The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

Furlough Levels Have Fallen By A Third Since January As Take-up Of The Scheme Reaches Two Billion Working Days

[IMG][/IMG] The number of furloughed workers fell by 880,000 in April - and by 1.6 million since January - as the economy began to reopen, while take-up of the Job Retention Scheme reached two billion working days, the Resolution Foundation said in response to the latest HMRC and ONS furlough statistics published on Thursday 3 June 2021. The latest HMRC data, which gives a detailed breakdown of take-up of the Job Retention Scheme up to 30 April, shows that the cumulative take-up of the scheme has now reached a remarkable two billion working days. [Read Full Article]