Researchers investigate impact of COVID-19 on BAME businesses
BAME businesses have had to incur considerable costs to protect their businesses through lockdown, new research is showing.During lockdown, many businesses in the UK were forced to shut up shop while many others continued to at a reduced capacity and with lower turnover. Staffordshire Business School has secured funding from the British Academy to investigate the specific challenges that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) business owners have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the strategies they used to keep their businesses afloat, and how they engaged with financial