Rishi Sunak hints tax rises will be DELAYED amid layoffs by firms

Rishi Sunak hinted that tax rises could be delayed to save jobs today as it emerged firms have already made plans to lay off 500,000 people during the coronavirus crisis.  After using his Tory conference speech to warn hikes will be needed, the Chancellor insisted his ‘focus at the moment’ was on propping up the … Read more

Hospitality businesses in last ditch plea as layoffs begin

Hospitality businesses in last ditch plea as brutal layoffs begin: Chancellor’s jobs scheme ‘no use to hospitality’ By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 Hospitality businesses will start making thousands of job cuts from tomorrow, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.  Pub … Read more

One-in-four UK firms warn of layoffs when furlough scheme is scaled back in August 

One in four companies say they will be not be able to pay a fifth or more of full-time workers’ salaries between August and October and would have to lay off employees, a poll has found. Research by the Institute of Directors revealed today shows that firms are worried about being able to keep staff … Read more

Boeing to offer voluntary layoffs to employees amid coronavirus fallout with offers to be made today

Boeing to offer voluntary layoffs to employees amid coronavirus fallout with offers being made as soon as today Boeing has some 150,000 employees worldwide with nearly half in Seattle area  The coronavirus pandemic has compounded the crisis over the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX following two fatal crashes that killed 346 people The company calls … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Government to pay 80% wages to stop layoffs

Chancellor Rishi Sunak told Britons they will not face the coronavirus crisis ‘alone’ tonight as he unveiled a huge new coronavirus bailout. He said the government will cover 80 per cent of salaries up to £2,500 a month, with workers staying on the books of employers, and there will be no limit on the total … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak steps in to stop mass coronavirus layoffs

Chancellor Rishi Sunak told Britons they will not face the coronavirus crisis ‘alone’ tonight as he unveiled a huge new coronavirus bailout. He said the government will cover 80 per cent of salaries up to £2,500 a month, with workers staying on the books of employers, and there will be no limit on the total … Read more