Opinion

June 19, 2020

Black businesses are in crisis

Governments need to encourage investors and banks to support black businesses.


Eric Collins

6 min read

The Impact X team

The startling statistics from the government-commissioned report from Public Health England confirming that black people are at higher risk of being diagnosed with and dying from Covid-19 has blown a hole in the cosy theory that we’re all in this together.

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