TOLL OF MISERY
NEARLY 4500 jobs have been lost only a few days into August as the furlough scheme starts to wind down.
Here is a list of British employers which have made major job cuts since lockdown was announced on March 23. August 4 - Dixons Carphone - 800 August 4 - Pizza Express - 1100 at risk August 3 - Hays Travel - up to 878 August 3 - DW Sports - 1700 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 Record) 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) - 5000 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 Int 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