09-04-2020 16:55 via retailgazette.co.uk

Coronavirus: 700 workers furloughed at Fortnum & Mason

// F&M will place 80% staff on the gov’t emergency wage subsidy programme
// The retailer has become the latest to furlough staffFortnum & Mason has reportedly placed 700 staff onto the government’s emergency wage subsidy programme to subsidise the wages of 80 per cent of its staff.
The decision which was made on Wednesday, comes as the retailer faces a prolonged shutdown of its famous London Piccadilly store.
The 313-year old retailer has become the latest to utilise th
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