Though it did not reveal how many colleagues would be affected, it has started consulting with those in its Piccadilly head office whose jobs are at risk. Jet2 said it would have to axe nearly 500 staff – more than 100 pilots and about 380 cabin crew – due to the collapse in air travel. The broadcaster said it would cut roughly 15pc of its BBC England team, as it seeks to bolster its balance sheet amid the coronavirus crisis. Tens of thousands of people are being made redundant in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic stalls the economy. First published on Fri 31 Jul 2020 05.09 EDT. 297,000 UK hospitality jobs have been lost to Covid. Pub chain Marston's is set to cull more than 2,000 jobs after the Government's latest restrictions on the hospitality industry "undermined" consumer confidence and "created uncertainty". The Economist Group announced in May that it was laying off 90 employees, around 7pc of its total workforce, to address the drop in revenues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. M&Co has confirmed plans to permanently close down 47 stores and axe 380 jobs as part of a major restructuring via a pre-pack administration deal to secure its long-term future. As many as 45,000 jobs at Cineworld are at risk globally. Chief executive Robert Sinclair said: “We have held off looking at job losses for as long as possible, but sadly we are not immune from the devastating impact of this virus.”. It came just weeks after the cinema chain revealed it had recorded $1.6bn (£1.3bn) in losses for the six months to the end of June. In March, BrightHouse, the UK’s biggest rent-to-own retailer, collapsed into administration, placing 2,400 jobs at risk of redundancy. The Guardian will track these job losses as they are announced, Antonio Voce, Heathrow Airport chief John Holland-Kaye said that a third of the 76,000 people employed at the airport could be made redundant as it battles to stem losses following a huge collapse in air travel. The ferry company’s Dubai owner is scrambling to agree a £250m rescue deal that will include cuts to staff’s wages and pensions alongside a Government bailout. Oak Furnitureland has revealed plans to shut down 27 showrooms, in a move which will put 163 jobs at risk. Arsenal announced plans to make 55 members of staff redundant due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. 1 Min Read. Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News UK, wrote to staff on the Sun and the Times titles to announce that “in the coming months, we will need to streamline the business and take some tough decisions, saying goodbye to some valued and talented colleagues”. German courier service DHL has announced that it will be slashing up to 2,200 jobs in its UK division which is responsible for doing logistics for Jaguar Land Rover. Hundreds of roles are thought to be at risk in Northern Ireland, where Bombardier has 3,500 staff and is the country’s largest manufacturer, however the Canada-based company said the majority of redundancies will be in its home nation. Another 162 people lost their jobs due to postponed or abandoned projects as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Guidance for people who were employed and have lost their job due to coronavirus (COVID-19). By Reuters Staff. Passenger levels have fallen by 90pc since the beginning of lockdown, the airport operator, which also owns Stansted and East Midlands airports. The BBC is to cut 520 jobs across its English regional TV news and current affairs, local radio and online news. Dyson is to shed 900 jobs due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In June, British Gas owner Centrica announced the loss of 5,000 jobs at the energy giant this year. Chief executive Shai Weiss said: “We have weathered many storms ... but none has been as devastating as Covid-19.”. Further, smaller job cuts will be made around the company’s UK operations as part of a plan to shed 3,000 British jobs this year. The employment networking site, owned by Microsoft, has announced that it will cut 960 jobs, equivalent to around 6pc of its global workforce. Chief executive Jason Holt said: “It is true that we’ve seen tough times before – volcanic cloud, 9/11, the financial crisis – and we’ve weathered these. Jaguar Land Rover plunged to a half-a-billion pound loss in the first three months of the year after sales fell by a third. And revenue also halved, which Ted Baker blamed on heavy discounts to attract “cash-strapped consumers” battered by lockdown. Arcadia fell into administration at the start of December under the weight of £750m in debts. Thousands more retail workers could join the ranks of the unemployed after Asos secured its £265m deal for Topshop today. