Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Ed Sheeran refuses to furlough staff during coronavirus pandemic after donating £1m to charities
metro.co.ukEd Sheeran is doing what he can to keep his staff employed during the coronavirus pandemic, and refuses to furlough his workers. The Shape of You singer is a part owner of Bertie Blossoms, a restaurant and bar in Notting Hill, west London, alongside his longtime manager Stuart Camp.
However like thousands of others in the service industry, Bertie Blossoms was forced to close its doors to the public in March when the UK went into lockdown to avoid the spread of Covid-19.
Naturally it put Ed’s employees, including waiters, bar staff, chefs and kitchen assistants, out of work for the foreseeable future.
The business has the option of furloughing staff using the new scheme which sees the government pay 80 percent of an individual’s salary,
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