Primark turns down £30m windfall from job retention bonus

Retailer says it isn’t necessary to tap into UK scheme paying £1,000 per worker brought back from furloughCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePrimark will not take up the bonus offered last week by the government for taking back furloughed workers into full employment, declining a potential windfall of about £30m.The high-street clothing chain, which is majority-owned by the billionaire Weston family, said it “shouldn’t be necessary&rdq