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Administrators have so far confirmed 31 stores will close but many more are likely to shut with little interest in snapping up brands’ physical locations. In the few instances where it is not possible to break down a company’s announcement of global redundancies, we have included this number but have marked it out. Although Carnival declined to reveal the number of people who may lose their jobs, local media have reported that 450 roles are under scrutiny. Lloyds earned over £1bn in pre-tax profit for the three months to September, boosted by mortgage lending, but banks face a difficult end to the year. shares. Travel bosses blame government Covid policies for industry crisis and job losses. Consultancy firm Accenture is planning to cut up to 900 jobs in the UK as the firm tries to cut costs to deal with the fallout from coronavirus. Upper Crust owner SSP could let go of up to 5,000 people as its seeks to restructure its business in the face of plunging passenger numbers at railway stations and airports. “The reality is that some tough decisions had to be made primarily around our digital teams,” she wrote in the memo. Pret A Manger has announced it is to permanently close 30 of its shops after it experienced “significant operating losses” as a result of the pandemic. It plans to restructure its head office and store teams and close 48 Boots Opticians stores. In May, BuzzFeed closed its news operations in the UK and Australia as part of further cutbacks aimed at minimising losses amid a massive drop in advertising revenues. The Evening Standard is to cut 115 jobs, a third of its staff, as the London newspaper seeks to cut costs to survive the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit its advertising revenues. ... Job losses: All the major cuts that have happened since the start of coronavirus ... June 17 â HSBC â unknown number of jobs in UK⦠In October outlined plans to close all of its screens in the UK, putting some 5,500 jobs in the UK at risk. The restaurant chain is planning to close 73 of its UK stores, putting 1,100 jobs at risk. Ted Baker reportedly targeted 500 UK job cuts over the summer of 2020 as it grappled with the high street lockdown. The bosses of Britain’s biggest independent travel agent called on Boris Johnson to save summer by restarting flights to the Spanish islands as they cut up to a fifth of their 4,500-strong workforce. Lloyds Banking Group will begin shedding the roles from November, although the cuts will be partially offset by the creation of 226 new jobs. WH Smith is planning to cut up to 1,500 jobs as bosses said its recovery from the Covid-19 lockdown has been "slow". Meanwhile Debenhams’ relaunch as an online-only operation in March means 10,000 employees are set to lose their jobs, bringing an end to the chain’s 116 department stores. The Restaurant Group is to shut 125 sites as part of a a deal with landlords. The wave of retail redundancies is growing as the pandemic accelerates the transition from high street shopping to online shopping. The British arm of the bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien was sold in a pre-pack deal that cost 200 jobs. The FTSE 250 company is pushing the cuts through as part of plans to lay off nearly one in three of its 15,000 workers. General Electric is to cut 369 jobs at its aircraft engine maintenance plant in south Wales. A total of 819,000 people lost their jobs in the UK ⦠Arcadia had already announced 500 UK job cuts amid the coronavirus crisis. It is not known how many are in the UK. Recruiter Manpower UK has warned that job cuts among its own 1,800 staff are looming as Covid-19 shatters the employment market. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. All rights reserved. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers, The closure of businesses since the second wave leaves the unemployed fearful for the future, Workers aged under 25 more than twice as likely to have lost job in past two months, Closures to be spread across UK, including branches in London, Glasgow and Cardiff, The new measures for workers on the furlough scheme are not generous enough to prevent a damaging rise in unemployment. The scale of the Covid-19 jobs bloodbath has been laid bare as a Mail audit found 135,000 jobs facing the axe; ... Coronavirus UK: 135k face job losses in 'economic Armageddon' e-mail; 1.1k. Private taxi firm Addison Lee has started laying off staff after the coronavirus downturn forced it to speed up its efforts to slash costs. The firm said the virus and subsequent lockdown had “accelerated” a review of its operating model which had already been under way. The growing popularity of online shopping has hit many brick-and-mortar retailers, with shops on UK high streets shedding jobs for years. It had previously been looking to reduce costs by £65m by next June, the majority of which comes from cutting 1,200 jobs. The G4S branch has been harmed by the recent trend away from using notes and coins, which has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. Fashion chain Monsoon Accessorize is to make more than 500 staff redundant after being bought out of administration. Around 300 staff across Arcadia's design, buying and retail divisions will join Asos but at least 2,500 retail jobs will be lost. Pizza Express, which was founded in 1965, has been put up for sale by its Chinese owners Hony Capital as the pandemic hammers sales. Luxury department store Selfridges is to axe 450 jobs, or 14pc of its workforce, as it warned the recovery from the Covid crisis will be slow. Britain's biggest high street bank has revived its restructuring plans by axing 865 jobs, months after it revealed gloomy forecasts for the UK economy. Tens of thousands of people are being made redundant in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic stalls the economy. We have never seen anything like Covid-19 in our lifetimes.”