AFP :
A second coronavirus lockdown in England will deliver a “devastating” blow to British businesses, the country’s biggest employers organisation said on Monday.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) warning came before the start of four weeks of stay-at-home restrictions on Thursday to try to halt spiralling infection rates.
CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn told the lobby group’s annual conference the measures will be “truly devastating for businesses”.
“The good news is we are better prepared” than before the pandemic struck, she said in an online address to delegates.
But she warned: “We need to keep as much of the economy open as possible.”
