One in four businesses closed because of coronavirus, ONS survey reveals

At least one in four UK businesses have temporarily closed or stopped trading due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to an Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey.

Of the three quarters of businesses still trading, around one in five workers (21 per cent) had been furloughed, and just under one in 20 (4.5 per cent) were off sick or in self-isolation because of the coronavirus.