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BBC UK jobs tracker
BBC UK jobs tracker
2009-01-21 14:41:05 UTC
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As the level of UK unemployment reaches a 10-year high, the BBC News website is keeping track of jobs lost and created in the months ahead. This is not a comprehensive study but a snapshot from around the UK since 1 January. As the level of UK unemployment reaches a 10-year high, the BBC News website is keeping track of jobs lost and created in the months ahead. This is not a comprehensive study but a snapshot from around the UK since 1 January.
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UK-WIDE Marks and Spencer to close 25 Simply Food stores and two regular stores, losing 780 jobs, as well as cutting 450 head office posts Jaguar Land Rover to cut 300 managers and 150 salaried agency staff Adams childrenswear firm closes 111 stores, making 850 staff redundant Southeastern trains to make 300 people redundant over the coming year Music, games and DVD chain Zavvi closes 26 stores, with the loss of 262 jobs. Fourteen Zavvi stores are bought by retailer HMV, securing 269 jobs Loan firm Cattles to lay off 350 staff at branches across the UK, as well as 650 call centre and support staff in Hull and Nottingham Supermarket chain Tesco plans to create up to 10,000 new jobs with new store openings this year Sainsbury's to create 5,000 new jobs this year, in 50 new convenience stores and a small number of new supermarkets Supermarket chain Waitrose to create 4,000 new jobs as part of an expansion drive Frozen food chain Iceland to create 2,500 jobs after buying 51 former Woolworths stores UK-WIDE Marks and Spencer to close 25 Simply Food stores and two regular stores, losing 780 jobs, as well as cutting 450 head office posts Jaguar Land Rover to cut 300 managers and 150 salaried agency staff Adams childrenswear firm closes 111 stores, making 850 staff redundant Southeastern trains to make 300 people redundant over the coming year Music, games and DVD chain Zavvi closes 26 stores, with the loss of 262 jobs. Fourteen Zavvi stores are bought by retailer HMV, securing 269 jobs Loan firm Cattles to lay off 350 staff at branches across the UK, as well as 650 call centre and support staff in Hull and Nottingham Supermarket chain Tesco plans to create up to 10,000 new jobs with new store openings this year Sainsbury's to create 5,000 new jobs this year, in 50 new convenience stores and a small number of new supermarkets Supermarket chain Waitrose to create 4,000 new jobs as part of an expansion drive Frozen food chain Iceland to create 2,500 jobs after buying 51 former Woolworths stores
SCOTLAND Almost 100 workers to be out of work with the closure of an Eddie Stobart haulage depot in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire SCOTLAND Almost 100 workers to be out of work with the closure of an Eddie Stobart haulage depot in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
Return to link WALES Fifty-eight jobs to be lost at a JCB factory in Wrexham Marshalls paving stone maker in consultation over possible closure of concrete factory in Wrexham, threatening 55 jobs, with another 55 at risk England-wide within the firm's consumer arm Return to link WALES Fifty-eight jobs to be lost at a JCB factory in Wrexham Marshalls paving stone maker in consultation over possible closure of concrete factory in Wrexham, threatening 55 jobs, with another 55 at risk England-wide within the firm's consumer arm
Return to link NORTHERN IRELAND County Antrim engineering firm FG Wilson to lay off 260 workers across three sites Return to link NORTHERN IRELAND County Antrim engineering firm FG Wilson to lay off 260 workers across three sites
Return to link NORTH-EAST & CUMBRIA Car manufacturer Nissan to cut a quarter of the workforce at its Sunderland plant, losing 1,200 staff More than 350 people to be laid off from Newcastle Production, a Findus Food factory in Longbenton, Tyneside Newcastle Building Society to lay off 150 staff, predominantly from the head offices in the city Return to link NORTH-EAST & CUMBRIA Car manufacturer Nissan to cut a quarter of the workforce at its Sunderland plant, losing 1,200 staff More than 350 people to be laid off from Newcastle Production, a Findus Food factory in Longbenton, Tyneside Newcastle Building Society to lay off 150 staff, predominantly from the head offices in the city
Return to link NORTH-WEST Food firm Tulip in consultation over the closure of a factory in Bromborough, Wirral, with 300 workers facing redundancy Gibsons Food factory in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, to close, with the loss of 245 jobs Return to link NORTH-WEST Food firm Tulip in consultation over the closure of a factory in Bromborough, Wirral, with 300 workers facing redundancy Gibsons Food factory in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, to close, with the loss of 245 jobs
Return to link YORKSHIRE & LINCOLNSHIRE Bradford-based conveyancing firm Hammonds Support Systems to cut 200 jobs after going into administration Loan firm Cattles to cut 400 jobs in Hull, predominantly at two call centres Leeds-based electrical goods retailer Empire Direct lays off 90 store and head office workers in Yorkshire, and 68 more staff at shops across England. A further 192 staff, mostly in Yorkshire, are working with administrators but face redundancy Burberry to close its plant in Rotherham, with the loss of 290 jobs Return to link YORKSHIRE & LINCOLNSHIRE Bradford-based conveyancing firm Hammonds Support Systems to cut 200 jobs after going into administration Loan firm Cattles to cut 400 jobs in Hull, predominantly at two call centres Leeds-based electrical goods retailer Empire Direct lays off 90 store and head office workers in Yorkshire, and 68 more staff at shops across England. A further 192 staff, mostly in Yorkshire, are working with administrators but face redundancy Burberry to close its plant in Rotherham, with the loss of 290 jobs
