The boss of Butlin's has warned that 10,000 jobs will be lost if the Government does not intervene during the coronavrus crisis.
Paul Flaum, chief executive of the privately owned Bourne Leisure Group, has said that its entire seasonal workforce could be wiped out due to lack of finances.
Flaum is yet to make a final decision about the move, but said without emergency aid to pay workers' wages, there is little prospect of the company employing them through the summer, according to Sky News.
Bourne owns the Butlin's and Haven resorts, as well as Warner Leisure Hotels. During a typical peak trading period, as many as 15,000 people work across more than 50 Bourne-owned sites across the UK.