Greggs has announced plans to cut 820 jobs amid the pandemic after the boss has warned how 'Covid trading conditions have forced this action onto the business'. It comes after high street retailer WH Smith has fallen into a £226 million loss in the past 12 months amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It was a grim announcement for an already hammered high street after hundreds of jobs were also cut at high street fashion chain M&Co. John Lewis cut a further 1,500 jobs, adding to the 1,300 axed when it permanently shut eight stores in July. Shops and restaurants under pressure following the coronavirus pandemic have had to close, with boarded up shops not an uncommon sight on the High Street.

Source: Daily Mail November 14, 2020 00:40 UTC