Job losses

Thousands of jobs ‘could go as part of UK government’s rail shake-up’

Reports suggest cuts in Great Britain would include removing ‘duplication’ of teams, as well job losses at HS2

Julia Kollewe

24, Mar, 2025 @3:21 PM

Asda to invest in price cuts to battle drop in sales and market share

Supermarket chain’s sales drop 1% to £21.7bn despite food price inflation of 3% for most of 2024

Sarah Butler

14, Mar, 2025 @2:22 PM

Tate cuts 7% of workforce in effort to reduce funding deficit from pandemic

Arts institution says loss of 40 roles achieved through voluntary departures and recruitment freezes

Nadia Khomami

14, Mar, 2025 @1:40 PM

Stop ‘outsourcing’ decisions to quangos, Starmer tells cabinet

Prime minister’s comments come ahead of speech on state reform and expected Whitehall job cuts

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

11, Mar, 2025 @3:01 PM

Ocado to cut 500 technology and finance jobs as AI reduces costs

Online grocery specialist takes advantage of tools that helped improve productivity of engineering team

Sarah Butler

27, Feb, 2025 @11:42 AM

Tax changes will force us to cut staff, say UK hospitality companies

Two-thirds of businesses surveyed by trade bodies say jobs will go as they urge government to delay changes

Joanna Partridge

24, Feb, 2025 @7:00 AM

Keir Starmer pledges £200m for Grangemouth oil refinery site

Unions have accused UK government of failing to act quickly enough to save jobs, but Labour says it took time to build credible proposal

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

23, Feb, 2025 @1:18 PM

‘We can’t go back’: Staffordshire firms fight to keep ceramics tradition alive

Royal Stafford is latest in series of closures as rising costs add to pressures on companies in Potteries

Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

18, Feb, 2025 @7:00 AM

UK firms mull biggest layoffs in a decade as business confidence slumps

Impending tax rises from autumn budget fuel collapse in sentiment and rising redundancy intentions, surveys show

Phillip Inman

17, Feb, 2025 @12:01 AM

The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters

Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Cardiff and another Russell Group university

05, Feb, 2025 @6:04 PM