reasons to smile

Marking one year since first 'stay at home' order

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This week marks exactly one year since the UK went into full lockdown – when health secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons that all unnecessary social contact should stop, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson's televised address to the nation asked everybody to "stay at home".

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