FACTBOX-Job cuts announced in Britain since March
July 15 (Reuters) - British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will cut 300 jobs from its Halewood plant in the north of England and stop production of its X-Type model due to the downturn in the auto industry.
Following are details of major job cuts announced in Britain since March:
* Indicates global job losses where many or most cuts will be overseas COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE --------------------------------------------------------------- Meggitt (MGGT.L) Aerospace up to 750* March 3 ITV (ITV.L) Media 1,600 March 4 IMI (IMI.L) Engineering 1,500* March 4 Principles unlisted Retail up to 2,000 March 7 Home Retail Group (HOME.L)Retail 300 March 12 Daily Mail (DMGOa.L) Media 1,000 March 23 Go-Ahead (GOG.L) Transport 800 March 25 Man Group (EMG.L) Hedge fund 270 March 26 BHP Billiton Ltd
(BHP.AX)(BLT.L) Mining 400* March 26 Brawn GP unlisted Formula One 270 March 29 Man Group (EMG.L) Hedge Funds 270 March 26 Jarvis Plc (JRVS.L) Rail services 450 March 31 Homeserve (HSV.L) Insurance 250 March 31 BP (BP.L) Energy 620* April 1 Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) Train/aircraft 975 April 2 Aviva Plc (AV.L) Life insurer 1,100 April 2 RBS (RBS.L) Banking 2,700 April 3 Electrocomponents (ECM.L) Electricals 470 April 3 Hampson (HAMP.L) Aerospace 150 April 3 RBS (RBS.L) Banking 11,700* April 7 Helphire Group Plc
(HHR.L) Accident claim handler 310 April 9
Toledo Mining Corporation
Plc (TMC.L) Mining 600* April 14 HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L) Banking 2,900 April 21 Lavendon Group Plc (LVD.L) Rental 225 April 23 Cattles (CTT.L) Lender 1,130 April 28 Elementis Plc (ELM.L) Chemicals 138 April 29 Charter International
Plc (CHTR.L) Engineer 1,200 April 29 Logica Plc (LOG.L) IT 300* April 30 BAE Systems PLC (BAES.L) Defence 500 April 30 Cadogan Petroleum
Plc (CADP.L) Oil and gas 126 April 30 Wincanton (WIN.L) Supply chain 283 April 30 Sage Group PLC (SGE.L) Software 700 May 6 Firstgroup PLC (FGP.L) Transport 3,500 May 13 Cookson Group Plc (CKSN.L) Industrial 3,200* May 14
materials BT Group (BT.L) Telecoms 25,000 May 14 John Menzies Plc (MNZS.L) Distribution &
Aviation 400 May 14 White Young Green Plc (WHY.L) Consultancy 324 May 18 QinetiQ Group (QQ.L) Defence 400 May 21 AXA Insurance (AXAF.PA) Insurer 560 June 11 Corus (TISC.BO) Steel maker 1,922 June 25 Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L)Banking 5,370* June 30 Diageo Plc (DGE.L) Spirits 500 July 1 Penguin Books (PSON.L) Publisher 100 July 7 Jaguar Land Rover(TAMO.BO) Auto 300 July 15 --------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 80,833 ---------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: For companies that have had more than one round of job cuts, numbers are shown against the date of the most recent announcement and, where available, show the total number to date.
(Compiled by UK equities team; additional writing and editing by Jijo Jacob, David Cutler and Carl Bagh)
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