MORE than 185,000 job losses have been announced since the coronavirus pandemic began in March.
Here is a list of some of the major British employers that have announced job cuts since the start of the lockdown.
- Major potential job losses announced since March 23:
Total: 185,143
September 4 - Virgin Atlantic - 1150
September 3 - Costa - 1650
August 27 - Pret a Manger - 2800 (includes 1000 announced on July 6)
August 26 - Gatwick Airport - 600
August 25 - Co-operative Bank - 350
August 20 - Alexander Dennis - 650
August 18 - Bombardier - 95
August 18 - Marks & Spencer - 7000
August 14 - Yo! Sushi - 250
August 14 - River Island - 350
August 12 - NatWest - 550
August 11 - InterContinental Hotels - 650 worldwide
August 11 - Debenhams - 2500
August 7 - Evening Standard - 115
August 6 - Travelex - 1300
August 6 - Wetherspoons - 110 to 130
August 5 - M&Co - 380
August 5 - Arsenal FC - 55
August 5 - WH Smith - 1500
August 4 - Dixons Carphone - 800
August 4 - Pizza Express - 1100 at risk
August 3 - Hays Travel - up to 878
August 3 - DW Sports - 1,700 at risk
July 31 - Byron - 651
July 30 - Pendragon - 1800
July 29 - Waterstones - unknown number of head office roles
July 28 - Selfridges - 450
July 27 - Oak Furnitureland - 163 at risk
July 23 - Dyson - 600 in UK, 300 overseas
July 22 - Mears - fewer than 200
July 20 - Marks & Spencer - 950 at risk
July 17 - Azzurri Group (owns Zizzi and Ask Italian) - up to 1200
July 16 - Genting - 1642 at risk
July 16 - Burberry - 150 in UK, 350 overseas
July 15 - Banks Mining - 250 at risk
July 15 - Buzz Bingo - 573 at risk
July 14 - Vertu - 345
July 14 - DFS - up to 200 at risk
July 9 - General Electric - 369
July 9 - Eurostar - unknown number
July 9 - Boots - 4000
July 9 - John Lewis - 1300 at risk
July 9 - Burger King - 1600 at risk
July 7 - Reach (owns Daily Mirror and Daily Express newspapers) - 550
July 6 - Pret a Manger - 1000 at risk
July 2 - Casual Dining Group (owns Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge) - 1909
July 1 - SSP (owns Upper Crust) - 5,000 at risk
July 1 - Arcadia (owns TopShop) - 500
July 1 - Harrods - 700
July 1 - Virgin Money - 300
June 30 - Airbus - 1700
June 30 - TM Lewin - 600
June 30 - Smiths Group - "some job losses"
June 25 - Royal Mail - 2000
June 24 - Jet2 - 102
June 24 - Swissport - 4556
June 24 - Crest Nicholson - 130
June 23 - Shoe Zone - unknown number of jobs in head office
June 19 - Aer Lingus - 500
June 17 - HSBC - unknown number of jobs in UK, 35,000 worldwide
June 15 - Jaguar Land Rover - 1100
June 15 - Travis Perkins - 2500
June 12 - Le Pain Quotidien - 200
June 11 - Heathrow - at least 500
June 11 - Bombardier - 600
June 11 - Johnson Matthey - 2500
June 11 - Centrica - 5000
June 10 - Quiz - 93
June 10 - The Restaurant Group (owns Frankie and Benny's) - 3000
June 10 - Monsoon Accessorise - 545
June 10 - Everest Windows - 188
June 8 - BP - 10,000 worldwide
June 8 - Mulberry - 375
June 5 - Victoria's Secret - 800 at risk
June 5 - Bentley - 1000
June 4 - Aston Martin - 500
June 4 - Lookers - 1500
May 29 - Belfast International Airport - 45
May 28 - Debenhams (in second announcement) - "hundreds" of jobs
May 28 - EasyJet - 4500 worldwide
May 26 - McLaren - 1200
May 22 - Carluccio's - 1000
May 21 - Clarks - 900
May 20 - Rolls-Royce - 9000
May 20 - Bovis Homes - unknown number
May 19 - Ovo Energy - 2600
May 19 - Antler - 164
May 15 - JCB - 950 at risk
May 13 - Tui - 8000 worldwide
May 12 - Carnival UK (owns P&O Cruises and Cunard) - 450
May 11 - P&O Ferries - 1100 worldwide
May 5 - Virgin Atlantic - 3150
May 1 - Ryanair - 3000 worldwide
April 30 - Oasis Warehouse - 1800
April 29 - WPP - unknown number
April 28 - British Airways - 12,000
April 23 - Safran Seats - 400
April 23 - Meggitt - 1800 worldwide
April 21 - Cath Kidston - 900
April 17 - Debenhams - 422
March 31 - Laura Ashley - 268
March 30 - BrightHouse - 2400 at risk
March 27 - Chiquito - 1500 at risk.
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