“Having carefully assessed all our options, we have made the decision to furlough a proportion of staff on an enhanced package.”
The furlough scheme was introduced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak and it is eligible for any employer as long as they have a UK bank account and a PAYE payroll scheme on or before March 19, 2020.
After the news was confirmed, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden discussed how businesses should be on the scheme if they “have to” during the coronavirus outbreak.
Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Oliver explained: “Each person and each company should ask themselves, do they have to rely on the tax bed, because the scheme is meant to be if you’re about to make someone redundant and you haven’t got the money to continue to employ them.
“Then you can rely on the Government to stop people being made redundant. The principle is you should only be using it if you have to.”