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UK salmon trader manages to make £1m profit despite COVID sales hit

J. Bennett (Billingsgate) managed to up its margins, and used the UK's furlough scheme to limit the extent to which the loss of the hospitality sector hit its bottom line

By Undercurrent News | Oct. 6, 2021 10:04 BST
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UK salmon trader J. Bennett (Billingsgate) saw the loss of the hospitality sector to COVID-19 lockdowns slash its sales in 2020, but still managed to make over £1 million in profits. [...]

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