Gambling chief in line for £30m bonus slashes staff’s pay

Gambling chief in line for £30m bonus slashes staff’s pay after dodging £3.5m fine for suicide scandal By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 June 2020 Playtech’s boss asked his staff to take a pay cut weeks before the gambling software company tried to … Read more

Employers will have to pay a quarter of furloughed staff’s wages from August

Employers will have to pay a quarter of furloughed staff’s wages from August, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce Rishi Sunak will ask businesses to pay 25 per cent of furlough money for staff Chancellor is expected to make radical announcement today or this weekend It comes as 8.4 million workers are now furloughed … Read more

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley tops up furloughed staff’s salaries to 100%

Controversial businessman Mike Ashley is topping up his furloughed staff’s salary to 100% this month and says business has been better than expected as he prepares to open his shops on June 1. After criticism for asking employees to come back to work while on furlough, trying to pay discounted prices for stock and initially … Read more

Britain’s tycoons are living lives of luxury in Monaco but you’re paying furloughed staff’s wages 

Super-rich tycoons living in the tax haven of Monaco are using millions of pounds of British taxpayers’ cash to pay the wages of the staff in their UK companies. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday today reveals how firms headed by businessmen enjoying a luxury lifestyle on the French Riviera are receiving huge amounts … Read more