be here this time next year? 0oh, difficult question. difficult question. i want to still be here and i'll do my damnedest to still be here. the true cost of the pandemic is still hard to calculate. as well as thejob retention scheme, there were loans and grants for businesses to help them through the worst of the crisis, the total cost hit nearly £380 billion. but that support kept the economy moving. businesses were closed and workers stuck at home, but the economy avoided another huge slump. second time around, businesses and workers had learned to better navigate the restrictions. unemployment began to fall,