1 May 2024 Huw Thomas,BBC Wales business correspondent Reuters The report warns that thousands of jobs beyond the Port Talbot works are at risk Tata Steel’s restructure could cost thousands more jobs in the community surrounding the Port Talbot works unless action is taken, a report has warned. A confidential economic assessment, seen by BBC...
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Thousands of jobs at risk as British Steel make major move to shut blast furnace
Thousands of jobs could be at risk after councillors approved planning permission for an electric arc furnace at British Steel in Scunthorpe. The move, which could reduce the UK’s ability to produce virgin steel, was made by North Lincolnshire Council earlier this week. This was in response to plans by British Steel to swap out...
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Premier Inn owner Whitbread to cut 1,500 jobs
Premier Inn owner Whitbread is to cut 1,500 jobs as it closes restaurants and expands its hotel business. It plans to cut its number of branded restaurants by more than 200 in favour of building more hotel rooms. The job cuts, which are subject to consultation, will come from a total UK workforce of 37,000...
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Family favourite pub chain to close more than 200 locations and axe 1,500 jobs
A FAMILY favourite pub chain is to close more than 200 locations and axe 1,500 jobs. Whitbread plans to slash its chain of branded restaurants across the UK in favour of building more hotel rooms. 3 Premier Inn owner Whitbread is to close more than 200 locations across the UK The hotel and restaurant company...
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Grocery delivery firm Getir to pull out of UK with about 1,500 jobs at risk
Grocery delivery firm Getir is to leave the UK, Europe and the US to focus solely on its home market in Turkey, bringing an end to its rapid expansion across the regions since the pandemic. The company, once valued at £9.5 billion, said it now only makes about 7% of its revenue outside of Turkey...
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Premier Inn owner Whitbread to axe 1,500 jobs as it looks to expand hotel business
Premier Inn owner Whitbread is set to axe around 1,500 UK jobs as part of plans to build more hotel rooms and slash its chain of branded restaurants by more than 200. The company said, while announcing a 36% hike in annual profits to £561m, that it was to begin a consultation on cutting roles...
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‘Where’s Boris?’: Turmoil at GB News as jobs are cut, morale drops and ratings fall
GB News insiders are speculating over whether Boris Johnson can ride to the rescue as the right-wing station battles low ratings and a morale slump after announcing cost-cutting plans to axe 40 jobs. The inside sources fear the controversial channel could even follow the example of Rupert Murdoch’s Talk TV, which will leave scheduled television...
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Staggering ‘760k jobs at risk’ if UK fails to match China on minerals
Automotive manufacturing jobs in Britain are at risk unless China‘s ambition in securing access to critical minerals needed for batteries can be matched, an expert has said. The warning comes as an International Energy Agency report revealed the world’s second largest economy has cornered the market with 85 percent of battery cell production capacity. Increased...
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Aviation fuel plan supports growth of British aviation sector
plans unveiled for world leading sustainable aviation fuel mandate, with 10% of all jet fuel set to go green by 2030 SAF industry estimated to boost the economy by £1.8 billion and create more than 10,000 jobs across the UK by 2030 forms part of UK’s world-leading commitment to cut emissions while minimising impact on...
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Fujitsu to cut UK jobs as Post Office scandal fallout hits sales | Computer Weekly
Fujitsu is cutting about 100 jobs in the UK as the fallout from its central role in the Post Office scandal hits its sales pipeline. The IT supplier has put nearly 70 members of staff at risk of redundancy and about 30 are leaving. Sales, pre-sales and logistics jobs are affected. According to a source,...
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‘Why would I want a job?’: Shameless benefits scroungers in seaside town boast they ‘chill out and enjoy life’ while claiming ‘thousands a month’ of YOUR cash as 10m go unemployed and 4,000 a day sign off sick in workshy Britain
Benefits scroungers in a seaside town described as one of the ‘most-deprived’ in Britain have boasted how they don’t want a job because they can ‘chill out’ and ‘enjoy life’ while not having to work. The unemployed in Jaywick, Essex are claiming ‘thousands of pounds’ a month of taxpayer’s cash – while locals complain there...
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GB News set to axe 40 jobs after channel posts heavy losses
GB News has announced a round of redundancies with 40 jobs set to be lost at the broadcaster amid mounting losses, it’s reported. The job cuts come after the channel posted a pre-tax operating loss of £42.4m for the year to the end of May, 2023, up from £30.7m in the previous 12 months. GB...