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Vivien Wong, who leads the Small moons, said lockdown was a big surprise

the scale of The British economic difficulties were Laid Bare in the.

Will be The Recovery , V-shaped, L-shaped, U-shaped, or it is much to early to tell?

Despite the uncertainty, however, some British companies are nothing if not positive.

Here, the owner of three companies went into lockdown in March, The Bbc , why you can see light at The End of The Tunnel .

Vivien Wong, co-founder, Small moons

The lockdown hit so few of the moons was in the best month of the trade.

The Business , the power of the Japanese Ice Cream , candy mochi for restaurants and the super markets shut down for the night.

Co-founder Vivien Wong said lockdown as a big surprise. "We had followed what was going on in China and Hong Kong ," She Said .

More Than 50% of the revenue came from restaurants, the money dries up immediately. "We were not us were sure what would happen with supermarkets, but we knew immediately we had to go into cash conservation mode. "

fortunately, Little moons an agreement with his landlord, which facilitates Cash Flow . "We cancelled the marketing and all unnecessary expenditure. Basically, we just sat," Ms Wong.

The London-based company operates in the whole of Europe, which has helped to get the Small moons, Back To business.

Ms Wong said: "Europe is opening a Little earlier, from about the middle of may we began to get orders from the supermarket.

"We have un-furloughing started, a few members of our team, and just cranking up the production again. "

But a return to the record trading Little moons saw in March could be a long way. Ms Wong said: "We have The Number of people in production, and changes in shift schedules will be halved.

"It means that We Are as efficient as before. That's really affected us financially. "Small moons is increased with more cleaner, and the cost of face masks and other food-hygiene-equipment.

The Firm of the future is closely related to The Restaurant sector, the rest ensure can never be complete. That is to say, the supermarket orders are rising, Ms Wong lays down for the people want to eat comfort.

Adam Redhouse, Director of Squires Estates

"It was pretty catastrophic," as Adam Redhouse describes The First days of the lockout. Sale and rental of its London-based real estate brokerage company disappeared almost overnight.

"We furloughed sales staff immediately, and closed all the offices," He Said . "We lost More Than 50% of the sales pipeline in The First few days, as people stopped. "

And yet, in The Following weeks to continue to get what Mr Redhouse said, were "a fair few requests. This was a huge surprise. But if you can't do viewings, you can properties do not sell. "

Still, even if Squire Estates have very few transactions, the continued interest of the customers, at least, gave him hope that business would Pick Up , as soon as the lock is loosened.

It was only in mid-may that real estate agents began re-opening for the company, but Mr. Redhouse has, I was amazed at the pace of The Recovery . "It sounds crazy, considering how much we lost," He Said .

"It was on a Tuesday evening, the government said we could open it again, and on Wednesday morning, We Are un-furloughed all employees in the sales Department. There was a lot of pent-up demand for shops and sightseeing," He Said .

It helped, Mr Redhouse believes that he and his partner made a Special Effort to be in contact with customers and potential customers during the lockout.

to bring the economy further, but it will be Back To normal? "I like to think so. The height of the demand we see shows that people want to move. I feel positive," He Said .

Sophie Lawler, chief executive, Total Fitness

Sophie Lawler's 17 health clubs remain closed to their 100,000 members in North-East England. And like the rest of The Fitness industry, she has no idea, though you may not get the Green Light to open again.

"The whole sector has been struggling financially, and are able to do this for years," She Said . "The industry is shoulders, some in rental stress, we have yet to arise also when We Are closed. "

Furloughing was of vital importance. "It is a large amount of oxygen, in order to keep The Business going," She Said .

employees-wages, rents are the largest fixed costs for real estate and prices.

As soon as the Total Fitness of the start is given a shot to re-open you Ms Lawler plans to all the employees come back from holidays. "All of our people need to be more, maybe even. "

you would like to see the government do more to help, maybe with some VAT exemptions and support for landlords, let them ease The Burden for the tenant.

Despite the uncertainties, however, it assumes that The Fitness industry "has an exceptionally bright future if we can master the storm".

Ms Lawler said the industry has been especially resistant to recessions in The Past and will do it again. She expects the upward trend in the customers, who recognize the importance of fitness and exercise in The Fight to stay healthy against viruses.

"It regards the demand, we will do pretty well, when we said on The Other side," She Said .

The Problem is, she has no idea could be, when the. "Our biggest challenge is that there is simply no information on re-opening. "

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Source of news: bbc.com