Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 79 (22nd October 2021)
This report is report designed to help UK businesses understand the unique risks they face and plan for the future. It found unsurprisingly that public health events topped businesses' key risks followed by changes in legislation and business interruption.
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Friday Reading Edition 71 (20th August 2021)
Taliban victories have been aided by dismal political leadership in Kabul, but showing Afghans – and the world – they can run a country will not be so easy.
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UK Economic Outlook Text
Friday Reading Edition 65 (2nd July 2021)
As restrictions are lifted and consumers flock back, we are expecting a robust recovery ahead. Some sectors, such as manufacturing and construction, have already recovered most of the ground lost last year, while for sectors such as hospitality and personal services, the big times are now.
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Friday Reading Edition 64 (25th June 2021)
Published on the 5th May 2021, – immediate practical actions the UK and the EU can take to stabilise and strengthen cooperation following the ratification of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
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Friday Reading Edition 64 (25th June 2021)
In 2020, the CII was accepted as a member of the Commonwealth family when we became a Commonwealth accredited organisation. To celebrate this development, A Commonwealth Insured focuses on the vital ways in which the insurance and personal finance professions support the Commonwealth’s priorities.
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Friday Reading Edition 63 (18th June 2021)
The post-pandemic recovery could be decisive in the fight against climate change. Our analysis illustrates how policy makers can bring economic, environmental, and social priorities together, through a case study of an anonymised European country.
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Friday Reading Edition 61 (4th June 2021)
[podcast & transcript] The COVID-19 pandemic decimated airlines in 2020, yet there are reasons for optimism as the industry looks to recovery.
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Friday Reading Edition 61 (4th June 2021)
Is the business trip dead? Europe's top banks think so, but travel firms and their investors are betting on a return in business travel of a slightly different kind.
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Friday Reading Edition 60 (28th May 2021)
The acceleration of Covid-19 vaccination programmes in the developed world, combined with easy monetary policy and more fiscal stimulus, is pushing GDP growth and inflation estimates higher. These changes are reverberating across global markets, pushing global bond yields and equities higher.
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Friday Reading Edition 57 (7th May 2021)
Businesses could not have expected the scale of the pandemic’s impact, and so may well have to plan for recovery to a new normal. As we look to the future and coming out of the lockdown, this report looks at digitalisation as one of the legacies left by pandemics and other large world events which organisations need to consider, aside from supply chains and health awareness.
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