Category: Transport & infrastructure

Covid-19 brought the travel industry to a halt. Vaccines have helped to control the virus, allowing the return of international travel. But new challenges, including the war in Ukraine and a stalling recovery in China, mean that the sector faces more difficult times ahead. The pandemic brought the international travel industry to an almost total […]

Around half the UK labour force is currently working from home. Surveys of employees conducted in March and April 2021 suggest that spending two to three days a week at home is the most common expected working pattern after the pandemic. There is a great deal of speculation about the permanence of recent changes to […]

While coronavirus and the policy response have led to an abrupt economic slowdown, lockdown has rapidly accelerated the spread of information technology. Are the internet giants winners or losers in this crisis? And what of other digital platforms, including Zoom? Covid-19 has accelerated the transition to a new age of digital progress, creating opportunities for […]

Lockdown led to an initial surge in internet traffic as many people switched to working from home – a shift that looks likely to persist. Can we rely on our digital infrastructure? And how big are the inequalities in access? The volume of traffic over the internet since the UK’s late March lockdown initially increased […]