COVID-19: UK industry focus - Where next for business-to-business services?

Business-to-business services comprise many disparate sub-sectors, from logistics through to professional services. As such, it is difficult to draw universal truths or escape the conclusion that its health depends to a large extent on the sectors it serves. Inevitably, some segments have suffered more than others. 

The short-term impact of COVID-19 has been closely tied to the end-user markets. However, the recovery of the sub-sectors which have been hit hardest by the pandemic, like facilities management and serviced-office providers, will hinge on how the lockdown is released.

Business services firms now have the opportunity to rethink, reassess, diversify and embrace enabling technologies to help them recover. 

“While the crisis may trigger an evolution in the use of outsourcing, clients will evaluate potential partners through a different lens, testing for greater resilience, flexibility, and control. Simple offshoring alone will no longer be sufficient.”

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