UK employers demand action now to survive COVID crisis

LONDON (Reuters) - A British employers group demanded immediate action from finance minister Rishi Sunak after a record deterioration in business in the April-June period.The British Chamber of Commerce said on Wednesday its quarterly survey of 7,700 firms found the share of companies reporting growth in sales was far below even the low point of the global financial crisis of 2007-08."Our results demonstrate the need for swift and substantial action," the BCC's director general Adam Marshall..