600,000 employees in pub sector – 900,000 when you expand it to brewing
43% of pub staff are aged 25 or below
Builders Merchants Federation (
BMF):
760 members have a combined turnover of £38 billion, within the £156 billion total construction industry in the UK
members employ over 190,000 people in the industry
BMF merchant members operate from over 5,700 branches throughout the UK and Ireland
Quotes from employers
IKEA
IKEA, which employs more than 11,000 people across its 21 UK stores, has continued to support staff throughout the pandemic, with an extensive set of safe working procedures in place and ensuring that all workers were paid 100% of their contracted hours, regardless of the restrictions in place. IKEA supports the vaccine roll-out and ensure co-workers receive paid time off to attend vaccination appointments and makes sure the most up-to-date information is shared and available.
Ramadan vaccine plea as NHS insists Covid jab won t break Islamic fasting rules
Senior Muslim figures in the NHS say those observing Ramadan need not worry about breaking their fast if called for vaccination during daylight hours
00:01, 9 APR 2021
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The UK government has set up a unit to deal with the “tsunami” of misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines in social platforms, deliver accurate information to ethnic communities reluctant to take the jab.
New vaccine uptake plan published
From vaccination buses to WhatsApp groups and charity engagement, the new COVID-19 vaccine uptake plan aims to boost vaccine uptake in vulnerable and under-served groups.
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Plan based on local initiatives already in place that are successfully boosting uptake
Plan sets out best practice and will help vaccinators and local leaders to engage with communities
Comes ahead of 15 February target date to give all top 4 priority groups their first jabs
Published today (Saturday 13 February), the COVID-19 vaccination uptake plan sets out how the government and NHS England are partnering with directors of public health, charities and the faith sector to increase vaccine take up and ensure equal access.
Invitations will start going out to over 65s from Monday as the programme moves down another step on the priority list.
The Government has also confirmed it will unveil a roadmap to get the country out of lockdown on February 22.
It has pledged to offer all over 50s a jab by May, and all adults by September.
The weekend vaccine drive comes after a batch of positive developments yesterday in Britain’s efforts to tame the pandemic. The R reproduction virus value, has now fallen below 1 for the first time since July and is now estimated to be between 0.7 and 0.9 across UK.