Struggling businesses who employ more than a million people rushed to sign up for the U.K. government’s program to support furloughed workers on the first day they could apply, according to Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, which is administering the program.
Struggling businesses who employ more than a million people rushed to sign up for the U.K. government’s program to support furloughed workers on the first day they could apply, according to Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, which is administering the program.
With as many as 11.7 million employees expected to lose their jobs or be furloughed during the nation’s lockdown, concerns had mounted that HMRC’s portal would be overwhelmed and crash.
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