. Waterstones will make many of its head office staff redundant in the wake of Covid-19, the chain announced. Those affected were told earlier in the year they would not lose their jobs before October. The Currys PC World owner has announced it will slash 800 jobs in a bid to weather the pandemic. EasyJet is axing 1,900 jobs in the UK, including 727 pilots and 1,200 cabin staff. Burberry has said it will streamline front-office and certain retail functions to cut costs, including the loss of 500 jobs worldwide, after global lockdowns caused sales to fall by almost half in the latest three months. Clothes retailer Quiz is placing the division that runs its 82 standalone stores into administration, putting 93 jobs at risk. In March, ferry company P&O Ferries announced it was temporarily laying off 1,100 staff members as the 180-year-old firm teeters on the brink of collapse. The UK’s second largest energy supplier is planning to cut 2,600 jobs following its merger with SSE. With almost 1,000 UK job cuts and rocketing losses, Ted Baker’s shares have fallen 95pc over the pandemic. At the start of November Lloyds announced another 1,000 UK job cuts. Nottingham-based Buzz Bingo announced the permanent closure of 26 sites, putting 573 jobs at risk. The UK economy shrank by more than 20% in the first half of the year due to Covid-19, and grim news has continued with further announcements of job losses seen in the past seven days. IBM is expected to cut up 10,000 jobs across Europe, including 2,000 in the UK and Ireland, in a bid to lower costs at its services unit ahead of a sale. Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), Britain’s largest bus maker, announced that the significant decline in UK demand for new buses and coaches had forced it to initiate a restructuring programme which places up to 650 jobs at risk. So called "wholesale, retail and repair of motor vehicles" came in at 47.6 percent of job losses - or roughly two million jobs. The group said the immediate job cuts are 200 fewer than those previously announced due to changes made in response to Covid-19. The chain also announced that it will be launching a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). These come after the retailer announced 2,500 UK job cuts in 2020. The Devon-based distribution company has stated it expects to make around 100 workers redundant out of its 2,700 strong workforce. LONDON (Reuters) - Like thousands of employers in Britain, Alison Griffin fears she could soon have to ⦠Renegotiated rents and 50 shop closures last year could not save Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia from collapsing into administration in November 2020, putting 13,000 jobs at risk during the pandemic. The redundancies, which represent almost a quarter of the airport’s workforce, come as passenger numbers fell 80pc in August. In total, some 209,684 British jobs have been lost or are at risk. Rolls-Royce has launched a wave of job cuts in a bid to slash costs. More than 12,000 people in the UK are set to lose their jobs after a raft of firms announced cuts in the past 48 hours. The economic fallout from the pandemic has plunged the UK into the deepest recession for more than 300 years, as lockdowns, physical-distancing measures and people voluntarily making changes in response to high numbers of Covid infections have a dramatic impact on business and social life. While Lady Tina Green has brought forward an agreed payment of £50m to fund the scheme, the Greens have not announced any extra cash. Sushi restaurant chain Yo! Published 8 April 2020 Last updated 3 ⦠UK unemployment is likely to reach 2.6 million in the middle of 2021, according to the government's economic watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The boss of Burger King UK has warned that the economic damage triggered by the coronavirus pandemic may push the fast food chain to permanently shut up to 10pc of its restaurants, resulting in the cutting of 1,600 jobs. It is not known how many roles were in the UK. Later in October the dining establishment warned of another 1,300 redundancies, though no extra closures, as it counted the cost of the 10pm curfew and the three-tier system of restrictions. The business will try to move workers to other sites where possible. Burger chain Byron is poised to fall into administration as it races to find a buyer who can stave off a collapse, with 1,200 UK jobs cuts likely. Luggage retailer Antler fell into administration in May, cutting 164 UK jobs of a 199-strong workforce. The hotel chain has announced it expects half of its staff at the Adelphi Hotel to be made redundant due to a drop in demand following the Covid outbreak. UK engineering giant Boeing, heavily disrupted by the devastation wrought across the aviation sector, announced plans to make 7,000 more job cuts after counting a $3.5bn (£2.7bn) loss for the three months to the end of September. 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