HMRC sees massive demand for UK's Cornonavirus Job Retention Scheme

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The system is designed to process up to 450,000 applications an hour

More than 140,000 firms in Britain have applied so far for the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which went live on Monday. The scheme allows British companies to apply for a...

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