Gary Neville: ‘Ban clubs from buying anyone if they have furloughed staff or cut players’ wages’

‘The Premier League needs to BAN clubs from buying anyone if they have furloughed staff or cut players’ wages’: Gary Neville says it’s ludicrous for clubs to be pleading poverty and then splashing out on transfer targets Seven Premier League sides have already cut expenditure at their clubs Tottenham, Newcastle, Norwich, Bournemouth and Sheffield United … Read more

Thousands furloughed as firms take up government’s wages offer

Thousands more workers furloughed as firms take up government’s offer to pay 80% of their wages By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 6 April 2020 Thousands of workers were furloughed yesterday as more companies jumped on the Government’s offer to pay 80 per cent … Read more

I’ve been furloughed: What does it mean, why are companies doing this and what happens next?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a series of measures to cover the wages of millions of people suddenly left without work and prevent businesses going bankrupt due to the coronavirus crisis.   The so-called coronavirus job retention scheme enables businesses to continue paying part of their employees’ salary who would otherwise have been laid off because … Read more