Ed Sheeran continues to pay his restaurant team during the crisis

Ed Sheeran does not need help from the British government to pay his employees. The multi-millionaire singer has indeed decided to refuse state aid to ensure the salaries of his London bar. The employees are unemployed, the pub being closed due to the health crisis. "The company, whose owners are Ed Sheeran and Stuart Camp, will not accept any proposal of the government, be it a loan or a grant, or things like that," said his spokesman to Sun .

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The British government indeed allows certain employers to ask the State to pay 80% of the wages of their employees when they are unable to work, as is currently the case, the remaining 20% ​​being at the charge of the boss.

Still standing

The Bertie Blossoms, located in Notting Hill, is however not a very profitable business. According to the NME , it even owes around 2 million euros to its creditors. This does not prevent Ed Sheeran from having a team spirit during this difficult period. The singer does not want to let go of his employees or take advantage of taxpayer money. He therefore promised that they would keep their jobs for the months to come, whatever the scale of the crisis. The interpreter of Shape of You has also donated 1 million pounds sterling (about 1.15 million euros) to several charities near his home in Suffolk to fight against the consequences of the health crisis.

So many appreciable gestures and appreciated by his fellow citizens, while Tim Martin, the boss of the most popular pub chain in the kingdom, JD Wetherspoon, refuses to pay his suppliers as revealed by the Guardian and bluntly dismissed his employees at the start of the pandemic, offering to go apply to the supermarket while it calms down.

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Pro-Brexit activist and supporter of Boris Johnson, Tim Martin owns 32% of the chain he founded - a share valued at £ 531 million by iNews just after the last election - and has decided to appeal to the State aid during the pandemic.

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