CEBR recalculates one-day shutdown as financial boost after ‘enforced abstinence’ from Covid-19 lockdown A prominent economist, who once suggested that the average bank holiday left the UK with a bill for billions of pounds, says an extra national holiday in October might boost the country’s economy by £500m. Douglas McWilliams, deputy chairman of the CentreLire la suite « Extra UK bank holiday in October ‘could boost economy by £500m’ »