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I would suggest that with this massive amount of public money being used in this way (correctly), any company that does lay off staff should be investigated and the directors potentially held to account for misuse of public money.

Well no I don't think so, but given that they will pay no business rates, have 80% of their staff bill paid and not have to pay out VAT for a while plus the other grants/loans that they can apply for, I would question why they would need to lay off staff.

That is what it should be. Companies like Hays travel (the company that took on the Thomas Cook branches last year) who have had to put thousands of staff on zero hours contracts today, a decision that I would hope they will now be able to reverse.

I thought the business applied to the government for a grant for 80% of their salary costs? So you would continue to be employed and the business pays you using that grant. Whether they pay you 100% is up to them I guess, but I would think the idea is that they should pay 100%.