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Apr 2021
19m 32s

Prepare for the post-Covid era

PwC Belgium
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As the world continues battling the COVID-19 pandemic with lockdown strategies and vaccine rollout programmes, companies grapple with new business challenges - including the need to rethink and reconfigure their businesses for a changed world. Our panel of experts share their latest perspectives on the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the key takeaways from a liquidity and funding perspective and how finance, treasury and legal teams can prepare for the new normal.

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