Covid-19 has changed things. It's proven that businesses can operate in a very different way, and resulted in a wider realisation that business is the cornerstone of a peaceful and fair society. Key workers weren't only providing public services, but delivering logistics, childcare, IT infrastructure. While those of us within The Second Curve Network have known this for a long time, it gives us a moment in time, an opportunity, to harness.

We believe that businesses and business leaders, in particular, hold the key to making real headway on the difficult and complicated issues we face in the UK today. Business itself has a central responsibility to ensure that the prosperity it brings is used to build social cohesion.