LONDON (UK) – Two-thirds of all UK companies which participated in a new survey by the country’s statistics office have applied for the emergency scheme to pay workers laid off temporarily.
“The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was the most popular government scheme applied for, with 66% of all responding businesses, whether continuing to trade or pausing trade in the latest wave, applying.”
– Office for National Statistics
The ONS announced that the survey covered the April 6-19 period and was based on 5,158 businesses’ responses.
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