Flexible furlough started in July to give employers the ability to recall employees when there was work and to furlough when there wasn't. Plenty of employers are flexibly furloughing, so it is now typical when, say, businesses are at 50% of activity to have employees in to work half the time...
I am an accountant and have spent most of the last 2 days calculating and preparing furlough claims for clients. This is for a scheme that was supposed to have ended on 31st October 2020. I can ill-afford the lost time I'm spending on the new scheme as I have many Self-Assessment Tax Returns...