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If your bank holiday planning still relies on last-minute texts and crossed fingers, you're going to lose good people.",{"type":73,"content":207},[208],{"text":209,"type":71},"This article walks you through exactly how to build a bank holiday rota that keeps your operation covered, your team happy, and your costs under control.",{"type":64,"attrs":211,"content":214},{"id":212,"level":213},"why-bank-holidays-catch-so-many-businesses-off-guard",2,[215],{"text":124,"type":71},{"type":73,"content":217},[218,220,226],{"text":219,"type":71},"Bank holidays look predictable on paper. The government publishes the dates well in advance on ",{"text":221,"type":71,"marks":222},"gov.uk",[223],{"type":127,"attrs":224},{"href":225,"uuid":48,"anchor":48,"target":203,"linktype":131},"https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays",{"text":227,"type":71},", and most businesses know when they're coming. 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