Economics - https://dudleylive.co.uk Your Dudley. Your News. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:53:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://dudleylive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-DUDLEY-32x32.jpg Economics - https://dudleylive.co.uk 32 32 Has Britain’s second largest city reached breaking point? https://dudleylive.co.uk/has-britains-second-largest-city-reached-breaking-point/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:02:26 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15041 Covid-19 has dealt a heavy blow to Birmingham’s glitzy city centre led by retail – and it’s revealing other deep fault lines

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]]> Rishi Sunak extends Covid job furlough scheme until March 2021 https://dudleylive.co.uk/rishi-sunak-extends-covid-job-furlough-scheme-until-march-2021/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 13:29:28 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14085 Latest U-turn follows growing pressure for more support to protect jobs and the economy as second wave hits

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]]> ONS finds 2m people still on furlough days before scheme ends https://dudleylive.co.uk/ons-finds-2m-people-still-on-furlough-days-before-scheme-ends/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:14:35 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=13872 Findings come as chancellor is told new support measures not enough to protect jobs or firms

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]]> ‘Everyone’s got bills to pay’: facing up to end of furlough scheme https://dudleylive.co.uk/everyones-got-bills-to-pay-facing-up-to-end-of-furlough-scheme/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:47:52 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=13794 Workforces in Birmingham and Hounslow have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. We find out how they are coping

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]]> Coronavirus: UK workers to get two-thirds of wages if firms told to shut https://dudleylive.co.uk/coronavirus-uk-workers-to-get-two-thirds-of-wages-if-firms-told-to-shut/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 18:50:04 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=11905 Rishi Sunak announces new furlough scheme with PM set to outline ‘three-tier’ approach to local lockdowns on Monday

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]]> UK furlough scheme will fail to prevent 1m losing jobs, say experts https://dudleylive.co.uk/uk-furlough-scheme-will-fail-to-prevent-1m-losing-jobs-say-experts/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:49:56 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=10436 Young workers and those at the bottom end of the income scale will be the hardest hit

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]]> What is Rishi Sunak’s job support scheme and how will it work? https://dudleylive.co.uk/what-is-rishi-sunaks-job-support-scheme-and-how-will-it-work/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:48:50 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=10342 The replacement for the UK furlough scheme is similar to Germany’s Kurzarbeit

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]]> Extend UK furlough or risk job cuts and loss of key skills, say manufacturers https://dudleylive.co.uk/extend-uk-furlough-or-risk-job-cuts-and-loss-of-key-skills-say-manufacturers/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:06:41 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=8818 Long-term competitiveness at risk if scheme ends for critical industrial sectors, says Make UK

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]]> Furlough still covering 12% of UK workforce as scheme is phased out https://dudleylive.co.uk/furlough-still-covering-12-of-uk-workforce-as-scheme-is-phased-out/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:02:33 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=7498 But ONS finds four in five businesses stating that their risk of closing down is low

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]]> Extend UK furlough subsidies to avoid mass job losses, Labour urges https://dudleylive.co.uk/extend-uk-furlough-subsidies-to-avoid-mass-job-losses-labour-urges/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 21:36:29 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=6365 Resolution Foundation claims half of those furloughed in April have not returned to work

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