Sales and leases of new vans soared to near record levels during the first six months of 2021 as the economy started to reopen and the boom in deliveries continued.
The disruption and intermittent lockdowns have impacted businesses of all kinds, but the hospitality sector has been one of the hardest hit. Such adverse conditions have sent a number of businesses into bankruptcy, but with the help of new technologies, offers, and ideas, other have adapted well to the conditions.
Every generation stands on the shoulders of those that came before and the technologies they invented, but for the modern world the most important technologies we use today were arguably all created within the last 150 years. Here are four of the most influential.
For those looking to outsource the decision on where to put their money, so-called “robo advisors” have become popular due to their quick setup and low fees.
Contracts for difference, generally known as CFDs, have been available for decades, but they have enjoyed a surge of interest over the last couple of years, with the financial instruments getting ever easier to trade and the volatility caused by Covid-19 offering the chance of greater rewards.