Keith Churchouse: Conquering challenges one stage at a time

Guildford to Everest... or the foothills

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Keith Churchouse looks back at his and his firm's achievements during the pandemic and challenges his peers to aim high, saying anything can be managed one step at a time...

March 15 2022 came and went like any other normal working day. However, it wasn't a normal day. It was the second anniversary of the date in 2020 when I and the directors of the business locked down the office and moved to home working, one week before the official UK pandemic lockdown instructed by No.10. As and, it is now apparent that we all observed the rules rather more than they did...

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