Barratt furloughs more than 5,500 staff

Country’s biggest housebuilder puts 85% of employees into government jobs retention scheme

Barratt is furloughing more than 5,500 people as it attempts to handle the fallout of the covid-19 pandemic.

In its 2019 accounts, the country’s biggest housebuilder said it employed 6,504 people and paid out £357m in wages.

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