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Welcome LESSONS LEARNED
The last few months have been challenging, to say the least, for everyone. It has been heartbreaking watching the horrors of Covid-19 unfold. On the positive side, though, it has been hugely inspiring to see NHS and care staff, public employees and other key workers going beyond the call of duty to save lives and keep the situation under control. Now, at last, there’s a prospect of things gradually returning to some kind of normal. Many Dales businesses will find it an uphill struggle. But if we’ve learned one thing from this crisis it’s that we are all in this together. If we stick together, and support our local communities, we can safeguard what might otherwise be lost.
A HELPING HAND From an early stage it was obvious that we wouldn’t be able to print and distribute the Summer issue of Dales Life as normal. Like almost every other North Yorkshire business we have suffered a huge drop in income. Nonetheless, thanks to the huge generosity of three loyal clients who agreed to sponsor us – Eccles Heddon Solicitors of Bedale, Ripon and Thirsk, Holme Design Limited in Bedale, and McGarry & Co Solicitors of Barnard Castle, Leyburn, Hawes and Sedbergh – we have, against the odds, been able to publish this fantastic Summer issue online. Not only have we brought you most of your favourite features, we’ve also given free advertising space to every one of our existing clients. This was something we were especially keen to do. For a quarter of a century we have been supported solely by advertiser income, and we wanted to give something back to Dales businesses in these difficult times. Hopefully, by keeping them in the public eye, we can do our bit to help them recover from this once-in-a-generation disaster. continued
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