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I would like to start the New Year by wishing you all the best for 2022 and the coming 12 months for I think we are going to need it. The arrival of the recent Covid variant, Omicron, has certainly rocked us back in the UK and made some of us less complacent as daily case numbers have soared - perhaps it is the same in your region too? Indeed, in some cases travel has become harder still, which is likely to present further challenges for surveyors. There has never been a better time to fall back on the IIMS network than now. If you are unable to travel to take a job, please consider passing it to someone in-territory who can assist. Many surveyors tell me what a pfaff cross border travel has become and costly too. One member recently told me how much he spent on PCR tests in 2021 and what a significant and unwelcome business cost it has become! I can only offer my sympathy if this is your experience too and no doubt the restrictions will have changed again by the time I have written this column, for the advice seems to alter on a daily basis as new information emerges. Sadly, if we thought the pandemic was coming to an end, alas it seems not. It seems we need to find ways to live with it.


A number of members have asked when face-to-face Institute events and meetings can begin again. In truth, I have no idea and at this time do not expect to be travelling internationally this year. We have


JANUARY 2022


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