Following the lockdown restrictions first lifting on 12 April 2021, which saw non-essential retail re-opening, along with pub gardens and gyms, then further lifted on 17 May to allow inside dining, the UK is finally starting to feel a little more “normal” again! Although the hospitality sector was hit hard during the last year, the…
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2020 was a year like no other, where the coronavirus pandemic turned the world upside down and everyone had to adapt to a new (and constantly changing) “normal.” As people were locked away inside, brands also had to adapt to the changing world in ways they hadn’t previously anticipated, in particular, they were encouraged to…
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Along with the amazing NHS staff and all the other front-line workers, supermarkets have to be (in my opinion) hailed as one of the unsung superheroes of the last year. No matter how “locked down” we were, our supermarkets were always there to help keep us fed and hydrated. Due to quarantine, isolations and general…
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Gyms in the UK opened up again (after what felt like FOREVER!) on 12 April 2021, but how has a year of social distancing and lockdown closures affected the health and fitness sector? Pre COVID-19 Cast your minds back to January 2020, when the world had started to become aware of COVID-19 but the impacts were…
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Work from home… have you loved it, hated it or are you somewhere in the middle? With it being almost a year on since many of us first started working remotely (wow!) we take a quick look back at our work from home experiences here at Escapade and some learnings we’ve gained along the way….
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Hands up, I have seen the local Hermes, DPD and Yodel drivers more than I care to admit, since working from home in March… but I do also like to squirrel away money, or much to everyone’s dismay, hold on to gift cards for an eternity, when all I really want is a Dyson Hairydryer…
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When lockdown was announced in March 2020, Brits went wild in the aisles. In scenes akin to Supermarket Sweep, toilet rolls, pasta and tinned foods flew from the shelves as the nation went into blind panic to stockpile at home. While we might have been struggling to find flour, sugar and baking powder in the…
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How have you used your time in lockdown? Baked a cake? Check. Painted a wall? Check. Ordered so many items online you weren’t sure what the delivery driver was bringing? Check. Or perhaps you’ve completed Netflix and made an insufferable number of TikToks? No judgement here, you’re not alone. As we hit 100 days of…
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