Cabinet Office to shed 2,100 jobs as government shrinks civil service April 10, 2025 The Cabinet Office will lose almost a third of its staff as Labour seeks to shrink the civil service, the government has announced. Around 1,200 jobs will go through redundancies and leavers not being replaced under plans unveiled to civil servants on Thursday, with another 900 transferred to other departments. The 2,100 job cuts represent [...]
Clintons back in profit after closing stores and cutting over 300 jobs April 7, 2025 Clintons has surged back into the black after closing more stores and cutting over 300 jobs. The gift card giant has posted a pre-tax profit of £8m for the year to 29 June, 2024, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. The total comes after Clintons made a pre-tax loss of £5.3m in the [...]
Peloton: Eye-watering UK losses continue as more jobs cut March 31, 2025 The UK arm of Peloton has reported another eye-watering loss as it continued to significantly cut jobs, it has been revealed. The London-headquartered division has posted a pre-tax loss of £94.3m for the 12 months to 30 June, 2024, after having also lost £115.2m in the prior year. The latest loss comes after Peloton UK [...]
Sky to overhaul call centres and cut around 2,000 jobs March 27, 2025 Sky has announced plans to shake up its call centres in a move which will see around 2,000 jobs put at risk of being lost. The media company, which is owned by US media giant Comcast, is looking to close three of its ten call centre sites. Its locations in Stockport, Sheffield and central Leeds [...]
British Steel: thousands of jobs at risk after £500m subsidy rejected March 27, 2025 Thousands of jobs have been put at risk after British Steel announced plans to significantly reduce operations at its Scunthorpe steelworks. Up to 2,700 employees are expected to be impacted by the move which would see the closure of two blast furnaces and steelmaking operations as well as a reduction of steel rolling mill capacity [...]
Bistrot Pierre: Jobs lost and restaurants closed as chain rescued March 7, 2025 Almost 160 jobs have been lost and a number of restaurants are to close after Bistrot Pierre was sold out of administration to a private equity firm. A vehicle owned by Cherry Equity Partners has snapped up part of the Nottingham-headquartered chain in a deal which has saved 394 roles and ten sites. However, eight [...]
UK insolvency rules are trapping firms between Scylla and Charybdis March 7, 2025 Outdated insolvency rules such as TUPE are disincentivising rescues of UK companies in irony worthy of the Greeks, writes Stephen Phillips.
Arla Foods to cut jobs despite £90m investment plans February 24, 2025 Arla Foods, the dairy giant behind brands such as Lurpak and Cravendale, is to close one of its UK sites with the loss of up to 128 jobs. However, the co-operative also confirmed plans to invest almost £90m into its Lockerbie site in Scotland. The news comes after City AM reported last week that Arla [...]
Magnet: Kitchen maker bets on premium as huge losses continue February 3, 2025 The group behind kitchen maker Magnet is hoping expanding into the premium market will help it return to profit after falling to another huge loss and cutting hundreds of jobs. Nobia Holdings UK, the company behind the brand, has set about restructuring itself in recent years after not making a pre-tax profit since 2019. But [...]
Daily Mail announces further round of job cuts January 31, 2025 The owner of the Daily Mail has told staff to expect another round of redundancies as it finalises its overhaul to make the outlet operate as one seven-day operation across online and print. In a letter to the news outlet’s employees on Thursday co-authored by the Daily Mail’s editor-in-chief, Ted Verity, and the chief executive [...]