The millionaire celebs who claimed furlough cash to keep their businesses afloat: Petra Ecclestone, Donald Trump, Jamie Oliver and Cara Delevingne are among big names to get taxpayers help to pay their staff
The furlough scheme is predicted to cost the taxpayer £71billion by the end of the financial year in April
Businesses including those owned by well-known names are among the thousands getting assistance
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, who praised Rishi Sunak this week over the furlough, is among them
Companies can get the Government Job Retention Scheme if they cannot maintain workers during pandemic
Pippa Middleton’s billionaire husband James Matthews and his Made in Chelsea star brother Spencer have both been claiming taxpayers’ money to furlough staff, MailOnline has learned.
Hedge fund boss James, 45, is believed to have been using the government handouts to pay the six employees of his Scottish shooting estate, Glen Affric.
Younger brother Spencer, 32, worth an estimated £3m, has also furloughed staff at his start-up low alcohol drinks firm, The Clean Liquor Co, established in June 2020.
The state-funded Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme (CJRS), running since the first lockdown almost a year ago, is designed to help cash-strapped employers survive the lean months of the pandemic, but eyebrows will be raised at two such high net worth individuals taking advantage of the public money.
By Daniel Woolfson2020-12-10T13:20:00+00:00
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According to Alcohol Change UK, the Dry January movement started with 4,000 people in 2013, and had hit four million participants by 2020.
Drinks brands are gearing up to cash in on Dry January with new low & no lines and campaigns.
Almost half of 1,000 shoppers (48%) quizzed in a survey by Perspectus Global in October said they were planning to give up booze for January, with 24% doing so for the first time.
According to Alcohol Change UK, the Dry January movement started with 4,000 people in 2013, and grew to a whopping four million participants in 2020.
Suppliers are preparing to spend big on the low & no category to capitalise on the movement. Bacardi director of grocery Simon Owen revealed major plans to expand its lines, having launched the 0% Martini Vibrante this year.