British luxury brand Burberry is continuing to reduce spending on non-essential areas. The company will pay all its staff globally even if they are unable to work due to coronavirus crisis store or site closures, adding on Friday it will not tap a government support scheme in Britain. With Britain in a pandemic lockdown many retailers, including Marks & Spencer, Next and Philip Green's Arcadia group, have taken advantage of the state job retention scheme, which sees employees paid 80% of their salary. The 164-year-old Burberry, which warned last month its fourth quarter sales would fall 30%, said it was continuing to reduce spending on non-essential areas. It said its senior leaders and directors, including chief designer Riccardo Tisci and chief executive Marco Gobbetti will take a voluntary 20% pay cut from April through June, with the directors' cut donated to a charity fund.