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.
UK-WIDE
Barclays is cutting 4,200 jobs from its UK banking operation. Some 400 posts will go in its IT departments. The company said it hoped to avoid compulsory redundancies
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
The Unite union said it was concerned that some of the 5,000 job cuts announced by Swedish telecoms firm Ericsson would go in the UK
TT Electronics said that it was cutting 500 jobs in the UK
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
Barclays is cutting 4,200 jobs from its UK banking operation. Some 400 posts will go in its IT departments. The company said it hoped to avoid compulsory redundancies
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
The Unite union said it was concerned that some of the 5,000 job cuts announced by Swedish telecoms firm Ericsson would go in the UK
TT Electronics said that it was cutting 500 jobs in the UK
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
The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group, including 150 at Cambuslang in Lanarkshire
About 80 jobs are to go at technology and manufacturing business Honeywell in North Lanarkshire
The Dundee-based delicatessen McLeish Brothers has gone into administration, with the loss of 175 jobs
Legal firm Thornton's is set to cut between 40 and 50 jobs, at offices in Dundee, Perth, Arbroath, Forfar and Edinburgh
Electronics plant SEH Europe, which employs more than 500 people in West Lothian, announces plans for 58 redundancies
SCOTLAND
Almost 100 workers to be out of work with the closure of an Eddie Stobart haulage depot in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire
The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group, including 150 at Cambuslang in Lanarkshire
About 80 jobs are to go at technology and manufacturing business Honeywell in North Lanarkshire
The Dundee-based delicatessen McLeish Brothers has gone into administration, with the loss of 175 jobs
Legal firm Thornton's is set to cut between 40 and 50 jobs, at offices in Dundee, Perth, Arbroath, Forfar and Edinburgh
Electronics plant SEH Europe, which employs more than 500 people in West Lothian, announces plans for 58 redundancies
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
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
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
Reebok
axing 160 jobs at its offices in Bolton after its parent company Adidas decided to close the offices at the Reebok Stadium, ending a 116-year association with the town
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
The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group, including 200 at Malton in North Yorkshire
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
The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group, including 200 at Malton in North Yorkshire
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
The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group, including 470 at its Haverhill site in Suffolk
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
The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group, including 470 at its Haverhill site in Suffolk
