Russell Bell: Whanganui shows resilience in tumultuous year 22 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read It is kind of hard to believe but here we are at the end of another business calendar year. Already commentators and publications are waxing lyrical about one thing – a certain virus which a year ago was beginning its "world tour". Because of the saturation it has received (and will continue to) in the media I am not going to talk about it much in my recap of 2020. The reason for this is that what is front of mind for me when I think of 2020 is the numerous examples I have seen around town which show the resilience of the local (and national) small business sector. And resilience is only part of what was required during weeks of enforced non activity for many and operating in an environment where further shutdowns would come when "immaculate" infections occurred (thankfully there was only one, but it was very hard work for some of our friends in Auckland).