U.K. Firms Can’t Afford to Top Up Furloughed Workers’ Pay
Temporarily closed retail stores stand in a pedestrianized shopping precinct in Oxford, U.K. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

U.K. Firms Can’t Afford to Top Up Furloughed Workers’ Pay

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(Bloomberg) -- A quarter of firms using the U.K. government’s furloughing plan can’t afford to take on any of the cost of paying their workers, the Institute of Directors think tank says.