Business Secretary calls on businesses to continue supporting vaccine rollout Kwasi Kwarteng called on businesses to continue to support the national effort in rolling out the coronavirus vaccine, as pledges from individual companies grow. From: 17 February 2021 Kwasi Kwarteng today (Wednesday 17 February) called on businesses to continue supporting the national vaccine rollout effort as companies pledged their own initiatives companies including IKEA, Timpson and the John Lewis Partnership are already stepping up, including offering paid time off for employees to receive their jab and volunteer, as well as offering workspace for vaccination centres support from business comes as the number of people vaccinated in the UK reaches 15 million