A British firm may be forced to send 500,000 visors, desperately needed by NHS staff, abroad as the Government has not ordered any.
Printers Prime Group, of Nottingham, transformed its operation and took on 30 extra staff ready to make up to one million visors a month, which is 35,000 a day.
But the firm is frustrated that despite contacting officials a month ago, no orders have been placed. It has already delivered 350,000 to frontline NHS and care staff here for free or at cost.
But boss Jon Tolley revealed they had been unable to get a big NHS order after investing £250,000 on materials. Follow all coronavirus updates on our live blog here Instead, he has been dealing with individual NHS trusts for orders of 1,000 to 30,000 visors.
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