Return to link EAST MIDLANDS Loan firm Cattles to lay off 250 support staff based in Nottingham Derby-based jet engine maker Rolls Royce to take on 220 apprentices in 2009 and 2010 Haulier Eddie Stobart to close depot in Manton Wood, Nottinghamshire, with the loss of about 80 jobs Return to link EAST MIDLANDS Loan firm Cattles to lay off 250 support staff based in Nottingham Derby-based jet engine maker Rolls Royce to take on 220 apprentices in 2009 and 2010 Haulier Eddie Stobart to close depot in Manton Wood, Nottinghamshire, with the loss of about 80 jobs
Return to link WEST MIDLANDS Digger firm JCB to lose more than 600 jobs from various Staffordshire locations, including 400 redundancies at its Rocester headquarters China and crystal maker Waterford Wedgwood cuts 367 jobs, mostly from its site in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent Bank of Ireland in consultation on planned closure of mortgage office in Solihull, with 165 staff facing redundancy Engineering firm Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, cuts the jobs of about 60 temporary and contract workers Car parts factory Stokes Forgings, in Walsall, to close in April, with the loss of 137 jobs Return to link WEST MIDLANDS Digger firm JCB to lose more than 600 jobs from various Staffordshire locations, including 400 redundancies at its Rocester headquarters China and crystal maker Waterford Wedgwood cuts 367 jobs, mostly from its site in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent Bank of Ireland in consultation on planned closure of mortgage office in Solihull, with 165 staff facing redundancy Engineering firm Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, cuts the jobs of about 60 temporary and contract workers Car parts factory Stokes Forgings, in Walsall, to close in April, with the loss of 137 jobs
Return to link EAST Food firm Tulip in consultation over closure of site in Linton, Cambridgeshire, where 87 workers face redundancy, and factory in Thetford, Norfolk, where a further 78 jobs are under threat Sanyo to close television manufacturing plant in Lowestoft, Suffolk, by the end of February, with the loss of 60 jobs Caravan maker Fleetwood Caravans, in Long Melford, Suffolk, cuts 50 jobs and enters administration, with 13 more workers fearing redundancy Return to link EAST Food firm Tulip in consultation over closure of site in Linton, Cambridgeshire, where 87 workers face redundancy, and factory in Thetford, Norfolk, where a further 78 jobs are under threat Sanyo to close television manufacturing plant in Lowestoft, Suffolk, by the end of February, with the loss of 60 jobs Caravan maker Fleetwood Caravans, in Long Melford, Suffolk, cuts 50 jobs and enters administration, with 13 more workers fearing redundancy
Return to link WEST Magazine printer Cooper Clegg, in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, to close, with the loss of 170 jobs Return to link WEST Magazine printer Cooper Clegg, in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, to close, with the loss of 170 jobs
Return to link LONDON Majority of Marks and Spencer's 450 head office job losses expected in London Drinks firm InBev announces 2010 closure of Stag Brewery, in Mortlake, west London, putting 182 jobs at risk Return to link LONDON class="bulletList">Sainsbury's to cut at least 200 jobs at its central London head office class="bulletList">Majority of Marks and Spencer's 450 head office job losses expected in London Drinks firm InBev announces 2010 closure of Stag Brewery, in Mortlake, west London, putting 182 jobs at risk
Return to link SOUTH-EAST Up to 240 jobs under threat at Pfizer research and development site in Sandwich, Kent, as part of pharmaceutical firm's global efficiency drive Return to link SOUTH-EAST Up to 240 jobs under threat at Pfizer research and development site in Sandwich, Kent, as part of pharmaceutical firm's global efficiency drive
Return to link SOUTH Buckinghamshire County Council aims to cut spending by £22m a year by March 2012, which could mean the loss of 400 posts Bank of Ireland in consultation on planned closure of mortgage office in Reading, Berkshire, with 270 staff facing redundancy Marshalls paving stone maker in consultation over possible closure of concrete factory in Hambrook, West Sussex, threatening 25 jobs Return to link SOUTH Buckinghamshire County Council aims to cut spending by £22m a year by March 2012, which could mean the loss of 400 posts Bank of Ireland in consultation on planned closure of mortgage office in Reading, Berkshire, with 270 staff facing redundancy Marshalls paving stone maker in consultation over possible closure of concrete factory in Hambrook, West Sussex, threatening 25 jobs
Return to link SOUTH-WEST John Nicholls Builders to lay off about 80 people, after administrators were called in to the firm in Goonhavern, Cornwall Exeter University to carry out an £18m expansion of its business school in Devon, creating 60 new jobs Return to link SOUTH-WEST John Nicholls Builders to lay off about 80 people, after administrators were called in to the firm in Goonhavern, Cornwall Exeter University to carry out an £18m expansion of its business school in Devon, creating 60 new jobs
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