Two thirds of UK companies apply for job retention scheme - ONS survey

LONDON (Reuters) - Two thirds of companies in Britain have applied for the government's emergency scheme to pay workers who are laid off temporarily during the coronavirus crisis, according to a survey published by the country's statistics office on Thursday.The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was the most popular of the government's measures to help companies through the shutdown of much of the economy, with 66% of companies saying they had applied, while 56% had sought deferrals of..