Manufacturers want furlough extended by six months warning of huge job cuts
said: “If we are to mitigate the worst impact of potential job losses, government must extend the furlough scheme for key strategic sectors to provide them with breathing space.”
But Sir Ian Diamond - the UK’s top stat man and ONS - did not rule out a V shaped recovery to the economy. But Make UK's latest survey revealed the number of companies planning to make redundancies in the next six months has risen to 53 per cent.
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