Author: Endrit Chouka

In early May 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic the UK government announced that all schools and nurseries were to open again. It became immediately apparent that most schools did not have stocks of PPE to protect their staff and students from the virus.

What was the issue? Due to the global pandemic, the PPE industry couldn’t keep up with the growing demand for nitrile gloves. A nitrile glove entails a complicated production process with resources needed from all over the globe. This meant, unlike some other forms of PPE, you couldn’t just ramp up production lines. To add… Continue reading Mitie