'The A team' | Ed Sheeran won't furlough staff at his firm

The current pandemic has seen a number of employers take drastic measures to maintain staff headcounts and keep businesses afloat.

For example, over the past month US department store Macy’s chose to furlough the majority of its staff members, while celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay decided to let 500 of his employees go.

Elsewhere, CEO of media company BuzzFeed, Jonah Peretti, revealed that he would not take home his six-figure salary until the current pandemic blows over.

It has since been announced that singer Ed Sheeran will be doing whatever it takes to keep his staff employed during the current crisis, and has refused to furlough his staff under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, reported Metro.