Boots’ move to sack more than 4,000 employees heaps yet more pain on the British high street, pushing the number of declared job losses due to coronavirus and the ensuing lockdown to more than 118,000. The pharmacy chain suffered a 48pc slump in sales this quarter due to Covid-19, with a 72pc drop in turnover at its […]
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John Lewis, Boots and Burger King closures put 7,000 jobs under threat
John Lewis will also close shops at Heathrow airport and St Pancras station and four At Home outlets in Croydon, Newbury, Swindon and Tamworth. Chairman Dame Sharon White said closing the stores, which were already in trouble before the lockdown, were necessary to help secure the Partnership’s future. However, the […]