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Its a really tough one, and also very emotive.

There's a lot of "I'm all right Jack", so peoples opinions will vary greatly on their type of business or employment. As a digital business, I know I'm extremely fortunate. But imagine if you had just sunk all your savings into that new restaurant last December? Or my friend's daughter had recently started a theatre company after graduating from Uni.

I try and offer a balanced opinion, but unless your own necks on the block, I'm never going to understand the pressure or desperation of someone in a devasted industry.

My personal opinion and it will be unpopular, but I think Rishi Sunak is right.

We were already changing as a society, moving to a task-based economy, moving away from the factory worker 9-5 mentality. Covid has just supercharged the process and accelerated it by 10 years. The problem is we aren't ready for it as a society or have the adequate infrastructure. So there needs to be dramatic reskilling and upskilling across all industries as we all race to keep up.

Specifically the arts, it's going to impact a lot of people that work in the industry, so they may have to review their futures. But what about the artists themselves, whatever the genre?

Here I'm more optimistic. Covid or a seismic shift in society and working practices isn't going to stifle art and creativity. If anything it's going to fuel it.

Experiences and exposure to arts and culture may be different in the future, but it will still happen. Maybe a "live" performance will be delivered via a cheap virtual reality headset. Maybe you will subscribe to steveslivebands.com and you will be sent a quality virtual reality device with amazing sound, like an iPhone on a contract. Before you know it, you're on stage with Bono, or maybe touring the Louvre in Paris.

Maybe there is an experience no one has thought of yet. 

The Arts and Culture sector will change in the same way the traditional office work has changed. In the short term there will be lots of pain and despair, so for those affected, re-evaluate and move quickly. But act now. Hoping for furlough type schemes isn't viable for the individual or the country.

Ok you need to explain that one to me 

Cracking post, less bleating and crack on 

Some of the aggression in the air at the moment is unbelievable. An army of keyboard commandoes has arisen with a sole purpose to put everyone and everything down.

We need some kind of ISP driven punishment. If you say something nasty online, then your ISP suspends your internet for a week.

A week of no twitter, Facebook, Amazon Prime or Netflix will soon sharpen peoples focus   Maybe they'll sit and read a book and educate themselves...

Hi Steve

I got some blurb from Google about this as we're a long time PPC customer, but the impression I got was this was aimed at bigger clients and outsourcing your spend to a third party Google partner. Something I'm not comfortable doing after dubious results in the past, with a management fee vstuck on top.

I'd be interested to know how you got on or found it.

My god it's been marvellous!

Kids have loved it as well  There are restrictions, classes operate in bubbles an the kids do get a bit frustrated, but it's nice to see them back at school, mixing with their peers and just being kids again.

With the way things are going at present, I'm just praying we can keep them at school!

Just having a long overdue catchup!

You've raised a good point, as remote workers are a common worry for business owners, which is easily overcome if you analyze it, and the worry isn't rational.

In reality, a bone idle or workshy employee will be the same in an office or at home. It's spotting it and managing it that's the key, which is easily done as we naturally progress to task-based employment versus factory worker mentality of 9-5 working.

I feel a new post coming on 

comment of the day award goes to... 

We need something to cheer us up, all shamelessly stolen from twitter 

• My husband purchased a world map and then gave me a dart and said, “Throw this and wherever it lands, that’s where I’m taking you when this pandemic ends.” Turns out, we’re spending two weeks behind the fridge.
• Every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pyjamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.
• I never thought the comment “I wouldn’t touch them with a six-foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are!
• This morning I saw my mad neighbour talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came into my house, told my dog and we had a good laugh.

Taxi for Richardson...

Right Said Rebecca