{"id":9218,"date":"2025-07-07T13:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emn.org.uk\/?p=9218"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:38:10","slug":"lockton-insights-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emn.org.uk\/2025\/07\/07\/lockton-insights-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockton Insights: July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8278 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/emn.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lockton-insight.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9219\" src=\"https:\/\/emn.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/l1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Payment considerations following ransomware attacks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Businesses can be tempted to quickly authorise requested ransom payments to re-normalise operations. 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But challenges include lingering economic uncertainty, choosing the right investments, and stubborn vacancy rates in some areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.lockton.com\/e\/1071592\/acing-industrial-and-logistics\/m6hwly\/1310004385\/h\/2CkK1PDKutPZkGrYmOeNmh0Cy2KRitLAJOpXmjD46V0\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9221\" src=\"https:\/\/emn.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/l3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Improving mental health in the construction industry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s widely acknowledged that the construction industry is suffering from a mental health crisis. 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