Andrew Dickens Afternoons

COMMENT:The Mood of the Boardroom issue is out today in The Herald and this issue more than any other is necessary reading.Since the start of the Covid campaign in March and the extraordinary economic impact of the lockdown strategy the call has been loud and clear.What’s the plan?Firstly how are we going to stimulate businesses to make up for the lost income that closed borders and closed cities bring.And secondly how will we pay for the amount of corporate welfare that has been doled out to keep affected businesses operating until they’re strong enough to cope again on their own.With our future so murky the cry has been loud. What is the plan? Where are we going?And the cry has always been to the government. Which I have always found confusing.We rail against nanny state and too much government intrusion into our lives until everything goes wrong and then it’s all the government’s liability.The Mood of the Boardroom is a chance to see what business is really thinking and what they really want.And they seem